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The Third Nero
- Flavia Albia, Book 5 (Falco: The New Generation)
- Narrated by: Lucy Brown
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
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From the creator of Falco comes Falco: The New Generation, featuring her unforgettable heroine Flavia Albia.
Flavia Albia's day-old marriage is in trouble - her new husband may be permanently disabled, and they have no funds. So when Palace officials ask her to help expose a plotter in their midst, she is obliged to accept their commission.
The plot could not be bigger. Ever since he died in AD 68, apparently by his own hand, Rome has been haunted by reports that Emperor Nero is in fact very much alive and about to return to claim his throne.
Two Nero pretenders have emerged in the east and met grisly fates. But now, as Emperor Domitian, whose tyrannical, paranoid reign grows ever more unpopular, fights a war in faraway Dacia, there emerges a far more sinister contender. What's more the rumour is that this false Nero is already in Rome. Plunged into the conspiracy, Flavia must infiltrate the house of the Parthians who have smuggled in this new impostor, negotiate with spies, dodge the assassins sent by the Palace traitor, and somehow cope with her stricken husband.
Can she succeed before the impostor is revealed? Or will Rome once more be plunged into civil war?
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-05-17
l Lindsey Davis does it again!!!
Poor Favia.Albia husband struck by lightening on her wedding day and then the palace spys come calling. This is the start of a roller coaster story
that is a joy to listen to. Lucy Brown sounds very much like I imagined Flavia to speak.
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- PHILIP
- 13-10-17
ONE TO FLAVIA
SLOW TO START BUT WORTH PERSEVERING WELL READ WITH GOOD CHARACTERISATIONS AND SOME BAD FUNNY PUNS . GOOD LISTENING
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- Miss A.
- 04-06-17
I miss the falcon humour
Although well read the Flavia series does not have charm of the Falco series. An easy listen though.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-05-17
excellent narration
Great series. This one seemed rather drawn out. Roman names more confusing in audio version. In writing it's clearer to distinguish the characters. Often a helpful map too. The narration was really good.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-06-21
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Another exciting job for Flavia Alba. This narrator is brilliant and has the character of Flavia completely allowing the Listener to fall into the world of the Roman informer and her Aedile once again for another exciting episode of the story .
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- MR J F TAYLOR
- 25-07-17
Great listen
Excellent, slow at first but finished at a pace. Loved the way it progressed from something minor and ended with a major result.
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- Andrew
- 06-04-17
It's getting there
I'm slowly getting into the new style with Flavia as the main character, however while Lucy Brown is no doubt trying her best the voice does not quite seem right, still a bit 'jolly hockey sticks' at times, and hardly a street wise woman.
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- Mrs. M. Freeman
- 23-04-20
brilliant story
I like this narrator better than the other one. the story complicated by lots of carrictors and names to remember.
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- Amazonian
- 04-05-22
Really enjoyable and engaging
I do live a Falco family book and this was a great one. Thoroughly enjoyable and gripping. My only caveat is the microphone picked up a lot of extraneous mouth noises from the reader so sometimes it became very distracting.
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- Dragon
- 13-05-23
Good story, daft denouement
Flavia Albia is struggling with worries about her poorly husband and takes a terrifying commission that embroils her in toxic imperial politics. Good idea and the book is great up until the over dramatic ending - but the ultimate outcomes are plausible and quite interesting. Mostly it has the ironic Flavia style that is thoroughly enjoyable. The author treads a thoughtful line between modern and Roman sensibilities and still tells a fun story. I have a few problems with this narrator who sometimes doesn’t phrase sentences very well, obscuring their meaning. Her pace and clarity are good, though.
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