Truly awful accents

Although the ending was easy to guess it was enjoyable, once I got past the terrible accents. The reader wandered round the phonemic script as the characters wandered around the English speaking world. The Scottish Marquis was particularly confused!

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Enjoyable Tale!

I enjoyed this book
Engaging characters, a lively heroine and attractively brooding male interest !
Narrated well, bringing all characters to life
I look forward to following these characters in future stories

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easy listening

set in the distant past, enjoyable yarn. Nicely read, kept my interest throughout the telling.

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Narration might sound OK to anyone who isn't British

I was looking forward to an English location story. But. When American authors write books set in British environs, whether in current eras or earlier centuries, they so often make major errors. Take these examples: no English home of any era would have pillows anywhere else but on a bed. Cushions adorn sofas, couches and chairs. Never would you hear anyone call earrings "earbobs", although the word was first used in the 17th century and is,apparently, a common word in southern USA, it was never heard in England and I, for one, had never heard of earbobs in my 70+ existence! Also the archaic word for autumn is "fall", taken to the US by the pilgrims but fell out of use in Britain. In addition to these glaring mistakes the narrator has horrible, over exaggerated pronunciations of so many words, any British person will cringe hearing her say "aw-ringe" (orange), "worch" (watch), "scrawlwork" (scrollwork), "margrin" (migraine), to name but a few. Such a shame as the storyline is mildly intriguing and may well entertain those who are unfamiliar with English accents of any region (the cockney accent misplaced as an aristocrat's character is truly awful).

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Lovely simple story and book series

Loved the series. Sad last book not there yet! Really nice to hear different languages, accents and historical references.
Easy listening, good read!

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it was full of interesting characters.

there was never a dull moment in this story. I enjoyed every part of it.

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Lady Violet investigates

Good storyline. Liked the reader too - however needs pronunciation guidance. Passage, not parsage; calm, not corm;

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Disappointing narration

Found the narration spoiled the audio experience, which at times became a strange mix of accents. This diminished overall credibility in the characterisation.

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Good story

Enjoyed this one though ending predictable thought the narration was fine though didn't like initially

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violet's attitude.

it all came together so neatly at the end, quite unbelievable for the time. Violet had 2 suitors!

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