Georgette Heyer’s Regency World by Jennifer Kloester is available August 1. This extremely interesting compendium of insights and knowledge came my way by One Who Knows how much a fan of Georgette Heyer and Jane Austen I am. Neatly organized into chapters by topic, Kloester provides basic information on the life upper class men and […]
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Georgette Heyer’s Regency World by Jennifer Kloester: A Review
Posted in Book review, Georgette Heyer, Georgian Life, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Georgette Heyer's Regency World, Jennifer Kloester, SourceBooks on August 1, 2010| 7 Comments »
Georgette Heyer Tour
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency World, tagged Frederica, Friday's Child, Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews on March 4, 2010| 7 Comments »
The Classics Circuit is taking a Georgette Heyer Tour this month. I thought I would piggyback in a circuitous way, and add my own reviews where they fit in. Such fun! For those who have not read Georgette’s sparkling novels, mostly set during the Regency era, you have missed a treat. Although Ms. Heyer’s writing […]
The Masqueraders by Georgette Heyer: A Review
Posted in Book review, Georgette Heyer, Georgian Life, Georgian London, jane austen, tagged Georgette Heyer, SourceBooks, The Masqueraders on February 2, 2010| 24 Comments »
Inquiring readers: I have no doubt you shall enjoy this review of Georgette Heyer’s The Masqueraders by my good friend, Lady Anne, an expert when it comes to the subject of this author. Lady Anne has read Georgette Heyer’s novels for most of her years upon this earth. Smart, sassy, fabulous, well tressed and well […]
These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer: A review
Posted in Austenesque novels, Book review, Georgette Heyer, Georgian Life, Georgian London, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, SourceBooks, These Old Shades on December 9, 2009| 28 Comments »
Inquiring readers: I have no doubt you shall enjoy this post by my good friend, Lady Anne, an expert when it comes to the subject of Georgette Heyer. Lady Anne has read Georgette Heyer’s novels for most of her years upon this earth. Smart, sassy, fabulous, well tressed and well dressed, she has read every […]
A Proposal To Cicely, by Georgette Heyer
Posted in on August 1, 2009| 9 Comments »
Gentle Reader, this short story was published in The Happy Magazine, September, 1922, pp. 341-46. I will be tweeting it in its entirety during August, 2009. Click here to see the tweets, or read the developing story below. Cicely hurled a cushion across the room. “Thats how I feel!” she said, & glared at her […]
Regency Manners and Georgette Heyer’s The Grand Sophy
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Georgette Heyer, Regency Manners, The Grand Sophy, The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer on July 9, 2009| 8 Comments »
In The Grand Sophy Georgette Heyer writes about a feisty Mark I heroine who frequently breaks Society’s rules and emerges with her reputation unscathed.
The Grand Sophy, by Georgette Heyer: A Review
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Regency Life, tagged Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, The Grand Sophy, The Grand Sophy by Georgette Heyer on July 1, 2009| 29 Comments »
Review of one of Georgette Heyer’s most beloved regency romance novels, The Grand Sophy
My Lord John by Georgette Heyer: A Review
Posted in Book review, Popular culture, tagged Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, Historical novel, My Lord John on June 26, 2009| 2 Comments »
Gentle Readers, My friend, Hillary Major, a fan of history and recent Georgette Heyer convert, graciously agreed to review Source Books’ latest release of My Lord John, which was published posthumously. You can purchase the book at this link. Many Heyer readers may be surprised to learn that the Middle Ages, not the Regency era, […]
The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer, A Review
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, SourceBooks, The Corinthian, The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer on June 12, 2009| 14 Comments »
The Corinthian by Georgette Heyer, a review. Sourcebooks has released the book in June 2009
The Nonesuch, by Georgette Heyer: A Review
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Popular culture, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, Regency Books, SourceBooks, The Nonesuch on June 4, 2009| 13 Comments »
The Nonesuch by Georgette Heyer is being re-released by SourceBooks in Spring/Summer 2009
The Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer: A Conversational Review
Posted in Book review, jane austen, Jane Austen's World, Regency Life, Regency style, Regency World, tagged Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, Regency Books, SourceBooks, The Talisman Ring on May 30, 2009| 20 Comments »
Book review of the Talisman Ring by Georgette Heyer. One reviewer liked it, the other didn’t.
Cousin Kate by Georgette Heyer, A Review
Posted in Book review, tagged Cousin Kate, Georgette Heyer, Georgette Heyer Book Reviews, Gothic romance novels, Regency Books, SourceBooks on May 12, 2009| 18 Comments »
Cousin Kate is a Georgette Heyer Gothic romance
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