· One of Georgette Heyer’s most beloved novels, Venetia is set in the countryside of the North Riding of Yorkshire three years after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Its eponymous heroine Venetia Lanyon is not your conventional Heyer Regency Miss. Unmarried at age twenty-five she has never been in love, is close to being on the shelf, and has resigned herself to the narrow fate of Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins. Venetia by Georgette Heyer "But you're enchanting!" he exclaimed. She put out her hands quickly, to hold him off. "No!" He caught her wrists, and swept them behind her, clipping them in the small of her back, and so holding her chest to chest. Her heart beat fast; she felt breathless, but not afraid. Venetia is many readers’ favorite Heyer novel, but not mine. The heroine is older, bolder, and little concerned with the proprieties; she is also kind and thoughtful and beautiful, so you get to have it /5(K).
The title of this book is Venetia and it was written by Georgette Heyer. This particular edition is in a Audio CD format. This books publish date is and it has a suggested retail price of $ It was published by Naxos AudioBooks and has a total of 1 pages in the book. I asked my Heyer-loving friends about a different Heyer novel and I was encouraged to read Venetia instead. I took that $ plunge and bought a copy. Venetia is the story of rake on the road to reformation and a sheltered miss that is not all shy, finding love against the wishes and good opinion of most everyone. Heyer no doubt had fun writing it and I can see why legions of loyal readers want to spend hours in her world. I loved my first foray into the world of Georgette Heyer. It was a pleasure to curl up with Venetia and get lost in her story. Yes, I know I should have listened to the people telling me to read her sooner.
Reading Georgette Heyer is the next best thing to reading Jane Austen."—Publishers Weekly. Beautiful, capable, and independent minded, Venetia Lanyon's life on her family's estate in the country side is somewhat www.doorway.ru her neighbor, the infamous Lord Damerel, a charming rake shunned by polite society, is about to shake things up. Venetia is many readers’ favorite Heyer novel, but not mine. The heroine is older, bolder, and little concerned with the proprieties; she is also kind and thoughtful and beautiful, so you get to have it both ways. One of Georgette Heyer’s most beloved novels, Venetia is set in the countryside of the North Riding of Yorkshire three years after the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Its eponymous heroine Venetia Lanyon is not your conventional Heyer Regency Miss. Unmarried at age twenty-five she has never been in love, is close to being on the shelf, and has resigned herself to the narrow fate of spinsterhood.
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