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Venetia

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: Gemma Whelan
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Summary

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In all her 25 years, Venetia Lanyon has never been further than Harrogate.

Nor has she enjoyed the attentions of any man aside from her two wearisomely persistent suitors.

Then, in one extraordinary encounter, she meets a neighbour she knew only by reputation - the infamous Jasper Damerel.

Before she realises it, Venetia is encouraging a man whose way of life has scandalised the North Riding for years.

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Critic reviews

"One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's." (Joanne Harris)

"Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes.... Utter, immersive escapism." (Sophie Kinsella)

"Rapturously romantic." (Katie Fforde)

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another fantastic Georgette Heyer

what a great story. The character are so good. The heroes are so likeable and the villains so hateable. Some of the reviews say that the performance is not that good, but it didn't bother me that much that there weren't multiple accents and voices going on. I really enjoyed it.

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another great favourite

this is one of my top five favourite Georgette Heyer books, very nicely narrated too

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Excellent as usual

Strong main characters, humorous story. The high standard of all her books. I've read them all time again

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really enjoyable

listened to this after work over 3 evenings. totally enchanted. well worth a listen. voice easy to listen to.

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Delightful

Georgette Heyer’s delightful Regency romance is charmingly read by Gemma Whelan. A complete pleasure to listen to

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Not the best but enjoyable

When the two lovers come together their chemistry is unpalatable. But the social set and tom drama was rather stretched out and became tedious, wish more focus was on the couple. Aside from that a lovely book and can see myself re-listening to it.

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Engaging characters

A wonderful and enjoyable read. Great characterisation, superbly drawn and well read by the narrator. A book I will read again, as I do my favourite Austen, Persuasion. I recommend this to all lovers of historical romantic fiction.

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Lovely story

Lovely story and quite well read although a bit more effort into differentiating the different characters and pronunciation of some words would have made it more enjoyable. Overall it was a pleasant listen.

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Great narrator

What's not to like. so many writers have payed homage by taking cuttings from these strong funny relationships

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An excellent and well-read story

One of the first Georgette Heyer novels I ever read! It was a pleasure to revisit it on Audible and enjoy for the umpteenth time Venetia’s struggle to be allowed to make her own choices. Gemma Whelan is a very intelligent narrator with a clear voice and the ability to define the different characters who play their part in the story. I look forward to listening to more of her work.









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