Heyer’s aristocratic heroes don’t always have titles, but occasionally they are earls. Which of the five is your favourite? ALL POLLS
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Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Jennifer Kloester on The Quiet Gentleman (1951)
Last Friday, as part of her ongoing Heyer Legacy Project, Jen gave her thoughts on The Quiet Gentleman. Read all about it here. And catch up on Jen’s series digging … Read More “Jennifer Kloester on The Quiet Gentleman (1951)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Member Profile: Paul Bethel
In which we get to know our members a little better… Name: Paul Bethel (aka Beth Andrews) Nationality: Bahamian How old were you when you read your first Georgette Heyer novel? … Read More “Member Profile: Paul Bethel”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Member Profile: Sue Baillie
In which we get to know our members a little better… Name: Sue Baillie Nationality: Australian How old were you when you read your first Georgette Heyer novel? 10 or … Read More “Member Profile: Sue Baillie”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on POLL: Favorite Man of the Cloth of the Cloth in Heyer?
Georgette Heyer may not have had much faith in the Church of England, if the evidence of her assortment of prosy, persnickety reverends and the like is the be believed. … Read More “POLL: Favorite Man of the Cloth of the Cloth in Heyer?”
Author Jennifer KloesterPosted on Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Mansfield Park…
INTRODUCTION Both Cotillion (1953) and The Nonesuch (1962) contain strong echoes of Mansfield Park (1814), with their stories of women forced into dependency and reliance on the goodwill of wealthier … Read More “Heyer for Austenites: If You Love Mansfield Park…”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on POLL: Favourite Heyer Schoolroom Miss
Last week we looked at Heyer’s male teenage scapegraces… this time we turn to her burgeoning young ladies, not yet “out” but past their childhoods. Of course, some of Heyer’s … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Schoolroom Miss”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on POLL: Favourite Heyer Schoolboy
Last week we took a look at Heyer’s children, but this time we’re looking at her teens. Teenage boys, to be precise, young men who are past their childhood but … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Schoolboy”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on POLL: Favourite Heyer Child
Getting children right is often one of a writer’s greatest challenges. It can be a fine line to walk between precocious and obnoxious, adorable and irritating, and wise-beyond-their-years and simply … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Child”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on POLL: Favourite Heyer Military Hero — Round 2, Regency
Many of Georgette Heyer’s heroes are military men, which makes sense, given that soldiering of various kinds was one of few honorable careers open to gentlemen of the upper classes, … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Military Hero — Round 2, Regency”