7 episodes

A sparkling Regency romantic comedy by Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy is a story of love, intrigue, and high spirits.

The Grand Sophy thegrandsophy

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    • 5.0 • 14 Ratings

A sparkling Regency romantic comedy by Georgette Heyer, The Grand Sophy is a story of love, intrigue, and high spirits.

    Episode 6: Losers and Lovers

    Episode 6: Losers and Lovers

    Sophy’s father Sir Horace returns from Brazil to be told by Charles and Lady Ombersley that Sophy is about to scandalise all of London by apparently eloping with Lord Charlbury.
    There's more about the Grand Sophy Podcast on Facebook and all Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are available to buy from Penguin books or The Grand Sophy website where there are lots more links.

    • 16 min
    Episode 5: Pistols and Plots

    Episode 5: Pistols and Plots

    Sophy discovers young Hubert Rivenhall is hopelessly in debt to a money-lender, and determines to remedy the situation. She sells a pair of earrings given her by her father, and confronts the money-lender alone.
    There's more about the Grand Sophy Podcast on Facebook and all Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are available to buy from Penguin books or The Grand Sophy website where there are lots more links.

    • 23 min
    Episode 4: Music & Mayhem

    Episode 4: Music & Mayhem

    The day of the Ombersley Ball approaches with the Duke of York promising to make an appearance.  Among the 500 guests Sophy meets the dashing Lord Charlbury and Ceci makes a startling announcement.
    There's more about the Grand Sophy Podcast on Facebook and all Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are available to buy from Penguin books or The Grand Sophy website where there are lots more links.

    • 25 min
    Episode 3: Bluebells & Bluestockings

    Episode 3: Bluebells & Bluestockings

    Eugenia is so upset following Sophy’s outrageous behaviour  - driving her down St James’ in her new high perch Phaeton  - that she retreats to her sister’s house to recover her equilibrium.  Sophy finds herself fending off the boring Lord Bromford, and plans a trip to the country by way of escape.
    There's more about the Grand Sophy Podcast on Facebook and all Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are available to buy from Penguin books or The Grand Sophy website where there are lots more links. 

    • 21 min
    Episode 2: Riding and Recklessness

    Episode 2: Riding and Recklessness

    After upsetting Charles by driving off in his carriage while she waits for him to return from a meeting – Sophy nevertheless impresses him with the way she handles his pair of grays.   Less impressed is Charles’s fiancée Eugenia who invites Sophy to ride in Hyde Park intending to instruct her in the way ladies from good families are supposed to behave.
    There's more about the Grand Sophy Podcast on Facebook and all Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are available to buy from Penguin books or The Grand Sophy website where there are lots more links

    • 19 min
    Episode 1: Alarms and Arrivals

    Episode 1: Alarms and Arrivals

    A mud-spattered carriage draws up in front of Ombersley House in Berkeley Square, the home of the Rivenhall family. It is spring in the year 1815, when the battle of Waterloo has been safely won, and Sir Horace Stanton-Lacy has persuaded his sister Lady Ombersley to introduce his only child, the 19-year-old Sophy, to London Society. Sophy arrives with a monkey, a parrot, a dog, and a magnificent horse, all of which enchant her young cousins. Less enchanted is their older brother Charles, who has taken charge of the family since his father Lord Ombersley has gambled away most of his money.
    There's more about the Grand Sophy Podcast on Facebook and all Georgette Heyer's Regency romances are available to buy from Penguin books or The Grand Sophy website where there are lots more links

    • 24 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
14 Ratings

14 Ratings

Hskygrl ,

More please!

This was so fun! True to the spirit of the book and included all my favorite scenes. Please make more!

Xuéshēng ,

How fun!

So fun! Such a great book and this is a great adaptation!

Richard KL ,

A delight!

This audio adaptation is delightful fun all the way through. It is an absolute must for fans of Jane Austen novels and other dramas about the Regency period, though this has a bit more of the spark of sattire and poking fun explicitly than some other more measured stories.

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