The Black Moth

A Romance of the 18th Century

De: Georgette Heyer

Narrado por: Rupert Degas

When the notorious Lord Tracy Belmanoir, duke of Andover and also the infamous Black Moth, is caught attempting to abduct the dark-haired Diana Beauleigh by estranged Jack Carstares, the rightful earl of Wyncham, he's sent scurrying after a thrilling sword fight. Injured in battle, Jack relies on Diana to nurse his wounds and, as their feelings for each other blossom, realizes that he must return to Wyncham, clear his name of previous accusations, and rightly take over as earl. But the Black Moth waits patiently to take what he wants - and he is relentless. Can Jack take over as earl, defeat the Black Moth, and finally be with the woman he loves?

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Clever story, so-so narration

It's not the narrators fault but an American accent for this very English novel seed off. However the story is clever, dramatic and humorous by turns, full of vivid characters and unlike many historical romances true to the times. One of Ms. Heyers charming tales.

Lots of fun and frolicking!

This was one of the best narrators I’ve heard! Storytelling not just reading! Love how all parties became better human beings for all of their escapades!

Strange American accent

Don’t understand why the narrator used American accent for many figures in the novel, which sounds so weird for this purely English novel !

Worst ending to a story ever

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The story was pretty decently done until the last 25+ min or so. Prior to that, it was extremely well paced and seemed less like a typical romance story (which is a good thing), as it didn’t focus on romance for the bulk of the story and just focused on character and plot development. It didn’t feel forced at all into the story, which was great.

Then towards the end of the story, everything went off the rails. Following the abduction and attempted rape with everyone immediately laughing and deciding to have dinner together was the absolute stupidest and most unrealistic thing that could have been put in the story. Yes, let’s just forget all the trauma the young lady has been put through, she’s smiling because her love has arrived and that’s enough for her to have some measure of forgiveness for what transpired.

What happened after that was ok, it was just so jarring to have that section in there that seemed almost to be written by a completely different person.