Georgette Heyer

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I love Georgette Heyer's Regency Romances (no laughing please!) and I've read them all so many times now. Can anyone recommend any similar authors/books? Whenever I've tried to find something similar I've always found them a bit too "Mills & Boon" (no offense to M & B fans, just not my cup of tea!). Thanks a lot.

the New Zealand whodunnit writer Nyago? Marsh is also good and along similar lines to DLS. I enjoy her books too. Inspector Allen mysteries

Coming on here to second all the murder mystery suggestions, esp Mary Stewart.

I also CANNOT get on with Penhallow.

Patricia Wentworth's Miss Silver mysteries also v comforting.

God I love GH.

And Dorothy L Sayers, esp the Wimsey/Vane books.

This is a REAL stretch of a recommendation, but Lois McMasters Bujold is a fabulous author of fantasy and space operas. She is a big GH fan and takes inspiration from her, esp in that she writes interesting, strong female characters ("Cordelia's Honor" being a good place to start for that). One of her later novels is a SF comedy of manners directly inspired by GH.

How could I have forgotten about Mary Stewart, also hand me downs from my Mother. They're still at her house, I must filch them under the cover of darkness next time I'm home. The Moonspinners is fab. What was the one one with David and Charity driving round the South of France pursued by a Nazi war criminal called?

I have just realised that there is ONE GH I do not own. An Infamous Army! Now as DH and I have made a solemn vow not to spend one penny on non-essential items until the end of April does that mean I am going to have to restrain myself for searching for it now I know what I am missing?
Damn!

Badgermouse: 'Madam Will You Talk?'

Sigh ...

Well, strawberries not Regency Buck. Back to the Grand Sophy. Ridiculous that it has bugged me this much.

An Infamous Army was, IIRRC, used at Sandhurst for its historical accuracy of the battle.

I too love Georgette Heyer and grew up with her. I have a full collection. I cant think of anyone like her so thanks everyone as now I have a whole new list of people to read!

Regency buck and the Grand Sophy are my two faves as well!

Thank you mumsnut

Have just ordered An Infamous Army as I don't remember reading it, and I thought I'd read all of them (the historical ones anyway). Am supposed to be being fiscally prudent but decided as it was obviously an emergency it was allowed under current stringent house rules

Love Gh and also Dorothy L. Sayers.
Has anyone mentioned the Poldark books by Winston Graham? I've just finished re-reading them all and they are a cracking good read too!

I'll let you know what I think. Even if its pants it will only niggle me if I know I haven't read it

Nothing to do with regency romances, but Mapp and Lucia are always fabulous

There are some other /surrogate pale imitations of Georgette - Marion Chesney and Clare Darcy being the best of them imo.
Also have recently read a lot of Julia Quinn - I have a nasty feeling that it is complete trash but highly addictive (JQ does have sex in though - and sex before marriage at that!)

I too have been somewhat addicted to Julia Quinn. Also just got hooked on Stephanie Laurens. Lovely Regency Chic Lit to read in the bath!

Badgermoose, there is a reason why as a GH addict the only one I don't own in triplicate is An Infamous Army - have never been able to get into it.

DLS utterly fabulous also.

I am not a huge fan of an infamous army- I think i have read it about 3 times - whilst all the real regency ones i have read cosniderably more (eg prob 2 -3 times a year for the last 20 years -God I am sad!!)
Not a huge fan of My Lord John or Simon the coldhearted either....

With you on those, DG. I feel like they lack the thing that makes her other books so great which is humour.

I dont mind an infamous army but agree about Simon and the other one.

Her attention to detail and the historical knowledge in her books are fabulous which is what places her way above any other historical romantic fiction and enabled someone I know to write reams about this period in history for their degree.

Amelia Peabody series (Elizabeth Peters) I agree, and Anne Perry's Victorian detective series, are both great comfort reads, they have an excellent eye for historical detail with romance thrown in.

love gh. there isn't much else like her books.

diana gabaldon's first three or four books are great but then she seems to have gone insane and her editors have certainly thrown in the towel.

taliac i have only read one lois wotsit bujold and was v impressed, but found it was the second in a trilogy which was a bit offputting. will try again.

To be honest I think the only one nearly like her is Jane Austen. Pride and prejudice has to be the best romantic book in the world.

I love Georgette Heyer, have been reading her books since I was 12! one of my favourite things was finding them in charity shops Also love Mapp and Lucia series they are great.

I tried to read some of the Regency-lite novels out there, the writing is mostly horrible and the plot lines are thin, haven't found any to compare.