Georgette Heyer/Works
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Novels (8) set in the Georgian period
No. | Title | Year | Plot summary | Notes | |
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1 | The Black Moth | 1921 | |||
2 | The Transformation of Philip Jettan | 1923 | later republished as "Powder and Patch" | ||
3 | These Old Shades | 1926 | |||
4 | The Masqueraders | 1928 | |||
5 | Devil's Cub | 1932 | shares some characters with "These Old Shades" | ||
6 | The Convenient Marriage | 1934 | |||
7 | The Talisman Ring | 1936 | |||
8 | Faro's Daughter | 1941 |
Novels (26) set in the Regency period
No. | Title | Year | Plot summary | Notes | |
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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 | 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? | ||
20 | The Nonesuch | 1962 | |||
21 | False Colours | 1963 | |||
22 | 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, encumbered with raising her three orphaned younger siblings and managing a neglectful older brother, who has caught his carefully concealed interest. | ||
23 | Black Sheep | 1966 | |||
24 | Cousin Kate | 1968 | |||
25 | Charity Girl | 1970 | |||
26 | Lady of Quality | 1972 |
Other historical novels (6)
There are six of these, published between 1922 and 1975, to be added.
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Contemporary novels (4)
There are four of these, published between 1923 and 1930, to be added.
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Detective novels (12)
There are twelve of these, published between 1932 and 1953, to be added.
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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 was obtained from Wikipedia (with all the references and publisher information left behind).[1] 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
- ↑ List of works by Georgette Heyer on Wikipedia, accessed on 1/5/2023.