The Grand Sophy (part one)
By 1950, six years after writing Friday’s Child, Georgette Heyer had written another three novels set in the English Regency. Of her 35 published novels, at that date only seven were set in the Regency …
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Arabella – “who is a nice wench and giving me a lot of fun”
Fun to write and fun to read 1948 proved to be another productive writing year for Georgette Heyer. She had not published a book the previous year (one of her rare years without a novel), …
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The Foundling – Inspired by Austen
Georgette and the “Great Jane” Jane Austen was Georgette Heyer’s favourite author and Austen’s six novels her choice of literature should she ever have been marooned on a desert island. A close reading of Heyer’s …
Albany – Georgette’s ideal home
‘Founded in the heart of London in 1803 as a speculative venture, offering apartments to well-to-do bachelors, Albany has, for nigh on two centuries, played host to a rich diversity of inhabitants, embracing both the …
The Reluctant Widow – a very funny Gothic novel
Georgette Heyer did not publish a book in 1945. She had been remarkably prolific throughout the 1930s with sixteen published titles in that decade alone. The 1940s, however, would prove to be a decade of …
Georgette Heyer – a new appreciation
A fascinating collection In this, Georgette Heyer’s centenary year, yesterday’s launch of Georgette Heyer, History and Historical Fiction by the University College London Press seems perfect timing. This fascinating collection of essays by academics and …
Friday’s Child by Georgette Heyer
A watershed year !942 was a watershed year for Georgette Heyer. In May she finished writing Penhallow, the novel she believed was ‘a bit of a tour-de-force‘ and in November she and Ronald moved into …
Penhallow – NOT a contract-breaking book
Myths and legends are pervasive things that, once they take hold of the public consciousness, are almost impossible to remove. For those who read and love Georgette Heyer’s many novels there a couple of myths …
Faro’s Daughter – written straight to the typewriter!
From house to flat – the move to Brighton Just before Christmas 1940, Georgette and Ronald, with their eight-year-old son, Richard, left Blackthorns, their home for the past seven years, and moved to Brighton. Heyer …
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