Georgette Heyer
The Nonesuch
Georgette Heyer has been called the queen of Regency romance and rightly so. Her substantial research and attention to detail…
Regency Buck
Judith Taverner and her brother, Peregrine, find themselves under the guardianship of the mysterious Lord Worth following their father’s untimely…
The Talisman Ring
Miss Thane, the sensible female in Georgette Heyer’s The Talisman Ring, sums up the problem for her rather thick brother,…
The Conqueror
Georgette Heyer’s classic 1931 novel tells the story of William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and his rise to power…
Cotillion
This story, by the woman credited with establishing the Regency romance subgenre, was originally published in 1953. Young Kitty Charing…
An Infamous Army: A Novel of Wellington, Waterloo, Love and War
This is a well-documented account of the Battle of Waterloo from the British army’s point of view. The social events…
Penhallow
When a crime novel begins with the immortal words “Jimmy the Bastard was cleaning boots …” then the reader can…
Footsteps in the Dark
Brother and sisters, Peter, Margaret and Celia, inherit The Priory, a rambling ancient house, from their uncle. Celia and her…
Why Shoot a Butler?
When barrister Frank Amberley, who happens to dabble in amateur detection, comes upon a dead body in an abandoned car,…
The Unfinished Clue
The scene is 1933: a weekend country house party at The Grange, courtesy of General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith and his…
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