The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters by Susan Petigru King-Bowen ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters by Susan Petigru King-Bowen audiobook. Genre: romance Portugal, 1812: while the Peninsular War grinds on, a British brigade settles into winter quarters at Elvas, where officers and their families try to turn boredom, uncertainty, and old-world etiquette into something like a season. Into this charged half-peacetime steps Lady Mabel Stewart, newly arrived from Scotland at her father Lord Strathern's summons. Young, observant, and suddenly surrounded by uniforms, rank, and rumor, Mabel must learn the unwritten rules of camp society - and decide which ones are worth obeying. The arrival of the captivating Spaniard Colonel l'Isle brings glamour and danger in equal measure, stirring talk of allegiance, reputation, and forbidden attachment. But romance here is never private: every glance is witnessed, every kindness interpreted, and jealousies flare as quickly as flirtations. As theatricals, dinners, and petty rivalries play out against a landscape marked by marching armies, Mabel finds herself caught between duty and desire, family expectations and personal judgment. Part courtship tale, part social portrait, this episode asks what love can mean when war is only a few miles away. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 01 (00:17:48) Chapter 02 (00:43:16) Chapter 03 (01:09:28) Chapter 04 (01:33:12) Chapter 05 (01:54:38) Chapter 06 (02:19:17) Chapter 07 (02:56:13) Chapter 08 (03:07:59) Chapter 09 (03:30:23) Chapter 10 (04:01:37) Chapter 11 (04:45:20) Chapter 12 (05:02:03) Chapter 13 (05:36:48) Chapter 14 (06:05:51) Chapter 15 (06:50:39) Chapter 16 (07:07:52) Chapter 17 (07:41:24) Chapter 18 (08:28:31) Chapter 19 (08:49:22) Chapter 20 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices