
Length11h 16m
About this audiobook
The curtain is pulled back to reveal the hidden struggles and profound longing of a Duke often seen only as a paragon of virtue. His pursuit of Clorinda is marked by patience, strength, and a deep, silent passion. We witness the burden of nobility and the vulnerability of a man in love. It is a companion piece that adds rich texture to a familiar romance.
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GenreHistorical Fiction, Romance
Length11 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 23, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Fifth Day of April, 1676
2CHAPTER II: "He is the King"
3CHAPTER III: Sir Jeoffry Wildairs
4CHAPTER IV: "God Have Mercy on its Evil Fortunes"
5CHAPTER V: My Lord Marquess Plunges into the Thames
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6CHAPTER VI: "No; She has not yet Come to Court"
7CHAPTER VII: "'Tis Clo Wildairs, Man—All the County Knows the Vixen."
8CHAPTER VIII: In which my Lady Betty Tantillion writes of a Scandal
9CHAPTER IX: Sir John Oxon Lays a Wager at Cribb's Coffee House.
10CHAPTER X: My Lord Marquess rides to Camylott.
11CHAPTER XI: "It Might Have Been—It Might Have Been!"
12CHAPTER XII: In Which is Sold a Portrait
13CHAPTER XIII: "Your—Grace!"
14CHAPTER XIV: "For all her youth—there is no other woman like her"
15CHAPTER XV: "And 'twas the town rake and beauty—Sir John Oxon"
16CHAPTER XVI: A Rumour
17CHAPTER XVII: As Hugh de Mertoun Rode
18CHAPTER XVIII: A Night in which my Lord Duke Did Not Sleep
19CHAPTER XIX: "Then you might have been one of those——"
20CHAPTER XX: At Camylott
21CHAPTER XXI: Upon the Moor
22CHAPTER XXII: My Lady Dunstanwolde is Widowed
23CHAPTER XXIII: Her Ladyship Returns to Town
24CHAPTER XXIV: Sir John Oxon Returns Also
25CHAPTER XXV: To-morrow
26CHAPTER XXVI: A Dead Rose
27CHAPTER XXVII: "'Twas the night thou hidst the package in the wall"
28CHAPTER XXVIII: Sir John Rides out of Town
29CHAPTER XXIX: At the Cow at Wichben
30CHAPTER XXX: On Tyburn Hill
31CHAPTER XXXI: Their Graces Keep their Wedding Day at Camylott
32CHAPTER XXXII: In the Turret Chamber—and in Camylott Wood
33IMPRINT | DISCLAIMER