the toll-gate

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”

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”

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”