Bath Tangle – “it all ends Happily”
“I had a run through Bath Tangle, and found it (like Old Mr Bronte) much better than likely” Georgette Heyer to Louisa Callender, letter, 13 September 1954. “a rough idea of the thing” Georgette Heyer’s
A tribute to Georgette Heyer who died on 4 July 1974
[We] remember instead the long years of happiness we found in our intimate friendship with her; full of light, laughter and the joy of living. A.S. Frere to Richard Rougier, letter, July 1974 47 Years
The Toll-Gate – A ripping yarn! Part 2
I’ve got to go on with the Toll-Gate. I like this book… Georgette Heyer to Louisa Callender, letter, 20 October 1953 Mystery solved! Thank you all In last week’s blog, I asked my wonderful readers
The Toll-Gate – A ripping yarn! Part 1
Inspired by limestone caves In the summer of 1953, Georgette Heyer visited the famous limestone caves of Derbyshire. She was on holiday, possibly heading north to Greywalls in Scotland, and was intrigued by the magnificent
Detection Unlimited – the last detective novel
“I might bend my reluctant mind thrillerwards” In April 1952, while she was writing the last pages of Cotillion, Georgette commented that her publisher, A.S. Frere of Heinemann, had blithely informed her “that he has
“Georgette Heyer – The Shy Bestseller” by Coral Craig
In 1952, an Australian journalist, Coral Craig, contacted Georgette Heyer’s publisher to request an interview. Ms Craig had been a journalist at Consolidated Press since 1935 and in 1943 had been granted accreditation as an
Cotillion – a delightful dance
“So I’ve settled that one of you shall have her, and my fortune into the bargain.” Great-Uncle Matthew Penicuik. An outrageous scenario The miserly Mr Pencuik is guardian to the orphaned Kitty Charing and he
Georgette’s lunch with the Queen
In October 1966, Georgette Heyer was in the middle of packing up her apartment in Albany, when the telephone rang. Extracting herself from the piles of books, reams of wrapping paper and the kind of
The Quiet Gentleman – an unexpected heroine
After the huge success of Friday’s Child in 1944, Georgette Heyer had become a regular on the bestseller lists with a reputation for producing a sparkling new novel annually. Although she had regularly written two