The first Regency novel – Regency Buck
“It ought to be a lovely book” In March 1934 Georgette Heyer began what would become her nineteenth novel. It would also be her first book set in the period of history known as the
Death in the Stocks – “mirth and murder”
By 1934 the Rougiers were comfortably settled into their new home of Blackthorns at Toat Hill, near the market town of Horsham wwhere Ronald had his sports store. Blackthorns was a large, comfortable house and
The Unfinished Clue – “pure joy from start to finish”
By August 1933 Georgette And Ronald had moved into their new home, Blackthorns, in Toat Hill near Slinfold, Sussex. The house was a large and comfortable one and the Rougiers had at least two servants
The Convenient Marriage – written at the Sussex Oak
By May 1933, Georgette and Ronald, with baby Richard, had left Southover, their rented house in Colgate, and moved into the Sussex Oak in Warnham, a couple of miles from Horsham. The seventeenth-century inn was
Celebrating Georgette Heyer’s Birthday
Today, 16 August 2020, marks 118 years since Georgette Heyer was born at 103 Woodside, WImbledon. Five years ago, on 5 June 2015, I was privileged to speak at the unveiling of the English Heritage
Why Shoot a Butler? – “A classic tale of crime and detection”
1932 – a landmark year !932 proved to be a landmark year for Georgette Heyer. On February 12th she gave birth to her first (and only) child, a son, Richard, and on the very same
Devil’s Cub – “What price a sequel to These Old Shades? “
“Something far more Amazing” Georgette Heyer was pregnant when she wrote to her agent in September 1931 to tell him that she ‘had something far more Amazing up my sleeve. What price a sequel to
1932 – Footsteps in the Dark – the first detective-thriller
A move to the country In April 1930 Georgette Heyer had returned to England from Macedonia where her husband, Ronald Rougier, had been working as a mining engineer in the lead mines near the Bulgarian
The Conqueror – a deep dive into history
Early in 1930, soon after she and Ronald returned to London from Macedonia, Georgette Heyer decided to take a deep dive into history and write her most serious historical novel to date. The book was