AFTER GEORGETTE: The Diary of a Provincial Lady (1930) by E. M. Delafield
From her often difficult neighbours to her always unsympathetic husband, her rambunctious children, and the household…
AFTER GEORGETTE: Persuasion (1817) by Jane Austen
Many Heyer readers will know and love Jane Austen’s novels and Persuasion is a favourite reread….
AFTER GEORGETTE: The Crossing Places (2009) by Elly Griffiths
Crime writer Elly Griffiths is clearly a big Heyer fan, for her fabulous series featuring forensic…
AFTER GEORGETTE: Catherine, Called Birdy (1995) by Karen Cushman
Set in late-13th century England, this journals the trials and tribulations (and occasional joys) of Birdy,…
AFTER GEORGETTE: Vanity Fair (1848) by William Makepeace Thackeray
A hugely entertaining classic, Vanity Fair is full of marvellous characters. Clever, cunning Becky Sharp lives…
AFTER GEORGETTE: The Sheik (1919) by E. M. Hull
It’s about as non-PC a story as you can find today, but I have a great…
AFTER GEORGETTE: A Countess Below Stairs (1981) by Eva Ibbotson
Also known as The Secret Countess, this sparkling novel tells of the aristocratic Anna, who flees…
AFTER GEORGETTE: A Girl of the Limberlost (1909) by Gene Stratton-Porter
The enchanting story of Elnora Comstock, a marvellous and very unique heroine. Her refuge is the…
AFTER GEORGETTE: The Endless Steppe (1968) by Esther Hautzig
A memoir describing a 10-year-old girl’s exile from her home in Poland to Siberia, during WWII….
AFTER GEORGETTE: Cranford (1853) by Elizabeth Gaskell
Set in the titular small village in Victorian England, this book simmers with wit, satire and…