Mary Frost-pierson

Mary Frost-pierson asked Lois McMaster Bujold:

Hi, Lois! It’s Mary from the Mysteries from the Yard era. Whenever I feel really down, there are three books that I turn to, reading several time a year (life’s a b—- and all…): Gaudy Night, Pride and Prejudice, and A Civil Campaign. It strikes me that I have never asked which books from Charlotte and Georgette you turn to? I especially would love to know - what is your favorite Heyer title?

Lois McMaster Bujold Hi Mary! Hope you are well! (Well, well-enough, at our ages.)

I don't have one favorite Heyer, but I do have a top tier. In no particular order, Cotillion, The Reluctant Widow, The Toll Gate, The Unknown Ajax, The Convenient Marriage, A Civil Contract, Sprig Muslin, The Foundling, maybe The Black Sheep... which adds up to about a third of her output.

Which, I note, trends away from her early Rake heroes and onto the later more sensible dudes. Well, not so sure about Freddy, but he's certainly not a rake. And the hero of The Black Sheep reformed himself, sort of, well before the heroine arrived.

Charlotte, not so much, but she is an early founding mother so could not be left out of my dedication list.

Ta, L.

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