My Lord John

I really wanted to like this one; I mean, I'm now pretty interested in this period of history, and it's Georgette Heyer. It's really nothing like her Regency romances, but that I expected: it's a piece of work she approached very seriously, and intended to be her most important work. It's a pity tha......more

My Lord John was Heyer's last novel, and is actually unfinished, with the manuscript ending right in the middle of a sentence. She had planned on writing the life story of Lord John, Duke of Bedford, son of King Henry IV and younger brother to King Henry V, but this book ends right before the death......more

Forsooth! Did the lordlings swiggle their jive cruck forward with algers? Was it slithy and did the wabe gyre and gymbal? Yes, this is the book where Georgette Heyer basically channels the 12th century edition of Urban Dictionary and you the reader get to puzzle it out! Also, there is genealogy. Oh......more

I’m not normally a Georgette Heyer fan, but I was specifically looking for any book about John of Lancaster (younger brother of Henry V) and this one popped up. It turns out that Georgette Heyer loved medieval history; her husband tells us in the Preface that this was her favorite period. Interestin......more

Truly brilliant. It was a shame that Georgette Heyer, didn't write more books like this. I loved her Regency books, but much prefer this time (medieval). Her research into language and other areas was really praiseworthy. Thank you for a book well done. It is such a shame she is no longer with us!......more