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Georgette Heyer
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…
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Originally published: London: Heinemann, 1929.
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…
Philip Jettan, a handsome and sturdy but tongue-tied youth, is rejected by his true love because he is not foppish enough. He resolves to improve himself and travels to Paris…
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The Black Moth: A Romance of the XVIIIth Century, is many of the old classic books which have been considered important throughout the human history. They are now extremely scarce…
First published in 1926, 'These Old Shades' is a Georgian romance novel by Georgette Heyer, an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the regency romance and detective fiction genres…
Powder and Patch is a novel written by Georgette Heyer under the pen name Stella Martin. It was originally titled The Transformation of Philip Jettan when published by Mills &…
The Great Roxhythe is a novel written by Georgette Heyer. The book opens in 1668 and closes in 1685, and concerns the misadventures of a fictional spy loyal to Charles…
From the brilliant author of detective novels and regency romances, here we have an early manifestation of her literary genius and versatility. G. Heyer masters the art of telling a…
A holiday party goes terribly wrong when the universally disliked host is found murdered behind locked doors with a houseful of hostile guests, every one of whom has something to…
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When we meet Simon of Beauvallet he is a 14 year old boy, the year is 1400, and the 100 year war is raging. Simon is the bastard son of…
Devil’s Cub is one of Georgette Heyer’s most famous and memorable novels, featuring a dashing and wild young nobleman and the gently bred young lady in whom he finally meets…
Includes an excerpt from Heyer’s Death in the stocks.
This charming English country-house mystery features a murder victim whose public persona cleverly hid a life of vice and deception.
A family tyrant whose murder has shocking and far-reaching consequences…
Simon Beauvallet was born in 1386, the illegitimate son of Geoffrey of Malvallet. After his mother’s death in 1400, he and his half-brother, the legitimate son and heir of his…
Enjoy one of only two Heyer Gothic Regency romances.
When the incorrigible Lady Fancot persuades her son to impersonate his twin (just for one night, she promises) the masquerade sets off a tangled sequence of events that engages his…
Miss Annis Wychwood, at twenty-nine, has long been on the shelf, but this bothers her not at all.
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…
One of Heyer’s funniest Regency romances, and one of readers’ favorites.
Includes three recently discovered short stories –Front cover.
Miss Judith Worth and her brother are disgusted with their guardian, who seems to want nothing to do with them. But when Miss Taverner begins to move in the highest…
In an age of slippery politics, Robin and Prudence Tremaine find themselves on the wrong side of the Jacobite rebellion.
This edition issued based on the paperback edition published in 2009 by Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. –Title page verso.
A swashbuckling tale set in the second half of the 16th century, when Elizabeth was on the throne and the Spanish Armada ruled the waves. Sir Nicholas Beauvallet, pirate and…
. Utter, immersive escapism’ SOPHIE KINSELLA ______________________________ Diana Beauleigh is caught between two men. Seven long years ago, Jack Carstares, the Earl of Wyncham, sacrificed his honour for his brother…
Originally published in Great Britain in 1937 by Hodder & Stoghton edition issued based on the paperback edition published in 2009 by Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. –Title…
Chief Inspector Hemingway investigates the murder of village solicitor Sampson Warrenby, a man with an abundance of enemies.
There are three hundred and fifty thousand words and over nine hundred and fifty pages of fantastically written romance fiction in this collection.
The death of Adam Penhallow on the eve of his birthday seems, at first, to be by natural causes. He was so bad tempered and mean that both his servants…
Georgette Heyer presents her sparkling wit with a Shakespearean twist.
A charming Georgette Heyer romance about finding love at any age.
Set in the Georgian period, about 20 years before the Regency, These Old Shades is considered to be the book that launched Heyer’s career.
A sham betrothal isn’t the only thing that gets Kitty and Freddy into trouble, but it’s definitely the beginning…
One of readers’, librarians’ and booksellers’ most frequently requested Heyers, The Foundling features Gilly, the seventh Duke of Sale.
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 when the…
Originally published in 1934 by Longmans, Green & Co., and imprint of Pearson PLC. This edition issued based on the paperback edition published in 2009 by Sourcebooks Landmark, an imprint…
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.