- Hardcover: 216 pages
- Publisher: The Bodley Head Ltd; 1st Edition edition (6 Sep 1984)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0370305086
- ISBN-13: 978-0370305080
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 241,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The classic biography, finally back in print!
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As an internationally bestselling phenomenon and queen of the Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer is one of the most beloved historical novelists of our time. She's written more than fifty novels - romances, detective stories and contemporary works of fiction - yet her private life was practically inaccessible to any but her closest friends and relatives.
With this classic biography we catch a glimpse into Georgette Heyer's world and that of her most memorable characters. With access to private papers and archives, Jane Aiken Hodge reveals a formidable, energetic woman, with an impeccable sense of style and, beyond everything, a love for all things Regency.
Lavishly illustrated from Georgette Heyer's own research files, her family archives and other Regency sources, complete with extracts from her correspondence and references to her work, The Private World is a delight and a must-read for every Georgette Heyer fan.
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44 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been a Heyer fan for years: why did I never read this excellent biography before? Probably because it was out of print! Congratulations to Arrow for bringing it back.
Jane Aiken Hodge has produced a fine study of an author whose insistence on privacy in her life must have made the biographer's life somewhat difficult. She looks at Heyer's life through the structure of her novels: plot summaries, photographs, illustrations and suitable (often very funny) quotations are woven into a narrative which gives a clear sense of the woman, her close personal relationships and how her personal circumstances moved with the years.
It probably helps if you have read some of her books before reading the biography, but it's so fantastically well structured that as long as you are familiar with Heyer's style you'll get a huge amount from it.
Jane Aiken Hodge has produced a fine study of an author whose insistence on privacy in her life must have made the biographer's life somewhat difficult. She looks at Heyer's life through the structure of her novels: plot summaries, photographs, illustrations and suitable (often very funny) quotations are woven into a narrative which gives a clear sense of the woman, her close personal relationships and how her personal circumstances moved with the years.
It probably helps if you have read some of her books before reading the biography, but it's so fantastically well structured that as long as you are familiar with Heyer's style you'll get a huge amount from it.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
It's an interesting look at the life of the woman who founded the Regency Romance genre. All others in the genre owe a lot to this woman who did some serious research to ensure she had her details correct in the stories. I would have loved to see her library before it was dispersed.
This looks behind the scenes at the life of this intensely private woman, a woman who supported her family and ensured that her husband was enabled to study and become, eventually, a judge, but also a woman who hated paperwork, disliked change, had a lot of impatience with others of her gender and disliked stupidity of all sorts.
She also wrote well, and had such a passion for the era that it showed. This book looks at some of the minor errors she comitted but is also lavishly illustrated with some of her sketches in her notebook. I would have loved to know who the imitators/plagarists alluded to in the book were.
All in all a very interesting biography that rekindled my enthuaism for re-reading the stories by this interesting woman.
This looks behind the scenes at the life of this intensely private woman, a woman who supported her family and ensured that her husband was enabled to study and become, eventually, a judge, but also a woman who hated paperwork, disliked change, had a lot of impatience with others of her gender and disliked stupidity of all sorts.
She also wrote well, and had such a passion for the era that it showed. This book looks at some of the minor errors she comitted but is also lavishly illustrated with some of her sketches in her notebook. I would have loved to know who the imitators/plagarists alluded to in the book were.
All in all a very interesting biography that rekindled my enthuaism for re-reading the stories by this interesting woman.
74 of 76 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you have the opportunity, buy this book. You may not want to read it right away because it does contain many synopsis of her stories, (including endings), but this is the one book I've found which really delves into Ms. Heyer as a person, researcher and writer. Many may not know this but her surname should be pronounced as "Hare" not "higher", nor "Hay err". The author Jane Aiken Hodge is quite an author herself. This book is well written and helps the reader understand the period in which Ms. Heyer writes. It covers the short stories, the murder mysteries, the historicals, the regencies, and the short papers and thesis Ms. Heyer wrote. I can't emphasize enough that if you are beginning a Heyer library this must be one of the books to own.
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A pragmatic romantic
Jane Aiken Hodge has written a remarkably insightful biography of her subject considering that Georgette Heyer was so reclusive. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Clive A. H. Still
More than meets the eye - real life of Georgette Heyer
Miss Heyer was so reclusive that few connected her with her real life originator. This book is so interesting because it links the varying plot lines of the books with the stages... Read more
Published 24 months ago by TINA
Fascinating reminder
I enjoyed this very much, and it reminded me of the content of some of her books I'd forgotten. My father and I loved Heyer's novels, and he had pretty much all of them at one... Read more
Published on 19 May 2010 by C. A. Mealing
Georgette Heyer biography
This is quite interesting but as the subject was more or less entirely devoted to writing it is more an appreciation of her books rather than her character
Published on 9 Nov 2009 by G. Scott
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