The Visitors

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The Visitors

By: Sally Beauman

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

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Sent abroad to Egypt in 1922, 11-year-old Lucy is caught up in the excitement that surrounds the hunt for Tutankhamun's tomb. When she meets Frances, the daughter of an American archaeologist, the two girls spy on the grown-ups and a lifelong bond is formed. Haunted by the ghosts of her past, the mistakes she made, Lucy disinters her past. And she finally comes to terms with what happened after Egypt, when Frances needed Lucy most.

Sally BeaumanLaurel LefkowW. F. Howes Ltd

Fiction

Historical Fiction

Heartfelt

Haunted

Africa

Middle East

Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt Haunted Africa Middle East

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"Once you start reading a Beauman book, you can't put it down" ( Guardian)

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Where does The Visitors rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

From a writing and reading point of view, one of the best.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Visitors?

Laurel Lefkow's narration is simply wonderful, her switch between character's, male, female and child is flawless. The whole story is memorable for its beautiful prose like writing.

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Every time Lucy and Frances got together (as children). The characters complimented each other, a kind of sugar and spice!

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Basically, it was a cosy comfortable feeling, which simply left a smile on my face.

Any additional comments?

The story itself, written by or read by anyone else may have left me wanting.
But this is much more than the story, more a work of art.

Wonderfuly written and read.

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I so enjoyed this book. I found the characters engaging and lifelike, the setting and atmosphere enthralling and the relation of real historical events fascinating. Sally Beauman has an absolutely beautiful command of prose and the marvellously talented Laurel Lefkow brings each character to sparkling life, effortlessly switching between female and male characters and British and American accents. This was my first Sally Beauman book and I will definitely read/listen to more. I shall also be downloading more narrated by Ms Lefkow.

Fabulous story, beautifully told

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Fictional view of the archaeological searches of Lord Carnavon, Howard Carter and others in the Valley of the Kings in the 1920s. I love to learn history this way. A story that finishes at the end of the century with many twists and turns en route, beginning with Lucy as a child and ending with ... well, that would be telling. Convincingly read (lots of characters with widely differing accents). I love Sally Beaumann's novels and this might be my favourite. It's long but very rewarding - I'd recommend it!

Egyptian treasure

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What did you like most about The Visitors?

I like the mixture of a fiction story and factual information

What did you like best about this story?

It is exciting but without lots of awful unpleasent bloody scenes

Which scene did you most enjoy?

I liked the scene in which they are wondering where Poppy is

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes if i had time to do so

Any additional comments?

The reader of this audio book read so well.

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I thought this book was about the supernatural aspects of Egypt and Tutankhamum, however it is not. The narrative follows the exploits of 11 year old Lucy, and the people she meets whilst recovering in Cairo from ill health. The story is set at the time when the tomb is discovered and Lucy meets all the main historical figures but much of the action is with her best friend Frances. Both girls come across as very precocious, especially Frances who does a great deal of explaining archeological matters to the reader. There are some nice descriptions of the period and I felt some of the language & behaviours (such as the attitude to, and treatment of the Egyptians) was realistic. Sadly the behaviour of the adults towards the two naughty girls just didn't ring true. I felt it was overly long and I much preferred the excellent 'Mistress of Nothing' by Kate Pullman as a portrait of women in Egypt. The narrator did an okay job, she didn't put on silly character voices which was good, but there were some errors of pronunciation.

Overly long and too light-hearted

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