INTRODUCTION The influence of Austen’s cleverest novel, Emma (1815), may be seen in several Heyer novels, including The Foundling¸ Lady of Quality, The Grand Sophy and The Unknown Ajax. Maria … Read More “Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Emma…”

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Celebrating in the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer
INTRODUCTION The influence of Austen’s cleverest novel, Emma (1815), may be seen in several Heyer novels, including The Foundling¸ Lady of Quality, The Grand Sophy and The Unknown Ajax. Maria … Read More “Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Emma…”
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, critique … Read More “Reading Heyer: The Black Moth: Chapter XIX”
Our latest weekly Georgette Heyer Quiz! To celebrate this week’s run of Heyer’s own non-fiction here at Heyer Society, today we’re quizzing you on non-fiction books about Heyer herself…
ALL ARABELLA COVER RATINGS PREVIOUS ARABELLA COVER So many problems with this one (Sourcebooks Casablanca, 2016). So many. For a start, that girl is so airbrushed and poorly rendered, she looks … Read More “Rating the Covers: Arabella (Sourcebooks, 2016)”
Georgette Heyer may not have had much faith in the Church of England, if the evidence of her assortment of prosy, persnickety reverends and the like is the be believed. … Read More “POLL: Favorite Man of the Cloth of the Cloth in Heyer?”
INTRODUCTION Both Cotillion (1953) and The Nonesuch (1962) contain strong echoes of Mansfield Park (1814), with their stories of women forced into dependency and reliance on the goodwill of wealthier … Read More “Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Mansfield Park…”
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, critique and … Read More “Reading Heyer: The Black Moth: Chapter XVIII”
Our latest weekly Georgette Heyer Quiz! For the next several weeks, we’ll be testing your knowledge of Heyer’s titles. This time out: the Regencies.
ALL ARABELLA COVER RATINGS PREVIOUS ARABELLA COVER The hair colour is wrong but this lovely young woman, even just from the nose down, could easily be the Arabella conjured up … Read More “Rating the Covers: Arabella (Naxos Audio, 2014)”
In all of historical romance — indeed, in all of fiction! — Georgette Heyer wrote some of the very best, most adorable and lovable, pets. Which is your favorite? Vote … Read More “POLL: Favourite Pet in Heyer”