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The Reluctant Widow

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

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The Reluctant Widow

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Daon Broni
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One of the best-known and most beloved historical novelists, Georgette Heyer, as ever, captures a whole new audience's heart.

Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight, she is a bride, by dawn, a widow.

A typically thrilling and sweeping tale of romance and tragedy, The Reluctant Widow is Georgette Heyer at her best - the undisputed queen of historical romance.

©1946 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Historical Historical Fiction Military Regency Regency Romance Romance Heartfelt
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Excellent story ruined by the narration. It does get less stilted the longer you listen but the phrasing bears no relation to the punctuation, some of the pronunciation is strange and the accents are all over the place with Miss Beccles being particularly awful. I don't like to be negative but I really did not enjoy this narrator and am currently debating whether I will even finish it.

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As this is one of my favourite Heyer books I was apprehensive about this version as some of the reviews were not good. But I don’t share their views, as I thought the narrator did an excellent job. He has a lovely warm voice and did the various characters very well. I liked that he didn’t camp up Francis as previous narrators have done and also that he used a regional accent for Miss Beccles. I also liked how he chose to pronounce Carlyon compared to the earlier version. Overall a really nice listen and I will watch out for books narrated by Mr Broni in the future.

Lovely book, nice narration

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laughed out loud quite a few times. I like the books with a bit of intrigue in them. can't believe after reading her books for over 40 years I had never read this one. what a treat

how did I miss this one

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I can highly recommend this novel!
It is beautifully written and very entertaining. A very enjoyable listen.

Excellent

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Another actor who 'performs' the story instead of simply telling it. No feeling for the lightness of touch in Heyer's books. Bring back Cornelius Garret!

Very irritating narration.

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