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The Duchess

by Danielle Steel

Narrated by Gideon Emery

4.28 BLT Score
(15.7K ratings)
★ 4.06 Goodreads (13.5K) ★ 4.62 Audible (2.2K)

Why You'll Love This

It takes a certain boldness to cast a male narrator on a story about a woman who turns her betrayal into an empire — Emery earns it.

  • Great if you want: historical fiction with a resilient woman outsmarting a rigged system
  • Listening experience: steady and absorbing — Steel's clean pacing keeps 10 hours moving
  • Narration: Emery's measured, aristocratic delivery fits the Victorian world naturally
  • Skip if: you find Steel's prose too polished for gritty historical drama

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