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From the desk of Joanna Go: Published in 1941, Faro’s Daughter was written during a trying time in Georgette Heyer’s life when she was at odds with her agents and publishers, and war was wreaking havoc on the publishing industry. She was forced to put this work aside in favor of another, but reading the... Continue Reading →
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 heroine... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Kelly Yanke Deltener: Immersion into the atmosphere, vernacular and overall culture of a British officer’s continental life is what you’ll find with Georgette Heyer’s The Spanish Bride. The title is misleading. Readers expecting a dashing love story between an officer and a beautiful Spanish woman will be slightly surprised. While the Heyer... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Elaine Simpson-Long:Â 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 set in... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Susan Holloway Scott, of Two Nerdy History Girls I read my first Georgette Heyer years ago, when I discovered a long row of her books on a shelf in my school’s library. I ripped right through them, one after another, in the kind of focused excess that only adolescents possess. This was... Continue Reading →
Summer is upon us and I am taking a bold move and jumping ship from my usual fare of Jane Austen and her offspring to cross the channel into France during the Napoleonic Wars with For the King, a detective thriller set in post-Revolutionary Paris steeped in politics and revenge. Firstly, this book has an... Continue Reading →
I had not read The Convenient Marriage before this new Naxos Audiobooks recording happily landed on my doorstep. I will confess all upfront. I did the unthinkable. I read the complete plot synopsis on Wikipedia before I delved into the first chapter. *horrors*  Don’t even think about following my example.  It will spoil the most... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Meredith Esparza: Dominic Alistair, the Marquis of Vidal, has done it again... After engaging in a most dishonorable and unceremonious duel over cards, he is banished to France by his father, the Duke of Avon. His behavior of late has been more scandalous than usual, and his latest transgressions coupled with... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Helen of She Reads Novels The Masqueraders, originally published in 1928, is one of Georgette Heyer’s earlier novels. It’s only the second Heyer book I’ve read and I found it very different to my first, The Talisman Ring, in setting, language and plot. Set just after the Jacobite Rising of 1745, it... Continue Reading →
Guest review by Keira of Love Romance Passion For a truly exceptional read, Regency or otherwise, that makes you giddy with glee you need to pick up These Old Shades, by Georgette Heyer. It’s a delightful story about a cross-dressing female who goes from rags to riches and from unloved to abundantly loved. It’s even... Continue Reading →
From the desk of Lucy Bertoldi: I’ve only begun reading Heyer’s books as of late last year and can honestly say that so far every single one has been a source of pure delight. No surprise - Powder and Patch followed suit in keeping me well entertained. This book, sweet, short, hilarious, with its oh-so-French... Continue Reading →
