Helen

– New York Times bestselling author

– ‘Escapism of the highest order’ The Daily Mail

– Republication of one of Georgette Heyer’s ‘suppressed’ romance novels, out of print for almost a century

– One of Georgette Heyer’s most autobiographical novels and helps explain her relationship with her father

London, Summer 1920. Society girl Helen Marchant is in love. The problem is she doesn’t know which of her two suitors she is really in love with; the unconventional and artistic Ralph or the solid, dependable Richard. Caught-up in her bohemian set Helen is at a crossroads in her life; does she marry a modern or a more traditional man?

About the Author

Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists. She was born in Wimbledon, London in 1902, the eldest of three children. A vociferous reader from an early age she wrote her first book to amuse her sick brother, Boris, and it was published in 1921. She would write over fifty more and virtually invented the historical romance genre. She died in 1974.

Praise for Georgette Heyer

‘Perfect craftsmanship’
New York Times

‘My favourite historical novelist – stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty… her sense of period is superb’
Margaret Drabble

‘Brings history to life… Georgette Heyer is second to none’
The Sunday Times

‘One of the great protagonists of the historical novel’
Philippa Gregory

‘Downright delicious… wonderful entertainment from first page to last’
Chicago Sunday Tribune