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The Plague Charmer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
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Summary
The Plague Charmer, by Karen Maitland, author of the much-loved Company of Liars - her first novel of the plague - will chill and delight fans of Kate Mosse and C. J. Sansom in equal measure.
Riddle me this: I have a price, but it cannot be paid in gold or silver.
Porlock Weir, Exmoor, 1361. Thirteen years after the Great Pestilence, plague strikes England for the second time. Sara, a packhorse man's wife, remembers the horror all too well and fears for the safety of her children. Only a dark-haired stranger offers help but at a price that no one will pay.
Fear gives way to hysteria in the village, and when the sickness spreads to her family, Sara finds herself locked away by neighbours she has trusted for years. And as her husband - and then others - begin to die, the cost no longer seems so unthinkable.
The price that I ask from one willing to pay...a human life.
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- Mairi
- 14-01-17
WOW!
What a pleasant surprise this book was and fantastic narration,who needs tv. One of my favourite all time books. Highly recommended.
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- Dog Walker Sussex
- 29-11-16
avid dog walker and audio listener
wonderfully atmospheric story, really depicts life in the middle ages. Jonathan keeble absolutely superb.
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- Ms. Bookworm
- 30-10-17
Excellent story but long
A long story to listen to, but great story telling.
Excellent performance by narrator. Kept me listening.
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-01-17
A good read !
Great tale & I enjoyed the story. An interesting account & insight into life at the time.
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- ms Claire Stokoe
- 04-02-19
Love these books
Once you have read one you will want to read everything she writes it’s marvellous
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- keith mellor
- 13-10-21
The plague charmer
Really enjoyed this book I love all Karen Maitland’s books even they wouldn’t be my usual choice. I loved Will the dwarf made me smile. Well worth a read I haven’t got many more of her books to read now sadly
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- weez74
- 18-12-20
The narration is amazing!
Wow - I swung between listening in awe of the vocal performance and not even noticing it because it was so good (if you see what I mean). The story was almost secondary but it was entertaining and I liked the characters a lot. But I will definitely buy more narrated by this guy!
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- Olivia and Stephen Ross
- 31-08-19
More please.
Cannot get enough of Karen Maitlands work. Have read and listened to all her books.
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- Clare0116
- 28-06-20
Great mediaeval fantasy tale
A lively cast of characters endure "the great pestilence", bury their loved ones, famine, drought, hope
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- Biker
- 26-02-17
Intriguing.
I enjoyed this greatly. It is the second Karen Maitland I have listened to. The language pulls off the trick of sounding archaic but not like listening to Chaucer. The narrator is excellent, the characters are engaging. Will the created dwarf is very sympathetic. The language seems to be spoken in a late Victorian style, so understandable but archaic enough to keep disbelief suspended. And you will need to keep disbelief suspended, something I struggle to do but the neat trick of starting chapters with riddles or quasi magic traditions really helped get into a medieval mindset. An unusual and intriguing story, well constructed, brilliantly imagined and very well told.
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