Hughes, Helen (1993) The Historical Romance London and New York: Routledge Topic historical romance history Georgette Heyer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Stanley Weyman Rafael Sabatini Jeffrey Farnol Barbara Cartland social class UK gender A. E. W. Mason Baroness Orczy readers Sir Walter Scott Older and/or precursor texts (may not be "romance" as now defined)
Sutherland, Kathryn (2021) "‘Where History says little, Fiction may say much’ (Anna Barbauld): the historical novel in women’s hands in the mid-twentieth century " Georgette Heyer, History, and Historical Fiction 17-35 DOI:10.2307/j.ctv15d818n.7 Topic history Sir Walter Scott Jane Austen Georgette Heyer