Georgette Heyer
7 books by Georgette Heyer to read free, each with its best passages and lines, and the best quotes from all of them below.
Where to start
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These Old Shades
A duke takes in a young boy, only to discover that the boy is actually a noblewoman in disguise.
103,830 words, about 7 hours
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The Great Roxhythe
A Restoration-era courtier sacrifices his fortune, reputation, and chance at personal happiness to serve his king as a secret spy.
114,328 words, about 8 hours
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The Black Moth
An earl turned highwayman repeatedly foils a rake in his attempted pursuit of a young woman.
93,615 words, about 7 hours
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Beauvallet
A daring English seaman plunders a Spanish ship and woos the beautiful, haughty, and spirited lady he finds aboard.
90,782 words, about 6 hours
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Simon the Coldheart
A lowly squire in medieval England becomes a powerful noble through guile, loyalty, and unexpected love.
88,209 words, about 6 hours
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The Masqueraders
Two siblings, disguised as members of the opposite sex, navigate the intrigues of 18th-century London while falling in love with unsuspecting suitors.
91,839 words, about 6 hours
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The Transformation of Philip Jettan
In eighteenth-century England, a handsome youth reluctantly transforms himself into a fashionable gentleman in order to win the heart of the girl he loves.
47,708 words, about 3 hours
Georgette Heyer quotes
“Where there is money there are also—friends.”
“Roxhythe, Roxhythe, have ye forgot he is a Stuart?”
That no one had set eyes on either of the men was no reason for doubting an honest landlord’s word.
“All Spain seems to seek me, señor,” answered the stranger merrily. “But who shall slay Nick Beauvallet? Will you try?”
He was never one to waste words.
“Faith, it’s a wonderful climate,”
I have noticed, Mr. Bancroft, that you habitually don your sword. So I took the precaution of wearing mine.
“Pray do not be guileless. I dislike fools.”
“Oh, lud, no! Now confess, Chris, you did not think I had it in me?”
Do you know, I had not thought of so unpleasant a contingency? I swear I was not born to be hanged!
“Alack then, that virtue has not been better rewarded,” said Sir Nicholas lightly.
“There does not live the beast I will not tame, my lord.”
“A warning to all abductors,” said Mr. Merriot piously.
“Il faut souffrir pour être bel,” replied the Marquis severely.
“Spare me a list of the places where you were not born, I beg of you.”
“I am old in intrigue, my child,” said Roxhythe.
Good gad, no! Notorious, forsooth! Confess, Warburton, you thought me some heroic figure?
“You have it wrong,” Beauvallet said, jesting. “Mad Nicholas is the name they call me. I make you free of it, señora.”
“A pulse-leap,” he said slowly. “What folly! My pulse leaps when I have sent an arrow home, or when I have thrown my man, or when a hawk has swooped upon its prey.”
“I confess I hate to miss my dinner,” said Sir Anthony, and began to carve the chicken.
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