The Foundling

 

Georgette Heyer (read by Phyllida Nash)

 

The Foundling is the adventures of the orphaned at birth, young Duke of Sales, who manages to escape the loving and well-intentioned bonds of his family and retinue in order to prove to himself and his family that he has reached maturity and is quite capable of taking care of himself and his dukedom. It is absurd and most entertaining, in a word, a farce. Pure escapism. Nobody does this kind of historical fiction with the same eclat, the same sense of humor and same writing talent as Georgette Heyer. 

 

Four stars and a bit, because it is laugh out loud funny.