Sleeper's Castle

De: Barbara Erskine

Narrado por: Charlotte Strevens

Two women, centuries apart. One endless nightmare tearing Wales apart – and only they can stop it.

Sunday Times bestselling author Barbara Erskine returns to Hay in the year that marks the 30th anniversary of her sensational debut bestseller, Lady of Hay.

Hay-On-Wye, 1400 – War is brewing in the Welsh borders, Catrin is on the brink of womanhood and falling in love for the first time. Her father is a soothsayer, playing a dangerous game playing on the mixed loyalties and furious rivalries between welsh princes and English lords. For two hundred years, the Welsh people have lain under the English yoke, dreaming of independence. And finally it looks as though the charismatic Owain Glyndwr may be the man legend talks of. In the walls of Sleeper’s Castle, Catrin finds herself caught in the middle of a doomed war as she is called upon to foretell Wales’s destiny… And what she sees, is blood and war coming closer…

©2016 Barbara Erskine (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

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‘Sleeper's Castle is a haunting tale, confirming that Barbara Erskine remains the mistress of the time-slip novel’ Acclaimed historian and novelist, Alison Weir

Captivating . . . Beguiling ghosts that whisper to us from the past and seek to stamp their will upon the present’ Richard and Judy bestseller, Rachel Hore

Evocative and haunting, [I was] every bit as captivated as I was when I was swept away by Lady of Hay’ Sunday Times bestselling author, Elizabeth Chadwick

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I love her books and being set in a part of the UK I once lived in really brought the images and landscape back to me - haunting and addictive!
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Talks to fast

Would you listen to Sleeper's Castle again? Why?

This my be a good story. But the narrator is terrible. She talked normal in her narration, but real fast in her character speech. After about an hour, I couldn't take it anymore. A narrator can make or break a book. I really think this my have been a good story.

Great Book!!

What did you love best about Sleeper's Castle?

I always love Barbara Erskine's books! I discovered Lady of Hay back in the 80's and have been an avid fan ever since. Her books are always so well researched and written and I look forward to each one!

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favorite character was Catrin because of her goodness and her courage.

Which character – as performed by Charlotte Strevens – was your favorite?

Catrin.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The end when they laid Catrin's father to rest. He was a mean old goat!

Long, Meandering, Silly

I’ve read too many historical novels involving two time periods to appreciate this one much. Everything historical takes place in dreams and the main character does so much sleeping and dreaming she’s practically a narcoleptic. This is just a very very long story that keeps going on and on till the historical “prince” and “princess” go riding off happily into the sunset.

The current day story is only slightly more interesting. I wonder if Andy has ever heard of a restraining order? Or don’t they have those in the UK? In the the meantime you’ve got some kooky woman threatening people with a … knife? And everyone is terrified. Again, only in the UK. In the US we’ve got bigger problems and a female with a knife hardly raises anyone’s blood pressure.

I haven’t got the interest in enumerating the many eye rolls inspired by this novel, but, don’t waste your time. It gets 2 stars and not 1 because I finished it and because the author did a lot of writing, however mediocre. Otherwise would be 1. Echh.