The Unknown Ajax
Georgette Heyer

Unless 你 are a reader of historical romance, then there is a good chance that 你 will be unfamiliar with Georgette Heyer. Who is she? For a start, she’s one of AbeBooks’ 最佳, 返回页首 10 bestselling authors during the 15-year history of this company.

Last time we looked she was behind Shakespeare, C.S. Lewis, Agatha Christie and Stephen King but ahead of J.K. Rowling, Charles Dickens and James Patterson.

We have sold a huge number of this English novelist’s 图书 because 1) she is loved 由 people who 爱情 爱情 stories, and 2) many of her 图书 are out-of-print so used bookshops fulfill the demand from her legion of fans.

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Something wonderful happens when 你 mention Georgette Heyer to writers and readers. They start to smile (you can feel it in e-mails). They can't wait to tell 你 how they first discovered her books, where they were, which ones they read first. This is an 作者 that changes people's lives because she is responsible for inspiring so many of the best romance writers 写作 today.

How do I know this? I've spent the last few weeks 阅读 Georgette Heyer, 阅读 about her, in Jane Hodge's wonderful biography The Private World of Georgette Heyer, and in discussions with readers and romance writers. Readers 爱情 her, have loved her, for decades but for romance writers Georgette Heyer takes on a 更多 fundamental role. Laurie and I asked a number of writers how Georgette Heyer influenced them. Judith McNaught, for instance, sent me this fascinating story which I am passing on to 你 in its entirety:

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