Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
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Georgette Heyer was born on August 16, 1902 at Wimbledon, London. She wrote The Black Moth as a story for her brother Boris. Her father, impressed with his daughter's imagination, suggested that she prepare it to be published, which it was by Constable in 1921. Having scored an instant success with visa mer The Black Moth at the age of nineteen under her own name, Georgette Heyer, she experimented with a pseudonym, Stella Martin, for her third book, published by Mills & Boon. She continued writing and in 1925 she married Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. After reasonable but not spectacular sales from her first few books the instant success of These Old Shades in 1926 brought her a solid source of income which was very necessary at the time since the family relied to a large extent on the income from Georgette Heyer's writing. She wrote over fifty books during her lifetime and created the Regency England genre of romance novels. She died on July 4, 1974 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Georgette Heyer
These Old Shades + Sprig Muslin + Sylvester + The Corinthian + The Convenient Marriage (1977) 32 exemplar
The Early Georgette Heyer Collection: The Transformation of Philip Jettan; The Black Moth; The Great Roxhythe; Instead… (2020) 7 exemplar
Great Historical Romances: The Talisman Ring + The Gambling Man + The King's Pleasure (1975) 6 exemplar
Georgette Heyer 4 exemplar
Acting on Impulse [short story] 4 exemplar
Georgette Heyer Collection 10 Books Set (Devil's Cub, Venetia, Cotillion, The Grand Sophy, Frederica, April Lady,… (2004) 2 exemplar
Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer (2004-06-03) 1 exemplar
Delitto con replica (Il Giallo Mondadori) 1 exemplar
Una ragazza adorabile 1 exemplar
Frederica by Georgette Heyer (2013-06-20) 1 exemplar
Intrighi al castello 1 exemplar
Royal Escape / Black Sheep / A Blunt Instrument / Regency Buck / Envious Casca / The Corinthian (1980) 1 exemplar
The Quiet Gentleman / The Reluctant Widow / Sylvester / The Toll-Gate / The Unknown Ajax / Faro's Daughter / The… (1951) 1 exemplar
Pistols for Two + Hazard 1 exemplar
Fantasmas do Passado 1 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Vedertaget namn
- Heyer, Georgette
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Rougier, Georgette Heyer
- Andra namn
- Martin, Stella
- Födelsedag
- 1902-08-16
- Avled
- 1974-07-04
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Wimbledon, London, England, UK
- Dödsort
- London, England, UK
- Dödsorsak
- lung cancer
- Bostadsorter
- England, UK
Wimbledon, England, UK
Paris, France
Tanganyika
Macedonia - Utbildning
- Royal College of Music
- Yrken
- novelist
historical novelist
crime novelist - Relationer
- Oman, Carola (friend)
Rougier, George Ronald (husband)
Heyer, George (father) - Priser och utmärkelser
- Blue Plaque
- Kort biografi
- Georgette Heyer wrote meticulously researched historical-romance novels, specializing in the late eighteenth/early nineteenth-century, and was most famous for her Regency novels. She lived a sheltered childhood and at age 17, created a serial story to amuse her brother Boris, who was ill; their father asked her to prepare it for publication and his agent found a publisher for it -- this became The Black Moth (1921), about a disgraced young aristocrat who becomes a highwayman. According to Georgette Heyer's biographer Jane Aiken Hodge, that first novel contained many of the elements that would become standard for Heyer's works, the "saturnine male lead, the marriage in danger, the extravagant wife, and the group of idle, entertaining young men." Beginning in 1932, Heyer released one romance novel and one detective thriller each year. Her books were highly popular both in the UK and the USA and she remains an enduring international bestseller, read and loved by four generations of readers.
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
OT: Heyer censored i Folio Society Devotees (november 2023)
Georgette Heyer - Frederica i Folio Society Devotees (september 2023)
Found: Victorian era woman comes into her own i Name that Book (augusti 2021)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - JUNE 2017 - HEYER & SCHAMA i 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (oktober 2017)
Read GEORGETTE HEYER in June i 2014 Category Challenge (juli 2014)
FREDERICA - Group Read - SPOILERS POSSIBLE i 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (mars 2014)
Can't remember the names of these books i Name that Book (augusti 2013)
Bujold fan looking for a Georgette Heyer introduction i Almack's (juli 2013)
Georgette Heyer i Cozy Mysteries (december 2012)
January 2012: Georgette Heyer i Monthly Author Reads (mars 2012)
Fantasy casting: Frederica i Almack's (maj 2010)
Heyer Discussion: [Friday's Child] i 75 Books Challenge for 2009 (februari 2010)
Historicals i Almack's (januari 2010)
Adaptations? i Almack's (december 2009)
Reluctant Widow film adaptation i Almack's (december 2009)
Music in Heyer i Almack's (november 2009)
Heyer, No Wind of Blame, rev. jimroberts i Reviews reviewed (september 2009)
Recensioner
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THE WAR ROOM (1)
French Books (1)
Ghosts (1)
Backlisted (1)
Set in the 1600s (1)
1930s (1)
A Novel Cure (1)
Christmas Books (1)
Best Beach Reads (1)
Shelf 101 (1)
1940s (1)
Books Read in 2023 (18)
Favourite Books (4)
1950s (4)
Female Author (4)
Comfort Reads (7)
Murder Mysteries (3)
Books Read in 2016 (10)
British Mystery (10)
Books Read in 2019 (11)
Comedy of Manners (11)
Books Read in 2021 (15)
Five star books (2)
Women in War (1)
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- Verk
- 123
- Även av
- 6
- Medlemmar
- 72,216
- Popularitet
- #175
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 2,502
- ISBN
- 2,070
- Språk
- 16
- Favoritmärkt
- 352
Hans bekymmer med henne är snarare att hålla henne från att hamna i dåligt sällskap: hon har redan utnyttjats av ett par skurkar för att få hans kusin att kompromettera sig så de kunde utpressa honom, och Gilly fick henne på halsen när han bestämde sig för att hjälpa till (mest för att slippa ifrån sina förmyndare och tjänare som annars ständigt oroar sig över honom). Förutom Belinda plockar han också upp den vilde ynglingen Tom, och sedan kommer förvecklingarna.
Gillar man Heyers humor finns här en hel del av varan, men också ett par problem: Belinda är så totalt huvudlös att det bara blir fånigt, och precis när man tänker att det mesta lugnat ner sig så kommer ännu en vända. Men hertigen är en trevlig, lite tafflig figur, hans trolovade trovärdig men ganska frånvarande och skurken fantastisk (speciellt när han åkt fast). Man kan råka ut för betydligt värre.… (mer)