Excellent story more mystery than romance

Loved the story which is totally engaging.The usual Heyer bubbly Regency romance with characters you readily care for overlaid with attempts at murder. Even her smallest characters live and breathe on the page. The only jarring note is the accent of the reader. It is perhaps unfortunate that the story is set at Stanyon Castle as it means the reader's "Cassell" and "Laff" are repeated all too often.

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wonderful

I loved this. Marvellous story of course but the narrator was exceptional. He brought out the humour and romance with a wide range of voices and accents but he also found the right tone for the more serious moments. it was a delight throughout.

Another reviewer has said the narrator does not know how to pronounce swoon. I think this does him a disservice. Where the character knows how to say swoon, that is what Heyer writes and what he says. There are a couple of characters who do not know how to pronounce the word, so Heyer writes "swound" and this is what the narrator says.

I have lost count of the number of times i have listened to this reading because it is such a delight and so sensitively and skilfully read. The command of all the different voices is faultless. I have not noticed any flaws.

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Wonderful!

Simply wonderful to listen to. Gentle story and fabulous narration. Great lazy weekend company whilst sewing.

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Heyer at her best

This was narrated well. There is an unconventional heroine who is more practical than pretty. There is a bit of a whodunit mystery too

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Likeable

I liked this book very much. I thought the narrator did a great job. The story isn't one of my absolute favourites written by Heyer, but like all Heyer books it's worth a read and very enjoyable.

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Heyer does it again !

As with The Reluctant Widow, one cannot understand that this has not been one of the popular of her romance novels. I loved it. It reminded me so much of Persuasion- with Drewcilla and Gervais. And the suspense was even better this time.

The narrator could have done a better job with altering his voice, sometimes it was not so easy to hear who said what. But overall a really good experience.

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Most enjoyable

Having read this story very many years go, and enjoyed, this version did not at all disappoint. It was well narrated and had me listening at every spare moment. A romance and a mystery all in one, a delightful escape. Georgette Heyer at her best.

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excellent telling of an old favourite

A favourite book for more than 30 years, enriched with a top job by the narrator. Every character is sensitively brought to life with individual voices and a variety of very credible accents. I had a real sense that the narrator knew the story inside out and enjoyed the telling.

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The quiet Gentleman

Well read story with a great plot. The author has mixed romance and detection well together.

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Outstanding narration

This is one of the best Georgette Heyer narrations I've heard. James MacCallum gets the voices, personalities and intonations absolutely spot on. I absolutely loved it. This wasn't one of my favourite Georgette Heyer books, until now, and I've listened to it several times already!

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