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Roger Ascham and the King's Lost Girl

By: Matthew Reilly
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
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Summary

In this special prequel to Matthew Reilly’s The Tournament, Roger Ascham, the unorthodox tutor of Princess Elizabeth, is tasked by King Henry VIII with a most unusual and dangerous mission – tracking down a favourite prostitute of the King's who has gone missing.

©2014 Matthew Reilly (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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"Nobody writes action like Matthew Reilly." ( Vince Flynn)

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Loved this

This is a great short story. I was really taken back in time would make a good film

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excellent Narrative

Excellent story and the narrator was spot on. The author always writes interesting and well researched books

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A little gem

Really enjoyed this freebie, I was drawn in immediately and my interest didn't wane.
Nice pace, atmospheric and very well narrated. thankyou

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Nice free gift

Good historical short story that I recieved as a free gift. As such it was greatly appreciated. An interesting half hours listen.

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A Great Little Listen

Enjoyable and entertaining. Can't beat it for the price. It's a good story, well read.

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Bad fanfiction

This reads like peculiarly bad fanfiction of Ray Winstone's Henry VIII

I can live with the swearing, even though it goes against the historical record. But Reilly doesn't appear to have stopped and thought about how England worked in 1545

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This was a really good mystery.

Although a bit grizzly towards the end, I found that I did enjoy this mystery from Matthew Reilly.

Matthew has taken Princess Elizabeth (I) real tutor and woven a tale of mystery that is very good, with for me anyway the likable character of Roger Ascham.

This was a really good mystery with a good set of characters and well plotted and written.

I know Matthew has written The Tournament as the next full length mystery, but I would love to see more Roger Ascham novels and short stories in the future.

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Not his best.

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I normally love Matthew's book and own all of them as audio books, I enjoy them that much.
So was very disappointed with this one. I know it was a short story and just introducing you to a New set of characters/ type of story, but it seemed to lack Matthew's gun ho action. Yes I know it was set in olden times with things like dungeons and the rack etc but he has written plots set in the past a lot better (see Temple). I guess it didn't help that it was so short and I didn't warm up to the main character.

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Fun short story

Easy, quick listen with likeable protagonist. I'd be interested in more from the same author

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good short story

good short story would suit both genders from ages of 14 up to 100. not just another boring tuder book.

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