An Infamous Army

An Infamous Army is a novel by Georgette Heyer. In this novel Heyer combines her penchant for meticulously researched historical novels with her more popular Regency romances. So in addition to being a regency romance "An Infamous Army" also is one of the most historically accurate and vividly narrated descriptions of the Battle of Waterloo. In the early summer of 1815, while the Battle of Waterloo is just a threat, Brussels is the most exciting ... More

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Georgette Heyer

Georgette Heyer  /ˈheɪ.ər/ (16 August 1902 – 4 July 1974) was a British 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 Heyer married George Ronald Rougier, a mining engineer....

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