Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction

TheNonesuch is thename of one of Georgette Heyer's most famous novels. It means a person or thingwithout equal, and Georgette Heyer is certainly that. Her historical worksinspire a fiercely loyal, international readership and are championed byliterary figures such as A. S. Byatt and Stephen Fry.

GeorgetteHeyer, History, and Historical Fiction brings together an eclectic range of chaptersfrom scholars all over the world to explore the contexts of Heyer's career. Dividedinto four parts - gender; genre; sources; and circulation and reception - thevolume draws on scholarship onHeyer and her contemporaries to show how her work sits in a chain of influence,and why it remains pertinent to current conversations on books and publishingin the twenty-first century. Heyer's impact on science fiction is accounted for, as arethe milieu she was writing in, the many subsequent works that owe Heyer'swriting a debt, and new methods for analysing these enduring books.

From the gothic to data science, there is something foreveryone in this volume; a celebration of Heyer's 'nonesuch' status amongsthistorical novelists, proving that she and her contemporary women writersdeserve to be read (and studied) as more than just guilty pleasures.