Georgette Heyer wrote more than 50 novels and has been a beloved author for more than 90 years, but she kept her professional and personal lives so separate that for many years any real information about her as a person were inaccessible. The Private World of Georgette Heyer is the result of author Jane Aiken…
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Review: The Corinthian, by Georgette Heyer
As I’ve mentioned before, Georgette Heyer wrote a lot of books. So far I’ve enjoyed her Regency novels much more than her mysteries, but that doesn’t narrow the scope by much — it still leaves me with 38 books from which to choose. Fortunately a couple of my readers are just as in love with…
Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy
Title: The Grand Sophy Author: Georgette Heyer Genre: Fiction – Regency Publication Date: 1950 Sophia Stanton-Lacy has arrived at her Aunt Ombersley’s home just in time. Her cousins are in a tangle: Charles is engaged to a hoity-toity snot, Cecilia is in love with a poet, and Hubert is acting strangely, even for him. Sophy…
Review: Friday’s Child
Viscount “Sherry” Sheringham is beyond furious. His considerable inheritance remains in the clutches of his greedy uncle until Sherry marries — and Miss Isabella Milborne has just refused his proposal. Sherry is determined to get his money, and vows to marry the first woman he meets on his return to London. This happens much sooner…
It’s Summer! Here Are Four Things To Read When It’s Too Hot To Think
I love classic novels as much as the next gal, but there comes a time in every person’s life when you need to set down the Serious Books and pick up what the literati might call “total nonsense.” This is especially true during summer — school’s out, work might be a little slow, and people…