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Falling Angels

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Eve Matheson
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The girl reminded me of my favourite chocolates, whipped hazelnut creams, and I knew just from looking at her that I wanted her for my best friend.

Queen Victoria is dead. In January 1901, the day after her passing, two very different families visit neighbouring graves in a London cemetery. The traditional Waterhouses revere the late Queen where the Colemans have a more modern outlook, but both families are appalled by the friendship that springs up between their respective daughters.

As the girls grow up, their world changes almost beyond measure: cars are replacing horses, electric lighting is taking over from gas, and emancipation is fast approaching, to the delight of some and the dismay of others…

“Vividly imagined.” SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

“Sex and death meet again in a marvellous evocation of Edwardian England.” DAILY MAIL©2001 Tracy Chevalier (P)2001 Chivers Audio Books Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt Royalty
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I read this years ago. Had forgotten it. So much better read by Eve Matheson. Couldn’t turn it off!

Loved it!!

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Good solid Tracey C. Not her best, but thoroughly enjoyable. No unnecessary drama or twist’s just solid writing

Not her best

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I have loved some of her other books on Audible but this was so slow to get going I almost gave up on it. The narrative in the form of first-person speech by the two little girls felt irritating. However aout halfway through it became more engaging. It was clearly well researched and an interesting record of the post-Victorian era.

Not her best

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Eve Matteson brings dimension and credibility to the characters, be they male or female.
Her accents are versatile and accurate. I especially appreciated the north London accent, which was bang on, no hint of charicature.
The story is one of ordinary middle class and working class folk, whose lives are so different but yet, in crucial difficult times, so alike. Involving politics, friendships, family, marriage and childhood along with the societal expectations of the time, this story vividly creates the atmosphere of a London life at the beginning of the last century.
Thank you to all who produced this audio book

Superbly read, quietly compelling

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This was a poignant story about childhood, motherhood, suffrage, and life at the start of the 20 th century. The narrator was fantastic, managing to create separate identities for each of the characters - important for a story where each chapter is a first person narrative by a different character. What let it down was the recording quality, echoey, tinny and badly spliced in places. A real shame really.

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