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Daily Archives: August 30, 2011
REVIEW: Royal Escape – Georgette Heyer
(Arrow e-book 2005, originally published 1938) Georgette Heyer is primarily known for her romance novels set in the early nineteenth century of ‘Regency’ England, though she did write historical novels set in other periods. Of these, most feature real people … Continue reading
