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Ill Will

By: Michael Stewart
Narrated by: Everal Walsh
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 ‘An astonishing novel’ The Independent

‘A terrific tribute to the Brontë’s' Guardian

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I am William Lee: brute; liar, and graveside thief.

But you will know me by another name.

Heathcliff has left Wuthering Heights, and is travelling across the moors to Liverpool in search of his past.

Along the way, he saves Emily, the foul-mouthed daughter of a Highwayman, from a whipping, and the pair journey on together.

Roaming from graveyard to graveyard, making a living from Emily’s apparent ability to commune with the dead, the pair lie, cheat and scheme their way across the North of England.

And towards the terrible misdeeds – and untold riches – that will one day send Heathcliff home to Wuthering Heights.

*****

Praise for Michael Stewart:

‘A vivid, inventive narrative’ Sunday Times

‘Stewart’s descriptions of nature are superb’ Daily Mail

'Will leave you breathless’ Sunday Post

‘This book is a terrific tribute to the Brontë’s. It also beautifully shows how landscape grows in the imagination’ The Guardian

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Loved the story of Heathcliffe's journey to becoming the character we know from Wathering Hights. Thought the narrator brought the characters to life.

Good Story worth a listen

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Such a good story in its own right. I loved the characters and how quickly and easily it flowed right in peaking your interest

Loved it

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A real accomplishment of modern prose - lyrical, savage, coherent, brought wonderfully to life by EA Walsh's reading. Uses the modern second person form to great effect in adding to the canon of backstories of literary characters.

Satisfies on every level

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This is brilliantly performed by Everal Walsh. Fantastic novel by a brilliant writer. If you like this listen to Walking the Invisible by the same author.

The untold story

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Filled in the missing years very well. Wonderful descriptions of the journey, locations, people and wildlife. Deeply personalised narration, I look forward to hearing more from him.

Gritty, gripping and gory.

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