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Originally Posted by DrNefario
Which of those (if any) would be a good place to start for someone who has never read any Heyer?
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They're all good. It really depends on what you want out of them - history or romance.
The Quiet Gentleman comes across as more of a historical mystery with romantic overtones. as does The Talisman Ring. The first has as the PoV character the male hero, the latter has more equal billing between the leads and is set earlier. The Quiet Gentleman is post-Waterloo, whereas The Talisman Ring is Napoleonic Wars.
These Old Shades and Devil's Cub are the first 2 books in the Alistair Audley sequence and should be read in that order (there's another 2 with the grandchild of Devil's Cub); the eponymous Devil's Cub being the son of the lead of These Old Shades. Both are (largely) set in Ancien Regime France.
The other 5 are all stand-alone (along with the first 2). They're all classic Regency romances with a main female PoV character (apart from A Civil Contract).
The one I've probably read the most is A Civil Contract, followed by A Quiet Gentleman and Lady of Quality.