Georgette Heyer
An Infamous Army: A Novel of Wellington, Waterloo, Love and War
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This is a well-documented account of the Battle of Waterloo from the British army’s point of view. The social events surrounding and ...Read Review
Cotillion
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This story, by the woman credited with establishing the Regency romance subgenre, was originally published in 1953. Young Kitty Charing has been brought up ...Read Review
Penhallow
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When a crime novel begins with the immortal words “Jimmy the Bastard was cleaning boots …” then the reader can be certain they are ...Read Review
The Unfinished Clue
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The scene is 1933: a weekend country house party at The Grange, courtesy of General Sir Arthur Billington-Smith and his good lady wife Lady ...Read Review
Why Shoot a Butler?
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When barrister Frank Amberley, who happens to dabble in amateur detection, comes upon a dead body in an abandoned car, furthermore finding a ...Read Review
Footsteps in the Dark
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Brother and sisters, Peter, Margaret and Celia, inherit The Priory, a rambling ancient house, from their uncle. Celia and her husband Charles, along ...Read Review
Sprig Muslin
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While not my favorite Georgette Heyer, it is still very good, and it’s a distinct pleasure to read Sprig Muslin again in ...Read Review
Beauvallet
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Returning to Spain from the New World, the ship in which Dona Dominica Rada y Sylva and her father sail is captured by ...Read Review
Powder and Patch
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Originally published as The Transformation of Philip Jettan, this early work by the admired Georgette Heyer contains the language and idiom of ...Read Review
Devil’s Cub
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The “Devil’s Cub” is Dominic, Marquis of Vidal, one of the wildest rakes in Georgian England. Nothing is too outré for Vidal – ...Read Review
