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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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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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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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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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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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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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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This Version is spot on.

This is my favourite Georgette Heyer book, full of intrigues and adventures. The time it is set in, Georgian England, (not regency) is evocatively captured. The details of the rich clothing, the French court, even the smaller details of home life (all be it the home life of the nobility) adding to the richness and depth of the story.
Our Heroine is both young and experienced, having had a disadvantaged life, and Avon is cynical and a little weary of his life looking for ways to best others using people and situations to his own advantage, until she explodes into his life.
I had listened to an earlier version where the narrator didn't get Satanas right and I was disappointed. This version is excellent- the narrator Sarah Nichols does a really good job with all the characters, bringing the book to life and I highly recommend it. This version is 5 stars all around

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Romance

I used to love these novels 60 years ago but find them not quite my thing but for lovers of Georgette Heyer they are fine. The reading was good except for a poor French accent.

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Excellent regency romp!

I very much enjoyed the voicings of the all characters. I know the story well having read all of Heyer’s regency romances since I was a pre-teen 40-odd years ago. This is the first time I have listened to one and it was excellent - I listened twice in a row! 🩷🩷

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