The International Heyer Society
Celebrating in the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL ARABELLA COVER RATINGS PREVIOUS ARABELLA COVER Unless this audio version is set in the 30s, in Chicago during the height of Prohibition, Mr. Beaumaris (we assume) is apparently not … Read More “Rating the Covers: Arabella (Chivers, 1994)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Many of Georgette Heyer’s heroes are military men, which makes sense, given that soldiering of various kinds was one of few honorable careers open to gentlemen of the upper classes, … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Military Hero — Round 2, Regency”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Published in 1937 under the objectionable title “Lady, Your Pardon“ — it was changed by Woman’s Journal editor Dorothy Sutherland, who had a sad habit of renaming Heyer’s works — … Read More ““Pharaoh’s Daughter” Part II by Georgette Heyer”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on In which we serialize Society Patroness Rachel Hyland’s first book in her Reading Heyer series, Reading Heyer: The Black Moth. Called “delicious” by Heyer expert Jennifer Kloester, it is a reading guide, … Read More “Reading Heyer: The Black Moth: Chapter XI”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on This pithy and rather uncomplimentary 2009 reflection on Heyer and her diminishing reputation — as part of the “Forgotten Authors” series that was subsequently renamed “Invisible Ink” and which also … Read More ““Forgotten Authors No. 27: Georgette Heyer” by Christopher Fowler (The Independent)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Our latest weekly Georgette Heyer Quiz! Over the next few months, we’ll be testing your knowledge of Heyer’s heroes and heroines… Go to it, Heyerites! Show us what you’re made … Read More “QUIZ: Heyer Heroines II”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Last Friday, as part of her ongoing Heyer Legacy Project, Jen gave her thoughts on Georgette Heyer’s first Regency-set novel, Regency Buck. Read all about it here. And catch up on … Read More “Jennifer Kloester on Regency Buck (1935)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL ARABELLA COVER RATINGS PREVIOUS ARABELLA COVER It’s fortunate that the Book of the Month Club was a subscription based service, because that is surely the only way anyone would … Read More “Rating the Covers: Arabella (Book of the Month Club, 1992)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Many of Georgette Heyer’s heroes are military men, which makes sense, given that soldiering of various kinds was one of few honorable careers open to gentlemen of the upper classes, … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Military Hero — Round 1, Pre-Regency”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Published in 1937 under the objectionable title “Lady, Your Pardon“ — it was changed by Woman’s Journal editor Dorothy Sutherland, who had a sad habit of renaming Heyer’s works — … Read More ““Pharaoh’s Daughter” Part I by Georgette Heyer”