EMH
's first novel, her desert romance The Sheik, became something of a cultural phenomenon.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
It established the formula for the desert romance, which grew in popularity between the two World Wars in a...
Publishing
Georgette Heyer
She had begun the story in order to amuse her sick brother Boris. Her father encouraged her to prepare her work for publication, and she dedicated the book to him by his initials. She sent...
Timeline
1971: The British firm of Mills and Boon, publishers...
Women writers item
1971
The British firm of Mills and Boon
, publishers of popular romance, were taken over by the North American Harlequin Books
.
Steele, Sir Richard, and Joseph Addison, editors. The Guardian. J. Tonson.
