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Venetia

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

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Venetia

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
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In all her twenty-five years, Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate.

Nor has she enjoyed the attentions of any man aside from her two wearisomely persistent suitors.

Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she only knew by reputation - the infamous Jasper Damerel.

Before she realises it, Venetia is encouraging a man whose way of life has scandalised the North Riding for years.

'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS

'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA

'Rapturously romantic' Katie Fforde

'Georgette Heyer is second to none' Sunday Times

© Georgette Heyer 1958 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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what a great story. The character are so good. The heroes are so likeable and the villains so hateable. Some of the reviews say that the performance is not that good, but it didn't bother me that much that there weren't multiple accents and voices going on. I really enjoyed it.

another fantastic Georgette Heyer

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Georgette Heyer’s delightful Regency romance is charmingly read by Gemma Whelan. A complete pleasure to listen to

Delightful

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Great re recording, improvement on the last one! Great story as always with Georgette Heyer

Lovely narration of a great story

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Georgette Heyer is still one of the best authors of Regency Romance and this is one of her best frothy light and listenable reads. The story revolves around Venetia a 25 year old single lady who is in charge of the estate that is now her older brother's while he is in the army. She lives with her younger and slightly disabled brother. Her neighbour, a rake, comes into the country and - well I won't spoil it but it isn't hard to guess that bit. There are a few (un)expected turns in the tale but they are well written and the story is well paced and well researched.
The Narration was good and it is lovely to occasionally switch the brain to enjoy mode and not worry about the realities of life.
Overall 4 stars
Narration 4 stars
Story 4 stars.

A lovely way to spend a few hours.

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Lovely story and quite well read although a bit more effort into differentiating the different characters and pronunciation of some words would have made it more enjoyable. Overall it was a pleasant listen.

Lovely story

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