The biography of this ancestor of Princess Diana provides powerful insights into three social issues still debated today: gambling addiction, women in politics, and sexual morality among the rich. Georgiana struggled mightily with all three, and Amanda Foreman successfully integrates them to present a woman of great depth. Virginia Leishman achieves a perfect blend of scholastic presentation with compassionate portrayal, reading the letters of Georgiana and her contemporaries as convincing dialog. Leishman even changes her performance of Georgiana to reflect her age and health. In an author's interview on the last tape, Foreman speaks of becoming so involved with her subject that she actually burst into tears reading a back stabbing letter from one of Georgiana’s friends. Leishman completely captures Foreman's attachment, as well as the reader's attention from beginning to end.
Pub Date: Jan. 22, 2001
Duration: 18 hrs
Publisher: Recorded Books Inc.
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
James Michener tells the real stories behind the man and his books. The recording is read with skill and consistency although the reader does little to enhance the robust, larger-than-life incidents related in the book. Due to the first-person narrative format, there is no opportunity for the narrator to change his voice. This makes some chapters monotonous as they go on and on in the typical Michener style. The listener may also become confused because the stories are not told chronologically. This is not a great choice for the audio format, but Michener fans may stick with it to the end.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 22 hrs
Publisher: Books on Tape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
In a quest for a sense of inner contentment and self-worth, Gloria Steinem brings the reader on a journey of investigation and discovery. Steinem reads the text herself in a straightforward and friendly, but not intimate, presentation which is so easy to listen to it invites repetition--thus ensuring the painless relearning of the lessons of the book. It's difficult to tell from the reading that this audiobook is abridged; each section can stand alone. Nonetheless, the listener wished the book were unabridged. Steinem left me wanting to learn more.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 3 hrs
Publisher: Dove Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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