My Lord John [Hardcover]

Georgette Heyer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1975

John, Duke of Bedford, grew to manhood fighting for his father, King Henry IV of England, on the wild and lawless Northern Marches. A prince of the royal blood, loyal, strong, the greatest ally that his brother - the future Henry V - was to have. Filled with the clash of bitter rivalries and deadly power struggles, this is Georgette Heyer's last and most ambitious novel.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Editorial Reviews

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'Wonderful characters, elegant, witty writing, perfect period detail, and rapturously romantic. Georgette Heyer achieves what the rest of us only aspire to.' - Katie Fforde. 'My favourite historical novelist - stylish, romantic, sharp, and witty. Her sense of period is superb, her heroines are enterprising, and her heroes dashing. I owe her many happy hours.' - Margaret Drabble. 'A writer of great wit and style - I've read her books to ragged shreds.' - Kate Fenton, Daily Telegraph. 'Sparkling' - Independent on Sunday. 'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable' - India Knight. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 383 pages
• Publisher: E P Dutton; 1st US edition (October 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0525162429
• ISBN-13: 978-0525162421
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,071,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, making the Regency period her own. Her first novel, "The Black Moth," published in 1921, was written at the age of fifteen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Find it!, July 4, 2004

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Kimberley Wilson (VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Lord John (Hardcover)

My Lord John was Georgette Heyer's last book. It was supposed to be the first of a 3 part series but she died before completing it. It is the story of John the second son of Henry IV, brother to Henry V and grandson of John of Gault. The book begins in the nursery playroom with three little boys and dances back and forth between the views of their beloved grandfather, their father, their step grandmother, Katherine Swynford, the strange and sometimes insane Richard II and back again to each one of the boys. This is an impressive literary feat. Getting into a character's head and making that character come to life for the reader is hard and Heyer did it beautifully. Their are heroes here and villains, pitiful victims and people who were simply trying to get along. Heyer brought the Middle Ages to life. What a shame that she never got to finnish the series.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Second Son, October 27, 2009

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Nash Black "Troubadour" (Jamestown, KY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Lord John (Paperback)

MY LORD JOHN by Georgette Heyer is a historical that she had long planned, but never got to complete. Her plans were for a three-part story, but her death precluded her ambition. Outside her mysteries and Regency romances this departure was never more than a work-in-progress that ends in the middle of a sentence.
The early story of John, Duke of Bedford the grandson of John of Gault, second son of Henry IV and nephew to Henry V is a historian's dream for research, but little more than a historical footnote.
This is one volume for which there is little middle ground. It is either enjoyed for its insight into the period of the close of the Plantagenet reign in England or disdain for its obvious incompleteness.
Nash Black, author of SINS OF THE FATHERS and TRAVELERS.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars turgid and incomprehensible, July 18, 2006

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Mrs. S. M. Weeden (England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: My Lord John (Paperback)

My Lord John - a real disappointment - the book is so steeped in geneological detail on almost every page that it is almost incomprehensible - the main thrust of the story is lost, and the characters become confusing and uninteresting.

Definitely not one of the best of Heyer's work. The book is also unfinished, ending in the moddle of a sentence!

I would NOT recommend this book.