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Georgette Heyer
There are three hundred and fifty thousand words and over nine hundred and fifty pages of fantastically written romance fiction in this collection.
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Heyer essentially established the historical romance genre and its subgenre Regency romance. Her regencies were inspired by Jane Austen. To ensure accuracy, Heyer collected reference works and kept detailed notes…
Georgette Heyer (Author)
A beautifully repackaged edition of one of the best of the best. Disaster can only be averted by the delightful impetuosity of her youngest sister, Horatia, who conceives her own…
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Miss Abigail Wendover’s efforts to detach her spirited niece Fanny from a plausible fortune hunter are complicated by the arrival in Bath of Miles Caverleigh, his uncle, the black sheep…
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Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton and a hero at Salamanca, returns from the Peninsula War to find his family on the brink of ruin. It is Lord Oversley, father…
The Priory may be ramshackled in appearance, but Peter, Margaret and Celia, who have inherited it from their uncle, love it for its rambling charm. But there’s more to this…
It is a complete mystery why anyone would choose to murder the trusted old butler of Norton Manor. Barrister turned amateur detective, Frank Amberley, has reason to suspect that the…
It is in regrettable circumstances that beautiful Judith Taverner and her brother Peregrine first encounter Julian St John Audley. The man, they both agree, is an insufferably arrogant dandy. But…
Georgette Heyer virtually invented historical and regency romance. Her witty writing and carful plotting forever changed readers expectations. These Old Shades was originally conceived of as a sequel to her…
IF YOU LOVE BRIDGERTON, YOU’LL LOVE GEORGETTE HEYER! ‘A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers …
Lord Roxhythe is a patriot. He loves his king and his county … in that order with an undying passion. When faced with a mission for his king, King Charles…
Jennifer Kloester
Georgette Heyer remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today’s bestselling authors. Georgette Heyer wrote her first novel, The Black Moth…
On a previously uneventful night in Paris, Justin Alastai-the infamous and dastardly Duke of Avon-is delivered a stroke of serendipity in the form of a disheveled denarian. Taking in the…
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Includes glossary of Regency slang and afterword by Jennifer Kloester, Georgette Heyer’s official biographer.
Robin and Prudence Merriot have been dissemblers since they were children. And in this age of slippery politics, they need to be. So it is nothing for them to rescue…
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Previously titled Envious Casca ‘Tis the season to find whodunit … It is no ordinary Christmas at Lexham Manor. Six holiday guests find themselves the suspects in a murder inquiry…
The Black Moth (1921) is a Georgian-era romance novel by the British author Georgette Heyer, set around 1751. The Black Moth was Heyer's debut novel, published when Heyer was nineteen.
The groundbreaking biography of one of the world’s best-loved and bestselling authors
Who was the real Georgette Heyer?
Georgette Heyer famously said, I am to be found in my work.
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Despite the scandalous blemish on his bride’s family name, Lord Giles Cardross is convinced that Nell cares for him. But as the bills and debts mount, Giles begins to suspect…
Georgette Heyer remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers and extolled by today’s bestselling authors. Despite her enormous popularity she never gave an interview…
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The definitive guide for all fans of Georgette Heyer, Jane Austen, and the glittering Regency period
Instead of the Thorn follows Elizabeth Arden a young woman raised by a cold, distant father and a prim, proper aunt. Unsurprisingly Elizabeth comes of age with no sense of…
Jane Aiken Hodge
As a bestselling phenomenon and queen of the Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer is one of the most beloved historical novelists. This biography offers a glimpse into Georgette Heyer’s world and…
Georgette Heyer is known for her historical romances set in Regency England. Her works include Regency Buck , The Grand Sophy and Friday’s Child . This is a guide to…
A collection of essays on the career of historical novelist Georgette Heyer.
The historical works of Georgette Heyer inspire a fiercely loyal, international readership, including literary figures such as A…
Sebastian Cat
Scholars, authors, bloggers and fans come together in a celebration of the works, and worlds, of Georgette Heyer (1902 -1974).
When fate and a chivalrous impulse saddle Viscount Desford with a homeless waif in the engaging shape of Cherry Steane, his childhood friend Henrietta begins to wonder if he has…
‘Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.’ Sunday Telegraph. A beautifully repackaged edition of one of the best of the best. Renowned gamester and the first to admit that he is entirely void…
The stabbing of irascible General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith fails to stir up grief in anyone - least of all his family, which is no wonder considering the way he had…
Originally published in 1923 by Small, Maynard & Company.
When the incomparable Miss Milbourne spurns Lord Sherington’s marriage proposal (she laughs at him!) he vows to marry the next female he encounters, who happens to be the young, penniless…
This early, unusual romance by Georgette Heyer features a young country gentleman driven by jealousy to transform himself into a sophisticated dandy to win the lady he loves.
Includes three recently discovered short stories –Front cover.
On the eve of battle, passions are running high…
The superlatively analytical Inspector Hemingway is confronted by a murder that seems impossible-no one was near the murder weapon at the time the shot was fired.
All the gallantry, villainy and elegance of the age that Georgette Heyer has so triumphantly made her own are exquisitely revived in these wonderfully romantic stories of the Regency period…
The Black Moth was Georgette Heyer’s debut novel. She was only 19 and it surprised the publishing world by selling more than 200,000 copies in 1921. Georgette Heyer essentially invented…
Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1929.
It should have been a lovely English country-house weekend. But the unfortunate guest-list is enough to exasperate a saint, and the host is an abusive wretch hated by everyone from…