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Night Over Water
- Narrated by: Russell Bentley
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
At the outbreak of the Second World War, a mismatched group of passengers flee across the Atlantic to escape Britain and – thousands of feet in the air – find themselves facing grave danger. Night Over Water is a masterful historical thriller from Ken Follett.
The Eve of War
Britain has just declared war against Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world’s most luxurious airliner, the Pan American Clipper, takes off on its final flight to neutral New York – a haven for those fleeing the conflict.
A Disparate Group Flees
The passengers aboard the plane each have their own reasons for leaving Britain. Amongst them are an English aristocrat fleeing with his family and a fortune in jewels; a German scientist running away from the Nazis; a murderer returning under FBI escort; a wife escaping her controlling husband; and a devious thief determined to keep his spoils.
A Journey into Danger
Trapped on the plane, with only their fellow passengers for company, their journey over the Atlantic becomes increasingly fraught. Especially when it becomes apparent a plot is unfolding that may endanger all of their lives . . .
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- mrs
- 09-04-24
The horribly boring voice of Russell Bentley
Story was very interesting idea but not Ken Follett’s best. Mind you it was written many years ago
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- paul
- 12-09-18
Enthralling
A Fabulous read, and a brilliant story very cleverly done and terrifically well performed, superb.
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- Elaine
- 05-12-20
highly recommended
well rounded characters and great plot. Good winter reading and interesting aviation and social history
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- cj
- 27-11-23
Another book ruined by wooden narration
I found the narrators voice so wooden and irritating that after starting it again twice to try to follow the story I gave up and decided to read it instead. Such a shame that the narrator is so dreadful as I thoroughly enjoyed the Ken Follett book narrated by Samuel West. Unfortunately the audio sample wasn’t enough to predict how awful this is
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- mrs.d
- 21-09-18
Good story diabolical narration
This was infuriating. The story and characters are a lot of fun - sort of orient express meets downton abbey beneath the shadow of war; romance and gangsters; might ‘die tomorrow so may as well sex’ in confined spaces.... But the awful narration was an insult to both listener and the poor author: like a cross between Thomas the tank engine and some awful vicar reading the bible; almost ever sentence read with a gap, then downward inflection (a full drop at the end as I came to think of it). Example of how little attention this lazy man gave to what he was actually reading was someone remarking ‘tonelessly’ with great animation and I could swear the characters were swapping accents. I ended up surviving the experience by mentally following the narration in my head and reinterpreting it as the words would have appeared on the page. Really do not know how anyone let this through the net. My advice - read the book and avoid this reader like the plague. (Oh and the characters, as depicted, were like cartoons - wildly ott accents that shredded the dialogue - so, maybe Thomas the tank meets chipper cartoon Americans and posh English people).
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- jken
- 21-04-19
Great story
Really enjoyed the story but found the stilted reading style quite irritating. His accents were good though and a lot of readers can't do them.
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- The Audio Traveller
- 26-08-23
More gratuitous sex!
Unnecessary and overly explicit sex scene. Why does Ken Follett feel the need to be so graphic? It’s like he’s been denied it for years and has spent his time reading smutty magazines! Other than that the story was great with a fabulous twist at the end.
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-06-20
This book needs to be a film.
Amazing story. Read it a year ago, listened to it recently because I’ve become so interested in Ken Follett and his interest in Cathedrals! There is so much in this story. The plane itself would make an amazing backdrop to any story. But the way the author strings the characters together is fantastic. Please make this in to a film!
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- A. Masters
- 03-12-23
Great story, good character development
i loved all the characters.
it felt like dipping into a bygone age of luxury as it encounters the rougher edges of life.
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- robert thompson
- 30-05-19
Great job Mr Follett!
I thought that the narration was excellent. I couldn't fault it. I didn't want to put the book down. I couldn't wait to see how the story unfolded.
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