Love in a Cold Climate
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Narrated by:
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Zoe Telford
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By:
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Nancy Mitford
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Love in a Cold Climate is the sequel to Nancy Mitford's best-selling novel The Pursuit of Love.
'How lovely - green velvet and silver. I call that a dream, so soft and delicious, too.' She rubbed a fold of the skirt against her cheek. 'Mine's silver lame, it smells like a bird cage when it gets hot but I do love it. Aren't you thankful evening skirts are long again?'
Ah, the dresses! But oh, the monotony of the Season, with its endless run of glittering balls. Even fabulously fashionable Polly Hampton - with her startling good looks and excellent social connections - is beginning to wilt under the glare.
Groomed for the perfect marriage by her mother, fearsome Lady Montdore, Polly instead scandalises society by declaring her love for her uncle 'Boy' Dougdale, the Lecherous Lecturer, and promptly eloping to France. But the consequences of this union no one could quite expect....
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"Entirely original, inimitable and irresistible." (Philip Hensher, Spectator)
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- Kindle Customer
- 18-09-22
Love in a Cld Climate
Beautifully read, This book was a first class ticket to the wonderful vagaries of aristocratic eccentricity in 1930’s Britain.
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- Julia Bysshe
- 23-01-22
fabulous story, frustrating narration
This amusing insight into interwar life among the well heeled is spoiled by the exasperating whisper in which it is read. The narrative disappears in the reader's unvoiced tones. Audible is normally great for listening while doing something else (washing up or something mindless). With this reading, however, you can do nothing but sit with your ear focused on the recording, straining to capture the words. I'm early 40s with no hearing issues so be warned if you are at all hard of hearing already!
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- Lucy Mars
- 05-11-22
A fabulous reading!
Zoe Telford does a fabulous job of reading this book with all the voices required to give it a real atmosphere.
We can tell each individual’s personality from the tone she adopts, which adds a whole extra layer to the story.
A social commentary of times gone by and the people that they produced.
Well worth a listen 😊
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- MarkW
- 09-08-21
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I was really looking forward to this release on Audible. Unfortunately the producers have chosen Zoe Telford to narrate; she is renowned for her whispering monotone, which makes the whole experience a disappointment. If only Bessie Carter had narrated.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-08-23
Utterly bizarre narration
Totally baffled as to why the narrator chose to whisper the entire book. Truly, truly weird
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- Amazon Customer
- 19-10-21
Love this novel & brilliant narration
Zoe Telford is the perfect choice - especially her voicing for the Radlett girls and Cedric. Very very funny. Didn’t think Mitford’s words could be improved upon, but Telford brings a new dimension.
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- Charlie
- 17-08-21
wrong chapter order in the download
The last chapter in the download comes from the middle of the book. otherwise it was OK
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- Kima
- 10-01-22
This needs a re-write also
The horrible fact about lies is that they spread. The lies of one person in a tabloid can be taken to court and the person who wrote the lies can be sued. And that is right just and lawful.
When every culture and clan that is not exactly like an upper-class, rich protestant Brit; is lied about, degraded and insulted and in such an old bigoted book; one might ask where is the justice?
There is a difference between freedom of speech; and keeping things real; and the spreading of lies and muck and filth about other cultures; while pretending the liable statements are true facts. These people are the worst types of hypocrites condoning their own bad behaviour when closing ranks.
This book at best is average; with bigotry (like sex) just thrown in to sell the derogatory concept of "other". Catering to the lowest crassest type of person. The type that need lies to think themselves superior. Humans have 99.95% exactly the same genes. I prefer books that can harp on this fact instead of being judgmental about the less than 0.05% of genetic difference, on every other page. In my humble opinion.
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- J Drake
- 26-05-24
Horrible narration
So much expression in her voice I couldn’t bear it ! My favourite book, butchered by this narrator !
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- Angelica
- 03-05-23
My favourite book but terrible narration
I love Nancy Mitford and this is my favourite of her books, but the narrator’s whispering is hard to understand and the volume changes throughout which makes it difficult if this is something you’re listening to before bed
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