![]() ![]() ![]() I would now say when you read the original Pistols for Two collection there are some fine examples of Georgette Heyer short stories - but this wasn't one of them. ![]() I hadn't read the Pistols for Two collection in a long time when I wrote that. This short story was originally published as part of war time fundraiser, but I am just about certain that I read a similar tale in Heyer's short story collection Pistols For Two by Georgette Heyer This was an engaging tale but character development & motivation were sacrificed to brevity. I don't think GH's style of storytelling is suited to the short story format.GH's great strength was in her plotting & she needs time to bring all the strands in her tales together. In spite of being billed as "recently discovered" these three are easy to find on the internet. I will start with the three stories that only feature in the Snowdrift collection. So I'm stuck with my Arrow with its Georgian cover picture for a collection of Regency short stories! ![]() She did one interview in her whole life and ignored letters from her fans. In a way, this is appropriate as Georgette Heyer hated the whole publicity machine. There is a shiny new collection of Georgette Heyer's short stories Isn't that a gorgeous cover? But when I requested a review copy from Random House's NZ branch, the reply came back with unflattering speed (would barely have hit their in tray) that there were no review copies available for this book. ![]()
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