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A Civil Contract

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Dominic Thorburn
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Adam Deveril, the new Viscount Lynton and a hero at Salamanca, returns from the Peninsula War to find his family on the brink of ruin and the broad acres of his ancestral home mortgaged to the hilt. It is Lord Oversley, father of Adam's first love, who tactfully introduces him to Mr Jonathan Chaleigh, a city man of apparently unlimited wealth with no social ambitions for himself, but with his eyes firmly fixed on a suitable match for his one and only daughter.

For more than 50 years Georgette Heyer brought romance and adventure to a wordwide audience, and Civil Contract shows how she continues to be loved today.

©1961 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance
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Coming to this straight from Devil’s Cub, the contrast could not have been greater. Dramatic scenes and furious duels on the one hand, to the careful growing and acceptance of life, relationships, and maturation in the other. Both are excellent stories, but the calmer pace of this one drew out beautifully nuanced people and relationships, and it felt potentially quite realistic. Nobody is demonised, everyone is understood. Would definitely recommend.

Excellent story, great characters

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More serious than some if ms Heyer ‘s other books but I was driven to turn every page. A wonderful story.

Couldn’t put it down

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I loved this book. A great storyline, but the narration
was excellent. I would highly recommend this audiobook

A beautiful story and a sensitive narration.

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I love All Georgette Heyer’s novels. She writes with drama and humour and very real emotion. I dislike the way they are read. No reality in the attempt to portray a character

A Civil Contract

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terrific story at the time of the Napoleonic war, with memorable characters, a great tale and well told.

one of Heyer's best

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