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[491] Wed 23 Jul 2008, 15:12
- Anwen -
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Just stumbled across this site - I've been a Georgette Heyer fan
since I was 12. That's when my mother gave me her copy of The
Grand Sophy to read to keep me quiet. I'd devoured every Heyer -
including the detective books - by the time I was 19. I love them!! |
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[490] Wed 23 Jul 2008, 11:10
- Anna Sarkissian -
from:
United States
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Charles lost his left arm and not his right arm. In the book there is
the part when he comes back home before losing his arm and changes his
clothes there is blood on his left arm because he was wounded by a
bayonet. He tells his brother not to worry about it as it is just a
scratch. May be that's what he meant when he said he had been
wounded before on that arm. See I am just assuming :)I just loved the
book!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish she wrote more books!
Anna |
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[489] Tue 22 Jul 2008, 23:22
- Angie -
from:
United States
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Re: Charles' arm
Oh my goodness. Now I *am* going to have to reread those books. I
can understand, though; it was a plot point in RB, that he
couldn't use his right hand, but then when it came to losing his
arm GH--who clearly liked him a lot--couldn't let him lose the
right one...although, as a career military man he might have been
wounded in the left arm at another time and we are all just assuming
he's talking about the time mentioned in RB. Or, you know, GH
didn't go back to look and she just guessed wrong!
It's so nice to have a whole group of us who truly care about
these things. |
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[488] Mon 21 Jul 2008, 01:23
- Erin Stahl -
from:
United States
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I just finished An Infamous Army. It was his left arm he lost - and
he says it was the same one he injured before, although in Regency
Buck it does say it was his right one. Typo! |
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[487] Sun 20 Jul 2008, 00:50
- Angie -
from:
United States
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Dear Ann,
In AIA, Charles tells Bab he'd been wounded in that arm before.
In Regency Buck, he spills wine on his trousers and asks Judith's
cousin, 'Can you do the slightest thing with your left
hand?' He'd been using his left hand BECAUSE HIS RIGHT ARM
WAS IN A SLING; he's only in the book because he'd been sent
home with a wounded arm. He lost that same arm--the right one.
See what lengths we go to, not to have to get out the ladder and
actually look in the book. Although since I have clearly not
memorized these two, I will have to read them again. Oh, dear, how
dreadful. |
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[486] Sat 19 Jul 2008, 04:03
- Ann -
from:
United Kingdom
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I've been enjoying trying to keep my nme at the top of the newest
quiz page (and usually failing) but there is one answer I'm not
sure about. The question about Charles Audley's arm sent me back
to the book to check. According to my reading (and I may have misread
it) a friend of the Worths had lost his right arm but Charles had lost
his left. Can anyone confirm or deny this? |
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[485] Thu 17 Jul 2008, 14:21
- Bruce Foster -
from:
United Kingdom
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Georgette Heyer is simply a delight on so many levels. The joy of her
language, the complexity of her plots and sub-plots, the picture
painted of history with so much detail. I have read and re-read her
books for 40 years now and they never fail to amuse, engage me and
enjoy the denouement. Her "golden period", for me from the
Foundling to A Civil Contract. My favourite would be Venetia but I
will always have a soft spot for the rogue pirate Nick Beauvallet. My
greatest thrill in years of updating my collection finding a proof
copy of an US edition of Beauvallet in a Totnes bookstore with a
dedication by the author and a waspish comment in the book where she
spotted a grammatical error. |
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[484] Wed 16 Jul 2008, 07:45
- Anna Sarkissian -
from:
United States
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What can I say? Georgette Heyer is the best. I read my first book
written by her when I was a teen-ager and didn't like her style
very much or the way her hero was much older than the heroine. Saying
that this year I came upon An Infamous Army and I just loved it. I
guess being more matured now age doesn't signify :) Since
Infamous Army I have read already 6 of her books and I just can't
get enough of her books. I thougt I liked other Authors, but after
reading her books you are just hooked and realize what a differece of
writing between her and today's Regency or Historical writers. In
today's Regency or Historical books there has be a sex scene
which Georgette Heyer's books never had. Here Georgette Heyer
shows how you can build up tension without even the couple going to
the bedroom. I just can't recommend her enough. Just love
her!!!!!
Thanks for the website.
Anna |
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[483] Tue 15 Jul 2008, 20:40
- Karen -
from:
United States
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Hello Heyer fans. :-)
I am reading my first Heyer book, and am to review it...I was
wondering if anyone would like to comment upon reading their first
Heyer book too. Did you become a fan right away?
Anything you'd like to make sure I appreciate, or cover in my
review? I want to give this author her due. Thanks for any replies. |
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[482] Sun 13 Jul 2008, 02:20
- Jeanne -
from:
Australia
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Hello,
I love Georgette Heyer too, I was introduced by my mother & we are
both avid fans.
My mother is also the proud owner of the Georgette Heyer figurines
however, unfortunately Leonie’s fan has been lost whilst moving
house.
Would anyone know where I can get another - or happen to have a fan
without a Leonie???
Thanks
Jeanne
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[481] Sat 12 Jul 2008, 22:55
- Jenna Cuddeback -
from:
United States
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Best Heyer book in the world? Cotillion, hands down. I've been
in love with Heyer since I found The Unknown Ajax on a study abroad.
I've been merrily buying the books as they come back into print,
and I plan to link to this website on my blog (where I've been
reviewing Heyer this week). |
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[480] Wed 9 Jul 2008, 22:41
- Erin Stahl -
from:
United States
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This site is great! It is nice to know that there are so many Heyer
fans out there.
I have been reading her books for about ten years now, and I feel that
no one writes as well as Ms. Heyer did. Her plots are always fun and
surprising, her characters are so real the reader feels as if they
know them, and she has a way of making a scene so alive one feels like
they are living in the book. The humor is wonderful, and has provided
me with wonderful quotes and "set downs" to confuse my
twenty first century friends and family with.
I don't think I have a favorite, for all of my Heyer books, about
twenty five to thirty in my collection right now, are precious to me
and would be saved in a housefire!
My daughter, who is now eighteen, (perhaps on the shelf??) began
reading Georgette Heyer when she was about twelve, and she is her
favorite author as well.
Thank you, Patronesses, for creating such a lovely website for fans! |
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[479] Mon 7 Jul 2008, 16:16
- Nicola Slade -
from:
United Kingdom
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I've just found this site and I love it! I discovered Georgette
Heyer when I was about 14 and devoured everything she wrote. I work my
way through all the books about once a year and love them still. My
particular favourites are the ones where she combined the historical
romantic story with a murder investigation - Talisman Ring, Reluctant
Widow and my favourite - The Quiet Gentleman.
I'd have loved to write a regency novel but the field is crowded
so instead I shifted the story to the 1850s and 'Murder Most
Welcome'(pub:Robert Hale) is my homage to GH and Jane Austen as
well as Charlotte Yonge, another favourite.
I do love A Civil Contract though, such a strong, gentle book full of
real people. |
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[478] Mon 7 Jul 2008, 14:16
- Julia -
from:
United States
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Hi--I don't know if this is the appropriate place to post this,
but Sourcebooks has given Wordcandy.net 4 Georgette Heyer books to
give away, and we invite all Heyer fans (well, all Heyer fans located
in the U.S. and Canada) to enter to win. Here's the link:
http://www.wordcandy.net/surveys/georgetteheyergiveaway.php
Thanks! |
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[477] Sat 5 Jul 2008, 11:53
- emmy -
from:
United Kingdom
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maybe the novel cecily is looking for is Anne of Green Gables. I have
a feeling it might be and that would fit because when anne first comes
to avonlea she has to dream to escape her everyday life.
hope you find it anyway
by the way i LOVE your name I am thinking about naming my daughter
cecily :) |
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