The International Heyer Society
Celebrating in the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL BARREN CORN COVER RATINGS What an evocative cover! The looming figures in the background looking on judging the central couple, so in love but with a melancholy air, giving and … Read More “Rating the Covers: Barren Corn (1938, Longmans)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL BARREN CORN COVER RATINGS There is not much to say about this cheap edition plainness, except that it is a cheap edition that is plain. The quote on the cover … Read More “Rating the Covers: Barren Corn (1936, Longmans)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL BARREN CORN COVER RATINGS Georgette Heyer apparently disapproved very strongly of this first edition cover, but I quite like it. The mariposa (aka golden wattle) is important to the story, … Read More “Rating the Covers: Barren Corn (1930, Longmans)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL AN INFAMOUS ARMY COVER RATINGS Now this is a cover for this book! True, it doesn’t speak to the rocky romance of Babs and Charles, but as that is really … Read More “Rating the Covers: An Infamous Army (1966, Norstedt)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL AN INFAMOUS ARMY COVER RATINGS In 1946, Spanish publishing house Faure released a translated version of An Infamous Army — which they titled Lady Barbara — as the fourth book … Read More “Rating the Covers: An Infamous Army (1946, Faure)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL AN INFAMOUS ARMY COVER RATINGS Ah, it’s the Duchess of Richmond’s ball again, because of course it is. However, I quite like this Impressionist-style painting and I have a very … Read More “Rating the Covers: An Infamous Army (1977, Mondadori)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL AN INFAMOUS ARMY COVER RATINGS The title of this Hungarian edition rather delightfully translates to War and Balls, but that is the only thing that is delightful about this cover. Even … Read More “Rating the Covers: An Infamous Army (2012, GABO)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL AN INFAMOUS ARMY COVER RATINGS This time Barbara and the Battle of Waterloo gives simply no hint on the cover that there is a single soldier to be had throughout its … Read More “Rating the Covers: An Infamous Army (2019, beHEARTBEAT)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL AN INFAMOUS ARMY COVER RATINGS The negligee? Fine. The battle in the background. Sure, of course. But who is this brunette, exactly? WHO? (She’s very lovely. But WHO?) C. NEXT … Read More “Rating the Covers: An Infamous Army (1998, Bechtermünz Verlag)”
Author Rachel HylandPosted on ALL AN INFAMOUS ARMY COVER RATINGS I would like this one a lot better if Barbara didn’t look a lot like the young Pebbles Flintstone. C. NEXT AN INFAMOUS ARMY COVER … Read More “Rating the Covers: An Infamous Army (1972, Rowohlt)”