Great fun.

I love this book. The Penguin recording is really great. In particular Raj Ghatak reads Dolph superbly. I was so glad there were no loud music interludes this time.

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Glorious!

This is one of my favourite Heyer stories. I was anxious that it had been rerecorded but Raj Ghatak has done a fantastic job. He is comfortable with Heyer's language, understands all the nuances of the plot, has an array of wonderful accents and seems to enjoy telling the story. I'm now a fan and will watch out for things he does in the future. Raj, thank you.

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Equally as good as the previous Audible version

I love the previous version of this book, sold on Audible by Phyllida Nash, and listen to it often. I purchased this one as I love the story and wanted to compare them. This is equally as good - but in places sounds like a different story due to the new voices for much loved characters. In other recent books the comparisons have been awful - but this is a keeper!! I love Lord Dolphinton having an Irish accent in this version, which brings out a different character. Similar can be said for Freddie and Devron. Now I can pick which version I want to listen too on a wet winters night.
A pleasant listen to an excellent Georgette Heyer story.

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Excellent listening

I bought this version by mistake thinking I had lost my beloved Phyllida Nash version, and at first suffered from something of a culture shock on hearing such a different voice. But I was interested to hear a fresh interpretation and gradually found there were still plenty of laughs. I gained a whole new insight into Kitty's powers of emotional blackmail!

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Absolutely fabulous 💕💕

The whole of Kitty's and Freddie's adventurous story kept me enthralled, especially with the excellent narration. Worth more than 5 stars ⭐ ❤❤❤❤

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Great book, fair narration

One of Georgette Heyer’s best regency novels. The narrator does a pretty good job. Occasionally some of his emphasis was a bit off but his voices for the characters were good and most of his pronunciations were accurate and I enjoyed listening.

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Excellent story and narration

Although the plot was quite convoluted it was a great story. One of my favourite Georgette Heyer regency novels. The narration was particularly good with each character easy to identify. I shall definitely look out for more audio books narrated by Raj Ghatak

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Excellent narration.

Remarkable use of different voices to distinguish the different charcters made listening to this story a delightful experience.

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A favourite Heyer

This is one of my Favourite Heyer novels, one I have read many times. Now I have discovered the pleasure of listening to them as well. This was a brilliant well interpreted reading by Raj Ghatak, an enjoyable quiet subtlety of characterisations with none of the over the top exaggerations performed by many other narrators. Recommended listening if you like this book.

Love this book, but dislike the narration

This is an excellent story by Georgette Heyer. The narration is awful, I couldn’t get past Chapter 1 and will go back to my original narration. The accents particularly Lord Dolphinton’s are annoying, why that Irish accent? Yes he is an Irish peer, but he probably spent more time in England.