Chapter 19
“one of Miss Georgette Heyer’s admirers” Frank Swinnerton, The Observer, 20 October 1940, p.5.
Chapter 21
“In December 1942 the Irish Censorship” Minutes of The Censorship of Publications Board meeting 11 December 1942 at which it was decided that “this book in all its editions be prohibited.” The recommendation was made to the Minister of Justice and Penhallow was prohibited from 18 December 1942. Office of Censorship Publications, Dublin 2, Republic of Ireland.
Chapter 23
“In our opinion” Assistant Secretary to Georgette Heyer, Correspondence with the Society of Authors 1921–48, Add.63262 ff.185–200, British Library MS collection, 3 April 1944.
Chapter 23
“one of the most influential” J.B. Priestley, “Mr. C.S. Evans” in The Times, 2 December 1944, p.7.
Chapter 24
“The Chairman: Perhaps I might say to you” House of Commons: Minutes of Evidence taken before the Committee on Group B of Private Bills on the South Bucks & Oxfordshire Water Bill, Bucks. Water Bill, Readings Berkshire Gate Bill, Mid-Wessex Water Bill, Wednesday 4th February 1959.
Chapter 24
“To write romantic comedy” Hodge, Private World, chapter 3.
Chapter 25
“I daresay she doesn’t live at Hitchin” Heyer, The Foundling, chapter XIII.
Chapter 25
“the greatest writer” Australian Women’s Weekly, 10 July 1937, p.8.
Chapter 27
“Once again Georgette Heyer has demonstrated” Kelsy Guilfoil, “Entertaining 18th Century English Life,” Chicago Sunday Tribune, 22 October 1950, part 4, p.4 in Fahnestock-Thomas, Critical Retrospective, pp.156–157.
Chapter 29
“one of the most widely read” “Georgette Heyer—The Shy Best-Seller,” Coral Craig at our London Office, Australian Woman’s Day, 27 October 1952, p.26.
Chapter 30
“men are April” Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act 4, scene 1.
Chapter 31
“You and Damerel!” Heyer, Venetia, chapter 19.
Chapter 32
“3 or 4 families in a country village” Jane Austen, Letter to Anna Austen, 9 September 1814, in R.W. Chapman (ed.), Jane Austen’s Letters, Oxford University Press, 1932.
Chapter 33
“Do you think you could tell us” Annie Samuelli, Women Behind Bars in Romania, Frank Cass & Co., London, 1997, pp.143–44.
Chapter 34
“has to be fun and fast enough” Cilla Black in “My Kind of Book,” Petticoat, 16 July 1966, pp.8–11 & 42–43.
Chapter 34
“Sir,—Ten thousand was a best-selling figure” A.S. Frere, The Times, Tuesday, May 16, 1967; pg.11; Issue 56942; col G.
Chapter 35
“in the precise balance she achieves” A.S. Byatt, “Georgette Heyer is a Better Writer than You Think,” Nova, August 1969, p.22.
Chapter 35
“The Appeal of Georgette Heyer” Marghanita Laski, The Times, Thursday, Oct 01, 1970, pg. 16, Issue 57985, col A.
Chapter 35
“What Miss Heyer provides” Susan Horsley, The Times, Wednesday, Oct 07, 1970, pg.9, Issue 57990, col G.
Afterword
“a splendid historical novelist” George MacDonald Fraser, letter to the Author, 25 March 2002, extract reproduced with the permission of Curtis Brown Group Ltd., London on behalf of the Estate of George MacDonald Fraser.
GEORGETTE HEYER’S NOVELS (UK FIRST EDITIONS)
1.
The Black Moth
1921
Sept
Constable
18thC
2.
The Great Roxhythe
1922
Nov
Hutchinson
17thC
3.
The Transformation of Philip Jettan
1923
April
Mills & Boon
18thC
4.
Instead of the Thorn
1923
Nov
Hutchinson
Modern
*
*
1924
*
*
*
5.
Simon the Coldheart
1925
Oct
Heinemann
Medieval
6.
These Old Shades
1926
Oct
Heinemann
18thC
*
*
1927
*
*
*
7.
Helen
1928
April
Longmans
Modern
8.
The Masqueraders
1928
Sept
Heinemann
18thC
**
The Black Moth (reprint)
1929
Jan
Heinemann
18thC
**
The Great Roxhythe (reprint)
1929
Jan
Heinemann
17thC
9.
Pastel
1929
April
Longmans
Modern
**
Instead of the Thorn (reprint)
1929
April
Longmans
Modern
10.
Beauvallet
1929
Sept
Heinemann
16thC
**
Powder and Patch (reprint)
1930
March
Heinemann
18thC
11.
Barren Corn
1930
April
Longmans
Modern
12.
The Conqueror
1931
March
Heinemann
11thC
13.
Footsteps in the Dark
1932
Feb
Longmans
Crime
14.
Devil’s Cub
1932
Nov
Heinemann
18thC
15.
Why Shoot a Butler?
1933
Feb
Longmans
Crime
16.
The Convenient Marriage
1934
Feb
Heinemann
18thC
17.
The Unfinished Clue
1934
March
Longmans
Crime
18.
Death in the Stocks
1935
April
Longmans
Crime
19.
Regency Buck
1935
Sept
Heinemann
Regency
20.
Behold, Here’s Poison
1936
May
Hodder
Crime
21.
The Talisman Ring
1936
Oct
Heinemann
18thC
22.
They Found Him Dead
1937
May
Hodder
Crime
23.
An Infamous Army
1937
Nov
Heinemann
Regency
24.
A Blunt Instrument
1938
May
Hodder
Crime
25.
Royal Escape
1938
Sept
Heinemann
17thC
26.
No Wind of Blame
1939
June
Hodder
Crime
27.
The Spanish Bride
1940
April
Heinemann
Regency
28.
The Corinthian
1940
Oct
Heinemann
Regency
29.
Envious Casca
1941
Oct
Hodder
Crime
30.
Faro’s Daughter
1941
Oct
Heinemann
18thC
31.
Penhallow
1942
Oct
Heinemann
Crime
*
*
1943
*
*
*
32.
Friday’s Child
1944
July
Heinemann
Regency
*
*
1945
*
*
*
33.
The Reluctant Widow
1946
July
Heinemann
Regency
*
*
1947
*
*
*
34.
The Foundling
1948
April
Heinemann
Regency
35.
Arabella
1949
July
Heinemann
Regency
36.
The Grand Sophy
1950
Sept
Heinemann
Regency
37.
Duplicate Death
1951
July
Heinemann
Crime
38.
The Quiet Gentleman
1951
Oct
Heinemann
Regency
*
*
1952
*
*
*
39.
Cotillion
1953
Jan
Heinemann
Regency
40.
Detection Unlimited
1953
Dec
Heinemann
Crime
41.
The Toll-Gate
1954
July
Heinemann
Regency
42.
Bath Tangle
1955
March
Heinemann
Regency
43.
Sprig Muslin
1956
March
Heinemann
Regency
44.
April Lady
1957
Jan
Heinemann
Regency
45.
Sylvester
1957
Nov
Heinemann
Regency
46.
Venetia
1958
Nov
Heinemann
Regency
47.
The Unknown Ajax
1959
Nov
Heinemann
Regency
Pistols for Two1
1960
Nov
Heinemann
Regency
48.
A Civil Contract
1961
Oct
Heinemann
Regency
49.
The Nonesuch
1962
Oct
Heinemann
Regency
50.
False Colors
1963
Oct
Bodley Head
Regency
*
*
1964
*
*
*
51.
Frederica
1965
Sept
Bodley Head
Regency
52.
Black Sheep
1966
Oct
Bodley Head
Regency
*
*
1967
*
*
*
53.
Cousin Kate
1968
Sept
Bodley Head
Regency
*
*
1969
*
*
*
54.
Charity Girl
1970
Oct
Bodley Head
Regency
*
*
1971
*
*
*
55.
Lady of Quality
1972
Oct
Bodley Head
Regency
*
*
1973
*
*
*
*
*
1974
*
[GH dies 4 July] *
56.
My Lord John
1975
Oct
Bodley Head
Medieval
**
Simon the Coldheart (reprint)
1978
Sept
Bodley Head
Medieval
* A year without a book
** A reissue of an earlier title
1 An anthology of short stories
GEORGETTE HEYER’S NOVELS (USA FIRST EDITIONS)
1.
The Black Moth
1921
Nov
Houghton Mifflin
18thC
*
*
1922
*
*
*
2.
The Great Roxhythe
1923
June
Small Maynard
17thC
3.
Instead of the Thorn
1924
Apr
Small Maynard
Modern
Simon the Coldheart
1925
May
Small Maynard
Medieval
5.
These Old Shades
1926
Small Maynard
18thC
*
*
1927
*
*
*
6.
Helen
1928
May
Longmans
Modern
7.
Pastel
1929
May
Longmans
Modern
8.
The Masqueraders
1929
Jul
Longmans
18thC
9.
Beauvallet
1930
Feb
Longmans
16thC
10.
Barren Corn
1930
Sept
Longmans
Modern
*
*
1931
*
*
*
*
*
1932
*
*
*
*
*
1933
*
*
*
*
*
1934
*
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*
11.
Footsteps in the Dark
1932
Longmans
Crime
12.
Merely Murder1
1935
Sept
Doubleday
Crime
13.
Why Shoot a Butler?
1936
Feb
Doubleday
Crime
14.
Behold, Here’s Poison
1936
April
Doubleday
Crime
15.
The Unfinished Clue
1937
Feb
Doubleday
Crime
16.
The Talisman Ring
1937
June
Doubleday
18thC
17.
They Found Him Dead
1937
Aug
Doubleday
Crime
18.
An Infamous Army
1938
Apr
Doubleday
Regency
19.
A Blunt Instrument
1938
Oct
Doubleday
Crime
20.
Royal Escape
1939
Feb
Doubleday
17thC
21.
No Wind of Blame
1939
Nov
Doubleday
Crime
22.
The Spanish Bride
1940
Oct
Doubleday
Regency
23.
Beau Wyndham2
1941
Apr
Doubleday
Regency
24.
Envious Casca
1941
Dec
Doubleday
Crime
25.
Faro’s Daughter
1942
May
Doubleday
18thC
26.
Penhallow
1943
Aug
Doubleday
Crime
*
*