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The Duchess

Written by: Danielle Steel
Narrated by: Gideon Emery
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Publisher's Summary

An enthralling novel set in early 19th-century England, Paris, and New York, featuring an indomitable young heroine who rises from ruin to become the toast of Paris, by way of the chic bordello she establishes for the most powerful men in France.

Turned out of her ancestral home by her vicious half brother, the orphaned daughter of an English duke and a French noblewoman makes her way to Paris and takes in abused French streetwalkers, transforming them into sought-after courtesans in the city's most exclusive bordello, Le Boudoir. It is only the beginning of her return to the upper reaches of society and ultimate justice.

©2017 Danielle Steel (P)2017 Recorded Books

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Great book

Enjoyable read from start to finish! #Audible1 Gideon Emery does a great job narrating this book.

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it's a good book

loved it and feels like I travel back to old England the story is beautiful, just other stories that Danielle S. writes

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  • 2022-05-29

Excellent

The story was very interesting l loved it the narrator made the story even better. Excellent!!

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Un voyage dans le temps

J ai adorer le narrateur j ai eu l impression d être transporté dans l histoire , très bien écrit.






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Simple yet very entertaining

I am still a fairly new fan of DS. I really enjoyed this book and how it ended. Narration really added to the story and brought out the best in each character.

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Danielle Steele at her best

just loved my first audible book I must admit it took me a few chapters to kind of get used to listening instead of reading the words but for someone who has sight issues it was fantastic. highly recommend audible and of course you can't go wrong with a boo of DS.

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Captivating

Thoroughly enjoyed it from the beginning to the end! It has a great storyline! Great!

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  • A. Murphree
  • 2017-08-02

Provides nice fantasy escape

While I really enjoyed this story initially, the way the author continued to remind us how beautiful Angelique is and how smart she is and how people are drawn to her and want to be near her was very repetitive. I understand that in the beginning it is necessary to help set the tone of the story and to repeat it again later for certain situations is one thing, but every time a new characters relationship was discussed the entire thing was repeated over and over. Otherwise the story was grand and wonderful...the ending, superb.
I really enjoyed this narrator and enjoyed his many voices for the various characters. I have had quite a bit of experience with audio books in the past that have not been this pleasant.

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  • Tina
  • 2018-05-18

Fenris reads!

Gideon Emery's performance is perfection. His character voices are varied, and his pacing is moderate. It's like having Fenris read a bedtime story to Hawke. But, Varric would have written a much more interesting story.

I thought I was getting a romance novel by the "great" Danielle Steele. The writing is repetitive and there isn't any sex!!! NONE! The love interest doesn't even show up until the last 1/10th of the book. The character of the Duchess is a feminist. That's about the only good thing I have to say about it. Reminiscent of Downton Abbey, with less interesting characters.

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  • Gale
  • 2017-08-01

Great book!

If you like Downton Abbey, you will enjoy this book. Could not stop listening to it.

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  • America Serrano
  • 2017-07-25

Awesome

Loved the storyline and the narrator did a fabulous job! When do we get a sequel?

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  • Leah M
  • 2018-11-19

An insult to writing

This book is the most two-dimensional, uninspired piece of writing I've ever read. The entire book reads like Cliffnotes, all telling and no showing. It feels as if Danielle Steele wrote a bunch of footnotes about the plot, had an intern fill in some empty words to make complete sentences, and then sent it off to be published.

The narrator could have phoned it in, but his performance is the only interesting thing about this book. I genuinely feel sorry for him for having to slog through this garbage.

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  • Courtney
  • 2017-07-17

Granny Dan may take a side seat to this one!

As a dance teacher my favorite book by DS has always been Granny Dan however this title will be a very , very close second if not right beside on the "favorite shelve" !

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  • Tiffany Miller
  • 2018-08-06

Engrossing book

I loved this book. The main character keeps you rooting for her as she faces numerous struggles. Danielle Steel is one of my favorite authors.

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  • Gay j wyche
  • 2018-07-15

Emotional

I had every emotion you can have while listening to this book. The revenge was wonderful.


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  • Norma Munoz
  • 2017-10-04

Keeps you guessing!

I couldn't stop listening. Right when you thought you knew what was going to happen, there was a curve ball. Great story.

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  • Angela
  • 2018-10-01

Duchess

liked the story. fun to listen too espwcially the ending. some sad parts but Danielle alwaus brings them stronger.

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