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Venetia
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Narrator
- Gemma Whelan
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 26 August 2021
- Run Time
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 4.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
In all her twenty-five years, Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate.
Nor has she enjoyed the attentions of any man aside from her two wearisomely persistent suitors.
Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she only knew by reputation - the infamous Jasper Damerel.
Before she realises it, Venetia is encouraging a man whose way of life has scandalised the North Riding for years.
'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS
'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA
'Rapturously romantic' Katie Fforde
'Georgette Heyer is second to none' Sunday Times
© Georgette Heyer 1958 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 5.0
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4.0 5.0
While the beggining was a little hard to swallow (he kisses and gropes her without her consent and despite her clear refusal and we are supposed to find that romantic) (the novel is from the 50s after all) after that I found it a nevertheless delightful novel and Venetia a clear-headed, fun and resourceful heroine much ahead both of her time and the time the novel was written. Moreover the narration was superb!!
phryne_marple 2024-06-03
Details
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Narrator
- Gemma Whelan
- Duration
- 11 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 August 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473586161
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Historical romance, Historical fiction
- Rating
- 4.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. In all her twenty-five years, Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate.Nor has she enjoyed the attentions of any man aside from her two wearisomely persistent suitors.Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she only knew by reputation - the infamous Jasper Damerel.Before she realises it, Venetia is encouraging a man whose way of life has scandalised the North Riding for years.'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA'Rapturously romantic' Katie Fforde'Georgette Heyer is second to none' Sunday Times© Georgette Heyer 1958 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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