Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer, born in London in 1902, had her first novel published when she was nineteen years old and continued to write novels of many genres for more than fifty years. During that time she never made a public appearance or granted an interview. The great majority of her books are historical romances set in Regency England, such as Devil's Cub (1934), Regency Buck (1935) and Faro's Daughter (1941). They are admired to this day for the meticulous research and profusion of essential ingredients - arranged marriages, murder, fashion, upper classes, sarcasm and humour. Indeed, Heyer set the tone for this entire genre. She was also one of the first of the female mystery authors - the group that includes Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers and Ngaio Marsh. When she died in 1974 she had fifty-one titles in print, legal translations of her work in ten languages and pirate editions in several others.

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Series Alastair Trilogy 1. These Old Shades (1926) 2. Devil's Cub (1932) 3. An Infamous Army (1937) The Alastair Trilogy Boxed Set (omnibus) (2006) Inspector Hannasyde Death in the Stocks (1935) aka Merely Murder Behold, Here's Poison (1936) They Found Him Dead (1937) A Blunt Instrument (1938) Inspector Hemingway No Wind of Blame (1939) Envious Casca (1941) Duplicate Death (1951) Detection Unlimited (1953) Historical & Mystery Novels The Black Moth (1921) The Transformation of Philip Jettan (1923) (writing as Stella Martin) aka Powder and Patch The Great Roxhythe (1923) Instead of the Thorn (1923) Powder and Patch (1923) Simon the Coldheart (1925) Helen (1928) The Masqueraders (1928) Beauvallet (1929) Pastel (1929) Barren Corn (1930) The Conqueror (1931) Footsteps in the Dark (1932) Why Shoot a Butler? (1933) The Convenient Marriage (1934) The Unfinished Clue (1934) Regency Buck (1935) The Talisman Ring (1936) Royal Escape (1938) The Corinthian (1940) aka Beau Wyndham The Spanish Bride (1940) Faro's Daughter (1941) Penhallow (1942) Friday's Child (1944) The Reluctant Widow (1946) The Foundling (1948) Arabella (1949) The Grand Sophy (1950) The Quiet Gentleman (1951) Cotillion (1953) The Toll-Gate (1954) Bath Tangle (1955) Sprig Muslin (1956) April Lady (1957) Sylvester (1957) aka The Wicked Uncle Venetia (1958) The Unknown Ajax (1959) A Civil Contract (1961) The Nonesuch (1962) False Colours (1963) Frederica (1965) The Black Sheep (1966) Cousin Kate (1968) Charity Girl (1970) Lady of Quality (1972) My Lord John (1975)

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