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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 →
Guest review by Jane Greensmith of Reading, Writing, Working, Playing The Reluctant Widow, first published in 1946, was Heyer’s 32nd novel and her 17th Regency. It was my first Heyer, and it hooked me completely. I confess that I sometimes find it hard to differentiate one Heyer story from the next. The headstrong heiresses and... Continue Reading →
Masterpiece Mystery will air another encore episode of Inspector Lewis from season II, The Quality of Mercy on Sunday, August 15th. The new season begins on August 29th with Counter Culture Blues guest starring Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous), a great British comedian who has yet to disappoint. Her recent performance in Miss Marple: The Mirror... Continue Reading →
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 →
Dear readers, last week I reviewed Lynn Shepherd's new Austen inspired mystery Murder at Mansfield Park. Not only is she an accomplished novelist, she is a distinguished Samuel Richardson scholar with a new book, Clarissa's Painter: Portraiture, Illustration, and Representation in the Novels of Samuel Richardson, published by the venerable Oxford University Press. Richardson was... 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 →
