Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she only knew by reputation - the infamous Jasper Damerel.īefore she realises it, Venetia is encouraging a man whose way of life has scandalised the North Riding for years. Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Beautiful, capable, and intendent minded, Venetia Lanyons life. Nor has she enjoyed the attentions of any man aside from her two wearisomely persistent suitors. Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen. In any event, I’d definitely recommend it and particularly on audio for anyone who, like me remains intimidated by La Heyer. I’m hovering between a B+ and an A- for the grade. That Heyer knew exactly what she was doing is shown in the statement she gives to the novel’s hero, Lord Damerel, addressing the. I’m hovering between a B+ and an A- for the grade. In Venetia, Heyer combines the usual characteristics of her Regency romances with the conventional character types, plot pattern, focus, style, and thematic meanings of the literary genre of pastoral romance. In all her twenty-five years, Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate. Venetia was well worth my time and I certainly count it a win. 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, in RED

the permanent glister of scandal ties the whole thing together' INDEPENDENT 'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers. IF YOU LOVE BRIDGERTON, YOU'LL LOVE GEORGETTE HEYER! Science & Technology: General & Reference.

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