Frederica: Gossip, scandal and an unforgettable Regency romance

Georgette Heyer

Aug 2021 · Cornerstone Digital · Narrated by Joe Jameson

4.5

11 reviews

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Vernon Alverstoke sees no reason to put himself out for anyone.

But when a distant connection asks for help, he is quickly plunged into one drama after another by the disorderly Merriville family.

Surprisingly, he finds himself far from bored - especially when he encounters their strong-minded daughter, Frederica.

However, she seems far more concerned with her family's welfare than his romantic advances...

'Absolutely delicious tales of Regency heroes . . . Utter, immersive escapism' SOPHIE KINSELLA

'I could mainline Heyer's Regency romances until the end of time and still not get bored . . . Georgette Heyer is perfect lockdown escapism' INDIA KNIGHT

'One of my perennial comfort authors. Heyer's books are as incisively witty and quietly subversive as any of Jane Austen's' JOANNE HARRIS

'There is no one better at intelligent effervescence than Heyer. All her books are utter bliss' ANNA MURPHY, TIMES Pick of the Month

'Sparkling' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

© Georgette Heyer 1965 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

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4.5

11 reviews

Colin Hope

July 1, 2022

Excellently narrated! I would give Joe Jameson 10 stars if I could. He has spoiled all other narrations for us by his incredible portrayal of each character in the story, keeping up the flow of the story exceptionally well. We loved the story line, as we do with all Georgette Heyer period books. Exceptional entertainment!

Di Costigan

February 24, 2023

Not one of Georgette's best & made worse by male Reader who unaccountably turns female characters into Pantomime Dames.

Clare Rhys Davies

March 9, 2024

One of Heyer's best books beautifully read by Joe Jamison. An absolute treat

About the author

Author of over fifty books, Georgette Heyer is the best-known and best-loved of all historical novelists, who made the Regency period her own. Her first novel, The Black Moth, published in 1921, was written at the age of seventeen to amuse her convalescent brother; her last was My Lord John. Although most famous for her historical novels, she also wrote eleven detective stories. Georgette Heyer died in 1974 at the age of seventy-one.

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