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The Long and the Short of It
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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Summary
Follow the disaster magnets of St Mary's as they hurtle around history! The ninth book in The Chronicles of St Mary's Series collects the best-selling short stories in audio for the first time.
'When a Child Is Born': a jump back to 1066 to witness the coronation of William the Conqueror goes slightly astray.
'Roman Holiday': Max and her team become spectacularly involved with Julius Caesar, Cleopatra and a basket of confused asps.
'Christmas Present': an attempt to rescue lost historians involving an enraged pig and Boudicca herself.
'The Very First Damned Thing': discover the truth about the very beginning of St Mary's.
'Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings': a gun left behind in ancient Egypt and a race against time to prevent a catastrophe.
'The Great St Mary's Day Out': hooray! It's a happy holiday. For everyone except Max, the only one with her mind on the job.
'My Name Is Markham': Alfred, the cakes and Mr Markham. The Great British Bake Off it's not!
And a bonus a new and previously unpublished short story - 'A Perfect Storm'.
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- Binka
- 11-06-17
Excellent It is so nice to have all the short stories in one place, not to mention all read by our favourite narrator.
The new addition to the series is absolutely hilarious! Just what I needed to put a smile on my face after the succession of awful headlines we've been bombarded by lately. Thank you Jodie.
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- Mrs S R Gascoigne
- 27-03-21
Great fun & great stories.
What’s not to like? A lovely selection of stories centred round the same characters, all of whom are so wonderfully human like the rest of us & you can’t help but like. Stories are well written and open doors to different times, different ideas whilst creating such vivid and detailed pictures in time. All the while the every ready and relatable kettle is anticipated for the much needed next brew as they travel through events.
Off to find some more Jodi Taylor and to spread the word.
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- allichristie
- 31-05-20
love love love!!!
If you love St Mary's, get this audiobook!!! Bonus backstory & loads of laughs! ... and watch out for the reindeer poop!
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- Sheena
- 17-05-20
The long and the short of it!
Absolutely love it, love the stories and love the versatility of the narrator Zara bringing everything together - perfect!
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- Julie Weeks
- 05-02-18
all the short stories
lovely to have this collection which now brings me up to date with all the St Mary's books. Enchanting and whimsical. I await the next instalment! Oh wait! I see a pod! April 2018 here I come. And the world went white.....
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- Steph H
- 19-11-19
Thoroughly enjoyable
I loved this book, it was so great hearing from the author how these stories came about and where her ideas come from, or don't..
Although it's slightly disjointed because the stories are little novella's between the books in the main series, it's a nice taster to go back through the series and dip in every now and then.
Rolicking good series.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-12-18
Brilliant as always!
As per usual, the stories are brilliant, My Name Is Markham in particular gives a whole new perspective on the series. The authors notes add to these stories brilliantly, although I do wonder of Max is really Jodi Taylor in fictional form,
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- esme mitchell
- 11-10-20
Love jodi’s characters
Enjoy all her books and love the individual characters she has created,Markem is a particular favourite
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- Colourdiva
- 19-03-22
Superbly read great short stories in one place.
Jodi and Zara, what a team. Superb stories, superbly read. Yes there is only one new story at the end, but how brilliant to go through the others again. Thank you a lovely compilation.
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- Thea Allison
- 21-06-21
As much fun as the novels
I’m not generally a big fan of short story format but I’m so glad I gave this a go. The stories link to the events in the novels chronologically giving a feeling of life at the wonderful St. Mary’s happening around the big events. Funny and sometimes moving they also fill in details between novels. Very enjoyable.
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