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April Lady, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 29 January 2012 | 9 Comments »

Guest Review by Laura A. Wallace Georgette Heyer’s April Lady is the last re-issue by Sourcebooks of Heyer’s novels.  (The very last is Pistols for Two, a collection of short stories.)  Originally published in 1957, it is comfortably set within the Regency period that she had made her own.  The setting is London, and the [...]

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Sprig Muslin, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 25 December 2011 | 8 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace Georgette Heyer’s Sprig Muslin is one of her most entertaining Regency novels.  It is a “road book,” full of adventures, comical situations, and fun characters. At the outset, I must beg anyone who leaves a comment to avoid spoilers.  New readers should have the pleasure of discovering Amanda’s antics, [...]

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A Civil Contract, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , on 27 November 2011 | 32 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace A Civil Contract is an atypical Georgette Heyer novel.  While the setting is firmly Regency, beginning at the time of the Battle of Orthez (February 1814) and ending with that of Waterloo (June 1815), it is neither lively nor witty.  It is a quiet book, with a love story [...]

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Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller, by Jennifer Kloester – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , on 30 October 2011 | 10 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace I must acknowledge that it is well-nigh impossible for me to be objective when it comes to reviewing Jennifer Kloester’s new biography of Georgette Heyer which was released this month in the UK.  Rarely have I looked forward so much to reading a biography.  But be assured, gentle reader, [...]

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The Toll-Gate, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 9 October 2011 | 11 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace Georgette Heyer’s novel The Toll Gate is a little different from her typical Regencies.  It is more of a mystery than a romance, and is told primarily from the point of view of the hero. The hero, Captain John Staple, shares several characteristics with Hugo Darracott of The Unknown [...]

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The Unknown Ajax, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 25 September 2011 | 16 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace The Unknown Ajax is one of Georgette Heyer’s funniest Regencies.  It is populated with some of her more memorable characters, and ends with a protracted scene reminiscent of comic opera, with a dozen people coming in and fading out in a seamless composition that builds to a climax as [...]

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Stephanie Barron Featured on NPR

Posted in Austenesque Authors, Jane Austen's Life & Times, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 26 August 2011 | 4 Comments »

Author, and friend of Austenprose, Stephanie Barron has contributed an online article in the “Three Books” series on NPR. Which books did she choose? Why Regency-era of course. In Three Books, Two Centuries And One English Regency, Barron highlights: Seize the Fire: Heroism, Duty, And Nelson’s Battle of Trafalgar,  by Adam Nicolson; The Battle: A [...]

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Giveaway Winners Announced for the Georgette Heyer Birthday Bash Celebration

Posted in Jane Austen Book Sleuth, tagged , , , , , , on 25 August 2011 | 7 Comments »

68 of you left comments qualifying you for a chance to win one of three Heyer book packs of her novels. The lucky winners drawn at random are: Heyer Pack #1 goes to Rachel who left a comment on 16th August 2011 Bath Tangle The Reluctant Widow The Grand Sophy Regency Buck The Convenient Marriage [...]

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