The Spectator: Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Best-Seller by Jennifer Kloester, reviewed by Juliet Townsend
Those of us who have spent an embarrassing number of hours immersed in the Regency novels…
Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Persuasion…
INTRODUCTION My favourite Austen novel is Persuasion (1817). I love Anne Elliot, her steadfastness and willingness…
Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Northanger Abbey…
INTRODUCTION Fans of Austen’s Northanger Abbey (1817) will likely enjoy Heyer’s own take on the Gothic…
Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Emma…
INTRODUCTION The influence of Austen’s cleverest novel, Emma (1815), may be seen in several Heyer novels,…
Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Mansfield Park…
INTRODUCTION Both Cotillion (1953) and The Nonesuch (1962) contain strong echoes of Mansfield Park (1814), with…
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…
Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Sense and Sensibility…
INTRODUCTION Austen’s first novel, Sense and Sensibility (1811), is also the first Austen novel mentioned in…
Heyer for Austenites: An Introduction
Jane Austen was Georgette Heyer’s favourite novelist. Introduced to Austen by her literary father, Heyer read…
Patroness Profile: Jennifer Kloester
In which we get to know our Patronesses a little better… Name: Jennifer Kloester Chosen Patroness:…
“The Reclusive Author Who Only Gave One Interview” by Jennifer Kloester, Publisher’s Weekly
In 2013, Publishers Weekly ran an informative piece from now-International Heyer Society patroness (and then, already…