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The Captain's Wallflower

By: Audrey Harrison
Narrated by: Pippa Rathborne
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Summary

Captain Worthington is injured in the battle of Trafalgar. Blinded by shrapnel, his life goes from being at the forefront of society to being almost cast off. He finds himself sitting with the wallflowers at a ball - something he doesn't take too kindly to.

Miss Amelia Basingstoke has no dowry and enough dreadful relations to ensure that even on her third season, she is unmarried and a confirmed wallflower. Her only friend is a large boisterous dog of dubious character who considers himself too good to chase dead birds.

A chance meeting between the pair frees the captain in ways that he had never thought possible since his injury.

A stubborn captain, an opinionated young woman, an unruly dog, and Christmas is approaching - what could possibly go wrong?

©2016 Audrey Harrison (P)2016 Audrey Harrison

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Shame about the narrator, but good book

What made the experience of listening to The Captain's Wallflower the most enjoyable?

Good story, involving a blind sea captain, who, through his disability, saw how his (pre-blind) arrogance & conceit had clouded his judgement of the world, and the ladies in society. He realised what a shallow existence he had led & his blindness and the wallflower, Amelia, 'opened his eyes'

Who was your favorite character and why?

I think the Captain as he had the biggest journey to travel. Equal billing has to go to Samson the dog, who became his eyes. I also liked the character of the captain's brother who was a humble man, even though an Earl.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Pippa Rathborne?

Anyone but her. Dreadful doesn't even begin to describe her. Her voice was much, much too old for the characters within the story and her irritating way of running sentences together was annoying. She did a dis-service to Ms Harrison's lovely book.

My favourite narrators are without doubt, Nicholas Boulton & Alex Wyndham - both outstanding. Of a female voice, Phyllida Nash is always a pleasure to listen to. I have a keen ear & I adore audiobooks, they have helped enrich my life, so to listen to a good book, well read, is one of life's joys. A badly-read book is worse than a poorly-written book, well read.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

In parts, it made me smile, particularly when the dog, Samson was involved. It was a gentle book which I think I will read in the future (as opposed to listen)

Any additional comments?

Sadly the narrator made the young 23 year old Amelia sound about 60 years of age, and her incessant need to run sentences into each other, even though different characters were speaking was unfortunate. As a result, I wouldn't recommend listening to this book, but I have downloaded it instead & intend reading it at some point.

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Good story and well narrated, one to re-listen.

Wholesome regency romance, quite entertaining with some humour, expertly delivered by narrator. I can listen to any book narrated by Pippa Rathborne. Her dry, matter of fact delivery is priceless.

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A sweet regency romance

While the plot is not necessarily unique, the story is feel good, sweet and hopeful. The protagonists meet all the expectations of regency characters, as do the descriptions of settings, etc. The narration matches the story as well.

This audiobook was provided by the author, narrator, or publisher at no cost in exchange for an unbiased review courtesy of AudiobookBoom dot com.

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Lovely story

Most enjoyable story but a gentleman's son joining the navy as a rating and not a midshipman is highly unlikely.

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The captain wallflower

Very well read lovely story enjoyed it immensely this is the first Noval I have listened to by Audrey Harrison and read by pippa Rathbourn but it will not be the last

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A gem.

A real treasure of a book. I loved the story and, unlike other reviewers, thought the narrator did a super job. Beautifully clear diction with none of the lisping commonly used for younger characters. One of my all time favourite audiobooks. 5 stars ⭐️

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