It may not be quite like Me, but I’m pretty sure the fans will like it. Georgette Heyer to AS Frere, letter, 7 March 1958 Georgette Heyer’s Venetia (1958) is Heyer’s most complex, literary, and also physically […]
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One hundred years later One hundred years after writing her first novel, Georgette Heyer’s beloved novels are still in print and finding a new generation of avid readers. It is a remarkable achievement for a
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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
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“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
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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
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“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
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“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
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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
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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
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