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A Splendid Defiance

By: Stella Riley
Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
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About this listen

For two years, England has been in the grip of Civil War. In Banbury, Oxfordshire, the Cavaliers hold the castle, the Roundheads want it back and the town is full of zealous Puritans. Consequently, the gulf between Captain Justin Ambrose and Abigail Radford, the sister of a fanatically religious shopkeeper, ought to be unbridgeable. The key to both the fate of the castle and that of Justin and Abigail lies in defiance...but will it be enough?

A Splendid Defiance is a dramatic and enchanting story of forbidden love, set against the turmoil and anguish of the first English Civil War.

©2012 Stella Riley (P)2016 Stella Riley Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Military Protector Romance War & Military War Civil War Feel-Good

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“A rich sweeping and instantly involving tale ... a rare pleasure to narrate.” - Alex Wyndham
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The story was enthralling and the narration superb. I forgot it was just one voice. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Alex Wyndham is amazing

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excellent all round. please record more books by Stella Riley and Alex Wyndham. Really enjoyable listening

Great listening

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What a beautiful story of love! So intricately written and stunningly written. Magically narrated. Not, necessarily, a predictable ending after everything the characters endure but so so satisfying and it made my heart sing. Couldn’t recommend the book enough.

Splendid indeed

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really enjoyable, couldn't stop listening, more of the same please, can't wait for the next Stella Riley!

riveting

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Doesn’t really matter what Alex Wyndham is reading it’s always difficult to stop listening to a beautiful rich and varied voice.

Not an edge of the seat story line but an interesting bite of a difficult historical period .

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