The Last Rights
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The Last Rights
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Narrated by:
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Amanda Parrott
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By:
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Geoff Cook
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The Last Rights - A drama spanning eight decades in the life of a Holocaust survivor with an explosive secret
April 1945 - As the war in Europe draws to a chaotic and bloody finale, and the days of the Third Reich are numbered, a train filled with a cargo of Nazi gold sets off from Berlin destined for a secret location in Bavaria. On board, a young Polish Jew is about to witness a chain of events leading to the greatest robbery and criminal conspiracy of our time.
October 2018 - After 80 years, a Lisbon bank is about to finally close its safe deposit facility. The secrets and treasures locked away over decades will soon be revealed. Influential people in powerful positions have reasons to be concerned.
Fusing together the two events are the recollections of Rita Krakowski, Holocaust survivor, condemned as a Nazi collaborator and fugitive from justice. Memories are branded into her soul like the number on her forearm, revelations with far-reaching international and financial implications. Powerful forces are mobilised. She must be found and silenced forever.
For private investigators Chas Broadhurst and René Marchal, what appears to be a straight-forward assignment rapidly becomes a deadly race against time to find the woman before it is too late and to expose a cover-up 70 years in the making.
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I loved the narration, the use of accents and language is sublime. Amanda Parrott is fast becoming one of my favourite narrators.
Detail, drama and disturbing
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Great narration with easy on the ears voice
Great listern
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I loved this book
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Narration made for easy listening.
I would have given it 6 stars if possible
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The Last Rights most certainly did not disappoint. It is an unusual construction of two stories spanning seven decades from the forties until the present day. The author cleverly weaves the two stories together with a chain of historical events surrounding the chaos in Nazi Germany at the end of the war through to a major fire in the centre of Lisbon in the eighties.
The first section of the novel deals with the life of a Holocaust survivor, Rita Krakowski, as recorded in her diary of recollections from her incarceration in a concentration camp at the age of thirteen into adulthood as she flees as a fugitive from justice together with the SS officer who entrapped her. The author subtlety leads you from the reactions of a young girl through the stages of womanhood, reflecting both her changing approach to life and the dependent relationship between the two fugitives. By the time I had reached the end of the first part, I felt a great deal of sympathy and sadness for the principal character.
The second part of the storyline is contemporary and revolves around the closure of a Lisbon bank's safe deposit facility which has been in existence for over eighty years. As a neutral power during the war, Portugal was a safe haven for both sides of the conflict and provided a refuge for secrets and stolen treasures, many of which remain unclaimed. Without providing a spoiler, I'll just say that you are introduced to a number of interesting characters and a storyline which is complex and thoughtfully conceived, leading to a climax where the fate of the main characters hangs chillingly in the balance as the truth is revealed. It was a long listen, but I could have happily stayed around for a sequel.
The narration is very easy to listen to and the variety of languages and characters reflects an experienced storyteller who knows her stuff. You also get the distinct impression that the narrator really enjoyed and was committed to her assignment. Let me know when the sequel is ready.
Excellent , a must read
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