Listen free for 30 days
People who bought this also bought...
-
Philomena
- By: Martin Sixsmith
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Falling pregnant as a teenager in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. She spent the next 50 years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic.
-
-
Glory Be!!!
- By mollyeyre on 18-07-14
-
Travelling to Infinity
- The True Story Behind 'The Theory of Everything'
- By: Jane Hawking
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this compelling memoir, Jane Hawking relates the inside story of her extraordinary marriage. As Stephen's academic renown soared, his body was collapsing under the assaults of motor neurone disease, and Jane's candid account of trying to balance his 24-hour care with the needs of their growing family is inspirational. This is a book about optimism, love and change that will resonate with listeners everywhere.
-
-
Refreshingly honest
- By H. F. Warner on 22-01-15
-
Henry VIII: King and Court
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most spectacular court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. An entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence, but also a comprehensive analytical study of the development of both monarch and court during a crucial period in English history.
-
-
“England’s Nero”
- By Mary Carnegie on 10-09-18
-
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- By: Muriel Spark
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"You girls are my vocation... I am dedicated to you in my prime." So says Miss Jean Brodie, a teacher unlike any other. She is proud and cultured. A romantic, with progressive, sometimes shocking ideas and aspirations for the girls in her charge. When she decides to transform a select group of pupils into the 'crème de la crème' at the Marcia Blaine School they become the Brodie set. In exchange for their undivided loyalty the girls earn a special place of honour and privilege within the school. Yet they are also introduced to a startling new world of adult games....
-
-
Sharp wit that doesn't date
- By Adrienne on 23-12-12
-
QI: The Sound of General Ignorance
- By: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
- Narrated by: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Listen and learn! The Sound of General Ignorance brings you all the best bits of the number one bestseller The Book of General Ignorance in handy audio form. Allow yourself to wallow in the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge'. Your newfound wisdom will help you to impress your friends, frustrate your enemies and win every argument.
-
-
Believe it or not?
- By Raisa on 29-07-19
-
Bertie: A Life of Edward VII
- By: Jane Ridley
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 22 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Entertaining and different, this is an enjoyable study of a flawed yet characterful Prince of Wales seen through the eyes of the women in his life. Edward Vll, who gave his name to the Edwardian Age and died in 1911, was King of England for the final 10 years of his life. He was 59 when at last he came to the throne. Known as Bertie, the eldest son of Victoria and Albert, he was bullied by both his parents.
-
-
Bertie - the untold story
- By Katherien Watt on 24-12-12
-
Philomena
- By: Martin Sixsmith
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Falling pregnant as a teenager in 1952, Philomena Lee was sent to the convent in Co. Tipperary to be looked after as a fallen woman. She cared for her baby for three years until the Church took him and sold him, like countless others, to America for adoption. She spent the next 50 years secretly searching for him, unaware that he was searching for her from across the Atlantic.
-
-
Glory Be!!!
- By mollyeyre on 18-07-14
-
Travelling to Infinity
- The True Story Behind 'The Theory of Everything'
- By: Jane Hawking
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
In this compelling memoir, Jane Hawking relates the inside story of her extraordinary marriage. As Stephen's academic renown soared, his body was collapsing under the assaults of motor neurone disease, and Jane's candid account of trying to balance his 24-hour care with the needs of their growing family is inspirational. This is a book about optimism, love and change that will resonate with listeners everywhere.
-
-
Refreshingly honest
- By H. F. Warner on 22-01-15
-
Henry VIII: King and Court
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court - the most spectacular court ever seen in England - and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces. An entertaining narrative packed with colourful description and a wealth of anecdotal evidence, but also a comprehensive analytical study of the development of both monarch and court during a crucial period in English history.
-
-
“England’s Nero”
- By Mary Carnegie on 10-09-18
-
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
- By: Muriel Spark
- Narrated by: Miriam Margolyes
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
"You girls are my vocation... I am dedicated to you in my prime." So says Miss Jean Brodie, a teacher unlike any other. She is proud and cultured. A romantic, with progressive, sometimes shocking ideas and aspirations for the girls in her charge. When she decides to transform a select group of pupils into the 'crème de la crème' at the Marcia Blaine School they become the Brodie set. In exchange for their undivided loyalty the girls earn a special place of honour and privilege within the school. Yet they are also introduced to a startling new world of adult games....
-
-
Sharp wit that doesn't date
- By Adrienne on 23-12-12
-
QI: The Sound of General Ignorance
- By: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
- Narrated by: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Listen and learn! The Sound of General Ignorance brings you all the best bits of the number one bestseller The Book of General Ignorance in handy audio form. Allow yourself to wallow in the misconceptions, mistakes and misunderstandings in 'common knowledge'. Your newfound wisdom will help you to impress your friends, frustrate your enemies and win every argument.
-
-
Believe it or not?
- By Raisa on 29-07-19
-
Bertie: A Life of Edward VII
- By: Jane Ridley
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 22 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Entertaining and different, this is an enjoyable study of a flawed yet characterful Prince of Wales seen through the eyes of the women in his life. Edward Vll, who gave his name to the Edwardian Age and died in 1911, was King of England for the final 10 years of his life. He was 59 when at last he came to the throne. Known as Bertie, the eldest son of Victoria and Albert, he was bullied by both his parents.
-
-
Bertie - the untold story
- By Katherien Watt on 24-12-12
-
Diana
- Her True Story - in Her Own Words
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: Caroline Langrishe, Michael Maloney, Andrew Morton, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A reissue of this classic title, updated with never-before-published material from the original taped interviews and with a new introduction by Andrew Morton that reflects on the extraordinary circumstances surrounding the original publication of Diana: Her True Story. One of the world's best-known biographers, Andrew Morton's groundbreaking and controversial biography Diana: Her True Story changed the public's perception of the British monarchy and became an instant global best seller.
-
-
Very good start
- By Jan on 15-02-20
-
Victoria
- A Life
- By: A N Wilson
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
To many Queen Victoria was a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique, portrayed as an aging, stiff widow. But in truth Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was passionate, expressive, humorous, and unconventional. A. N. Wilson’s exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources, showing us Queen Victoria as she’s never been seen before.
-
-
Riveting and entertaining?
- By Ali H on 27-06-19
-
The Lost Queen
- The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter
- By: Anne M. Stott
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As the only child of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) was the heiress presumptive to the throne. Her parents' marriage had already broken up by the time she was born. She had a difficult childhood and a turbulent adolescence, but she was popular with the public, who looked to her to restore the good name of the monarchy.
-
-
A story of how royalty used to live
- By CARYS LOCKWOOD on 11-11-20
-
The Three Musketeers
- An Audible Original Drama
- By: Alexandre Dumas, Marty Ross
- Narrated by: David Ahmad, Rachel Atkins, Catherine Bailey, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Original Recording
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Swashbuckling classic adventure, with an updated twist placing Milady in the role of narrator. Young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris to join the King's elite guards but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to - Porthos, Athos and Aramis, inseparable friends: the Three Musketeers. Soon part of their close band, D'Artagnan's loyalty to his new allies puts him in the deadly path of Cardinal Richlieu's machinations.
-
-
Sex, Sex and more Sex.
- By EC W on 25-09-20
-
A Brief History of the Third Reich: The Rise and Fall of the Nazis
- Brief Histories
- By: Martyn Whittock
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Beginning in the broken aftermath of the First World War and the Treaty of Versailles, which made German recovery almost impossible, Whittock tells not just the account of the men who rose to the fore in the dangerous days of the Weimar republic, circling around the cult of personality generated by Adolf Hitler, but also a convincing and personality-driven overview of how ordinary Germans became seduced by the dreams of a new world order, the Third Reich.
-
-
A superb telling of the history of the Third Reich
- By Amazon Customer on 13-10-15
-
Princes at War
- The British Royal Family's Private Battle in the Second World War
- By: Deborah Cadbury
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
King George V predicted that his son, Edward VIII, would destroy himself within a year of succeeding to the throne. In December 1936 he was proved right, and the world’s press revealed the king was abandoning his throne to marry Wallis Simpson. A life spent in the shadow of his charismatic elder brother left the new king, George VI, magnificently unprepared for the demands of ruling the kingdom and empire. Drawing on personal accounts from the royal archives, Deborah Cadbury uncovers the very private conflict.
-
-
Real people with public lives
- By Kl Love on 12-01-16
-
Elephant Moon
- By: John Sweeney
- Narrated by: Helen Johns
- Length: 10 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
As the Second World War rages, the Japanese Imperial Army enters Burma, and the British rulers prepare to flee. But the human legacy of the British Empire will be left behind in the shape of 62 Anglo-Burmese children, born to local women after affairs with foreign men. Half castes, they are not acknowledged by either side, and they are to be abandoned with no one to protect them.
-
-
Heartwarming
- By Granny June on 28-01-16
-
Farewell to the East End
- By: Jennifer Worth
- Narrated by: Saskia Butler
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Written by Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End is one of the trilogy of memoirs upon which the popular BBC series Call the Midwife is based. London's East End in the 1950s was a vibrant place-a close-knit community of families where children made playgrounds on bombsites and a lively social scene emerged.
-
-
Brilliant !
- By Helen on 23-07-11
-
Twelve Years a Slave
- By: Solomon Northup
- Narrated by: Stephen L. Vernon
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Twelve Years a Slave is an account of actual events that took place in the life of Solomon Northup, during the pre-Civil War era of the 1840s. It follows the trials and tribulations of an educated African American man that was born into freedom and later kidnapped, taken away from his family, and forced into slavery.
-
-
Powerful story
- By Chris on 26-02-19
-
Oliver Twist
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Martin Jarvis
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A workhouse orphan, Oliver experiences the terror and brutality of the criminal underworld. His companions, a thief, a whore, a pickpocket, and a fence, are destined for gruesome ends, but Oliver emerges unscathed from the darkness of the underworld.
-
-
A classic story read to perfection
- By Ken Hill on 07-10-11
-
Forever and a Day
- By: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrated by: Matthew Goode
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
M laid down his pipe and stared at it tetchily. 'We have no choice. We're just going to bring forward this other chap you've been preparing. But you didn't tell me his name.' 'It's Bond, sir,' the Chief of Staff replied. 'James Bond.' One body. Three bullets. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. It's time for a new agent to step up. Time for a new weapon in the war against organised crime. It's time for James Bond to earn his licence to kill.
-
-
An Iconic Legend is Born
- By Simon on 02-06-18
-
Secrets and Lies
- The Trials of Christine Keeler
- By: Douglas Thompson, Christine Keeler
- Narrated by: Sophie Cookson
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Having found fame and success as a model, Christine's short affair with the minister for war, John Profumo, led to his downfall at the end of Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, and was at the heart of the social and political earthquake that followed. She became the subject of scandal, intrigue and gossip and was tried for perjury and briefly jailed following the death of Stephen Ward, the socialite who had introduced her to Profumo.
-
-
Riddle me riddle me riddle me ree
- By Adanaya on 01-02-20
Editor reviews
Summary
Winner of the Best Picture Oscar 2011 Award
One man saved the British Royal Family in the first decades of the 20th century – amazingly, he was an almost unknown, and certainly unqualified, speech therapist called Lionel Logue, whom one newspaper in the 1930s famously dubbed ‘The Quack who saved a King’.
Logue wasn’t a British aristocrat or even an Englishman – he was a commoner and an Australian to boot. Nevertheless it was the outgoing, amiable Logue who single-handedly turned the famously nervous, tongue-tied, Duke of York into the man who was capable of becoming King. The King’s Speech is the previously untold story of the extraordinary relationship between Logue and the haunted young man who became King George VI, drawn from Logue’s unpublished personal diaries. They throw extraordinary light on the intimacy of the two men – and the vital role the King’s wife, the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, played in bringing them together to save her husband’s reputation and his career as King.
Critic reviews
More from the same
What listeners say about The King's Speech
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
- Jamie
- 01-03-11
I Loved It
I was so looking forward to listening to this book.. And it didn't let me down, I loved it.. In fact I have now listened to this book 3 times.
I must also say that the narrator Jamie Glover is brilliant, he keeps you listening all the way through.
Even the last chapter brought a tear to my eye (even on the 3rd time of listening)
18 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Indrajith
- 27-02-11
A Great Listen
An excellently read book. Good pacing and clarity. Listening to the audio was much easier and interesting. Reading the book of this nature could have been a bit slow due to lots of information. Strongly Recommend.
15 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Gary
- 02-03-11
A must for fans of the film
I thought the film was a masterpiece until I listened to this. It is well crafted and beautiful to experience as you listen to this dramatic tale
10 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Amazon Customer
- 16-02-11
Excellent
After watching thr film thought I would listen to the book.You learn so much more about the King, Logue and the era. Two truely remarkable men. Jamie Glover reads this story so very well (will search out and listen to more of the books he narrates). An excellent buy.
9 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Jill Phillips
- 04-03-11
A bit part in a Parallel Life
I was always thrilled by the story and now much more so by its deservedly acclaimed telling.
My parents were 'the King's speech doctor's' Harley St. care-takers.I was just born. My mother told me I was in the room downstairs as the King made his broadcasts. This is not borne out by Mark Logue's fascinating book, but just once or twice early on perhaps? I have no idea of course, but I always imagined I may have cried out of place...
My father wrote, 'in 1938 we moved ...into a prestige area - Harley St. W1 as live-in caretakers ...until late 1941 and she(ie I)was taken into Regents Park every day where she became known as the Princess of Harley St. by the local mothers.'(I love that bit!
y mother said we watched the 'dog fights'in the sky . My father said sourly that we had to be pulled to safety...)
'The intense bombing of the Battle of Britain eventually drove us out after the house 3 doors away had been clawed down into dust and Madame Tussauds 200 yards away was completely destroyed by a landmine on a parachute.' (Monty Python at work here?!JP)
'I used to have to cycle to work in Whitehall via Regent St. and Haymarket over roads that were completely covered in broken plate glass after the night's work by the Luftwaffe..'
In fact my father set up and maintained the underground War Cabinet telephone system (and advised on its present museum presentation), at times he worked daily in 10 Downing St or Buckingham Palace .... Most likely the King used telephones he looked after to call Lionel Logue! He too had great stories to tell. I wish he had kept more detailed notes.
Please excuse me if this is not so much a review as an enthusiastic personal appreciation of 'The King's Speech'. It has coloured in for me a little of the background of my own infancy and for this I award it 10 out of 10 stars!
My son is sending me a DVD, so I still have the film to look forward to. Thank you so much to all concerned for this thoroughly heart-warming story.
16 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Julia Brown
- 07-11-11
Excellent, worth listening too
This was a superb listen and it made a change to choose a non fiction book. The narration was excellent, as were the accents. All the information was explained simply, in an interesting way.I learnt a great deal and will look forward to seeing the film next.
6 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Sue
- 07-04-13
Another good historical book
After watching the film of the book I was a little apprehensive about this one. I needn't have been. A lot more behind the scenes information and narrative gave a fuller picture of the relationship between monarch and 'speech therapist' which changed as the story and time progressed. I felt that the King really didn't think much of Logue at the start but grew to depend on him as his life began to change in dramatic times. Towards the end, however, when Logue had taught the King all he could I felt that Logue began to 'trade' on his Royal client as his life changed during pre-war times. The narrator gave the book an extra dimension with the subtle change of dialects, making for an enjoyable listen.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- joanna green
- 24-12-12
Great audio book even if you have seen the film!
This book tells the story told in the Kings Speech film from the perspective of the speech therapist. It adds various details that are not included in the film and I found it enriched my film watching experience. Sometimes with film "spin offs" you can feel cheated but certainly not with this - it was conceived as a result of the film, but easily stands on its own two feet without it. It is a very engaging story, well narrated and very worthy of a listen.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Dr. Anka
- 06-01-15
Lovely reading and stong emotional story!
Wonderful story, lovely narated in a clean clear voice! And very educational! It captures you from the start and doesn't let go! Thoroughly enjoyed it!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall
- Amazon Customer
- 01-08-11
Thoroughly good listen
Full of amazing detail, I found it absolutely intriguing. It made the film look very short, thoroughly enjoyable.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall

- Daniel
- 04-03-11
Slow at the beginning, engaging at the end!
The book is great! A very informative tale of the British King and his story... Compared to the movie, I definitely prefer the book as it has more details and catches way more information. Besides the movie begins late on the book, and ends earlier...
A must read (or hear)!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall

- lynn
- 02-03-11
An Excellent Compassionate Tale
This is an excellent story brought to life by exactly the right type of narrator. The movie is very good but like all movies it shortens the actual tale, this book gives you all the "back story" of Lionel Logue and the origins of the King's speech problems.The presenter has a variety of vocal tones that subtly suggest each important character it is a fascinating insight into a particular family in a time of crisis. It is a pleasure to listen to this audiobook. A great listen for anyone that enjoys history, intrigue and politics of a particular era.
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall

- Ian
- 21-03-11
Enjoyable and informative
This was my first audible audiobook, and was most enjoyable. The story itself, while quite factual, never became dry or boring, and the narration was of a high standard. The narrator added to the story, and did not 'get in the way' of it. Highly recommended for anyone interested in 20th Century history.
3 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Dona
- 13-11-11
Better than the movie and it was good.
So much more detail and background than the movie. I'd read it again if there weren't so many other great books out there!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Benny Katz
- 17-01-12
Same title, but not the same story as the film
Any additional comments?
Don't be misled by the title and image of the audiobook. It isn't the same as the film.
The audiobook covers a longer time frame, and reveals Leonard Logue as a different character to that portrayed by Geoffrey Rush in the film. Rather than being an Aussie larrikin, the book describes Logue as a caring and respectful person who needed the king???s attention as much as the king needed him.
I don???t think that I would have enjoyed the film as much had I heard this version of the story first. Recommended listening. I really enjoyed it
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- Eric
- 21-01-12
Brilliant story, brilliantly narrated
What a brilliant story! In contrast to the movie, which featured only a very short (and compressed) version of the story of Lionel Logue and the King, this book was a wonderful trip through the childhood and upbringing of both men, through to the end of their lives.
Lionel Logue's life was expertly resurrected by his grandson, Mark Logue, through a very thorough collection of newspaper clippings, diaries, and letters saved by Logue and his family. Jamie Glover as narrator did a similarly fantastic job, and his voice was perfectly suited to this wonderful story of an amazing pair of men.
Far more thorough and heart-touching than the movie, this book kept me engaged and enthralled - probably the most of the entire non-fiction genre for me. I will certainly be listening to this one again. Five stars for both story and performance.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story

- DRA
- 02-01-12
Excellent work on a diary
Where does The King's Speech rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I have a vast amount of audiobooks and this one ranks easily among the top ones. Not the top one, but undoubtedly among the top.
What was one of the most memorable moments of The King's Speech?
The last speech. I can't really imagine the stress of a king stammering that there will war again. Unfortunately people laugh at that and there was no reason to laugh.
Have you listened to any of Jamie Glover’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Never had.
Who was the most memorable character of The King's Speech and why?
Logue.
Any additional comments?
I love audiobooks, especially if they are well read. It is an excellent way of reading while strolling. driving and I never go to tha gym without one audiobook.