![]() Venetia is most certainly an excellent woman. The men are almost always the ones who have to compromise their lifestyles, eager to change for the sake of marriage to a good woman. “They are funny and clever and exciting and, actually, even pretty feminist. She is charged with essentially establishing the: “…historical romance genre and its sub-genre Regency romance.” Most of her books are set before 1800 and are clearly inspired by Jane Austen – although Austen wrote about the period in which she was living.Īs Rowan says of Heyer’s Regency romances: She was still writing up until her death in 1974. Heyer, who was born in London in 1902, released one romance and one thriller each year from 1932. I have to admit, later, I was secretly pleased to be stuck in bed because I couldn’t put it down. ![]() I clicked on the link and no sooner had I finished reading Rowan’s article than I was downloading one of Heyer’s books, Venetia, for the Kindle. ![]() ![]() Scrolling despondently through my Twitter feed while I was on/in my sick bed last week I came across this Tweet:Īs a lover of romantic fiction, book snobbery is something I am more than familiar with (and roll my eyes at) but Georgette Heyer was a new name to me. ![]()
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