The Nonesuch
Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
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Narrated by:
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James Lailey
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By:
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Georgette Heyer
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Sir Waldo Hawkridge - wealthy, handsome, eligible, illustrious and known as 'The Nonesuch' for his athletic prowess - believes he is past the age of falling in love. But when he comes North to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in the West Riding, his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications....
Georgette Heyer won the hearts of many worldwide enthusiasts with her peerless novels of historical romance - which continues to this day - and in The Nonesuch, all her storytelling skills are in evidence.
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- NellMcMH
- 24-08-22
A weirdly tentative reading
....at least over speech between characters and in fact not a lot of differentiation between them either. Strange, particularly when you think he's an actor and has apparently recorded 54 books. The story holds up as well as always though, so definitely worth a listen
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- Ms. Virginia M. King
- 10-02-23
Disjointed narration
Not one of Heyer's best. Narration is stilted although individual dialogue very good. Unsettling though.
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- Amazon Customer
- 29-08-24
Great story, a little let down by the narration
Story was excellent, as expected from Heyer, but the narration wasn't the best. It was hard to tell which character was speaking sometimes, as the narrator didn't give the characters distinct voices.
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- susanedwards
- 22-09-23
Waldo now has a voice!
I have read all the books and I’m now listening to them, The narrator is excellent.
I could hear the voices and accents of all the characters. What talent. Thank you..
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-02-23
Superb narration
It is such a relief to be able to listen to a talented narrator who is alive to the humour of Georgette Heyer's novels, and can do justice to regional accents. please can we have more of her novels narrated by James Lailey or/and actors of his calibre?
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- Judith Sharman
- 11-08-21
A forgotten favourite brought alive!
Excellently read and a delightful plot, I laughed aloud! I had forgotten just how clever Georgette Heyer was in her portrayal of minor characters.
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- BM
- 30-06-23
Thoroughly enjoyable
Mispronunciation of ‘ton’ only jarring note. But good story and well read. I enjoyed it.
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- ElephantsAndAirfix
- 03-01-23
A brilliant story, reasonably narrated
One of Heyer’s better romances if not the absolute top tier. The narrator does a fair job with only a few odd pronunciations. He doesn’t put much effort into the voices - it’s like listening to someone reading a story rather than performing it but I don’t mind that. Sometimes though it can be hard to tell who is speaking.
Enjoyable listen and I would recommend to any Heyer fan.
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- judith lugg
- 11-01-24
Good narration
This story was very well narrated which isn’t always the case with some Heyer stories.
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- Kindle Customer
- 09-08-21
Good on the whole
The narrator didn't do too bad a job differentiating between the characters, but I can't help wishing he wouldn't pronounce "ton" as if it were a weight. A couple of decidedly off bits of French too.
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