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The Nonesuch

Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

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The Nonesuch

By: Georgette Heyer
Narrated by: James Lailey
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Sir Waldo Hawkridge - wealthy, handsome, eligible, illustrious and known as 'The Nonesuch' for his athletic prowess - believes he is past the age of falling in love. But when he comes North to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in the West Riding, his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications....

Georgette Heyer won the hearts of many worldwide enthusiasts with her peerless novels of historical romance - which continues to this day - and in The Nonesuch, all her storytelling skills are in evidence.

©1962 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Regency Regency Romance Romance Heartfelt

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....at least over speech between characters and in fact not a lot of differentiation between them either. Strange, particularly when you think he's an actor and has apparently recorded 54 books. The story holds up as well as always though, so definitely worth a listen

A weirdly tentative reading

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Not one of Heyer's best. Narration is stilted although individual dialogue very good. Unsettling though.

Disjointed narration

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Story was excellent, as expected from Heyer, but the narration wasn't the best. It was hard to tell which character was speaking sometimes, as the narrator didn't give the characters distinct voices.

Great story, a little let down by the narration

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Excellently read and a delightful plot, I laughed aloud! I had forgotten just how clever Georgette Heyer was in her portrayal of minor characters.

A forgotten favourite brought alive!

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I have read all the books and I’m now listening to them, The narrator is excellent.
I could hear the voices and accents of all the characters. What talent. Thank you..

Waldo now has a voice!

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It is such a relief to be able to listen to a talented narrator who is alive to the humour of Georgette Heyer's novels, and can do justice to regional accents. please can we have more of her novels narrated by James Lailey or/and actors of his calibre?

Superb narration

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Mispronunciation of ‘ton’ only jarring note. But good story and well read. I enjoyed it.

Thoroughly enjoyable

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One of Heyer’s better romances if not the absolute top tier. The narrator does a fair job with only a few odd pronunciations. He doesn’t put much effort into the voices - it’s like listening to someone reading a story rather than performing it but I don’t mind that. Sometimes though it can be hard to tell who is speaking.

Enjoyable listen and I would recommend to any Heyer fan.

A brilliant story, reasonably narrated

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This story was very well narrated which isn’t always the case with some Heyer stories.

Good narration

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The narrator didn't do too bad a job differentiating between the characters, but I can't help wishing he wouldn't pronounce "ton" as if it were a weight. A couple of decidedly off bits of French too.

Good on the whole

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