From 1932 until her death in 1974 Heyer produced novels at the extraordinary rate of almost one a year, spawning a new literary genre - the Regency romance. Yet despite her undeniable success, she was frequently beset by financial problems. In the 1950s and 60s her limited liability company Heron Enterprises found themselves in trouble with the tax authorities, and a large chunk of the profits from books written around this time went towards paying back money to the Treasury. Plagiarism also became a problem - from the 1950s onwards several other writers traded on her popularity by writing novels using names, phrases and events from her books. She was even accused by some of her fans of publishing sub-standard work under a pseudonym. Although Heyer sought legal advice on several occasions, she never chose to sue. --Naxos Audiobooks