She released "These Old Shades", during the midst of the UK General Strike of 1926 as a result, the novel received no newspaper coverage, reviews, or advertising. On 18 August 1925, Georgette married George Ronald, but two months later, he was sent to Caucasus Mountains, and she remained at home and continued to write. Only one month later, her father died of a heart attack, and, as he left no pension for his family, she assumed financial responsibility for her brothers, aged 19 and 14. In December 1920, she met George Ronald Rougier, a young man two years older than she, who studied at the Royal School of Mines to become a mining engineer. His agent found a publisher for her book, and "The Black Moth" was released in 1921. Her father enjoyed listening to her story and asked her to prepare it for publication. At 17, she began a serial story to amuse her brother Boris, who suffered from a form of haemophilia and was often weak. Her father encouraged her to read, he never forbade her any book. During the war, her father served as a requisitions officer for the British Army in France. During her childhood, the family lived also in Paris, France, but they returned to England before World War I. She was the eldest child of Sylvia Watkins and George Heyer her brother George Boris was born four years later, and her brother Frank nine years later. Georgette Heyer was born on 16 August 1902 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK.
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