Georgette Heyer/Works
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 | Notes | |
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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 | |
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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? | ebook at OverDrive[10] | |
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 who has caught his carefully concealed interest. | 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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 was obtained from Wikipedia (with all the references and publisher information left behind).[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
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The Black Moth free ebook from Project Gutenberg.
- ↑ The Transformation of Philip Jettan free ebook from Project Gutenberg.
- ↑ These Old Shades borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
- ↑ The Masqueraders borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
- ↑ Devil's Cub borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
- ↑ The Convenient Marriage borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
- ↑ Faro's Daughter borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
- ↑ A Civil Contract borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
- ↑ Frederica borrowable ebook at OverDrive.
- ↑ List of works by Georgette Heyer on Wikipedia, accessed on 1/5/2023.