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The Toll-Gate (Unabridged) [Audio Download]

by Georgette Heyer (Author), Daniel Hill (Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 9 hours and 15 minutes
  • Program Type: Audiobook
  • Version: Unabridged
  • Publisher: AudioGO Ltd.
  • Audible Release Date: 1 April 2010
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B003F6OGZQ
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

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Captain John Staple's exploits in the Peninsula had earned him the sobriquet Crazy Jack amongst his fellows in the Dragoon Guards. Now home from Waterloo, life in peacetime is rather dull for the adventure-loving captain. But when he finds himself lost at an unmanned toll-house in the Pennines, his soldiering days suddenly pale away beside an adventure - and romance - of a lifetime.

©1954 Georgette Heyer; (P)2010 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
The Toll-Gate 16 Nov 2005
Format:Paperback
This is classic Georgette Heyer, gentle and terribly well mannered with a typically spirited heroine. John is a worthy suiter and the eventual outcome is pretty obvious from the start. However the many twists in the plot and the immaculate attention to period speech and costume are as wonderful as ever. I've read over forty of her fifty or more published works and this would creep in at about number 10. Try it, then try The Grand Sophy, in my opinion the incomparable Heyer at her finest.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whilst lost in the Derbyshire Peak District, and purely by chance, John Staple comes upon a toll-gate at the dead of night. Strangely there is only a young boy there to operate it. His curiosity pricked, John decides to stay and find out what is going on. Here begins one of Heyer's adventure stories, with mystery, villains, and plenty of derring-do. It is a romance of course, and Nell Stornaway, coping bravely in the face of adversity and very trying house-guests, is attractive as all of Heyer's heroines are. As ever, the charming and funny minor characters are half of the joy of the story. A pleasure to read, and good enough to come back to again and again.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
great fun 13 Mar 2008
Format:Paperback
more a mystery story than a romance but still great stuff. keeps you intrested as i couldnt put it down and read it in an afternoon.
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Georgette Heyer - The Best
This is a book I am happy to read again and again. Her characters always come alive for me. The Toll Gate has plenty of humour, romance and mystery and I will no doubt read it... Read more
Published 3 days ago by Dingbat
The Toll Gate by Georgette Heyer. Kindle Edition.
Not by any means the best of G. Heyer's novels: this one was rather trite in its' rhythm of unfolding the plot and the ending was rather abrupt(all 'baddies' conveniently getting... Read more
Published 1 month ago by em. musician
Secrets, Squires, Mystery & Murder in Derbyshire's Hills
Captain John Staple is on his way to visit a friend at his hunting lodge when a chance meeting with a scared boy left in charge of a toll-gate on a wild night changes all his... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Crux Roesia
Not a typical Georgette Heyer romance...
This is not a typical Georgette Heyer regency romance. This story is all about the hero Captain John Staple playing detective and trying to solve a mystery/crime. Read more
Published 4 months ago by JMV
I like to buy books from Amazon
I am very satisfied with the book I bought and the speed with which it was sent and the price.
Published on 17 Mar 2010 by Eva Weis Bentzon
theToll Gate
This was one of my favourite books written by Georgette.
There is as ever a feisty heroine and she has a dying aristocratic uncle who wants to uphold the honour of the... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2010 by R. Ridsdill Smith
A good read
One of her more interesting regency romance stories with very likeable characters. I enjoyed it.
Published on 22 May 2009 by Esta
One of her best.....
This is one of the author's best. I read her Regency romances when I was in high school and now am re reading them. Read more
Published on 17 Oct 2006 by Kathleen Kelley
THE TOLL GATE
I Have read all georgette heyer novels this one is in the same style as the unknown ajax and the nonesuch, in this book captain john staple is a wonderfull hero and there are a lot... Read more
Published on 22 Jan 2006 by S M CLARK
My favourite Georgette Heyer so far.
This was the second Georgette Heyer I read, having been given an old copy by my Aunt. Being very tall myself I identified with the heroine Nell and fell in love with John. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2001
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