An Excellent Walker

A Pride and Prejudice Variation

By: Lyndsay Constable

Narrated by: Eric Priessman

Is Mr. Darcy capable of wanting to marry just for the sake of love?

An unexpected meeting between Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet becomes suddenly and shockingly dangerous. Mr. Darcy is determined to protect Elizabeth, but his exertions leave him grievously wounded. Sheltering with him in a shepherd’s hut, Elizabeth tends to Darcy’s injuries while trying to suppress her concern about the impropriety of her circumstances, as well as the fever-induced proposal that results.

While they survive the imminent threat, others at Rosings do not, altering the fates of their friends and relations. The connection between them seems to have thus come to an end. Elizabeth’s emotions, enflamed by the forced intimacy in the shepherd’s hut, are aggravated when Darcy—now healing from his injuries—arrives to make good on his proposal. What woman wants an offer of marriage made in service to her reputation rather than to romantic love? Or was there love there all along?

An Excellent Walker is a Pride and Prejudice variation.

©2022 Lyndsay Constable (P)2022 Quills & Quartos Publishing

Brave Elizabeth

I loved the premise and the adventure Elizabeth and Darcy had, especially brave an d determined Elizabeth. Darcy needed some time to remember their interaction but there is a HEA. Highly recommended.

Loved the story. Needed a different narrator.

I really enjoyed this pride and prejudice variation. The story was well written and Darcy and Elizabeth’s personalities were true to canon.
But the narrator had difficulty with female voices; they were high pitched and sounded elderly. I found it quite distracting.

A Wonderful Take on Lizzy and Darcy

Pride and Prejudice is one of my all time favorite novels. This alternative take on events during Elizabeth's Kent visit is absolutely wonderful. Getting a new point of view on Darcy as a person was just lovely.

Great story

A great story. A story with some angst. But not too much. Just enough. A love story. Great Jaff

Enjoyable Variation with Surprise ‘Invasion Force’

Unusual happenings in this P&P Variation - especially Elizabeth and Darcy’s potentially compromising situation and the reason for it. I liked the backstory of how Mrs Hill taught the young Elizabeth healing remedies. The new-to-me narrator has a good voice but Reads the book with little emotion or inflection. He sounded rather flat to me, however, he seemed to warm up over the reading and by the end of the story, he was better.

Enjoyable P&P Variation

4.5 stars
This is a new to me author and I enjoyed the story. I've never seen the catalyst for the forced proximity done like this before. So to me, the set up was unique. Darcy was pretty funny while suffering from injuries. And I loved that Darcy developed positive relationships with a servant in gratitude for what was taught to Elizabeth. It showed how he isn't so proud after all.
Though the ups and downs in the relationship of D&E may have been for differing reasons from canon some of the time, it was fun to watch how they dealt with them.
There are some surprising twists along the way that I was not expecting yet once they happened it wasn't surprising at all that they had occurred. I could totally see it happening. Lady C's response to the French being a case in point.
There was just one element of the story that I didn't like but to say what would be a spoiler. I just would have preferred one minor side story happen slower and be told in an epilogue instead. But my complaint was just a brief part and secondary to the main story.
I think to narrator did a pretty good job too.

No sex or language
Some war violence

This story allows us to witness how people without power turn on each other in their pursuit of security and wealth.

The narrator straddles a southern accent and an American one. I require British when listening to British literature.

Enjoyed!

I loved reading this story so o wanted to experience it in audible form.
It did not disappoint!

Interesting twist

Even though much of the story follows the tried and true, there were many interesting twists. Elizabeth and Darcy reveal their true emotions in a slightly unexpected way.
I will listen again in a few weeks I’m sure.

Excellent!

This book is now included in my favorites collection. Our couple are caught up in an invasion from above by Napoleon’s forces. Some nail biting scenes. A lovely story of honest confessions, saving of lives and love discovered.

Narration is spot on. Another favorite added to my lists. A wonderful voice.

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