![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother her last was My Lord John. 'Georgette Heyer is second to none' Sunday Times About the AuthorAuthor of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. While Oliver may be a reckless and uncivil rogue, Annis can't help but be drawn towards his wild ways. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' Joanne HarrisĪnnis Wychwood delights in her independence.īeautiful, rich and far too busy for love, she has turned down the advances of many a hopeful suitor.īut when she becomes entangled in the affairs of a runaway heiress, she encounters the girl's guardian, the notorious Oliver Carleton. This is a guide to Heyer's world: her heroines, her villains and dashing heroes, the shops, clubs and towns they frequented, the parties and seasons they celebrated, how they ate, drank, socialized, shopped and drove. ![]() A bestselling novelist since 1921, Georgette Heyer is known across the world for her historical romances set in Regency England. ![]()
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