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‘Celebrating Georgette Heyer’ event wrap-up and poll

Posted in Blog Events, Celebrating Georgette Heyer, tagged , , , , , , , on 31 August 2010 | 41 Comments »

This marks the final post of the ‘Celebrating Georgette Heyer‘ event here at Austenprose. It has been a wonderful month of 34 book reviews of her romance novels, guest blogs, interviews and all out Heyer madness. I hope it chased away that fit of the blue-devils. A big thank you to each of the guest [...]

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Why we love to read & re-read Georgette Heyer: A birthday tribute

Posted in Blog Events, Celebrating Georgette Heyer, tagged , , , , , , , on 16 August 2010 | 45 Comments »

Today is Georgette Heyer’s birthday. I can think of no better way to celebrate the occasion than with a fellow Heyerite and Regency-era authority, Vic Sanborn of Jane Austen’s World. Vic has graciously agreed to be quizzed on her passion and knowledge of the Queen of Regency Romance, so please welcome her and feel free [...]

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The Foundling, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Celebrating Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 13 August 2010 | 30 Comments »

Guest review by Claire of The Captive Reader Originally published in 1948, The Foundling was one of the very few Heyer Regency novels I had not read.  As is always the case when you’re working against a deadline, I had some trouble tracking down a copy (even the library large print edition had multiple holds!) [...]

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The Corinthian, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Celebrating Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 11 August 2010 | 40 Comments »

Guest review by Danielle of A Work in Progress The Corinthian is the perfect summer read, a page turning romp through Regency England with all the right elements pulled off perfectly.  It’s a light-hearted comedy of manners and very much an adventure story with all sorts of twists and turns and misunderstandings — not surprising since the [...]

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An Infamous Army, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Celebrating Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on 9 August 2010 | 45 Comments »

Guest review by Elaine Simpson-Long of Random Jottings An Infamous Army is a novel about the battle of Waterloo with a love story attached, not the other way round and the title refers to the Duke of Wellington’s unkind nickname for the motley collection of national armies under his command in 1815. The story is [...]

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The Talisman Ring, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Blog Events, Book Reviews, Celebrating Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 8 August 2010 | 30 Comments »

Guest review by Ana of An Evening at Almack’s I have been a long time fan of Georgette Heyer. I first read some of books while a teenager in translated versions and now, as an adult, I have been collecting them in the original English thanks to Arrow and Sourcebooks who made them readily available [...]

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