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Georgette Heyer Beginning in I921,Gcorgctrc Hc!.cr 'I902-1974: \\.rote one ,ind sonletinles t ~ v o historie,il rom,ince norels per yc,ir ilntil her dcdth in 1971.14 I984 sur\ c ! . rdkcn in G r c ~ r Brirdin of the t'tlblii librciricsreported thCit betwee11 four ,ind six copies of her no\.cls \\.ere borro\\.cd on An\.gi\,cn dd!. : G l ~ s s 2Sj:. Copies in pilblic libr,iries in ,\111eric,i 11,ire bee11 borro~vcdcii~d rc,i~j L I I I ~ ~ ~ rhcir io\,crs fCdlof( Pcrhdps the strongest c\ idcnic of her ionti ~liledpopillciritv is tl-i,it 111ileI-iof her bcicklistis still 111 print. This bod\ of \\.ark is her l c g ~ i \ ro rhc histor\ of rhc ronuncc. Her iilflueilcc is felt in crerv historic,il ronl,iilcc norel ~vritten sinic I921, pdrtii~lldrl!. in the Rcgcni!. rorlldnic no\,cl. Hcver is tl-ie mothcr of this kind of ron1,incc. Tl-ie Kegellev is r h ~ r pcriod in English histor! bcr\\,ccn IS11 ~ n d IS ~ O \\.hen the Prince of \\',ilcs ruled Eilg1,ind ,is regent for his fcitl-ier, tl-ie i n i ~ p ~ c i r d t c d Gcorgc 111. X rcgcnt rules during 2 king or . . qilccn s ~n~ibilitv to fillf;ll l-iisor her duties. Tl-ieRegellev period cndcd in IS20~ ~ C ~ ~ L I S C rhc old king died 2nd rhc prince bcidnlc King George I\: Kcgcllcics ,ire ,among the most popu1,ir hiscoriidl l.Ollldl3iC no\.cls 2nd Arc 6Ct in chis til-ilc period. E ~ i h 11ore1 i ~ ~ c l i ~ ~ ~ c s tllc core c l c ~ ~ ~ e i ~ t s e.q~lcii~leLj ill P,irt 11: tl-ie iourrship ~ n d betrothdl of one or nlorc heroines 2nd heroes :in Hcver's c,isc, usu,illv one: ,is ~ve11,is ,i meeting, b,irrier, tl-ie ~ r t r ~ i r i o n bcr\\,ccn heroine ~ n d hero. 2 dcil,lr,irion. point ofritu ,il dc,ith, ,ind recognition. The societv def;ilcd is spccif;c,illv Regene\. soiicr\.. 136 ?A The TIcntietl-i-Ccnturv Kom,incc NOT cl Hcvcr's nl,iiil iilflueilce nas I,ine ,\ustan, n-l-io lived ,ii-~d pilblisl-icd during the Rc~cney period Prrdc arid Pr~~~ldrcc, for inst,iilcc, ill 181 3: , but who did not write Rc~cncics. "ustcn set her rom,inces ill l-ier o~ril tinle, coiltcnlpordncous \\,irh her oI1.n life. 2nd thus \\.rote ionrcnlpordrics. Hc\.cr scr her no\.cls 111ore r h ~ n J icntur\. bchrc her tinlc 2nd thus \\.rote historicdls. As J nu~llbcrof critics hd\c noted. Hc~.crborro\\,cd plot clcrllcnrs from "ustcn's novels :Brnaters $93:'. She amul,itcd #:,is ~ L I ~ I I ,is ,inr ~rriter could: the ~ r i t of "mstcil's outlook ,ind lCii~gu,igc. Sl-ie could i-~ot, ho~rcvcr. Slc,ill 111,111~ period Llct,iils fro111 l \ ~ ~ ~ t c l l . Bcc,i~lsc l \ ~ ~ ~ t c l l ' ~ works were coilCClllp01 .dl.J' 1.011ldl3iCS. she did nor nccd to iniludc dctdils in ncdrl!. the ~ b u n d ~ n c c thdt the\ Arc included in historicdl no\cls \\.here duthors Arc \\.riting nlindh~l r h ~ r the rc,idcr nlciJ.kno\v \,crJ.little d b o ~ ~ t the period she is recidint:,ibout. :I\i~v~ile ~r11o ll,is ever tried to tc,icI-i l \ ~ l ~ t c l l tc.~t to studei -~tsui~,icqil~iiiltcd ~rit1-itl-ic period c,in ,ittest to l-io~rnltlih nlilst be c.~pl,iii~cd ere11to t11osc re,iders e,iger to re,id Pndc aiid P I . C ~ L ~ ~ I C C , to scar11ot11ing of l\laiisficld 13ai.k., Hc~.cr, c d ~ ~ i ~ t c d dr J scnlin~r~. sihool 2nd \\;.srminstcr College in London . s\.srem~ric~ll\. ~ n d c?;hd~~sti\~cl\. rcse~rchcdthe Rcgcnc~..filling norcbooks ~ritl-i the lcingu,igc, drcss, Seogr,ipl-i~ politics. Tr,ir,,ind pcrson,ilities of the er,i :McGr,itl-i 317:'. Hcrer's n - r i t i i ~ ~ process is noTr f,i;imous-even ii1fcinlous . To m,inr, meticulous rcse,ireh is srilonrnlous with tl-ic veil-vrittcn Rcgcni!. ronldncc 2nd the rll~in,~rtr,lition for rcddcrs. Florcnic Stc\,cnson, \\.riringnore rhdn sisr...

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