| The Foundling: Complete & Unabridged |  | Author: Georgette Heyer
Creator: Phyllida Nash
Publisher: Chivers Audio Books
Category: Book
Buy New: £44.99
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 1588590
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Media: Audio Cassette
Edition: Unabridged
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.7 x 2.4
ISBN: 0754006093
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780754006091
ASIN: 0754006093
Publication Date: February 2001
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 Not a typical Regency romance but still wonderful August 22, 2008
CJ (London, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was never one of my favourite Heyer's when I first started reading her books, probably because I was looking for romance, and in this book that element very much takes a back seat. I re-read it recently on holiday however and really enjoyed it for completely different reasons. The story mainly focuses on Gilly (the Duke of Sale) who is fed up with being molly coddled by his many doting retainers and protective relatives. Our hero is far from your traditional tall, dark and handsome alpha heros but is 'below average height', slightly delicate and very gentle with a 'sweet disposition'. He is reluctant to hurt the feelings of those who have his interests so much at heart but is totally fed up with being thwarted every time he tries to assert himself by all the well-meaning busy bodies who surround him. He decides he'd like to see what it's like to be just plain Mr Dash from Nowhere and his cousin Matthew gives him the opportunity. Matthew has become entangled with a very dodgy character who claims to be the guardian of the blindingly beautiful but extremely dim-witted Belinda (the Foundling of the title). The adventures Gilly encounters as plain Mr Rufford are what makes this book so charming and so enjoyable. He becomes involved with a runaway school boy, various colourful rogues, highway men and inn-keepers, he gets captured, escapes and manages to fend for himself very well in the end. As usual there is loads of wonderful detail and plenty of funny moments. They wind up in Bath where Gilly enlists the help of his betrothed (who he proposes to at the beginning of the book at the suggestion of his uncle who has virtually arranged the match). His Harriet is the perfect match for him, shy and gentle but with a strong core and the whole muddled, complicated plot comes out happily in the end. Of course. If you are looking for passionate romance this is not for you but if you love Heyer, her insights into Regency life, her humour and originality this one is definitely worth reading.
 One even my husband read and loved. February 5, 2008
JESS (Yorkshire)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I loved this from start to finish. Gilly, the Duke of Sale, is so utterly likeable and endearing that my whoops about him and this very funny adventure, even got my husband to read it! If you prefer gentlemen heroes rather than arrogant rakes, then you will LOVE THIS.
As others have said, the romance is there but is secondary to the adventure and intrigue that comsumes the adorable Gilly.
Adventure and (a little) romance February 6, 2001
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
This is a fabulous Georgette Heyer, full of energy, witty and with a good plot. The romance between The Duke of Sale, a wonderfully unusual quiet and shy hero, and Harriet is understated and not given many pages, but the adventure and characters make up for this. The romance when it happens is also very real and lovely.
Classic romance and adventure you seek November 19, 1998
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
I know this writer from another writer's fan group. Heyer is a bit old and not easy to obtain. But her work has the value. The stage is the Regent days of England. The hero, Adolphus, is amazing. He has a dwarfish (as he himself says) height but his energy is mighty. Through this story of a lot of strange adventures he grows up and becomes a manly man and finds out his true love. I was really disappointed when I heard there is no more continuation with this hero.
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