The Foundling
Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance
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The Foundling
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Narrated by:
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Peter Noble
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By:
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Georgette Heyer
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
The shy, young Duke of Sale has never known his parents, Instead, his Grace Adolphus Gillespie Vernon Ware (Gilly for short) has endured 24 years of rigorous mollycoddling form his uncle and valet. But his natural diffidence conceals a rebellious spirit. So when Gilly hears of Belinda, the beautiful foundling who appears to be blackmailing his cousin, he absconds with glee. No sooner has he entered this new and dangerous world than is he plunged into a frenzy of intrigue, kidnap and adventure....
For over 50 years, Georgette Heyer was the undisputed queen of historical, romantic fiction. The Foundling shows all of her wonderful talents at their best and how she won a huge audience that continues to this day.
©1948 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin AudioWhat listeners say about The Foundling
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- Marie Henry
- 19-10-2024
Showing the great with of GH
Had not read this for years but on listening to it could not but laugh and laugh and laugh One of my favourites now well worth a read Wasn’t that keen o the narrator but the wasn’t too grating
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- Jenny
- 09-11-2021
Entertaining!
A tiny bit slow to start, but such a sweet and humorous story with affable and entertaining characters. Unexpected twists that caused predictable reactions from characters, but this was welcome as it was intended to be easy reading/listening. Also, narration was excellent and different voices, genders, and accents were all done skillfully. Will listen to again.
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- d wli
- 08-01-2023
Love this story
Though I found I had to speed the reader up to 1.1 time and he speaks beautifully but very slowly.
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- Avidbookworm
- 15-02-2022
Great
Vintage Heyer story, full of romance and intrigue and humorously drawn characters. Narration was excellent, but a bit distracting at times when the narrator seemed to forget what ‘voice’ he was using for whom. Nothing that would make me hesitate to buy however.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-04-2024
Great narrator
Narrator brought the characters to life. I always liked the subtlety of the Duke's diffident, slightly shy charactor. He's very different to any of Heyer's other male leads, not being a man in command at all at the start of the book. This book is slower paced than some other Heyer's, but it suits the character development that's central to the plot. By the end you're cheering for Gilly as he takes command! Relationship development between Harriet and Gilly was very sweetly written.
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- Kent
- 11-01-2024
The pace of performance and story: excellent
What a cracker of a storyline and read with a real understanding of the wit whims of each character. Thank you so much.
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- Olivia B.
- 03-10-2024
Entertaining in the extreme
Fantastic character development and plot - very amusing. Voice performance likewise excellent. One of the best Heyer novels and quite unique.
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