Friday's Child
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3.9 • 9 Ratings
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
With an introduction written and read by Katie Fforde.
Hero Wantage is desperate to change her fate.
When the dashing Lord Sherry proposes out of the blue, Hero is overjoyed - she'll escape a life as a governess and, once they wed, he can finally claim his inheritance.
But as Hero attempts to social climb in glamorous London society, Sherry is concerned that her naivety will ruin them both and takes drastic action.
The chaos that follows will push friendships - and hearts - to breaking point.
'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes. . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA
'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS
'Heart-stoppingly gorgeous' HARRIET EVANS
'Georgette Heyer is second to none' SUNDAY TIMES
© Georgette Heyer 1944 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Customer Reviews
Fantastic narrator
I listened to Owen Findlay’s narration of this audiobook (twice, back to back!), and loved every minute of it.
I’m a fan of Georgette Heyer’s Regency work in general and enjoyed reading ‘Friday’s Child’ sometime ago - though this one hadn’t stuck in my mind…but with his superb characterisations, Owen Findlay brings every member of the ‘cast’ to life - irrespective of their age, nature or gender.
With no excessive use of ‘voices’, his reading adds fantastic dimension and humour, which hadn’t struck me when I first whizzed through this book. Particular comedy-gold moments IMO are the suspicious inn landlord towards the end, and anything involving ‘Marmaduke Fakenham’ (who I swear also acted ‘Richmond’ in ‘The IT Crowd’ :)
Besides highlighting the humour in so many clever lines, this narrator gives the book poignance and suspense which previously passed me by. I probably sound over-enthusiastic, but I listen to audio books quite frequently, and Findlay’s skill is rare in my experience.
Many more Owen Findlay narrations, please!