Book Reviews

Here is a partial list of books I’ve reviewed on Goodreads — click on the icon below to view them all.

They include childhood favorites, traditional Regency and sensual medieval romance, coffee table books on English manor houses, English luminaries in politics and art, plus a smattering of religious history.

My favorite Regency romance is Georgette Heyer’s Cotillion, a concoction of sophisticated hilarity. Out of all the historical romances listed, Lady of Fire by Anita Mills is the one I’ve read most repeatedly. Jane Austen’s Persuasion is sublime writing, passion exquisitely restrained–rebuking my efforts and yet somehow encouraging me to write more.

Angelyn Schmid's book recommendations, liked quotes, book clubs, book trivia, book lists (read shelf)


  • Wilbur Smith's Flight of the Falcon
  • Georgette Heyer's Regency Buck
  • Georgette Heyer's Sylvester
  • Walter Farley's Black Stallion
  • Jean Plaidy's The Queen from Provence
  • Georgette Heyer's False Colours
  • Georgette Heyer's Devil's Cub
  • Mary Balogh's The Notorious Rake
  • Laura Kinsale's Flowers from the Storm
  • Georgette Heyer's Frederica
  • Georgette Heyer's Cotillion
  • Jane Austen's Persuasion
  • Larry Kettlekamp's Haunted Houses
  • Anita Mills' Lady of Fire
  • William Pitt the Younger
  • God According to God
  • Lindsey Dawn's The Great Lady Tony
  • The Aleppo Codex
  • Penmarric by Susan Howatch
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • The Regency Country House coffee table book
  • England's Lost Houses by Giles Worsley
  • The Great Houses of London by Pearce
  • The Regency Underworld by Donald Low
  • Heyer's Regency World by Jennifer Kloester
  • David McCullough's The Johnstown Flood

2 thoughts on “Book Reviews”

  1. Thanks so much for promoting Medusa, A Love Story Angelyn! Your support has been invaluable to this story – and the others 🙂 Hope you’ll read the Acknowledgements section in Medusa…

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