The Reluctant Widow

  • Author Georgette Heyer
  • Narrator Daon Broni
  • Publisher Random House
  • Run Time 9 hours and 48 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Historical romance.
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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

  • Triumphantly good… Georgette Heyer is unbeatable

    Sunday Telegraph
  • My favourite historical novelist

    Margaret Drabble
  • A writer of great wit and style … I’ve read her books to ragged shreds

    Daily Telegraph

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