Lovely reading and stong emotional story!

Wonderful story, lovely narated in a clean clear voice! And very educational! It captures you from the start and doesn't let go! Thoroughly enjoyed it!

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Fantastic insight

This book, gives a great inside view to the world of the late King George the Sixth and Mr Logue.
Showing that friendship is earned, with hard work and patience.

5 *

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I loved the film, but this book gives so much more

A wonderful true story. I really enjoyed knowing the wider picture. One to read again.

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Not as expected!

A documentary rather than the dramatisation I expected. An interesting story covering an interesting period in history from a very personal point of view.

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Welcome biographical insight

Would you listen to The King's Speech again? Why?

Perhaps. Not a bad biographical material, but I would rather use it for future reference.

Have you listened to any of Jamie Glover’s other performances? How does this one compare?

I cannot recall listening to him before. He did a good job and his narration was all well with me.

Any additional comments?

I have seen the movie, liked it a lot and was intrigued to see the events from a different point of view. I enjoyed the book although I did not feel being dragged into it. It was a nice version of already known. I was slightly disappointed that my favorite scene of the duchess meeting Lionel for the first time was likely an invention of the filmers, however something like this was to be expected and did not discourage me.
I can recommend the book to anyone interested in the events on the British throne in the first half of the last century.

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A very different book to the film.

Despite the book being very different to the film, it’s a great addendum to it. Well worth a listen.

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I Loved It

I was so looking forward to listening to this book.. And it didn't let me down, I loved it.. In fact I have now listened to this book 3 times.

I must also say that the narrator Jamie Glover is brilliant, he keeps you listening all the way through.

Even the last chapter brought a tear to my eye (even on the 3rd time of listening)

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A bit part in a Parallel Life

I was always thrilled by the story and now much more so by its deservedly acclaimed telling.
My parents were 'the King's speech doctor's' Harley St. care-takers.I was just born. My mother told me I was in the room downstairs as the King made his broadcasts. This is not borne out by Mark Logue's fascinating book, but just once or twice early on perhaps? I have no idea of course, but I always imagined I may have cried out of place...
My father wrote, 'in 1938 we moved ...into a prestige area - Harley St. W1 as live-in caretakers ...until late 1941 and she(ie I)was taken into Regents Park every day where she became known as the Princess of Harley St. by the local mothers.'(I love that bit!
y mother said we watched the 'dog fights'in the sky . My father said sourly that we had to be pulled to safety...)
'The intense bombing of the Battle of Britain eventually drove us out after the house 3 doors away had been clawed down into dust and Madame Tussauds 200 yards away was completely destroyed by a landmine on a parachute.' (Monty Python at work here?!JP)
'I used to have to cycle to work in Whitehall via Regent St. and Haymarket over roads that were completely covered in broken plate glass after the night's work by the Luftwaffe..'

In fact my father set up and maintained the underground War Cabinet telephone system (and advised on its present museum presentation), at times he worked daily in 10 Downing St or Buckingham Palace .... Most likely the King used telephones he looked after to call Lionel Logue! He too had great stories to tell. I wish he had kept more detailed notes.

Please excuse me if this is not so much a review as an enthusiastic personal appreciation of 'The King's Speech'. It has coloured in for me a little of the background of my own infancy and for this I award it 10 out of 10 stars!
My son is sending me a DVD, so I still have the film to look forward to. Thank you so much to all concerned for this thoroughly heart-warming story.

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History and biography

The book contains lots of information about the royal family and some information about the historic events of the period. It is based on Logue's diaries, so it follows the progress of the king's therapy, with information about the beginning of this science. If you're interested in history, biographies, the royal family or the beginnings of speech therapy as a branch of science, you'll like this book. If not, don't waste your time!

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Insightful listen

Interesting account and well narrated
An insight to which the film scratches the surface of.

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