by Georgette Heyer · Arrow · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099476382
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«Pistols for Two» is a collection of eleven Regency stories by Georgette Heyer, published by Arrow in paperback (320 pages, in English).
Eleven stories set in the English Regency: duels at dawn, affairs of honor, romantic entanglements, elopements and misunderstandings among heirs, orphans, gentlemen and beauties. The narrative combines intrigue, elegance and social observation, with the historical precision characteristic of Georgette Heyer.
The volume was originally published in 1960 under the title «Pistols for Two and Other Stories»; this Arrow paperback edition is from 2005.
For readers of historical romance and period stories, especially those seeking short narratives set in the English Regency.
Georgette Heyer was an English novelist and short-story writer, in both the Regency romance and detective fiction genres. Her writing career began in 1921, when she turned a story conceived for her ailing younger brother into the novel The Black Moth. In 1925 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer. The couple spent several years living in Tanganyika Territory and Macedonia before returning to England in 1929. After her novel These Old Shades became popular despite its release during the General Strike, Heyer determined that publicity was not necessary for good sales. For the rest of her life she refused to grant interviews, telling a friend: "My private life concerns no one but myself and my family."
