So, we’re back to the Georgian era, back to the frock coats and the smugglers and the intrigue, and I love it. The Talisman Ring is my favorite Heyer historical … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — The Talisman Ring (1936)”
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Author Maura TanPosted on Author Maura TanPosted on Heyer for Beginners — Regency Buck (1935)
At last I have hit the Regency era in my Heyer reading, and I have to say, this one makes me wonder exactly what it was that was so appealing … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — Regency Buck (1935)”
Author Maura TanPosted on Heyer for Beginners — The Convenient Marriage (1934)
Heyer Society‘s fearless leader, Rachel Hyland, tells me that this is the first Heyer she ever read, when she was eleven, and it got her immediately hooked. All I can … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — The Convenient Marriage (1934)”
Author Maura TanPosted on Heyer for Beginners — Devil’s Cub (1932)
Another sequel? I really had it in my mind that Georgette Heyer really didn’t do those. Yet, here we are, two sequels interrupted only by one rather heavy historical fiction … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — Devil’s Cub (1932)”
Author Maura TanPosted on Heyer for Beginners — The Conqueror (1931)
This one feels like a return to the court intrigue stylings of The Great Roxhythe, except it enjoys some key differences which, I think, have kept it in the general … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — The Conqueror (1931)”
Author Maura TanPosted on Heyer for Beginners — Beauvallet (1929)
For all my general (now rapidly diminishing, thanks to reading Heyer) aversion to historical fiction, I do have a soft spot for the piratical high seas adventures of Errol Flynn … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — Beauvallet (1929)”
Author Maura TanPosted on Heyer for Beginners — The Masqueraders (1928)
Wow, two cross-dressing stories in a row! I certainly wasn’t expecting that. It makes me wonder how many more heroes (and especially heroines) I’ll see in disguise across the next … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — The Masqueraders (1928)”
Author Maura TanPosted on Heyer for Beginners — These Old Shades (1926)
I really didn’t know what to expect from this one. The blurb of my Kindle edition read: Considered the book that launched Gerogette Heyer’s career, These Old Shades features two … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — These Old Shades (1926)”
Heyer for Beginners — Simon the Coldheart (1925)
And once again, as with my much-loved Pastel, Georgette Heyer proves herself to have been a far too harsh critic of her own work, as Simon the Coldheart — though, … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — Simon the Coldheart (1925)”
Heyer for Beginners — Powder and Patch (1923)
So now we’re getting into the kind of territory I have always envisioned when the name Georgette Heyer would come up in conversation over the years. (Usually only when I … Read More “Heyer for Beginners — Powder and Patch (1923)”