Royal

By: Danielle Steel

Narrated by: Nick Afka Thomas

Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins

Publisher's summary

In this spellbinding tale from Danielle Steel, a princess is sent away to safety during World War II, where she falls in love, and is lost forever.

As the war rages on in the summer of 1943, causing massive destruction and widespread fear, the King and Queen choose to quietly send their youngest daughter, Princess Charlotte, to live with a trusted noble family in the country. Despite her fiery, headstrong nature, the princess' fragile health poses far too great a risk for her to remain in war-torn London.

Third in line for the throne, 17-year-old Charlotte reluctantly uses an alias upon her arrival in Yorkshire, her two guardians the only keepers of her true identity. In time, she settles comfortably into a life out of the spotlight, befriending a young evacuee and training with her cherished horse. But no one predicts that in the coming months she will fall deeply in love with her protectors' son.

She longs for a normal life. Far from her parents, a tragic turn of events leaves an infant orphaned. Alone in the world, that child will be raised in the most humble circumstances by a modest stable manager and his wife. No one, not even she, knows of her lineage. But when a stack of hidden letters comes to light, a secret kept for nearly two decades finally surfaces, and a long lost princess emerges.

A fascinating story of family and royalty, and an unforgettable portrait of an extraordinary young woman and the man who brings her home, Royal is an exhilarating work from America's most beloved storyteller.

©2020 Danielle Steel (P)2020 Recorded Books

A lot of repeating the same things.

It was very slow starting for me. A lot of the same things were repeated, maybe for more pages?? The narrator had a delightful accent and the story does pick up eventually.

i enjoyed this one

I enjoyed this one. I haven't read a DS book for a long time. I listened to it on Audible. The story was great. I love WWII stories. I can't really think of anything that I disliked about it. The narrator did a good job. There was accent, but not so strong that it made it hard to listen. I always listen at 2x the speed because they are dreadfully slow at 1x.

Heartthrob1ng Read

My first book by this author. And got to say that I was impressed, off my seat read. Thanks for the experience and enjoyable story. Thanks

Very Pleasantly Surprised!

Danielle Steel’s Royal was a pleasant surprise to me, both in somewhat novel storyline as well as in the narration.
When I started listening, I wasn’t so sure about some of the characters, about yet another WWll novel, about the narration, however, within the first chapters, I found it to be interesting, engaging and to have characters that were much more intriguing and likable than I had presumed and, the narration to be done extremely well, without being stiff or awkward!
Really enjoyed the accent on the horse aspects, which grew agreeably and logically; on the Royals as people not quite exactly mirroring the Queen of England, her family and lineage, but close enough to ring believably.
All-in-all, an enjoyable book with few — any ?? — frustrations or jarring notes. I liked it and add it to the several of Ms Steel’s books that I have enjoyed and about which I’ve been happily surprised!

Loved Royal!!!

Such a well written book. I loved all the characters and storyline. Im obsessed with the Royals so this book was perfect!!!

Ok story line with much repetition

This was an easy book to listen to, amusing enough that I finished it. It was predictable. The narrator was very good. I would gladly listen to another book he narrated. The book was annoying in that the author kept repeating descriptive details. Maybe she had to stretch it to a certain word count. I would think an author as accomplished as Danielle Steel would be able to do that in better ways than repetition.UGH!

EEEEH

Boring really, not up to DS standards. Simple, kinda sweet, good advise for women to follow dreams but EEEEH!

a very good choice

I really enjoyed this book. I didn't want to stop until I was finished. A very good read

Good book

This was such a great love story. I couldn’t stop listening. The narrator was great also!!

Such an interesting twist

This was a fun twist on a fairytale dream of becoming royal. I loved it!