AuthorGeorgette Heyer
NarratorLaura Paton
Duration8h 49m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Historical Novels
PublisherNaxos
VersionUnabridged
Fiery, strong-willed Deb Grantham, who presides over a gaming house with her aunt, is hardly the perfect wife for the young and naive Lord Mablethorpe. His lordship's family are scandalised that he proposes to marry one of 'faro's daughters', and his cousin-the proud, wealthy Max Ravenscar-decides to take the matter in hand. Ravenscar always gets his way, but as he and Miss Grantham lock horns, they become increasingly drawn to each other. Amidst all the misunderstandings and entanglements, has Ravenscar finally met his match?
Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator David Collins
Duration 15h 8m
When Brigade-Major Harry Smith met the beautiful Juana Mar¡a, an instant spark formed between the two fiery, energetic souls. The two fell deeply in love with one another from the first moment and the Spanish bride accompanied him throughout all his campaigns, where she rode freely among the troops. The intensity of their marriage is made all the m...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Sarah Woodward
Duration 11h 34m
Resourceful, adventurous and utterly indefatigable, Sophy is hardly the mild-mannered girl that the Rivenhalls expect when they agree to take her in. Kind-hearted Aunt Lizzy is shocked; stern Cousin Charles and his humourless fianc‚e Eugenia are disapproving. With her inimitable mixture of exuberance and grace Sophy soon sets about endearing hersel...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Jilly Bond
Duration 11h 57m
When young and beautiful governess Kate Malvern finds herself unemployed, she is taken in by Minerva Broome, the aunt she has never met, and whisked away to the majestic country home of Staplewood. However, things are not as they seem: strange things start to happen in the manor and Staplewood soon turns from an inviting stately house to a cold a...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Richard Armitage
Duration 4h 51m
When Sylvester, the Duke of Salford, first meets Phoebe Marlow, he finds her dull and insipid. She finds him insufferably arrogant. But when a series of unforeseen events leads them to be stranded together in a lonely country inn, they are both forced to reassess their hastily formed opinions, and begin a new-found liking and respect for each other...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Richard Armitage
Duration 5h 26m
Horatia Winwood is the youngest and the least attractive of the three Winwood sisters. She also has a stammer. But when the enigmatic and eminently eligible Earl of Rule offers for her oldest sister's hand - a match that makes financial and social sense, but would break her heart - it is Horatia who takes matters into her own impetuous hands. Can s...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Nicholas Rowe
Duration 11h 7m
When Sylvester, the Duke of Salford, first meets Phoebe Marlow, he finds her dull and insipid. She finds him insufferably arrogant. But when a series of unforeseen events leads them to be stranded together in a lonely country inn, they are both forced to reassess their hastily formed opinions, and begin a new-found liking and respect for each other...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 10h 47m
Perhaps the most deeply cherished novel among Heyer fans, Arabella is the story of a poor girl who captures the heart of a handsome and wealthy bachelor. When Arabella first arrives in London, she has only one mission: to snare a rich husband. She thus pretends to be a rich heiress and soon finds herself pursued by the most eligible bachelors in th...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 11h 39m
When the dashing Jack Carstares is unfairly accused of cheating at cards, he leaves the country in disgrace. Returning some years later disguised as a highwayman, his reappearance heralds a dramatic chain of events that includes a Duke, a damsel, a duel and not one, but two kidnappings. Written when she was just seventeen, The Black Mothwas Heyer's...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 11h 7m
After participating in the Jacobite Rising of 1745, Robin and Prudence, brother and sister, become engaged in a swashbuckling, romantic adventure. Our hero and heroine must cross-dress and switch genders if they are to escape prosecution-a humorous move that allows Heyer to explore the manners and language affectations of the period as the two romp...
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Author: Georgette Heyer
Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Georgina Sutton
Duration 8h 25m
The accomplished Corinthian Sir Richard Wyndham is wealthy, sophisticated, handsome and supremely bored. Tired of his aristocratic family constantly pressuring him to get married, he determines to run away after meeting the delightful, unconventional heroine Penelope Creed. Penelope, literally, falls into his life late one night as she hangs from t...
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