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The Reluctant Widow

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

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The Reluctant Widow

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Daon Broni
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

One of the best-known and most beloved historical novelists, Georgette Heyer, as ever, captures a whole new audience's heart.

Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight, she is a bride, by dawn, a widow.

A typically thrilling and sweeping tale of romance and tragedy, The Reluctant Widow is Georgette Heyer at her best - the undisputed queen of historical romance.

©1946 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Heartfelt

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I loved hearing read-and well read- a story I've always enjoyed re-reading over the years.

Meeting an old friend with joyful recollection

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I know this book of old and have read a number of times…
Awful storytelling…surely the reader at least runs through the script before recording…very disjointed sentences, odd accent’s especially Becky, and Carlyon for that matter, an essential character to get right, half the time you wondered if Carlyon thought he’d strayed into the wrong story!!! Miserable carping heroine who should have been much more humerus and ironic.
A good book ruined.
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Poor Narrator

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A solid Heyer novel and nicely performed by the narrator. Good for listening to when you're in a mood for something light.

Relaxing fluff

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excellent story, funny and clever with much loved characters you learn to care about.

much loved story, read several times

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Characters good plot fair narration did not flow
Multiple characters with multiple names required slightly more focus than a simple story deserved

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