Frederica – an interrupted novel part 1
“Miss Heyer is one of the finest writers operating today and it is well past time for this to be declared firmly and openly. She, too, probes into the souls and hearts of her characters …
False Colours – double the fun – Part 2
Direct from Georgette’s pen It is rare to have a synopsis of a Georgette Heyer novel direct from Georgette’s pen, but among the letters she wrote to her friend and former publisher, A.S. Frere, the …
False Colours – double the fun – Part 1
‘Though like Ronald, you don’t know Anything about Anything, I feel your instinct may inform you that this is just the sort of nonsense which suits my particular brand of humour’ Georgette Heyer to Max …
The Nonesuch – Heyer’s last book for Heinemann
A few weeks ago Mrs Rougier told me that she has made a start on a new novel. The provisional title is NONESUCH. I have no idea when it is likely to be ready, but …
A Civil Contract – Hidden Depths part 2
“I ought to be arranging all these matters, but how can I, when that bloody book is sitting in the typewriter, no more than half done, & me afflicted with a sort of paralysis? I …
A Civil Contract – hidden depths Part 1
First, a confession First, a confession: the first time I read Georgette Heyer’s 1961 novel, A Civil Contract, I didn’t really like it and, unlike Heyer’s other novels, it was some years before I reread …
Georgette Heyer – the Biography, Ten Years On
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the publication of my biography of Georgette Heyer. It is still in print and a continuing testimony to the beloved author’s enduring popularity. I loved writing this book, …
Celebrating 100 years of Georgette Heyer – the short stories
A compulsive writer A compulsive writer and storyteller, Georgette Heyer began making up stories in early childhood. She was an imaginative child and storytelling came as naturally to her as breathing. While her first novel …
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The Unknown Ajax – a magnificent hero
‘I was much wrapt in this;And apprehended here immediatelyThe unknown Ajax.Heavens, what a man is there! a very horse, that has he knows not what.’ Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act 3 Scene III An entirely …
