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Bella

By: Jilly Cooper
Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
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Bella Parkinson is the most promising actress in London, bright, sexy… and hopelessly scatterbrained. Rupert Henriques is dashingly handsome and wealthy enough to buy her every theatre in London if she wanted it; he cannot wait to marry her. But Bella has a secret from her past - and the one man who knows it is about to come back into her life again…©1976 Jilly Cooper (P)2017 W.F. Howes Ltd Romance Women's Fiction Fiction Celebrity
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This is a fun romance that’s very evocative of the seventies although now a little dated. Bella is talented, spoilt and hiding a secret which she believes will bring her promising career to an abrupt stop. The Henriques family is rich, well connected, snobbish and definitely don’t see Bella as a viable prospect for their son. This audible was a bit spoiled for me by the narrator whose performance was very uneven. At times she sounded very stilted which really slowed down parts of the story and gave a very unrealistic feel to some of the characters.

Fun and frothy

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I'm sure it's a good story but I couldn't listen to the narrator reading it after about 10 mins. Shame, I like JC books and now have a wasted credit..

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Great story, but be aware it is a departure from the sort you expect from the Rutshire Chronicles frolics

Not your usual Jilly Cooper but still a super read

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Sadly I didn’t like the narrator. Didn’t tell the story very well. They droned on as if they wanted to get it over quickly

A true Jilly Cooper book that I avidly read 40 years ago

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This book was written in the 60s, is very much of its time and therefore it is inappropriate ( as other reviewers have) to compare it to Jilly Coopers more recent books. It has romance and then some very unexpected twists and turns. The narrator copes with these admirably and has a nice tone and pace as well as good characterisation.

Book written in the 60s!

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