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BeccaPrice · 03-29-2012, 04:30 PM

close to anything by Georgette Heyer. I love Avon (from These Old Shades), and Dameral (from Venetia), but I love most of the books. Not Simon the Coldheart, or her other non-Regency historicals, though. Long threads on other sites have been conducted with people debating the merits (and otherwise) of her books. Heyer has her flaws, of course - she's terribly classist and a certain amount of anti-Jewish racism creeps in in a few of the books (Sophy, I think, is the worst one). But her research is impeccable, and she really is the grandmother of that sub-genre.

Discussions here reminded me, and I'm now re-reading Robert's Birthright, but I may very well go back and re-read Heyer's Tollbooth or Talisman Ring. Or Unknown Ajax - I have a soft spot for the miller's brat. <g>

03-29-2012, 04:30 PM	#89
BeccaPrice Wizard Posts: 2,146 Karma: 11174187 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Sony 350, K3-3G, K4SO, KPW	close to anything by Georgette Heyer. I love Avon (from These Old Shades), and Dameral (from Venetia), but I love most of the books. Not Simon the Coldheart, or her other non-Regency historicals, though. Long threads on other sites have been conducted with people debating the merits (and otherwise) of her books. Heyer has her flaws, of course - she's terribly classist and a certain amount of anti-Jewish racism creeps in in a few of the books (Sophy, I think, is the worst one). But her research is impeccable, and she really is the grandmother of that sub-genre. Discussions here reminded me, and I'm now re-reading Robert's Birthright, but I may very well go back and re-read Heyer's Tollbooth or Talisman Ring. Or Unknown Ajax - I have a soft spot for the miller's brat. <g> Last edited by BeccaPrice; 03-29-2012 at 04:45 PM. Reason: spelling correction - it's "Ajax" not "Ajaz"