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By Wed 16-Jan-08 11:38:15 Add message | Report | Contact poster

Thought it was a good idea to start this lw, so we stopped cluttering up the Austen Thread (thanks onebatmother, for the suggestion). But I have only just managed to get around to it, so is there anyone else out there who is keen?

What are your favourites, I love These Old Shades, Devils Cub, The Grand Sophy and Venetia. I also managed to discover a historical novel I didn't know wbout "The Great Roxhythe", unfortunately out of print. When googling, I also managed to find www.georgetteheyer.com, which is a mine of info I didn't know about, esp about her modern novels.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Nov-09 19:51:45

Aw shucks!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Nov-09 00:17:46

<<in other words, just starting a 3 month contract, which I know I'll neglect if I get drawn in to this. In any case, am nowhere good enough to keep up the high standards that have been set!>>

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 01-Nov-09 00:15:38

Princess Fiorimonde presents her Compliments to Mme Volatile - but Regrets she is shortly to leave Town for some time on business of a Pressing Nature. On her return, she hopes she may be permitted to Renew her Acquaintance with All in Polite Society and discover the latest crim cons.

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sat 31-Oct-09 19:55:15

My dear Princess Fiorimonde - 'tis too Diverting to find you gracing these halls with your company! Alack, mumsnet London seems very Thin of Company these days. so one is left to Low Games of Chance with various Diverting Characters of probable ill-repute and to idle Chat grin

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Fri 30-Oct-09 16:56:14

Stumbled across this thread last night; sorry it seems to have died, as twas ferociously funny - reading it kept me up till well past when I should have been in bed.

Many thanks for the entertainment!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 03-Aug-09 16:18:43

First I shall re-read Venetia (my all time favourite) then:

Grand Sophy
Frederica
Friday's Child
Civil Contract
Convenient Marriage
Unknown Ajax (with Anthea's acute hearing)

ahh bliss, to sink into Heyer world without a care!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Mon 03-Aug-09 16:15:09

It is so kind in you to have this thread running. I have been separated from my GH books for nigh on a year now, this will act as a vinaigrette until I can retrieve them!

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 07-Jul-09 20:23:42

pingviner - tight Inexpressibles? Did your Dear Mama teach you nothing of worth? < I do hope you have this on your wathced threads list, or I am Undone! Again grin

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Sun 14-Jun-09 00:29:54

Oh my god how did I miss this thread!

Pingviner abandons her dangerous High Perch Phaeton at the door and flounces in with all the consiousness of a lady, who while not excessive in inches, is Bang Up to the Nines in every respect of fashion, from the tips of her halfboots of jean, to the ravishing concotion of a hat on her curls.
Being an heiress is such a tiresome prospect when every eligible beau in the Marriage Mart is forming designs upon ones charming person. My parents will never consent to my marriage to the peniless poet I have met, though his rhymes are complementary and he looks like Adonis in his tight Inexpressibles...

Add message | Report | Contact poster By Tue 09-Jun-09 11:51:49

excerpt from Richard Armitage narrating a new audio book version of Sylvester. Lovely grin

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