Masqueraders

De: Georgette Heyer

Narrado por: Eleanor Yates

Brought to you by Penguin.

A delightful romantic adventure from one of the best-known and beloved historical novelists of all time.

Robin and Prudence Merriot have been dissemblers since they were children. And in this age of slippery politics, they need to be. So it is nothing for them to rescue a rich heiress from her abductor. But once committed to their masquerade, they must see it through....

For more than 50 years, Georgette Heyer was the undisputed queen of historical romance. And as these hugely successful reprints have shown, she still has a large devoted fan base.

©1928 Georgette Heyer (P)2021 Penguin Audio

A favorite Heyer story

This story of intrigue and cross dressing, sword, fights, heroics, and one of the most delicious romances of all Georgette Heyer novels is just plain fun! The performance was wonderful, and the voice ever so beautiful. The French accent was exquisite except him a couple of words that truly shocked the listener as they were unexpectedly wrongly, pronounced. Nevertheless, it was a fun performance.

Dressing up, elopements, duels, and a lost heir

This late 18th c.-set novel has everything! Maybe too much of everything? A family of tricksters take London high society by storm--but what will happen if they fall in love for real and reveal their true identities? Lots of action, multiple disguises. The plot has a nice symmetry to it, in fact. Eleanor Yates's narration is pleasant, but somewhat lacking in lower registers for the male characters. On the whole, however, Masqueraders is a good time.

Love Heyer!

This is one of my favorite books by her. The reading was very nice. Was sad when it was over.

Outstanding!!

Wonderful, delightful G. Heyer! The story was pleasing and exciting. The dialogue, the character development, the intricate and yet easily followed plot, and the HE all contributed to a great reading experience. The narrator made a few minor stumbles (covert instead of cavort; sang “froyd” instead of froid which is pronounced more like “fwah” in French). Otherwise the narration was brilliant with each character having an easily recognizable voice. Highly recommend!

much better

this reader was way better than the one from the previous recording. this story is a little hard to get into at the beginning, but once it gets going it's very enjoyable.

After 40 years - still fun!

I read Georgette Heyer as a teenager and loved this gender-bending book… it is handled so well and calm

Great fun!

All of the intrigue that was also laughable! Each of the Masqueraders were out doing each other.

So, so, SO VERY HAPPY to have unabridged Heyer available again!!!!

Out of all of Heyer's Regency novels (which I would classify more as romantic comedies or in this case even adventure more than just romance) I feel that this one doesn't get mentioned often enough. It requires some suspension of disbelief but not to the point where it completely strains credulity. And the narrator is very good!

A rollicking good time with a wonderful narrator

I’ve listened to this audiobook twice now, and enjoyed it thoroughly both times. The plot is lively and improbable, but full of wit, warmth, and great characters. The narrator voices the characters expertly. The story is full of high drama and is super entertainment. I especially appreciate the portrait of Prudence/Peter as courageous, physically capable, clever, unflappable and wryly amused. She’s the best female character o that I’ve yet come across in any of the Heyer audiobooks I’ve listened to. But all the main characters in this novel are delightful.

An improbable but delightful story!

This is one of Georgette Heyer’s more improbable tales, but it is well told with a particularly appealing couple in Prudence and Sir Anthony.