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Full Moon
A Historical Romance Short-Story: A man, Lord Stavely, arrives quite late in Shropshire. Assuming that he is too late for dinner, he stops at an inn, whereupon he stumbles across a man drinking heavily and sad about his upcoming elopement with an heiress. It appears the heiress' papa has set her up with a, assumed, fat old fella, and the heiress wants nothing to do with that.
54 pages, ebook
First published January 1, 1948
About the author
Georgette Heyer
293 books5,618 followersGeorgette Heyer was a prolific historical romance and detective fiction novelist. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story for her younger brother into the novel The Black Moth.
In 1925 she married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. Rougier later became a barrister and he often provided basic plot outlines for her thrillers. Beginning in 1932, Heyer released one romance novel and one thriller each year.
Heyer was an intensely private person who remained a best selling author all her life without the aid of publicity. She made no appearances, never gave an interview and only answered fan letters herself if they made an interesting historical point. She wrote one novel using the pseudonym Stella Martin.
Her Georgian and Regencies romances were inspired by Jane Austen. While some critics thought her novels were too detailed, others considered the level of detail to be Heyer's greatest asset.
Heyer remains a popular and much-loved author, known for essentially establishing the historical romance genre and its subgenre Regency romance.
In 1925 she married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. Rougier later became a barrister and he often provided basic plot outlines for her thrillers. Beginning in 1932, Heyer released one romance novel and one thriller each year.
Heyer was an intensely private person who remained a best selling author all her life without the aid of publicity. She made no appearances, never gave an interview and only answered fan letters herself if they made an interesting historical point. She wrote one novel using the pseudonym Stella Martin.
Her Georgian and Regencies romances were inspired by Jane Austen. While some critics thought her novels were too detailed, others considered the level of detail to be Heyer's greatest asset.
Heyer remains a popular and much-loved author, known for essentially establishing the historical romance genre and its subgenre Regency romance.
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August 21, 2016
In short: a funny, witty story written by master of genre.
January 29, 2019
In snowdrift and other stories
January 3, 2021
I've read all oh GH's Regency novels. Pure escapist enjoyment.
October 12, 2012
A quick short story from Georgette Heyer, written around 1948. Despite being only, roughly, 54 ebook pages, the story is quite solid, and the characters are as lively as in Heyer's full length work. A dash of mystery, humor and rommance packed into a brief moon night visit by one Lord Stavely to Shropshire.
November 15, 2012
A short story by this name was included in the book Pistols For Two. Full Moon was neither the best nor the worst in that anthology. Just not one of my favorites.
December 7, 2012
This short story was in the book, "Pistols for Two," which is a collection of more-or-less Regency romances. The entire book was good, not terrific. Several of the plot lines were expanded into entire novels.
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews