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Napoleon's Spy

By: Ben Kane
Narrated by: Ethan Kelly
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About this listen

'An epic tale' SIMON SCARROW

'Exciting, immersive, well researched and great fun.' GILES KRISTIAN

'Harrowing and totally gripping' LEONORA NATTRASS

'Historical fiction has never been more visceral' JAMES ROLLINS


NAPOLEON: EMPEROR OF FRANCE, MASTER OF EUROPE.

1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself in the ranks of Napoleon's five hundred thousand strong army. With Tsar Alexander seemingly ill-prepared, a French victory seems certain. The Grande Armée will obliterate everything in its path.

Carrey's purpose is less clear. Blackmailed into becoming a spy in the emperor's army, he hopes to follow his lover, a French actress who has gone to work in the Moscow theatre.

As supplies grow scarce and temperatures plummet, the Grande Armée begins to crumble. Caught up in the maelstrom of war, Carrey embarks on an epic journey, while the Russians circle him like hungry wolves.

Hundreds of miles lie between Carrey and safety. To reach it seems utterly impossible.

©2023 Ben Kane (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Limited Action & Adventure Fiction Historical Fiction Russia War Espionage

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Was a nice relaxed listen. Enjoyed the narrator but some of the accents used were a little odd. Seemed to end abruptly, assume a 2nd book is on the cards. The odds seem favourable. I enjoyed it and would be keen on listening to more.

Quite enjoyed

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interesting topic for a novel; i just couldnt love the characters. I usually get lost in a Ben Kane novel and forget im reading a book, but this didnt happen this time. Ending is also abrupt and a bit disappointing. How much of this is due to poor narration, its difficult to say. Narration feels staccato and doesnt flow.

Not Ben Kanes Best and poor narration

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This was a great story, such an original idea and thoroughly engaging, it's nothing like Sharpe and has never claimed to be. Well researched and highlights the awful conditions on the 1812 invasion and retreat or Russia by Napoleon.
The only downside was the narrator mispronouncing words and the use regional accents from the British isles for the French was bizarre

An original story

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I’ve followed all Ben Kane novels and love this brilliant addition. Without spoiling anything he does an incredible job once again of giving deeply authentic history smoothly delivered through an incredible adventure that will keep you hooked.

There are a few elements like the duels and specialist units/names which was really accurate. I also enjoyed the balanced personality projects used to add more flavour to real historic figures, with a detail you will not easily find in your day to day history.

The Audio performance was as poor as Napoleons retreat however. The narrator did a good job but the audio quality/volume would randomly drop and fluctuate at times and are clearly edits poorly re-recorded and injected at places in a very obvious manner. It almost comes across like they didn’t make an effort or bother to blend it with the tone etc of the audio around it. This happened so frequently, that it’s impossible to just skim and get used to and butchered the audio experience.

But if like me and the characters, you are prepared to march through this terrible audio storm, the actual story was amazing and left me with no regrets and was well rewarded.

I really feel sorry for the author as the audio does the book a disservice and hope the honest reviews helps others.

5 star story with a 1 star Audio Performance

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Great story from a great writer- just a shame they chose the wrong narrator, this guy couldn’t bring the story to life with his mediocre delivery- a great writer deserves so much more.
Your call as to spend a voucher

Great story

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