“I think myself I ought to be shot for writing such nonsense…. But it's unquestionably good escapist literature and I think I should rather like it if I were sitting in an air-raid shelter or recovering from flu.”

—  Georgette Heyer

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British historical romance and detective fiction novelist 1902–1974

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