Georgette Heyer
British historical romance and detective fiction novelist (1902-1974) · United Kingdom · On the map · Writers · Died at 71
Georgette Heyer 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. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer.
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Heyer claimed that every word uttered by The Duke of Wellington in her novel An Infamous Army was spoken or written by him in real life.
William the Conqueror, depicted in this statue on the West Front of Lichfield Cathedral, was featured in Heyer's first novel of historical fiction.
Edmund Blair Leighton painted On the Threshold (of a Proposal), now in Manchester Art Gallery. It depicts a courtship in Regency England, similar to those described in Heyer's historical romances.About this person
The couple spent several years living in Tanganyika Territory and Macedonia before returning to England in 1929. After her novel These Old Shades became popular despite its release during the General Strike, Heyer determined that publicity was not necessary for good sales. For the rest of her life she refused to grant interviews, telling a friend: "My private life concerns no one but myself and my family."
