Burnt Norton cover art

Burnt Norton

 Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

Burnt Norton

By: Caroline Sandon
Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends 29 January 2026 at 11:59PM GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.99

Buy Now for £13.99

LIMITED TIME OFFER | £0.99/mo for the first 3 months

Premium Plus auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Terms apply.

About this listen

1731: When his youngest son is killed in a tragic accident, Sir William Keyt, master of Norton House, buries himself in his fortune. He builds a second vast mansion on his grounds, squandering money he does not have on luxury his family does not want.

Keyt has long been blind to the desires of others. His eldest son has fallen in love with their young maidservant, Molly Johnson, a ray of light in a household dimmed by tragedy. But Keyt wants Molly for himself and, driven mad with lust and jealousy, he will do anything to have her...

©2013 Caroline Sandon (P)2013 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. Fiction Historical Fiction

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Millie cover art
Bronte's Mistress cover art
The Devil You Know cover art
Dark Angels cover art
The Girl from Summerhayes cover art
A Quiet Tide cover art
Fayne cover art
Valhalla cover art
Necessary Sins cover art
Charleston's Daughter cover art
The Widow of Larkspur Inn cover art
Eden's Conflict cover art
Rogue Herries cover art
Aurora's Pride cover art
A Distant Horizon cover art
The Soldier's Daughter cover art
All stars
Most relevant
I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to this story. I could hardly believe that a book had been written about members of my ancestry which in part I had already known. Although this is not my direct line, they are none the less in my family tree.

From a descendent of the Keyt Family of Ebrington

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This is an author previously unknown to me. I bought this audiobook after consulting the AMAZON print reviews and because of the narrator Phyllida Nash (always a favourite!). Ms Nash's narration as always was excellent (re characterisation and pacing).

The story itself is not a Romance (a favourite of mine), it is perhaps best described as a historical family epic. It is a story of life and its losses and joys (not many of these), evils and deceits, and its limited redemptions.
The characters are wonderful and realistically flawed human beings.

This might sound gloomy but it is nevertheless a very moving and engaging story. I couldn't wait to get to the end to see how things would be resolved.
I would definitely read this author again but while in a thoughtful mood rather than when just seeking escapism.

Not light and fluffy!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You have to put your brain away to manage to get to the end of this awful story. It is saved by the beautiful reading.

A melodrama to beat them all.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book I found dragged on way past what it should have very disappointed I had high hopes after listening to the author review it a couple of years a go it may make a good film

Dragged on

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.