The Devil on Horseback

Name: The Devil on Horseback
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Victoria Holt
ISBN: 9781461810872

Author: Victoria Holt

Narrator: Davina Porter

Unabridged: 12 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 11/04/2011

Categories: Fiction, Romance

Synopsis

With worldwide sales of over fifty-six million of her novels, Victoria Holt is one of the most popular romantic suspense novelists of all time. Anyone who enjoyed her novel, The Shadow of the Lynx, will be eager to devour another of her unforgettable tales. Enamored by the handsome and arrogant Charles-Auguste, a wealthy French aristocrat, eighteen-year-old Minella is drawn into a complicated world of danger, betrayal, and murder. Denying her own suspicion that he has murdered his wife, she struggles with her fascination for the seductive and mysterious count. Against the backdrop of the incipient French Revolution, Minella’s life becomes a series of adventures that all lead to an exciting and unexpected climax. Reminiscent of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the historic setting and the powerful heroine captivate any reader who enjoys a book that is impossible to put down.

About Victoria Holt

Eleanor Alice Burford Hibbert, better known to readers as Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, and Jean Plaidy, was one of the world's most beloved and enduring authors. Her career spanned five decades and she was heralded as the "Queen of Romantic Suspense." She continued to write historical fiction under the name of Jean Plaidy and romantic suspense as Victoria Holt-up until the time of her death on January 18, 1993.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Justin on June 15, 2022

Victoria Holt is a polarizing figure for those of us in the Gothic aisle of academia. Her Mistress of Mellyn (1960) bears significant responsibility for spurring a major genre revival during the 1960s and 70s. Though this era produced far more pulp paperbacks than masterpieces, I would describe it a......more

Goodreads review by Lynne on June 26, 2013

This is the first Gothic romance that I have ever read and it literally amazed me. This was an impulse buy on my recent holiday in Wales. I was happy and relaxed; it was a sunny day and I was just yards away from the beach. It was initially the blurb that captured my imagination. There is nothing bet......more

Goodreads review by Ana on October 10, 2023

Extremely enjoyable and engaging Holt, even if it’s too damned long for its own good. The male protagonist was absolutely repugnant to me, though.......more

Goodreads review by LuvBug on August 05, 2016

Wow, what an interesting read! I could not put this book down, but surprisingly it was not because of the romance between the hero and heroine, which was sadly lacking. It was because of the intriguing story-line, the French Revolution, the plight of one of my favorite secondary characters ever (the......more

Goodreads review by HÜLYA on December 27, 2018

Bu kadar beğeneceğimi ummuyordum... Boşuna dememişler ne varsa eskilerde var diye..........more