The Private World of Georgette Heyer

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Bodley Head, 1984 - Literary Criticism - 216 pages
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An in-depth look at the life of Georgette Heyer, writer of a prodigious number of historical romances. Heyer was a well-read, stylish, very private woman who enjoyed a small but close circle of friends and family and researched her books meticulously. Read full review

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Interesting insights into the life of novelist Georgette Heyer, who wrote some of my favourite historical fiction, mostly based in Regency times. She was a private person who evidently had a great ... Read full review

Contents

Section 1
30
Section 2
41
Section 3
46
Copyright

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Jane Hodge
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Jane Aiken Hodge
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About the author (1984)

Jane Aiken Hodge was born near Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Decmber 4, 1917. Her father was the Pulitzer prize-winning poet, Conrad Aiken. She attended Oxford University and Radcliff College. She wrote about 30 suspense novels and historical novels. She was a longtime believer in the right of people to end their own lives. In 2009 she chose to do this to the shock of her two grown daughters.

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TitleThe Private World of Georgette Heyer
AuthorJane Aiken Hodge
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherBodley Head, 1984
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized7 Mar 2008
ISBN0370305086, 9780370305080
Length216 pages
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