In counterpoint to other glowing reviews of this novel, this contemporary review of An Infamous Army from The Bulletin (5 Jan 1938) is far less kind:
Georgette Heyer has gone to great trouble to be sound on the historical side for An Infamous Army (Heinemann), the title of which refers to Wellington’s description of his troops, but the author fails to put the breath of life into her puppets, and, is acted out by puppets…
SOURCE: “REVIEWED BRIEFLY” 1938-01-05. The Bulletin, p. 2.
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The Spanish Bride by Georgette Heyer, The Australian Woman’s Mirror (1940)
False Colours by Georgette Heyer, South China Morning Post (1967)
The Transformation of Phillip Jettan by Georgette Heyer, The Register, Adelaide (1923)
Instead of the Thorn by Georgette Heyer, Sporting Times (1924)
Simon the Coldheart by Georgette Heyer, Times Literary Supplement (1925)
