Georgette Heyer

Venetia

CA$110

Illustrated by Sally Dunne

Introduced By Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry’s exclusive introduction to this new Folio Society edition lavishes praise on Georgette Heyer’s meticulously researched and deliciously entertaining Regency Romance, Venetia.

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Book Details
 
Presentation Box & BindingBound in cloth blocked with lettering by Jessica Hische
Printed slipcase with an illustration by Sally Dunne
Dimensions9½ inches x 6¼ inches
FontSet in Aria Text
Pages376 pages
AuthorGeorgette Heyer
Illustrated bySally Dunne
IllustrationFrontispiece plus 5 full-page colour illustrations by Sally Dunne
Publication Date17/09/2021
Editor's Notes
 
Georgette Heyer is one of the world’s best-known and best-selling writers of historical romance, and Venetia is the perfect introduction to her work. This edition celebrates Heyer’s witty and clever Regency society novel with a dazzling new introduction by advocate Stephen Fry and six gloriously imagined and insightful illustrations by Sally Dunne. Lettering artist Jessica Hische completes the edition with a beautiful gold-blocked binding design that exudes both the glamour and formality of the period.

While Miss Venetia Lanyon has been whiling away her uneventful but perfectly agreeable life in Yorkshire, her elusive neighbour Jasper Damerel has kept tongues wagging with rumours of his playboy lifestyle. When the dashing cad returns to his estate, Venetia’s head is turned from her two interminable suitors, but she’s more than a match for Damerel’s wily affections and sharp mind.

About the illustrator

Sally Dunne

Sally Dunne graduated from the Cambridge School of Art, Angela Ruskin University with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and began her professional career by winning the Student of the Year V&A Illustration Awards 2020. Folio Art Director Sheri Gee was a member of the judging panel and was so impressed with Sally’s work that she commissioned her to illustrate the Folio edition of Agatha Christie’s Crooked House (2021), as well as Georgette Heyer’s Venetia (2021), Arabella (2022) and Frederica (2023). She enjoys working with a combination of pastel and coloured pencil as well as painting with watercolour.

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About the illustrator

Sally Dunne

Sally Dunne graduated from the Cambridge School of Art, Angela Ruskin University with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and began her professional career by winning the Student of the Year V&A Illustration Awards 2020. Folio Art Director Sheri Gee was a member of the judging panel and was so impressed with Sally’s work that she commissioned her to illustrate the Folio edition of Agatha Christie’s Crooked House (2021), as well as Georgette Heyer’s Venetia (2021), Arabella (2022) and Frederica (2023). She enjoys working with a combination of pastel and coloured pencil as well as painting with watercolour.

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About the illustrator

Sally Dunne

Sally Dunne graduated from the Cambridge School of Art, Angela Ruskin University with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and began her professional career by winning the Student of the Year V&A Illustration Awards 2020. Folio Art Director Sheri Gee was a member of the judging panel and was so impressed with Sally’s work that she commissioned her to illustrate the Folio edition of Agatha Christie’s Crooked House (2021), as well as Georgette Heyer’s Venetia (2021), Arabella (2022) and Frederica (2023). She enjoys working with a combination of pastel and coloured pencil as well as painting with watercolour.

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About the illustrator

Sally Dunne

Sally Dunne graduated from the Cambridge School of Art, Angela Ruskin University with an MA in Children’s Book Illustration and began her professional career by winning the Student of the Year V&A Illustration Awards 2020. Folio Art Director Sheri Gee was a member of the judging panel and was so impressed with Sally’s work that she commissioned her to illustrate the Folio edition of Agatha Christie’s Crooked House (2021), as well as Georgette Heyer’s Venetia (2021), Arabella (2022) and Frederica (2023). She enjoys working with a combination of pastel and coloured pencil as well as painting with watercolour.

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Georgette Heyer was born in Wimbledon in 1902. She wrote her first novel The Black Moth for her younger brother Boris and, following her father’s encouragement, it was published in 1921 when Heyer was still just 19. She went on to write over 50 novels and became best-known for her historical fiction, including Regency Buck (1935), Arabella (1949; Folio 2022), The Grand Sophy (1950), Venetia (1958; Folio 2021) and Frederica (1965; Folio 2023). Heyer died in London in 1974.

Stephen Fry is an English actor, screenwriter, author, playwright, journalist, poet, comedian, television presenter, film director and all-round national treasure. In addition to his numerous film and television credits, he has written four novels, an introduction to poetry, The Ode Less Travelled (2005), and three volumes of his bestselling autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot (1997), The Fry Chronicles (2010) and More Fool Me (2014). Most recently, he has written a series of books retelling the Greek myths: Mythos (2017), Heroes (2019) and Troy (2021).