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First Among Equals
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- "geordiemoozy"
- 15-01-17
Dated but decent
A very simple look into what is supposed to be typical British politics... All the clichés are here, Tories as bankers, labour firebrands... Perfectly decent time killer and quite fun to see who will win out in the end
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- Mr STEVEN PEARSON
- 07-02-17
A darned good yarn.....
A good story for those who like the cut and thrust of British political life.
some nearly true to life events intertwined with the author's vivid imagination and local knowledge keeps you wondering where it will go next.
Very enjoyable
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- Quartz39
- 15-12-16
A captivating read from start to finish
Archer allows an exciting delve into British politics that keeps you enthralled from start to finish. I have no doubt that there is a Charles, Ray, Simon and Andrew in every administration. Informative and great story
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- Lindy SH
- 05-11-14
Insight into parliment
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Enjoyed the story built around three individuals all who want to go into politics . The story evolves telling the tale and including similar happening over the years in the national press. Contains it all tear jerking moments, humour, betrayal all within twists and turns making a griping tale. Could not wait to pick it up again.
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- Mrs J A Smooker
- 19-03-21
Another great story.
Another great book from a brilliant storyteller.
However the narration was disappointing read every sentence as if it was a question.
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- Phillip Dyer
- 30-08-20
Disappointed
Not one of Archer ‘s finest or perhaps it was John Lee storytelling that I didn’t enjoy
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- john mcneill
- 19-06-20
excellent book and narration
very well narrated . enjoyed immensely well done again mr archer. will look at more of mr archers books although I have a few already
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- Kirstine
- 17-11-19
Crackingly good political roller-coaster
I greatly enjoyed this novel. A mix of real and fictional politicians maneuvering for power over several decades from the 1960s to 1991. Written in 1984 so the last section of the book is an imagined scenario for the political scene in the UK that turned out to be entirely different from what actually happened. A what-if vision that would have made the UK a very different place from what it is now. I remember the true-life parts of the book and am struck by how history repeats itself. The Conservative party in-fighting over the benefit or not of being in the EEC (as it was in the 60s and 70s) and the Labour party crippled by hard-left zealots joining local committees to displace sitting MPs by one of their own just as Momentum trying to do now.
It is an enthralling and interesting book with added veracity owing to the author having been an MP. I've read/listened to many of his books and think this one of the very best.
The narrator is excellent
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-07-18
A bit boring
A bit boring compared to his other books. It was ok but definitely not the best
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- Andy
- 04-10-15
Good standard Archer
Would you consider the audio edition of First Among Equals to be better than the print version?
Nope the two mediums are completely different
Who was your favorite character and why?
Fraser or Seymour I found Kerslake full of his own self importance and Gould was smug
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes
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- Sandra
- 22-09-15
No solid plotline
Not my kind of story. the stort follows the life of several gentlemen and rambles on about the details of British politics. but I don't know where the author is heading.
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- G
- 12-05-15
Political heavy book
Good insight into political or kings but gets rather tedious at times. But you have to stay focused as there are a large amount of central charaxhters.
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- Stephen
- 05-10-14
A little disjointed...
Jeffrey Archer novels span a large footprint on the space-time continuum. That said, he does tend to wander, and sometimes leaves storylines hanging. In this book, for example, the Queen makes a proclamation which Archer goes to great lengths to lay out in terms of the principals involved, and how the proclamation is received by all, but the proclamation itself is never revealed. Being as it comes toward the end of the book, it is a letdown. Other than that flaw, it is a decent read.