This Monday, 16 August 2021, marks Georgette Heyer’s 119th birthday. A remarkable writer whose beloved novels have long outlived their author, she would have been pleased to know that she was remembered and celebrated with …
Happy Birthday Georgette Heyer! A pictorial celebration Read More »
Increasingly popular For millions of Heyer readers modern audio books have added a new dimension to “reading” her novels. Audio books have become increasingly popular as people find they can listen to their favourite authors …
Sylvester Part 2 – An interview with audiobook narrator, Matt Addis Read More »
“I am now about to perpetrate another piece of nonsense, so that for the first time in my life I shall have something up my sleeve. I rather want to call it Snowbound, but as …
Georgette Heyer, whose Sprig Muslin was one of the most delightful bits of flimflammery this side of P.G. Wodehouse in his early days, has done it again… In a melange of daffiness of this sort …
“As a plotter she has no superior.“ J.H. Durston One of her finest heroines I love Georgette Heyer’s 1956 novel, Sprig Muslin, for many reasons, but the main reason is that the novel features one …
“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 …
[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 …
A tribute to Georgette Heyer who died on 4 July 1974 Read More »
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 …
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 …
