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Friday's Child
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Narrator
- Owen Findlay
- Publisher
- Random House
- Publish Date
- 1 April 2021
- Run Time
- 11 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
With an introduction written and read by Katie Fforde.
Hero Wantage is desperate to change her fate.
When the dashing Lord Sherry proposes out of the blue, Hero is overjoyed - she'll escape a life as a governess and, once they wed, he can finally claim his inheritance.
But as Hero attempts to social climb in glamorous London society, Sherry is concerned that her naivety will ruin them both and takes drastic action.
The chaos that follows will push friendships - and hearts - to breaking point.
'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA
'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS
'Heart-stoppingly gorgeous' HARRIET EVANS
'Georgette Heyer is second to none' SUNDAY TIMES
© Georgette Heyer 1944 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
An excellent story excellently read. If I'm being read to, I want to be read to well.Owen Findlay has a beautifully relaxed yet clipped delivery - think Miles Jupp at his most laconic. The characters' voices are distinguishable but not caricatured. At no point does Findlay sound as if he has just picked up the script and doesn't know what's going on (some Penguin readers do, unfortunately).
I am happy!annieds 2022-06-16
Details
- Author
- Georgette Heyer
- Narrator
- Owen Findlay
- Duration
- 11 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473586208
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Random House
- Genre
- Historical romance, Classic fiction: general and literary
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.With an introduction written and read by Katie Fforde. Hero Wantage is desperate to change her fate.When the dashing Lord Sherry proposes out of the blue, Hero is overjoyed - she'll escape a life as a governess and, once they wed, he can finally claim his inheritance. But as Hero attempts to social climb in glamorous London society, Sherry is concerned that her naivety will ruin them both and takes drastic action.The chaos that follows will push friendships - and hearts - to breaking point.'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS'Heart-stoppingly gorgeous' HARRIET EVANS'Georgette Heyer is second to none' SUNDAY TIMES© Georgette Heyer 1944 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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