Romances
The Regency period, overlapping as it does with the Napoleonic War period in Europe, offers the opportunity for high drama, with wounded heroes, mystery and adventure, and thus would help to explain the popularity of Regency romance novels in particular. Well-known authors include: Georgette Heyer, Barbara Metzger, Joan Smith, Marion Chesney, Mary Balogh, Jo Beverley, Nancy Butler, Lisa Kleypas, Stephanie Laurens, Sorcha MacMurrough, Amanda McCabe and Julia Quinn.
Many readers and writers of Regency romance make a distinction between "traditional Regency romance" (also known as "Regency romance," "traditional Regency," and "trad") and "Regency historical". Many authors have written both traditionals and historicals, including Barbara Metzger, Jo Beverley, Mary Balogh, Edith Layton, Mary Jo Putney, Susan Carroll, Suzanne De Launton, and Loretta Chase.
Read more about this topic: Regency Novel, Modern Regency Fiction
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