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From the desk of Deborah Barnum: I first encountered Georgette Heyer’s Bath Tangle via audio and I was enchanted – the head-strong Hero and Heroine, not always likable, at odds with each other from page one - so I was delighted to read the book when Laurel Ann asked me to do this review –... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Laura Gerold: Originally published in 1954, The Toll-Gate is a regency novel by Georgette Heyer. Unlike the other books I've read by Heyer, The Toll-Gate is not so much a regency romance as a regency mystery with a bit of romance. The novel is set in 1817 in the Peak District,... Continue Reading →
The wait is almost over. An encore episode of Inspector Lewis Series II The Point of Vanishing airs this Sunday on Masterpiece Mystery, and then Series III begins on August 29th, 2010 with Counter Culture Blues. Oxford police detectives D.I. Lewis (Kevin Whatley) and D.S. Hathaway (Laurence Fox) are called to a death by drowning... Continue Reading →
Guest Review by Alexa Adams of First Impressions When their Great-uncle Matthew, the miserly Mr. Penicuik, summons his five unmarried nephews to Arnside House, only four oblige him. Unfortunately, one of these attendees, already being married, was not even invited, a fact that delights the somewhat slow Lord Dolphinton, who torments the unwelcome Lord Biddenden... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Deb Barnum: The return of Gervase Frant, Earl St. Erth, to his ancestral home of Stanyon Castle following the death of his father should, by all events, be a time for celebration. But he finds his step-mother and younger step-brother quite disappointed that he has managed to survive his war service... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Helen Simonson: In July, my husband, one of our two teenage sons, and I, set out to walk across England. In seven days we walked eighty-four miles, coast to coast along the new National Hadrian’s Wall Path. Staying in bed and breakfasts at night, stopping in pubs and tea rooms along... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Vic Sanborn:Â Headstrong, spoiled and impetuous, Lord Sheringham wants to be married. Not because he is in love, but because he wants control of his fortune, his father having left it so that he would be either 25 or married before he could rid himself of his trustees. He has some... Continue Reading →
 From the desk of Laurel Ann Nattress: 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... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Meg Johnson: My first foray into the world of Georgette Heyer — and Regency romance — was not a disappointing one. Like the countless lords, fools and gentlemen who fall in love with brash, bewitching Miss Sophy Stanton-Lacy, I don’t think I’ll be able to forget The Grand Sophy for a... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Kara Louise: The heroine of Georgette Heyer’s novel, “Arabella” is Arabella Tallent, daughter of a clergyman from a country neighborhood and one of eight children. Her father raised his family to care about those less fortunate, to shun extravagancies, and most of all, to live a principled life. The fortune of... Continue Reading →
I recently finished The Season of Second Chances, by Diane Meier and liked it so much that I didn't want to write about it! I do that sometimes after experiencing a great movie, opera, musical or book. When something touches me profoundly, I want it all to myself. Talking or writing about it somehow takes... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Claire: 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!) but I found... Continue Reading →
