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Winter Pilgrims

Kingmaker, Book 1

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Winter Pilgrims

By: Toby Clements
Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
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February 1460.

In the bitter dawn of a winter’s morning, a young man and a woman escape from a priory. In fear for their lives, they are forced to flee across a land ravaged by conflict.

For this is the Wars of the Roses, one of the most savage and bloody civil wars in history. Where brother confronts brother, king faces king and Thomas and Katherine must fight just to stay alive....

©2014 Toby Clements (P)2016 Bolinda Fiction Historical Fiction Royalty War Scary Thought-Provoking

Critic reviews

"An enthralling adventure story, honest and powerful. The Wars of the Roses are imagined here with energy, with ferocity, with hunger to engage the [listener]." (Hilary Mantel)
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What an absolutely fabulous book ....already desperate
For book 2 .Historically accurate . It's a truly great depiction
Of the people and there lives in the barbaric world
Of the wars of the roses ......Must listen excellent narration
As well....

Excellent

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Where does Winter Pilgrims rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's in the upper quartile. I'd say it's not great literature but it was very enjoyable and also instructive.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I liked Kit (Catherine) and Thomas the two principle characters who were well conceived

Which scene did you most enjoy?

The part where Kit cut out the fistular .....

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

No, occasionally I had to distance myself from the battle descriptions as it made me feel a bit queezy. It made me realise how lucky we are to have lived in peacetime.

Any additional comments?

Jack Hawkins is a great narrator. As far as the story is concerned I'd have liked to have more made of the mysterious ledger.

well told story but a gory part of British history

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I am loving Conn Iggulden's series on the War of the Roses, but this offers a respectably different take on events... a sort of bottom up view of the civil war. The major players are (mostly) high above the action as our heroes muddle grimly on, surviving.

If I am being critical it does sometimes seem like a series of events linked together and once or twice I had my doubts but the lasting effect of following their story is to get just a little closer to glimpsing the events of the period as they must have been to the those with no choice to serve.

Just surviving is heroic. Good stuff. I have just bought the second one.

Something a little different.

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I've read a lot of historical novels but learned things I didn't know from this one. Really well read and interesting

Loved it

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Brilliant . I have already listened to the book twice. Look forward to the next book.

Brilliant book

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