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  • By: James Runcie
  • Narrated by: Peter Wickham
  • Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (38 ratings)
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Summary

1938. Eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing with Amanda Kendall at her brother’s birthday party at the Caledonian Club. No one can believe that there could ever be another war. 

Returning to London seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military Cross and lost his best friend. The carefree youth that he and his friends were promised has been blown apart - and Sidney, carrying a terrible, secret guilt, must decide what to do with the rest of his life. But he has heard a call: constant though quiet, and growing ever more persistent. 

To the incredulity of his family and the derision of his friends, Sidney must now negotiate his path to God: the course of which never runs smooth.

©2019 James Runcie (P)2019 Isis Publishing Ltd

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Having only watched 3 episodes of original tv series I left it there knowing I would return to them. I later purchased the audio books ( still unlistened to) then bought the Road To Granchester.

Have just finished prequel and found it interesting but at times slow going mostly during the war chapters. Would recommend probably listening prior to tackling the main canon.

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I have the whole series

Perfect marriage of story and narrator
Sydney is a good man. I love these stories.

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A gentle tale light a Sunday Afternoon

I loved this book. Hit the spot, with some graphic descriptions of the horrors of WWII, but moves through the ups and downs of life’s challenges and questions.

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Friendship

A story of friendships between people who share the experiences of wartime loss and rebuilding lives after WW2

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