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  • The Chronicles of St. Mary's
  • By: Jodi Taylor
  • Narrated by: Zara Ramm
  • Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (1,655 ratings)

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Roman Holiday

By: Jodi Taylor
Narrated by: Zara Ramm
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Summary

Another rollicking short story from the Chronicles of St Mary’s author Jodi Taylor.

Question: What sort of idiot installs his mistress in his wife’s house? Especially when that mistress is Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, queen of Egypt and the most notorious woman of her time? Answer: Julius Caesar - poised to become king of Rome. Or as good as.

Question: At this potentially sensitive point in your political manoeuvrings, who are the last people you’d want crashing through the door, observing, recording, documenting...? I think we all know the answer to that one.

Roman Holiday - an epic, standalone tale set in Ancient Rome, 44 BC, featuring, in no particular order: an attempted murder; stampeding bullocks; Cleopatra, queen of the Nile; a bowl of poisonous snakes; a smallish riot; Julius Caesar; and Mr Markham’s wayward bosoms.

Jodi Taylor is and always has been a history nut. Her disinclination to get out of bed for anything after 1485 can only be overcome by massive amounts of chocolate and sometimes, if it's raining, not even then. She wanted to write a book about time travel that was a little different and, not having a clue how difficult this would make her book to classify, went ahead and slung in elements of history, adventure, comedy, romance, tragedy, and anything else she could think of. Her advice to booksellers is to buy huge numbers of her books and just put one on every shelf.

©2014 Jodi Taylor (P)2015 Audible, Ltd

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the nose was so large

A deserving addition to the St Mary's chronicles and more fun in The Roman Empire. A small fix for the withdrawals of time.

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Another piece of the St Marys puzzle

Another great short tale with our favorites from St Marys. These short stoties are always worth a listen and fit well into the main series.

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Short and sweet

A total romp!

I love how there's sneaky references to other texts.

read these in order, this one's 3.5

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History with blunt force

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

Listening to this book was like being hit over the head with a history lesson dressed up as a lighthearted story about a local production. I would much rather it was honest from the start and portrayed itself as a historical account rather than clumsily trying to hide it in such a cheesy storyline/descriptions. For me, this didn't work: I was neither interested in nor bothered about the characters, and didn't even realise St Mary's was a hospital until very near the end.

Did Roman Holiday inspire you to do anything?

Re-read Shakespeare's fabulous tale of Anthony and Cleopatra.

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Sorry....boring...

Maybe just my taste but I didn't get very far into it before I stopped listening.

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Great fun

I really enjoy the Chronicles of St Mary's and this short story was a delightful bonus. Zara Ramm is the perfect reader too.

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Favourite short story of the series

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I really enjoyed reading this and all the other shorts available which add even more depth to the St Mary's series.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Max is always my favourite for her witty remarks and funny one-liners.

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A delightful taster of life at St Mary's

As usual a historic trip into the past does not go as planned. Funny and wonderfully narrated. Definitely worth a listen.

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A murderous plot

As always, the narration is excellent. When I read the novels I hear them in this exact voice in the back of my mind, too.
Who would have guessed St Mary's would outwit even the great Roman army? In typical chaos, of course...

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Fun little dip in

Great little short story from this series. Very funny and well read.

On to the next one!

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