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Alice Chetwynd Ley

Born

in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

October 12, 1913

Died

January 01, 2004

Genre

Romance, Historical Fiction

Influences

Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer ...more

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Born Alice Mary Chetwynd Humphrey on 12 October 1913 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England, UK, she studied at King Edward VI Grammar School in Birmingham. On 3 February 1945, she married Kenneth James Ley. They had two sons; Richard James Humphrey Ley and Graham Kenneth Hugh Ley.

She was a teacher at Harrow College of Higher Education. In 1962, she obtained a diploma in Sociology at London University, and was awarded the Gilchrist Award of 1962. She was a lecturer in Sociology and Social History, from 1968 to 1971.

Under her married name, Alice Chetwynd Ley, she published romance novels from 1959 to 1986. She was also tutor in Creative Writing, from 1962 to 1984. She was elected the sixth Chairman (1971-1973) of the Romantic Novelists' Association ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 7,705 ratings · 628 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Jewelled Snuff Box 3.84 avg rating — 1,159 ratings — published 1959 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beau and the Bluestocking 4.04 avg rating — 648 ratings — published 1977 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Conformable Wife 4.06 avg rating — 543 ratings — published 1975 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Clandestine Betrothal (The Eversley Saga #1) 3.86 avg rating — 554 ratings — published 1967 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Advantageous Marriage 4.02 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 1979 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tenant of Chesdene Manor 4.04 avg rating — 427 ratings — published 1974 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Georgian Rake: An intriguing historical romance 3.96 avg rating — 429 ratings — published 1977 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Guinea Stamp 4.12 avg rating — 383 ratings — published 1961 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Season at Brighton (The Eversley Saga #3) 3.98 avg rating — 381 ratings — published 1971 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Toast of the Town (The Eversley Saga #2) 3.92 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 1968 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“you know, one never realises how much one has changed with the years. We carry an inward image of ourselves, I think, which remains forever the same.”
― Alice Chetwynd Ley, A Conformable Wife

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“Last night,” he said, reminiscently, “you bound my arm—the merest scratch! with all the tenderness of which a woman is capable when her compassion is aroused. Today, you propose to shoot me in cold blood for no better reason than that I will not gratify your curiosity! It has been truly said that females are strange creatures!”
― Alice Chetwynd Ley, The Guinea Stamp

tags: females, funny-romance

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“no peace with Napoleon, that he was possessed of a thirst for power that could never be assuaged; our only hope lay in opposing him to the utmost.”
― Alice Chetwynd Ley, The Jewelled Snuff Box: Romance and intrigue in Georgian England

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