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|19||A Civil Contract ||1961 ||A modest nobleman, whose deceased father bankrupted the estate, becomes guardian to three younger siblings. Forced to break a betrothal to a beautiful noblewoman, he allows the lady's father to introduce him to a wealthy merchant who aspires to a noble husband for his daughter. With full awareness by all parties, the arranged marriage is quickly accomplished. How will the new couple fare when their lives continue to intersect with that of the husband's erstwhile fiancee? ||ebook at OverDrive<ref name=CivilContract /> ||&nbsp;
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|20||The Nonesuch  ||1962 ||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
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|22||[[Frederica (Heyer novel)|Frederica]]  ||1965 ||A wealthy bachelor's affluent sisters, whom he dislikes, lobby him to give a ball at his own expense for their daughters' come-out. A distant cousin also asks him to introduce her attractive younger sister to the ton. To the astonishment of all, he agrees to give the ball on condition that his encroaching sisters share it with their unknown cousins. His sisters assume he must be under the spell of the beautiful younger cousin, whereas it is the seemingly unremarkable older cousin who has caught his carefully concealed interest. ||ebook at OverDrive<ref name=Frederica /> ||&nbsp;
|22||[[Frederica (Heyer novel)|Frederica]]  ||1965 ||&nbsp; ||ebook at OverDrive<ref name=Frederica /> ||&nbsp;
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|23||Black Sheep ||1966 ||&nbsp;||&nbsp;||&nbsp;
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https://en.citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Georgette_Heyer/Works&printable=yes
A list of some works of Georgette Heyer.

Georgette Heyer was extremely prolific, publishing at least 58 novels beginning at the age of nineteen until her death in 1974 (she was then 71).

Two of Heyer's novels are now in the public domain and have been made into freely downloadable ebooks at Project Gutenberg[1]. Many movels are available to borrow from public libraries, and the ebook version may be freely borrowable at OverDrive[2]. Most novels have been reprinted and are available as paperbacks and/or ebooks from bookstores, and used out-of-print editions are often for sale online.

Novels set in the pre-Regency Georgian period (8)

No. Title Year  Plot summary  Availability and Notes   
1 The Black Moth 1921   ebook at Project Guterberg[3]  
2 The Transformation of Philip Jettan 1923   ebook at Project Gutenberg[4]; later published as "Powder and Patch"  
3 These Old Shades 1926   ebook at OverDrive[5]  
4 The Masqueraders 1928   ebook at OverDrive[6]  
5 Devil's Cub 1932   ebook at OverDrive[7]; some characters also in "These Old Shades"  
6 The Convenient Marriage 1934   ebook at OverDrive[8]  
7 The Talisman Ring 1936      
8 Faro's Daughter 1941   ebook at OverDrive[9]  

Novels set in the Regency period (26)

No. Title Year  Plot summary  Notes   
1 Regency Buck 1935      
2 An Infamous Army 1937      
3 The Spanish Bride 1940      
4 The Corinthian 1940      
5 Friday's Child 1944      
6 The Reluctant Widow 1946      
7 The Foundling 1948      
8 Arabella 1949      
9 Regency Buck 1935      
10 The Quiet Gentleman 1951      
11 Cotillion 1953      
12 The Toll-Gate 1954      
13 Bath Tangle 1955      
14 Sprig Muslin 1956      
15 April Lady 1957      
16 Sylvester, or the Wicked Uncle 1957      
17 Venetia 1958      
18 The Unknown Ajax 1959      
19 A Civil Contract 1961   ebook at OverDrive[10]  
20 The Nonesuch 1962      
21 False Colours 1963      
22 Frederica 1965   ebook at OverDrive[11]  
23 Black Sheep 1966      
24 Cousin Kate 1968      
25 Charity Girl 1970      
26 Lady of Quality 1972      

Other historical novels (6)

No. Title Year  Plot summary  Notes   
1 The Great Roxhythe 1922      
2 Simon the Coldheart 1925      
3 Beauvallet 1929      
4 The Conquerer 1931      
5 Royal Escape 1938      
6 My Lord John 1975      

Contemporary novels (4)

No. Title Year  Plot summary  Notes   
1 Instead of the Thorn 1923      
2 Helen 1928      
3 Pastel 1929      
4 Barren Corn 1930      

Detective novels (12)

No. Title Year  Plot summary  Notes   
1 Footsteps in the Dark 1932      
2 Why Shoot a Butler? 1933      
3 The Unfinished Clue 1934      
4 Death in the Stocks 1935      
5 Behold, Here's Poison 1936      
6 They Found Him Dead 1937      
7 A Blunt Instrument 1938      
8 No Wind of Blame 1939      
9 Envious Casca 1941      
10 Penhallow 1942      
11 Duplicate Death 1951      
12 Detection Unlimited 1953      

Essays (2)

There are two of these from 1954, to be added.

Short stories (26)

There are six stories, and two books containing 11 and 9 stories each, to be added.

Attribution

Some content on this page may previously have appeared on Wikipedia.

The basic list of works and original publication dates was obtained from Wikipedia.[12] A few plot summaries may be similar to those in Wikipedia because I wrote them first here.Pat Palmer (talk) 13:56, 5 January 2023 (CST)

Notes and References

  1. ↑ Project Gutenberg is a non-profit that scans books which are in the public domain and makes them available as free downloads for anyone in a variety of formats.
  2. ↑ OverDrive is a service that makes ebooks available to public libraries and to individuals; to use it, a logon account is needed (available through many libraries), or you can make a (free) account there for yourself.
  3. ↑ The Black Moth free ebook from Project Gutenberg.
  4. ↑ The Transformation of Philip Jettan free ebook from Project Gutenberg.
  5. ↑ These Old Shades borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
  6. ↑ The Masqueraders borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
  7. ↑ Devil's Cub borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
  8. ↑ The Convenient Marriage borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
  9. ↑ Faro's Daughter borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
  10. ↑ A Civil Contract borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
  11. ↑ Frederica borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
  12. ↑ List of works by Georgette Heyer on Wikipedia, accessed on 1/5/2023.
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