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…
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Author Rachel HylandPosted on Rating the Covers: Arabella (Sourcebooks, 2016)
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)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on POLL: Favorite Man of the Cloth of the Cloth in Heyer?
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?”
Author Jennifer KloesterPosted on Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Mansfield Park…
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…”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on Reading Heyer: The Black Moth: Chapter XVIII
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”
Heyer Society Profile: Megan Osmond
In which we get to know our members a little better… Name: Megan Osmond Nationality: Australian How old were you when you read your first Georgette Heyer novel? 13-ish. 37 when … Read More “Heyer Society Profile: Megan Osmond”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on QUIZ: Heyer’s Mystery Novels
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.
Author Rachel HylandPosted on Rating the Covers: Arabella (Naxos Audio, 2014)
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)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on POLL: Favourite Pet in Heyer
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”
Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Pride and Prejudice…
INTRODUCTION Austen’s most popular novel, Pride and Prejudice (1813), has become an iconic story and Heyer uses its basic plot of misunderstanding and instant dislike between hero and heroine in … Read More “Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Pride and Prejudice…”