▁ 1 7 5 1 . ▁It ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁that ▁she ▁wrote ▁the ▁first ▁of ▁her ▁signature ▁Reg ency ▁nov els , ▁set ▁around ▁the ▁English ▁Reg ency ▁period ▁( 1 8 1 1 – 1 8 2 0 ), ▁when ▁the ▁Prince ▁Reg ent ▁ruled ▁England ▁in ▁place ▁of ▁his ▁ill ▁father , ▁George ▁III . ▁He yer ' s ▁Reg ency ▁nov els ▁were ▁inspired ▁by ▁Jane ▁Aust en ' s ▁nov els ▁of ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 8 th ▁and ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁Because ▁He yer ' s ▁writing ▁was ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁midst ▁of ▁events ▁that ▁had ▁occurred ▁over ▁ 1 0 0 ▁years ▁previously , ▁she ▁included ▁authentic ▁period ▁detail ▁in ▁order ▁for ▁her ▁readers ▁to ▁understand . ▁Where ▁He yer ▁referred ▁to ▁historical ▁events , ▁it ▁was ▁as ▁background ▁detail ▁to ▁set ▁the ▁period , ▁and ▁did ▁not ▁usually ▁play ▁a ▁key ▁role ▁in ▁the ▁narr ative . ▁He yer ' s ▁characters ▁often ▁contained ▁more ▁modern - day ▁sens ib ilities , ▁and ▁more ▁conventional ▁characters ▁in ▁the ▁nov els ▁would ▁point ▁out ▁the ▁hero ine ' s ▁ecc ent ric ities , ▁such ▁as ▁wanting ▁to ▁marry ▁for ▁love . ▁ ▁N aut ical ▁and ▁pir ate ▁fiction ▁ ▁Some ▁historical ▁nov els ▁explore ▁life ▁at ▁sea , ▁including ▁C . S . ▁For ester ' s ▁Horn b lower ▁series , ▁Patrick ▁O ' B rian ' s ▁A ubre y - M atur