The International Heyer Society
Celebrating in the Literary Genius of Georgette Heyer
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Georgette Heyer has such a knack for bringing characters to life, even the parents of her heroes and heroines often have a chance to shine. Who is your favourite of … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Mother (Regency Edition)”
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on Heyer’s aristocratic heroes don’t always have titles, but occasionally they are earls. Which of the five is your favourite? ALL POLLS
Author Heyer SocietyPosted on 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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”