Georgette Heyer (1902–1974)
Auteur de Adorable Sophie
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Georgette Heyer
The Georgette Heyer Omnibus: Faro's Daughter, The Corinthian, and the Nonesuch (1973) 56 exemplaires
These Old Shades + Sprig Muslin + Sylvester + The Corinthian + The Convenient Marriage (1977) 31 exemplaires
The Early Georgette Heyer Collection: The Transformation of Philip Jettan; The Black Moth; The Great Roxhythe; Instead… (2020) 8 exemplaires
Great Historical Romances: The Talisman Ring + The Gambling Man + The King's Pleasure (1975) 6 exemplaires
Georgette Heyer 4 exemplaires
Acting on Impulse [short story] 4 exemplaires
Georgette Heyer Collection 10 Books Set (Devil's Cub, Venetia, Cotillion, The Grand Sophy, Frederica, April Lady,… (2004) 2 exemplaires
Intrighi al castello 1 exemplaire
Delitto con replica (Il Giallo Mondadori) 1 exemplaire
Una ragazza adorabile 1 exemplaire
Georgette Heyer: Faro's Daughter (Abridged) (Read by Laura Paton) (Naxos Classic Fiction) by Georgette Heyer… 1 exemplaire
L'incantevole Amanda 1 exemplaire
Pistols forTwo 1 exemplaire
Pistols for Two + Hazard 1 exemplaire
The Quiet Gentleman / The Reluctant Widow / Sylvester / The Toll-Gate / The Unknown Ajax / Faro's Daughter / The… (1951) 1 exemplaire
Foundling, Bath Tangle, Lady of Quality, The Talisman Ring, Spanish Bride #, Venetia, Infamous Army, Convieniant… 1 exemplaire
Royal Escape / Black Sheep / A Blunt Instrument / Regency Buck / Envious Casca / The Corinthian (1980) 1 exemplaire
Fantasmas do Passado 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Heyer, Georgette
- Nom légal
- Rougier, Georgette Heyer
- Autres noms
- Martin, Stella
- Date de naissance
- 1902-08-16
- Date de décès
- 1974-07-04
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Wimbledon, London, England, UK
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, UK
- Cause du décès
- lung cancer
- Lieux de résidence
- England, UK
Wimbledon, England, UK
Paris, France
Tanganyika
Macedonia - Études
- Royal College of Music
- Professions
- novelist
historical novelist
crime novelist - Relations
- Oman, Carola (friend)
Rougier, George Ronald (husband)
Heyer, George (father) - Prix et distinctions
- Blue Plaque
- Courte biographie
- 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.
Membres
Discussions
OT: Heyer censored à Folio Society Devotees (Novembre 2023)
Georgette Heyer - Frederica à Folio Society Devotees (Septembre 2023)
Found: Victorian era woman comes into her own à Name that Book (Août 2021)
BRITISH AUTHOR CHALLENGE - JUNE 2017 - HEYER & SCHAMA à 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (Octobre 2017)
Read GEORGETTE HEYER in June à 2014 Category Challenge (Juillet 2014)
FREDERICA - Group Read - SPOILERS POSSIBLE à 75 Books Challenge for 2014 (Mars 2014)
Can't remember the names of these books à Name that Book (Août 2013)
Bujold fan looking for a Georgette Heyer introduction à Almack's (Juillet 2013)
Georgette Heyer à Cozy Mysteries (Décembre 2012)
January 2012: Georgette Heyer à Monthly Author Reads (Mars 2012)
Fantasy casting: Frederica à Almack's (Mai 2010)
Heyer Discussion: [Friday's Child] à 75 Books Challenge for 2009 (Février 2010)
Historicals à Almack's (Janvier 2010)
Adaptations? à Almack's (Décembre 2009)
Reluctant Widow film adaptation à Almack's (Décembre 2009)
Music in Heyer à Almack's (Novembre 2009)
Heyer, No Wind of Blame, rev. jimroberts à Reviews reviewed (Septembre 2009)
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Comedy of Manners (11)
Books Read in 2021 (15)
Murder Mysteries (3)
Books Read in 2023 (18)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 126
- Aussi par
- 6
- Membres
- 72,683
- Popularité
- #174
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 2,510
- ISBN
- 2,070
- Langues
- 16
- Favoris
- 352