Wishing Everyone A Magical Winter Fantasy
I am honoured to have narrated three Christmas-themed books written by the late Barbara Metzger, much-loved writer of Regency Romance.
She had a unique gift for balancing romance between iconic characters – usually accompanied by irresistible dogs or cats – with mischievous wit, slapstick comedy and the redemptive power of fantasy.
Celebrate the magic of Christmas and welcome the new year by listening to her stories.
Listen to a sample and download AN ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS in USA
Listen to a sample and download AN ENCHANTED CHRISTMAS in UK
Listen to a sample and download FATHER CHRISTMAS in UK
Listen to a sample and download FATHER CHRISTMAS in USA
Listen to a sample and download GREETINGS OF THE SEASON in UK
Listen to a sample and download GREETINGS OF THE SEASON in USA
Looking at November
October
Photograph by MARTIN HÜBSCHER © October 2023
August/Anxious
I Capture The Castle
Ightham Mote, Kent on 31st May, 2023.
An artist I know commented that I looked like “Cassandra Mortmain grown up”.
Cassandra is the heroine of Dodie Smith’s wonderful book I Capture The Castle (1948), about sexual awakening, romantic longings, financial realities and the heartbreaking lessons of young adulthood – and being told that I embody a fictional character even for a moment is the best compliment an actor could be paid.
The Virtue of Scandal
Richard Redgrave The Governess oil painting, 1844. Detail.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
“You’re a governess?”
To save her younger brother from poverty and her country from invasion,
Simone must sound like anything but an English governess.
The audiobook version of Barbara Metzger’s
Regency Romance
THE SCANDALOUS LIFE OF A TRUE LADY
is now available on Audible UK, Audible US, Amazon and iTunes
narrated by Pippa Rathborne
Simone and Harry are meant for each other.
But there’s a problem:
She can see the future
He can taste the truth
“I propose to hire you as an actress.”
“I am no actress.”
“For one hundred pounds.”
“I can learn.
What role shall I play?”
“Why, my mistress, of course.”
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” Oscar Wilde
A lady never tells
Jean-Jacques Bachelier White angora cat, chasing a butterfly 1761 Versailles, musée Lambinet
Another Spring
Mourning becomes her
Regency Fashion Plate of woman and child in Mourning Metropolitan Museum of Art
‘What was one more opinion about the future of European politics
compared to the fate of two little boys?’
The audiobook version of Barbara Metzger’s celebration of adoption and stepfamily love,
a precious gift wrapped inside a Regency Romance, narrated by Pippa Rathborne
FATHER CHRISTMAS
Now available on Audible UK, Audible US, Amazon and iTunes,
“That’s the best present of all! It’s one of my Christmas wishes come true!”
LISTEN TO PIPPA RATHBORNE ON AUDIBLE
‘Even the longest journey comes to an end except, perhaps, the journey to self-awareness.’ Barbara Metzger