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Name: jo (worthing, United Kingdom)
Reviews Written: 5
Titles Rated: 46

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  • Bring Up the Bodies
    By Hilary Mantel
    Narrated By Simon Vance
    Overall
    (471)
    Performance
    (32)
    Story
    (31)
    By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church. In Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn.
    UNABRIDGED 14 hrs and 26 mins
    Bring Up the Bodies | [Hilary Mantel]
    Bring Up the Bodies
    UNABRIDGED
    "Story telling at its best"
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    The sequel to wolf hall does not disappoint although I must agree that the narrator's of the abridged and unabridged versions are nowhere near as good as Simon slater
    This is a disappointment,the humour is lost and delivery monotone so much so that I am now reading the book rather than listen ending to it

    6 of 8 people found this review helpful
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories
    By John Taylor
    Narrated By Benedict Cumberbatch
    Overall
    (50)
    Performance
    (4)
    Story
    (4)
    An Inscrutable Masquerade', 'The Conundrum of Coach 13', 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny' and 'The 10.59 Assassin'. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.
    UNABRIDGED 2 hrs and 3 mins
    Sherlock Holmes: The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories | [John Taylor]
    Sherlock Holmes: The Rediscovered Railway Mysteries and Other Stories
    UNABRIDGED
    "Pure sherlock"
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    Loved this collection of stories however the narrator made the experience complete benedict is Sherlock now but is is also a true

    story teller in his own right

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Wolf Hall
    By Hilary Mantel
    Narrated By Simon Slater
    Overall
    (860)
    Performance
    (31)
    Story
    (34)
    Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, 2009.
    Tudor England. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is charged with securing his divorce. Into this atmosphere of distrust comes Thomas Cromwell - a man as ruthlessly ambitious in his wider politics as he is for himself. His reforming agenda is carried out in the grip of a self-interested parliament and a king who fluctuates between romantic passions and murderous rages.
    UNABRIDGED 24 hrs and 15 mins
    Wolf Hall | [Hilary Mantel]
    Wolf Hall
    UNABRIDGED
    "wonderful listen"
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    I have listened to this book at least 3 times each time I have listened I have discovered more the language is spellbinding and simon slater's characterisation is amazing from cromwell to norfolk
    He must be the narrator for part two when released

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • Wolf Hall
    By Hilary Mantel
    Narrated By Dan Stevens
    Overall
    (42)
    Performance
    (2)
    Story
    (2)
    England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor. Cromwell is a wholly original man: the son of a brutal blacksmith, a political genius, a briber, a charmer, a bully, a man with a delicate and deadly expertise in manipulating people and events.
    ABRIDGED 7 hrs and 11 mins
    Wolf Hall | [Hilary Mantel]
    Wolf Hall
    ABRIDGED
    "wow"
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    spectacular I read this over xmas and hated turning the final page so I have now downloaded and I have not been dissapointed
    I know I will also hate to finish this a masterpiece

    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
  • Paths of Glory
    By Jeffrey Archer
    Narrated By Roger Allam
    Overall
    (200)
    Performance
    (5)
    Story
    (5)
    This is the story of a man who loved two women, and one of them killed him. Some people have dreams that are so outrageous that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. Francis Drake, Robert Scott, Percy Fawcett, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Edmund Hillary and Neil Armstrong are among such individuals. But what if one man had such a dream, and when he'd achieved it, there was no proof that he had fulfilled his ambition?
    UNABRIDGED 11 hrs and 9 mins
    Paths of Glory | [Jeffrey Archer]
    Paths of Glory
    UNABRIDGED
    "captivating"
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    I could not press pause on my i touch once i started listening to this story the narration was first class i heard the final chapter waiting for a train and had to brush a tear away

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
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