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Life can go in many different directions based on a few simple events. When Cora Cash, a rich American girl seeking a title at the turn of the Century, fell off her horse in a wooded area of the English countryside, fate would have it that an unmarried handsome duke should find her in her hour of distress. The American Heiress, a debut novel from Daisy Goodwin, tells Cora's story of marrying into British royalty and all the politics, scandals, and societal expectations that follow. Katherine Kellgren narrates, giving voice to Cora and a myriad of supporting characters from varying backgrounds, from Americans to Europeans and aristocrats to servants.
As if acclimating herself to a foreign country wasn't difficult enough, upon marrying Ivo, the Duke of Wareham, Cora quickly learns that becoming a duchess has come with a whole new set of stringent rules and expectations from her peers. Kellgren embodies Cora's naiveté and headstrong personality in her narration, expressing frustration in her voice in a gradual crescendo as Cora struggles to find her place among the oppressive British aristocracy. It seems that everyone from the duke's mother, a woman with a sharp tongue and a proclivity for traditions (many that Cora is not familiar with), to the Lord and Lady Beauchamp, the richest and most fashionable couple in the county, has an opinion on how Cora should behave in the upper class, noble arena. Cora dances around these societal expectations with uneasy footing, which only becomes more complicated as she begins to uncover certain nefarious details of her new husband's past.
Goodwin decorates The American Heiress with ornate period details that transport the listener to the English countryside at the turn of the century. Kellgren embraces the significance of time and place in this story, flourishing in the intricate descriptions of Cora's lavish surroundings. There's so much to enjoy about a story that allows you to lose yourself in a foreign setting, to travel with a character to the unknown. Following Cora to England is an alluring introduction to the intriguing world of classic British royalty. Suzanne Day
Publisher's summary
"Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms (who isn't?) will find an instant tonic in Daisy Goodwin's The American Heiress. The story of Cora Cash, an American heiress in the 1890s who bags an English duke, this is a deliciously evocative first novel that lingers in the mind." (Allison Pearson, New York Times best-selling author of I Don't Know How She Does It and I Think I Love You)
This program includes a bonus chapter of Victoria, the latest novel from author Daisy Goodwin, the creator and writer of the new PBS/Masterpiece drama of the same name.
Be careful what you wish for.
Traveling abroad with her mother at the turn of the 20th century to seek a titled husband, beautiful, vivacious Cora Cash, whose family mansion in Newport dwarfs the Vanderbilts', suddenly finds herself Duchess of Wareham, married to Ivo, the most eligible bachelor in England. Nothing is quite as it seems, however: Ivo is withdrawn and secretive, and the English social scene is full of traps and betrayals. Money, Cora soon learns, cannot buy everything, as she must decide what is truly worth the price in her life and her marriage.
Witty, moving, and brilliantly entertaining, Cora's story marks the debut of a glorious storyteller who brings a fresh new spirit to the world of Edith Wharton and Henry James.
"For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. But money didn't always buy them happiness." (Daisy Goodwin in The Daily Mail)
One of Library Journal's Best Historical Fiction Books of 2011
Please note: An alternate (British) title for this novel is My Last Duchess.
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Sherry Thomas, Wonderful as Always!
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By: Sherry Thomas
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The Luxe
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 125
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Story4 out of 5 stars 126
Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan's social scene. Or so it appears. When the girls discover their status among New York City's elite is far from secure, suddenly everyone from the backstabbing socialite Penelope Hayes, to the debonair bachelor Henry Schoonmaker, to the spiteful maid Lina Broud threatens Elizabeth's and Diana's golden future. With the fate of the Hollands resting on her shoulders, Elizabeth must choose between family duty and true love.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good story, but. . .
- By Shellra on 05-17-09
By: Anna Godbersen
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Beguiling the Beauty
- By: Sherry Thomas
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 431
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 394
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 396
When the Duke of Lexington meets the mysterious Baroness von Seidlitz-Hardenberg on a transatlantic liner, he is fascinated. She’s exactly what he’s been searching for - a beautiful woman who interests and entices him. He falls hard and fast - and soon proposes marriage. And then she disappears without a trace.… For in reality, the "baroness" is Venetia Easterbrook - a proper young widow who had her own vengeful reasons for instigating an affair with the duke. But the plan has backfired. Venetia has fallen in love with the man she despised - and there’s no telling what might happen when she is finally unmasked….
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worth multiple listens
- By anonymous on 09-10-19
By: Sherry Thomas
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Magic Flutes
- By: Eva Ibbotson
- Narrated by: Kate Lock
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 47
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Spring, 1922. Tessa is a beautiful, tiny, dark-eyed princess who’s given up her duties to follow her heart and work backstage at the Viennese opera. She keeps her true identity a well-guarded secret, but when a wealthy, handsome Englishman discovers this bewitching urchin backstage, Tessa’s two lives collide - and in escaping her inheritance, she finds her destiny....
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4 out of 5 stars
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delightful story spoiled by the reader
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By: Eva Ibbotson
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The Shifting Fog [also published under the alternate title The House at Riverton]
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- Narrated by: Caroline Lee
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,197
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,974
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,964
Summer 1924: On the eve of a glittering society party, by the lake of a grand English country house, a young poet takes his life. The only witnesses, sisters Hannah and Emmeline Hartford, will never speak to each other again. Winter 1999: Grace Bradley, 98, one-time housemaid of Riverton Manor, is visited by a young director making a film about the poet's suicide. Ghosts awaken and memories, long consigned to the dark reaches of Grace's mind, begin to sneak back through the cracks.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Alternate title for "The House at Riverton"
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By: Kate Morton
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Summerset Abbey
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- Narrated by: Sarah Coomes
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 79
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Story4 out of 5 stars 80
1913: In a sprawling manor on the outskirts of London, three young women seek to fulfill their destinies and desires amidst the unspoken rules of society and the distant rumblings of war.... Sir Philip Buxton raised three girls into beautiful and capable young women in a bohemian household that defied Edwardian tradition. Eldest sister Rowena was taught to value people, not wealth or status. But everything she believes will be tested when Sir Philip dies, and the girls must live under their uncle’s guardianship....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great for Downton Abbey fans, but…
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By: T. J. Brown
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Delicious
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- Unabridged
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Story4 out of 5 stars 232
Delicious presents Verity Durant, an irresistible woman of a more elegant age. Verity is renowned from London to Paris for her succulent cuisine - and for her rapacious carnal appetite. And she's determined to tempt prim and proper politician Stuart Somerset with forbidden fruits he's never tasted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sherry Thomas, Wonderful as Always!
- By Shoppermom on 06-04-18
By: Sherry Thomas
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Potent Pleasures
- The Pleasures Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Eloisa James
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,140
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Reckless desire sends Charlotte Daicheston into the garden with a dashing masked stranger. He's powerful and unforgettable, a devastatingly handsome footman who lures her - not against her will - into a grand indiscretion at a masquerade ball. Then he vanishes. Several years later, after Charlotte has made her dazzling debut in London society, they meet again. But the rogue is no footman. He's rich, titled, and he doesn't remember Charlotte. Worse, he's the subject of some scandalous gossip.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Mind "F" in the Best Possible Way
- By Cynthia on 12-23-14
By: Eloisa James
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The Desirable Duchess
- Dukes and Desires, Book 1
- By: M. C. Beaton
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
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Lovely Alice Lacey was a true incomparable, and her marriage to the Duke of Ferrant was the event of the season. Almost no one realized, however, that Alice was secretly in love with someone else - or that she had confided her feelings to a clever talking mynah bird who announces these intimacies at the moment of the couple's wedding. Now the gossip mongers are relentless. Alice's marriage started out, and has remained, cold and impersonal, and her new husband is already rumored to be taken with another woman.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Punishing man to a young niave woman
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By: M. C. Beaton
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Scandal Wears Satin
- The Dressmakers Series, Book 2
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- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 144
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This time, Scandal Wears Satin, as the second sister from a somewhat scandalous aristocratic family - the purveyors of one of London’s most fashionable shops - finds passion and a love as sumptuous as the gorgeous gowns she creates. Superstar romance author Susan Elizabeth Phillips says Loretta Chase has “a rare talent for creating crackling sexual tension and characters so fresh and compelling that readers won’t be able to forget them.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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romantic comedy
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By: Loretta Chase
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A Wicked Gentleman
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Best-selling author Jane Feather brings to life the glamour, sophistication, and intrigue of Regency-era London in this captivating novel of unexpected passions and dangerous secrets. Pooling their meager resources, Lady Cornelia Dagenham, her sister-in-law Aurelia, and their friend Liv Lacey arrive in London's Cavendish Square to spend a month at the home Liv has just inherited. But why anyone would show a fervent interest in purchasing the rundown property - particularly the arrogant Viscount Bonham, who clearly could afford the finest of homes, is a puzzle.
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3 out of 5 stars
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disappointing
- By Anonymous User on 06-10-20
By: Jane Feather
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Rushed to the Altar
- By: Jane Feather
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 131
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Story4 out of 5 stars 133
A best-selling author of more than 25 historical romances, Jane Feather boasts more than 10 million copies of her books in print. Rushed to the Altar kicks off a new trilogy in high style. In order to inherit a fortune, Jasper Sullivan, Earl of Blackwater, must rescue a “fallen woman.” So when a lady of the night attempts to pick his pocket, he makes a daring proposal. Everything seems to have dropped into place for Jasper—but he may have made a colossal blunder.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Just Ok...
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By: Jane Feather
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The Cross of Love
- Barbara Cartland's Pink Collection 1
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- Narrated by: Anthony Wren
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- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 43
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
When Rena's father dies she is alone in the world, forced out of the vicarage that has been her home, with nowhere to go and no money. She seeks help at the large wooden cross standing in the nearby grounds of "The Grange". And there in the earth she finds three golden coins, which she hands over to the new young Earl of Lansdale. They form a friendship, the sweetest one of her life. But her new happiness is threatened by Mr. Wyngate, a wealthy man determined to force the Earl to marry his daughter.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Cross of Love
- By Cindy H. on 06-11-17
By: Barbara Cartland
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Ruined by Rumor
- By: Alyssa Everett
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 215
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 201
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Story4 out of 5 stars 201
Who could possibly throw over a woman as beautiful and vivacious as Roxana? Certainly not Alex Winslow, the Earl of Ayersley, who has spent years trying in vain to forget his unrequited love. When he learns she's been abandoned by her cad of a fiancé, he finds himself offering a shoulder for her to cry on. Comfort soon turns into a passionate kiss—and scandal when they are caught in an embrace.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Old-Fashioned Romance!
- By Lady M on 09-28-13
By: Alyssa Everett
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Midnight Angel
- Stokehursts, Book 1
- By: Lisa Kleypas
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 137
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story4 out of 5 stars 125
A noblewoman of frail beauty and exotic mystery fakes her own death to escape the gallows. And now she must flee. In disguise and under a false identity, she finds unexpected sanctuary in the arms of a handsome and arrogant yet gallant British lord—who must defy society to keep her safe . . . and overcome a tragic past to claim her as his own.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Can't finish. Made me cringe.
- By Lillian on 02-23-22
By: Lisa Kleypas
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You May Kiss the Bride
- The Penhallow Dynasty, Book 1
- By: Lisa Berne
- Narrated by: Carolyn Morris
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 81
Wealthy and arrogant, Gabriel Penhallow knows it's time to fulfill his dynastic duty. All he must do is follow "The Penhallow way" - find a biddable bride, produce an heir and a spare, and then live separate lives. It's worked so well for generations, certainly one kiss with the delectable Livia Stuart isn't going to change things. Society dictates he marry her, and one chit is as good as another as long as she's from a decent family.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Slow Story. EXCELLENT SUPERB NARRATION!
- By Tracy T on 03-30-17
By: Lisa Berne
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Tremontaine, Season One
- 13 Book Series, Box Set
- By: Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Malinda Lo, and others
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren, Nick Sullivan, Sarah Mollo-Christensen
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 62
In a city that never was, sex, scandal, and swordplay combine in a melodrama of manners that takes listeners to a world inspired by Elizabethan London, 18th century Paris, and 1980s New York City. Sexuality is fluid, politics is everything, and outcasts are the tastemakers. Intrigue is afoot when a Duchess, a scholar, a swordswoman, and a genius, are brought together by long-buried lies and truths that cannot be denied.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story, flawed narration
- By Kristin on 05-25-18
By: Ellen Kushner, and others
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Buddenbrooks
- The Decline of a Family
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- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 26 hrs and 57 mins
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 664
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 599
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 597
First published in 1900, when Thomas Mann was 25, Buddenbrooks is a minutely imagined chronicle of four generations of a North German mercantile family - a work so true to life that it scandalized the author’s former neighbours in his native Lübeck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Where Have You Been All My Life, Thomas Mann?
- By Virginia Waldron on 03-30-17
By: Thomas Mann
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Autumn Masquerade
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- By: Josi S. Kilpack, Donna Hatch, Nancy Campbell Allen
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 438
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 414
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When Lila overhears her uncle talking about a man coming to look for property in the county, she doesn't think twice, until her uncle says he hopes Lila will find enough interest to marry the man. How can she marry someone named Mortimer Luthford, not to mention that his advanced age of thirty-three, and especially since she's already in love with her absent cousin Neville?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Happily Ever After
- By J. Byerly on 02-11-20
By: Josi S. Kilpack, and others
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- Narrated by: Laura Thompson
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 70
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Heiresses: Surely they are among the luckiest women on earth. Are they not to be envied, with their private jets and Chanel wardrobes and endless funds? Yet all too often those gilded lives have been beset with trauma and despair. Before the 20th century a wife’s inheritance was the property of her husband, making her vulnerable to kidnap, forced marriages, even confinement in an asylum. And in modern times, heiresses fell victim to fortune-hunters who squandered their millions.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too much fluff
- By JESSICA BAUER on 09-02-22
By: Laura Thompson
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An American Beauty
- By: Shana Abe
- Narrated by: Gail Shalan
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 280
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1867, Richmond, Virginia: Though she wears the same low-cut purple gown that is the uniform of all the girls who work at Worsham's gambling parlor, Arabella stands apart. It's not merely her statuesque beauty and practiced charm. Even at seventeen, Arabella possesses an unyielding grit, and a resolve to escape her background of struggle and poverty. Collis Huntington, railroad baron and self-made multimillionaire, is drawn to Arabella from their first meeting. Collis is married and 30 years her senior, yet they are well-matched in temperament, and flirtation rapidly escalates into an affair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved everything about it
- By Leigh H. on 07-10-23
By: Shana Abe
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Julian Fellowes's Belgravia (Omnibus Season 2)
- By: Julian Fellowes
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,419
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,995
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,967
Julian Fellowes's Belgravia is the story of a secret. A secret that unravels behind the porticoed doors of London's grandest postcode. Set in the 1840s, when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is peopled by a rich cast of characters. But the story begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond's new legendary ball, one family's life will change forever.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fellowes is a Brand but the Narrator is a Marvel!
- By M. T. Mirabile on 08-14-16
By: Julian Fellowes
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Habits of the House
- By: Fay Weldon
- Narrated by: Katherine Kellgren
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 307
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 278
As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevocable change. The Earl of Dilberne is facing serious financial concerns. The ripple effects spread to everyone in the household: Lord Robert, who has gambled unwisely on the stock market and seeks a place in the Cabinet; his unmarried children, Arthur, who keeps a courtesan, and Rosina, who keeps a parrot in her bedroom; Lord Robert's wife Isobel, who orders the affairs of the household in Belgrave Square; and Grace, the lady's maid who orders the life of her mistress.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A Downtonlike story read by my favorite narrator?
- By CINDY ANDERSON on 04-08-13
By: Fay Weldon
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Belgravia
- By: Julian Fellowes
- Narrated by: Beate Himmelstoß
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Abridged
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Liebe, Intrige und Verrat - Downton Abbey im London des 19. Jahrhunderts. London, 1841. James Trenchard ist ein ehrgeiziger Mann, der sich mit seinem Baugewerbe einen gewissen Wohlstand erarbeitet hat. Vor 25 Jahren starb seine Tochter im Kindbett, das uneheliche Kind Charles wurde in die Obhut eines Geistlichen gegeben und seine Herkunft vertuscht. Jetzt droht das Familiengeheimnis enthüllt zu werden.
By: Julian Fellowes
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The American Heiress
- By: Dorothy Eden
- Narrated by: Kirsten Potter
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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It is spring of 1915. Spoiled 21-year-old Clemency Jervis and her Fifth Avenue entourage board the Lusitania, bound for England, where Clemency is to marry the dashing Lord Hugo Hazzard of Loburn. A few miles off the Irish coast, the ship is torpedoed by the Germans. One of the few survivors is Clemency's maid, Hetty Brown, a young woman who resembles her mistress. Surprised to be taken for Clemency, Hetty carries out a daring deception that makes her a nobleman's wife and the mistress of a magnificent country estate, despite doubts about her among some in her aristocratic new set.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Eden is my favorite author
- By Ruben Osorio on 07-13-23
By: Dorothy Eden
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The Husband Hunters
- American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
- By: Anne de Courcy
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 670
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 572
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Towards the end of the 19th century and for the first few years of the 20th, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of power, privilege, and breeding in which the titled, land-owning governing class had barricaded itself for so long was breached. The incomers were a group of young women who, 50 years earlier, would have been looked on as the alien denizens of another world - the New World, to be precise. From 1874 - the year that Jennie Jerome, the first known "Dollar Princess", married Randolph Churchill - to 1905, dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bondfide Valuable History Lesson
- By A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. on 09-21-18
By: Anne de Courcy
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That Churchill Woman
- A Novel
- By: Stephanie Barron
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 916
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 796
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 790
The Paris Wife meets PBS’s Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history’s most remarkable women: Winston Churchill’s scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent Entertaining Historical Romance Novel
- By Nicole on 07-24-19
By: Stephanie Barron
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- Mormick
- 10-24-18
Good read
Good fun read. Enjoyed the characters and the story kept me guessing to the end
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- BD
- 07-06-22
Excellent book!
I almost hesitated after some reviews. I’m so glad I didn’t, I would’ve missed a great one. Full of accurate historical details, dynamic characters, and realistic scenarios. I way recommend!!!
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- Mary Alice Damron
- 11-14-16
how very entertaining
I thought the story had great secrets and exposures. I did not want the story to end!
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- Patricia
- 01-28-17
OK for a first novel
It was good but not great. I would prefer to have a faster pace and a less stilted conversational tone. Her next novel will probably be great.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-28-22
Didn’t want it to end!
Such a delightful read!! I didn’t want it to end and wish there was a sequel! I fell in love with the characters and was so sad for this to end. Can’t wait to read more from this talented author!
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-05-23
Awesome
The entire book was great and the ending was perfect! Charlotte was mean and not nice!
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- Paula
- 12-16-23
Great story, funny at times, narrated beautifully
It's simple. I loved this book. I seek out books where Kathryn Kellgren narrates, leaving me at the mercy, more or less, or whatever pops up. THIS book was terrific - win win!
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- kelly southard
- 01-20-24
Enjoyable!
Overall enjoyed the story, the era, the adjustment the character went through. Highly recommend. Loved the characters
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- L. O. Pardue
- 08-27-11
Good book
I love this time period (1890's-1900's) and found there was much to like about this book by a new author, Daisy Goodwin. If you are aware of the story of Consuelo Vanderbilt and her mother, Alva, this story will be very familiar. However, the author wrote the story very well, and the narrator did a good job with some fun dialog -- sometimes funny and ironic. Actually, the dialogs kept this story interesting when it felt too long. If you are fascinated by "Downton Abbey", royal weddings, "Upstairs, Downstairs", then I highly recommend this story for you. The main character, Cora Cash, is the richest heiress in the world marrying a cash-poor British Duke with a fabulous, but shabby, castle. I will definitely look for Daisy Goodwin's next book.
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- Misty D Loughmiller
- 06-25-15
A story full of passion
I could not stop listening as Cora grew into her own and rightful place as wife and woman.
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