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These Old Shades
- The Alastair-Audley Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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Summary
Society believes the worst of Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon. When he encounters a young boy, Léon, who is running from his abusive brother, Avon employs the boy as his page, parading him around parties and other society events in full view of his bitter rival, the Comte de Saint-Vire.
But the truth is soon uncovered: Léon is in fact a girl named Léonie and is actually the legitimate child of the Comte and his wife. While Avon is intent on his plan to reveal the Comte’s duplicity and ruin him publicly, he is charmed by Léonie’s kindness, falls in love, and becomes a changed man.
First published in 1926 to great commercial success, These Old Shades showcases Heyer at her romantic best and remains a charming and entertaining listen for all fans of historical romances.
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- judith lugg
- 26-11-23
How many nineteen year olds could write a novel such as this?
Narration was not perfect but much, much better than many others I have listened to.
I hadn’t read this book for many years so had forgotten much of it. It made me shed a tear or two at the end.
Very well done indeed.
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- Tibby
- 01-09-22
much better narrator
At last it is possible to listen to this superb book without cringing too often or having ones ears blasted off by a shouting narrator. I have said all along that it should have been a female narrator. Thank you for listening. Hopefully we will now get a few more books changed too. This lady made a reasonably good job of it in my view although there were some problems I feel.
Overall I was at last happy listening to this book.
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- Sarah J. Olex
- 10-03-24
Great story, shame about the reading
It takes a lot to detract from Heyer’s amazing storytelling, but the reading felt like being trapped in an episode of Allo,Allo, with mangled French pronunciations getting in the way of enjoyment and sentences being delivered in breathless chunks. To each his own but this didn’t do it for me.
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- MumOfTwo
- 21-03-24
Finally a well narrated version
This is one of the first Georgette Heyer books I read and I love it still, despite elements of the story dating very badly.
The narrator does a great job, yes the french accents are cheesy, but so is what they are saying, I think it suits the style of the writing.
It's been lovely to find an audible version of this I can enjoy, rather than tolerate
Please ask Sarah Nicholls to update more Heyers.
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- v j jenkins
- 05-09-22
Wonderful
Very well read, the narrator shows a good range of voices. It's a long time since I read this book and whilst it was never one of my favourites I would put the audible narration a close second to The Talisman Ring
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- Ssssss
- 22-06-24
Surprisingly good
Very well written and engaging. Beats most of the modern day romances that are filled with tropes and one dimensional characters.
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- REM
- 22-10-24
Brilliant from start to finish.
I had so many Georgette Heyer favourites, but they have all been passed over. This listen had everything, great plot, great humour, fabulous characters and an outstanding narrator. My biggest problem is how am I going to follow it!!! If you never listen to another book, you really must listen to this. Lewis
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- mowgli09
- 21-10-22
Fab story from Georgette Heyer
The narrator is not good, she can’t create the right tones for different characters and some of the accents are overdone.
I didn’t enjoy her voice and only kept listening as I love the story. Please re-record with someone else! Thanks
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- S Keat
- 04-09-24
the appalling french accents
love this when reading the book myself but this particular narrator should have gone and done something else and allowed someone who CAN manage a passable french accent to tell this story.
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- Lynne J.
- 26-07-23
lovely engaging story from Georgette Heyer
I really enjoyed this book, I've read her books so many times since I was a young teenager and they never disappoint.
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