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The Dark Earl

By: Virginia Henley
Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
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Publisher's summary

New York Times best-selling author Virginia Henley transports listeners to Victorian England for this delicious tale. The future Earl of Lichfield, Thomas Anson, is determined to restore his ruined ancestral estate to its former glory. To do this, he’ll need to marry an heiress. The beautiful Lady Harriet Hamilton may be just the woman for the job, but she refuses to marry for anything but true love.

©2011 Virginia Henley (P)2011 Recorded Books, LLC
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“The characters are refreshingly fun and the story is a delightful romp from beginning to end, with the perfect balance of impudence and romance.” ( Publisher’s Weekly)

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Drones on and on

I thought I would like this book, because I usually like Virginia Henley, but this book, at times, just droned on and on with no real direction. I mean everything but the kitchen sink was thrown into this book with useless characters and useless subplots. I still had three hours to go and I felt like I’d already listened to two books worth of storyline. By this point I was done and totally bored. If you like a storyline that never seems to end, this is the book for you. I liked the narrator, but sometimes I had a difficult time distinguishing one character from another. It could be because there were so many tertiary characters it was difficult to keep up with so many people. I would not recommend this book.

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Good enough story, slow narrator

Good in parts but quite predictable as these types of books are but I found this one a bit slow - along with the narrator. I doubled up on the speed.

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nope

the most boring book I have ever tried to read. I'll probably never get one of her books again

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