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Master of War
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Series: Master of War, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- mrmalaya
- 11-09-17
Part one is good.
I am a History graduate (although now that is long ago) and wanted to get into this series.
Having just finished and re-listened to the Aubrey Maturin series (narrated by Ric Jerom) I would admit that is a very hard act to follow, but wanted to learn more about the Hundred Years war.
Upto Crecy the book is almost exciting, but the performance is terrible. The reader sounds as if he is reading it for the first time, the emphasis is random, sentences disjointed and the only saving grace is his skill with accents. I kept having to think "That is not how I would have read that...".
Then the book drifts into a totally boring love story with the improbable hero mixing in noble society and the war fades into the background for a dozen chapters.
I may finish this, but there is no way I will go near the second one, and that is not entirely the fault of the production.
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- Andy
- 19-11-15
Just a fantastic story
A real feel good cannot stop listening to adventure. Narrated wonderfully as usual. I downloaded the 2nd book in the series halfway through the first book
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- Tialdpod
- 04-01-19
Brilliant
Finally got round to listen to this, fantastic first novel in undoubtedly a first class series of stories.
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- Petra
- 08-06-18
Crecy and beyond
Good story set in a fascinating time. Blood and guts aplenty.
Not 5 stars because I failed to completely engage; may be my fault.
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- Moodyfozzie
- 12-03-15
Fantastic
I've read the book, the audio version is new to me, must say, I loved it.
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- Roy H.
- 11-09-19
gripping
From start to finish you will be taken to another time another world entirely.
Captivated.
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- Gbm
- 26-02-16
great story detail
enjoyed this very much of Bernard Cornwell genre great plot line way of wording enjoyed it , now going to download next in series.
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- mick
- 29-10-19
Good listen
Well read well paced story. The attention to detai and the characters keep this story moving along at a good pace.
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- Anonymous User
- 29-06-19
Medieval Realism
love the settings in depth description of how gritty that age is in fine details.
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- Mr P Dodds
- 16-12-15
Not great
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Not much of a plot to this, although I only got a third of the way through it before I gave up. Doesn't compare well to other historical fiction writers such as Conn Iggulden.
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