A traveller stops to ask directions at a Toll Gate late on a cold and rainy night, a child fearfully opens the gate for him, the traveller decides to stop for the night but finds many reasons not to continue his journey. 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. I like Georgette Heyer regencies because I love reading about heroines who know their mind, rich men who can quell people in the room by lifting up their quizzing glass, crusty old dowagers who rule with an iron will, young men who gamble everything Georgette Heyer was born on 16 August 1902 in Wimbledon, London, England, UK. Buy a cheap copy of The Toll-Gate book by Georgette Heyer. Free shipping over $10. Georgette Heyer was a wonderful writer, and this should be made into a film along with the Black Moth, and many of the others. Originally published in 1954, a historical romance which has been unavailable for two years. The Toll-Gate was published in 1954, when Georgette Heyer was at the peak of her powers as a writer, and it shows. The hundreds of how-to books on writing generally pick one perfect story and use it as a template for study. Georgette Heyer was a wonderful writer, and this should be made into a film along with the Black Moth, and many of the others. Buy a cheap copy of The Toll-Gate book by Georgette Heyer. A traveller stops to ask directions at a Toll Gate late on a cold and rainy night, a child fearfully opens the gate for him, the traveller decides to stop for the night but finds many reasons not to continue his journey. I should point out from the outset that The Toll-Gate is one of two novels by Georgette Heyer that I … The Toll-Gate suffers from this. Originally published in 1954, a historical romance which has been unavailable for two years.