Kominsky-Crumb, born Aline Ricky Goldsmith in 1948 in the Five Towns, a Jewish enclave on Long Island, had a Jewish upbringing that was in many ways conventional, horrifying and both at the same time.
She was the brassy Jewish stereotype who became the muse who guided her husband to a deeper consideration of Judaism. She started out as a self-acknowledged sex object reviled by second-wave feminists and became a hero of younger feminists for modeling unfettered sexual expression. ***** 'A must read for any Georgette Heyer fan!' ***** 'It's a great novel, barrels of fun, highly recommend.' ***** 'One of my favourite historicals!' ***** 'You will not regret reading this book.' ***** 'Totally one of my favourite Heyer novels.Working with her husband and then on her own, Kominsky-Crumb brought to comics raw self-lacerating accountability and subverted crude stereotypes about Jewish women - including those peddled by her husband - by taking possession of them. Escapism of the highest order' DAILY MAIL 'If you haven't read Georgette Heyer yet, what a treat you have in store!' HARRIET EVANS 'Georgette Heyer is unbeatable.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH _ Readers love Regency Buck.
Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA 'Georgette Heyer's Regency romances brim with elegance, wit and historical accuracy, and this is one of her finest and most entertaining. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS 'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. _ 'Utterly delightful' GUARDIAN 'Fabulously witty' STEPHEN FRY ' generation's Julia Quinn' ADJOA ANDOH, star of Bridgerton 'One of my perennial comfort authors. When the truth is revealed, Judith will finally discover if the Earl is after her money or her heart.
To Judith's great annoyance, their mysterious guardian - the handsome Earl of Worth - seems far more intent on wooing her than saving her brother, but all is not as it seems. But her luck takes a turn for the worse when her hapless brother, Peregrine, becomes the target of a would-be-assassin. the permanent glister of scandal ties the whole thing together' INDEPENDENT 'Elegant, witty and rapturously romantic' KATIE FFORDE _ Beautiful heiress Judith Taverner has her pick of London suitors. If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! 'The greatest writer who ever lived' ANTONIA FRASER 'A rollicking good read that will be of particular joy to Bridgerton viewers.
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