In which we get to know our members a little better… Name: Frances Turner Nationality: English Australian I am Frances, dual English/Australian. I was about 12 when my mother gave me … Read More “Member Profile: Frances Turner”
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POLL: Favourite Heyer Spinster Heroine? Round 2
Many of Heyer’s heroines have stayed single well into their twenties, which stigmatized them as “spinsters” at the time. We get to see them relinquish their solitary existences throughout their … Read More “POLL: Favourite Heyer Spinster Heroine? Round 2”

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”

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”

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”

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”