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The Garden Intrigue, by Lauren Willig – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Regency Era Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , on 15 February 2012 | 7 Comments »

Guest review by Jeffrey Ward Dear readers and fans I bring good news Lauren Willig has shown her muse In Pink Carnation number nine The Garden Intrigue, most divine Eloise Kelly is in England researching her dissertation on English espionage during the Napoleonic Wars; especially a shadowy figure known only as the Pink Carnation. Eloise’s [...]

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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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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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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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The Quiet Gentleman, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 26 June 2011 | 6 Comments »

Guest review by Laura A. Wallace “To own the truth,” replied Miss Morville candidly, “I can perceive nothing romantic in a headless spectre.  I should think it a very disagreeable sight, and if I did fancy I saw such a thing I should take one of Dr James’s powders immediately!” Thus Drusilla Morville sadly disappoints [...]

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Venetia, by Georgette Heyer – A Review

Posted in Book Reviews, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , on 29 May 2011 | 15 Comments »

Guest review by Laura Wallace “I know!  She was the delightful creature who cut up her brother, and cast the pieces in her papa’s way, wasn’t she?  I daresay perfectly amiable when one came to know her.” —Venetia on Medea. Venetia is about soul mates.  Two people who, despite completely dissimilar life experiences, recognize in [...]

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