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The Reluctant Widow
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Narrator
- Daon Broni
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 26 August 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Historical romance
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
One of the best-known and most beloved historical novelists, Georgette Heyer as ever, captures a whole new audience's heart.
Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight she is a bride, by dawn a widow.
A typically thrilling and sweeping tale of romance and tragedy, The Reluctant Widow is Georgette Heyer at her best - the undisputed queen of historical romance.
© Georgette Heyer 1946 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Triumphantly good... Georgette Heyer is unbeatable
Sunday Telegraph
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My favourite historical novelist
Margaret Drabble
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A writer of great wit and style ... I've read her books to ragged shreds
Daily Telegraph
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
I really enjoyed this Georgette Heyer story woven with intrigue & spying alongside a quietly unfolding romance! Good narrator, very listenable.
blupip 2023-10-31
Details
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Narrator
- Daon Broni
- Duration
- 9 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 August 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473591660
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Historical romance
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. One of the best-known and most beloved historical novelists, Georgette Heyer as ever, captures a whole new audience's heart.Stepping into the wrong carriage at a Sussex village, Elinor Rochdale is swept up in a thrilling and dangerous adventure. Overnight the would-be governess becomes mistress of a ruined estate and partner in a secret conspiracy to save a family's name. By midnight she is a bride, by dawn a widow.A typically thrilling and sweeping tale of romance and tragedy, The Reluctant Widow is Georgette Heyer at her best - the undisputed queen of historical romance.© Georgette Heyer 1946 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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