Comments on: RANSOME’S HONOR: A Regency Dinner Party

By: Vic

Vic — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:11:25 +0000

Several of GH’s romance novels are set in the Georgian Era. In these she has fun with her heroes a la The Scarlet Pimpernel, with manly men dressed up in satins and lace and wearing fobs and taking snuff and choosing pink and lavender outfits. The Convenient Marriage is a precursor to the much more serious A Civil Contract, which investigates the intrusion of the Middle Classes into the rarified stratosphere of the upper 10,000. While I liked both books, the more serious, edgier Convenient Marriage won me over.

By: Alexandra

Alexandra — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:28:47 +0000

All this food in MFR and RH is making me hungry! I love all these details about your novels, Kaye!!!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:22:42 +0000

Kaye, read Devil’s Cub. It’s great! You’re right The Convenient Marriage is Georgian.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 16:20:05 +0000

The only Heyers I’ve ever skimmed were her mysteries. I just eat up every word of her romances, she can be so funny! Convenient Marriage is an anomaly though because it does take place in the 1770s.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:54:59 +0000

I just finished reading The Convenient Marriage. It was a cute story, but I found myself skimming or just flat-out skipping pages at a time. And it wasn't Regency, as I'd been led to believe, but 1770s, when hoops and powdered wigs and everything French were all the rage.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:19:19 +0000

I’ve read several Heyers – I read Devil’s Cub a few years ago. I’ve never read a Heyer that I haven’t enjoyed. She’s a lot of fun.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 15:18:31 +0000

HA! That’s right, people need to snag those copies while they can!

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:54:45 +0000

Do any of you ever read Georgette Heyer? My favorite by her is Devil’s Cub.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:05:16 +0000

Oh, and those would be the rare, first edition copies of RH—the ones with my FIRST AND LAST NAMES SPELLED WRONG ON THE TITLE PAGE.

By: Kaye Dacus

Kaye Dacus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:04:42 +0000

They must have shipped before yesterday, then! That was the last date I heard.

I got my boxes of MFR in the mail Monday, so as soon as my copies of RH arrive, I can start sending them out to those whom I owe signed copies!