G.Heyer 50 years after passing

Georgette Heyer (Aug. 16, 1902 – July 4, 1974) passed fifty years ago
today. Heyer is accredited with establishing the historical romance
regency novel. She is not as well known as many other writers since she did not give interviews and closely guarded her private life. Her work consisted of over 50 novels based upon extensive historical research. Her novels have been critiqued as escapist literature; a view with which she agreed. Reviewers have compared her writing to P. G. Wodehouse.
Stephen Fry, a devoted Heyer fan, wrote that Heyer "is one of the …
most insightful and rewarding prose writers imaginable".

Her style was greatly influenced by Jane Austen. The regency period in
which Austen wrote was 100+ years before Heyer's time. Most Heyer
readers agree that her writing is as close to Austen as one will find.
Many of here plots deal with the same regency societal problems of which Austen addressed.

One of her most cherished works is "the Grand Sophy", published in 1950. It has long been rumored that a movie adaptation is forthcoming.
The novel centers around Sophy who is a twenty year old, independent
girl who her father hopes will soon marry. Throughout most of the book
she engages in a struggle against her older cousin Charles Rivenhall.
Many subplots deal with how Sophy solves the problems of her other
cousins. One often criticized aspect of the novel involves her depiction
of a Jewish moneylender. This resulted in charges of antisemitism
against Heyer. Her defenders have pointed out that the character follows in the footsteps of Shakespeare's Shylock and Dickens' Fagin. Heyer herself reflected that one of her grandfathers was Jewish.