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Triumff: Her Majesty's Hero

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About this listen

It is the year 2010. Her Divine Majesty, Queen Elizabeth XXX sits upon the throne. Great Britain’s vast Empire is run by alchemy and superstition. Now Sir Rupert Triumff, dashing swordsman, has uncovered a vile plot to dethrone her glorious majesty. For the honour of the nation: to arms! Multi-million selling author Dan Abnett whips up a furious maelstrom of incredible swordfights, wild invention and truly outrageous jokes.

©2010 Dan Abnett (P)2011 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Classics Fantasy Literature & Fiction Fiction Comedy

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Critic reviews

" Triumff is a witch’s brew of alternate history, hocus pocus, cracking action and cheesy gags. Reads like Blackadder crossed with Neal Stephenson. It’s a Kind of Magick – don't miss it.” (Stephen Baxter, esq.)
“Endlessly inventive, joyously irreverent, drenched with adrenaline and wicked humour, Dan Abnett’s Triumff: Her Majesty’s Hero is a brilliant occult-comedy-historical-adventure that’s true to the best traditions of the genres it so eagerly devours.” (Mike Carey, esq.)
truth be told I struggled at the start. some of the wording was difficult to understand. However perseverance won the day and I have actually listened to it multiple times. the narrator is simply fantastic and the story amazing. It presents an alternative magic fueled England with wit action and a gripping story

brilliantly done

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The reader is more professional than inspiring but he gets the job done without getting in the way of the story. He does well with the pace of his reading and has enough voices to go around although if you have listened to other books read by him you will notice the same voices come round again. It lead to some funny moments where I thought what is the DG from Len Deightons Berlin game doing in a funny fantasy book about an alternative Elizabethan London.

The story itself is fun, I laughed a lot especially in the first quarter of the book. The author draws on a lot of the same lines as Terry Prattchet. If you’ve just come off a Disc World binge and need something to help the come down I would recommend this. Although it does stand up as a its own thing.

A workman like performance with a funny story unde

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Wonderfully inventive both in terms of setting and story, with playful narrative and description. Add to this the witty and inventive dialogue, and you have a truly delightful story that deserves a lot of attention and respect. The performance of the narrator is to be highly commended, thoroughly committed to every nuance of the text. I can't recommend this enough! Desperately waiting for an encore!

Absolute Triumph!

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Fantastic! Actual 'people looking at you like you're nuts as you laugh out loud on the train' writing in parts! Really very good! Tried not to listen to it one hit, and lost a day as I couldn't stop! Seen it described as Blackadder meets Terry Pratchett, and couldn't agree more! Hats off to Dan Abnett, this is a brilliantly inventive story, and extremely funny! Narrator is excellent as well! Heartily recommend it!

Pratchettesque Punning!

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Good plot, An alternative England and swashbuckling hero, sprinkled with magic and action. Good narrator.

Blackadder meets Discworld, really entertaining

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Love Dan Abnett's work, from Eisenhorn to the Ghosts and pretty much buy anything he's written. This one's OK, not quite in the same mould as his greats. Agree with other posters that this is channelling Terry Pratchet's style and whch was fun, but not sure it completely works

It's alright

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I have not enjoyed such a light hearted romp so much since I read my first Terry Pratchett book. I would guess this to be a homage to Pratchett, written in a similar style with a goodly dash of Blackadder 2. Simon Vance has done an outstanding job with the spoken word, but the real joy is in the writing. No plot buster review here, just a standing ovation from me!

An absolute jewel of a book

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Would you try another book written by Dan Abnett or narrated by Simon Vance?

Dan is normally a fabulous writer and I really enjoy his style, however the audio effects on this book make it difficult for me to relax while listening. It's pretty jarring. It's a shame because I'm sure it's a great story, like all of his works, but I can't get past the first chapter without all my nerves being on edge. Sorry Audible, but I think you broke this one.

Really not sure

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