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The Convenient Marriage is a Georgian romance novel by Georgette Heyer published in 1934. The novel is set in 1776 and concerns the relationship between Horatia Winwood and Lord Marcus Drelincourt. [ 1 ]
Georgette Heyer (1902–1974) was an English author particularly known for her historical romance novels set in the Regency and Georgian eras.A best-selling author, Heyer's writing career saw her produce works from a variety of genres; in total she published 32 novels in the romance genre, 6 historical novels, 4 contemporary novels, and 12 in the detective fiction genre.
A Civil Contract is a Regency era novel by Georgette Heyer, first published in October 1961 by Heinemann in the UK and in January 1962 by G. P. Putnam's Sons in the US. [2] Set between 1814–1815, [3] the story centres on a bankrupted viscount who reluctantly enters a marriage of convenience with a wealthy merchant's daughter.
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For A. S. Byatt, the situations and characters in April Lady are only "a rehash of the earlier The Convenient Marriage" . [8] And for another commentator, Mari Ness , the sheer volume of carefully researched Regency slang used in the novel has "created a thoroughly artificial world, a world that is not really Regency England, but very much a ...
Georgette Heyer (/ ˈ h eɪ. ər /; 16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth.
Like many of Heyer's novels, Lady of Quality is a Regency romance, relying heavily on its setting as a plot device. [3] [4] As noted by literary critic Kay Mussell, Heyer's Regency romances revolved around a "structured social ritual – the marriage market represented by the London season" where "all are in danger of ostracism for inappropriate behavior". [5]
These Old Shades is a 1926 historical romance written by British novelist Georgette Heyer.The novel is set around 1755: Heyer refers to the Duke of Avon's participation in the 1745 uprising as ten years previous; in addition the Prince of Condé is said to be about 20 years old.