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Georgette Heyer (1902–1974) was an English author particularly known for her historical romance novels set in the Regency and Georgian eras.A best-selling author, Heyer's writing career saw her produce works from a variety of genres; in total she published 32 novels in the romance genre, 6 historical novels, 4 contemporary novels, and 12 in the detective fiction genre.
Georgette Heyer (/ ˈ h eɪ. ər /; 16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth.
Like many of Heyer's novels, Lady of Quality is a Regency romance, relying heavily on its setting as a plot device. [3] [4] As noted by literary critic Kay Mussell, Heyer's Regency romances revolved around a "structured social ritual – the marriage market represented by the London season" where "all are in danger of ostracism for inappropriate behavior". [5]
Regency Buck is a novel written by Georgette Heyer.It has three distinctions: it is the first of her novels to deal with the Regency period; it is one of only a few to combine both genres for which she was noted, the Regency romance and the mystery novel; and it is the only one of her Regency stories to feature Beau Brummell as an actual character, rather than as someone merely mentioned in ...
Pages in category "Novels by Georgette Heyer" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... Regency Buck; The Reluctant Widow; Royal Escape; S.
The Corinthian is a regency novel by Georgette Heyer. Plot summary Sir Richard Wyndham, an accomplished Corinthian, is being forced into marriage by his family, who ...