Who is Author Georgette Heyer

The Private World of Georgette Heyer

by: Jane Aiken Hodge

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from the foreword: Georgette Heyer was an intensely private person. A best-seller all her life without the aid of publicity, she made no appearances, never gave an interview, and only answered fan letters herself if they made an interesting historical point. Having scored an instant success with The Black Moth at the age of nineteen under her own name, Georgette Heyer, she experimented with a pseudonym, Stella Martin, for her third book, published by Mills & Boon, then achieved a permanent alias when she married Ronald Rougier at twenty-three. From then on, Georgette Heyer wrote the best-sellers, while Mrs Ronald Rougier led the deeply private life. She never talked about her background and early years, giving only the barest facts of her life in eighteen lines of Who's Who.

The Madness Of King George

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The brilliant movie The Madness of King George details the poor king's descent into madness and his son's scheming to take advantage of it and place himself on his father's throne. This movie has all the details absolutely pitch perfect, from costuming to mannerisms to courtly behavior. The acting is top notch, with Nigel Hawthorne and Helen Mirren both garnering Best Actor/Actress nominations in the Oscars, and Helen Mirren did win Best Actress at Cannes; the film itself won several other awards as well.

My sole caveat - and it is very minor - is that this film ends after one of the prince's failed attempts to have his father declared incompetent, and neglects to note that his next attempt was indeed successful, and he was named Regent. However, that does not in any way detract from the excellence of this movie.

Anyone interested in learning more about the Regency period will get a good education from this movie and enjoy it thoroughly as well!