Devil’s Cub, published in 1932, was one of her bestselling titles, featuring Mary Challoner, who sets out to impersonate her sister when she discovers the Marquis of Vidal’s fiendish plan to abduct her. Publishing her first novel, historical romance The Black Moth, at the age of 17, Heyer would go on to release 55 more, the majority set in the Regency period and featuring feisty, beautiful heroines on a bumpy path to true love. “Though often self-deprecating, Georgette Heyer actually loved writing and would have been thrilled at being accorded the honour of a blue plaque,” said Kloester.
Heyer’s biographer Jennifer Kloester, who proposed the blue plaque, said that the author “created a genre” with her Regency novels, and “continues to be read today because she was such a perceptive and witty writer”. The plaque is at 103 Woodside in Wimbledon, the semi-detached house where Heyer lived for the first four years of her life. Photograph: Courtesy of the Georgette Heyer Estate ***** 'Totally one of my favourite Heyer novels.Georgette Heyer: ‘continues to be read today because she was such a perceptive and witty writer’. ***** 'You will not regret reading this book.' ***** 'It's a great novel, barrels of fun, highly recommend.' ***** 'A must read for any Georgette Heyer fan!' 'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' HARRIET EVANS Escapism of the highest order' DAILY MAIL 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining. Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA ' Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS
' generation's Julia Quinn' ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton When the truth is revealed, Judith will finally discover if the Earl is after her money or her heart. To Judith's great annoyance, their mysterious guardian - the handsome Earl of Worth - seems far more intent on wooing her than saving her brother, but all is not as it seems. 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' KATIE FFORDEīeautiful heiress Judith Taverner has her pick of London suitors.īut her luck takes a turn for the worse when her hapless brother, Peregrine, becomes the target of a would-be-assassin. the permanent glister of scandal ties the whole thing together' INDEPENDENT 'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers. 'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer!
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