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First published in 1926, 'These Old Shades' is a Georgian romance novel by Georgette Heyer, an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the regency romance and detective fiction genres. It is considered to be the work that established Georgette Heyer's career and... Read Full Overview

First published in 1926, "These Old Shades" was the first great commercial success by the British novelist Georgette Heyer, who is widely credited with inventing the Regency romance genre. The story concerns the notorious and cold Duke of Avon, Justin Alastair, and his rivalry... Read Full Overview

These Old Shades was itself originally intended to be a sequel to Heyer's first novel The Black Moth, which would redeem the devilish Belmanoir. But as The Black Moth was a melodrama and a sequel per se would not work in with the plot, she decided to make the new novel stand-alone,... Read Full Overview

When the Duke of Avon encounters a mistreated young boy on the streets of Paris, he employs the lad as his page. As the duke's closest friends ponder his actions, the precocious L on soon becomes the talk of the aristocracy. L on cannot believe his good fortune after being saved... Read Full Overview

Justin Alastair, the coldhearted Duke of Avon, had revenge in mind as he plucked a flamehaired urchin off the Paris streets. For Avon suspected the truth about his delicately handsome page--that Leon was really Leonie and none other than the wicked Comte de Saint Vire's legitimate... Read Full Overview

Justin Alastair, the coldhearted Duke of Avon, had revenge in mind as he plucked a flamehaired urchin off the Paris streets. For Avon suspected the truth about his delicately handsome page--that "L?" was really L?ie and none other than the wicked Comte de Saint Vire's legitimate... Read Full Overview

Georgette Heyer virtually invented historical and regency romance. Her witty writing and carful plotting forever changed readers expectations. These Old Shades was originally conceived of as a sequel to her first novel The Black Moth. Ultimately she decided... Read Full Overview

The Queen of Regency Romance returns to her craft with her career-launching sophomore novel, These Old Shades.

On a previously uneventful night in Paris, two ships-who in any other circumstance would likely continue to pass through the night-collide in a stroke of... Read Full Overview

This work offers a classic tale of intrigue, adventure, and love from the Grande Dame of romantic historical novels set in Regency England.