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Narrado por:
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Rosalyn Landor
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Susanna Kearsley
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History has all but forgotten...
In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown.
Now, Carrie McClelland hopes to turn that story into her next bestselling novel. Settling herself in the shadow of Slains Castle, she creates a heroine named for one of her own ancestors and starts to write.
But when she discovers her novel is more fact than fiction, Carrie wonders if she might be dealing with ancestral memory, making her the only living person who knows the truth-the ultimate betrayal-that happened all those years ago, and that knowledge comes very close to destroying her...
Please note: This novel has also been published under a different title: Sophia's Secret.
Please note, this title is the original recording, which is now known as Sophia's Secret
©2010 Susanna Kearsley (P)2011 Audible, Inc.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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When venturing into the historical fiction genre, I’m often drawn to specific, brief events that were either glossed over or left entirely out of the history books, as opposed to those that cover broad subjects that can be densely overwhelming. Given a subject like Henry XIII and his wives or Joan of Arc, both popular subjects of the genre, an author could easily lose an audience to an overwhelming amount of explanation and facts. Instead, Susanna Kearsley’s The Winter Sea offers a narrow, controlled exploration of a lesser known event, the 1708 Jacobite failed uprising by James Stewart against William of Orange and Mary Stewart to reclaim the throne. It is an enthralling story that makes the facts and descriptions of the people and places surrounding the uprising much more palatable and absorbing.
The Winter Sea also offers a unique narrative format. Main character and popular historical fiction novelist Carrie McClelland rents a cottage for the summer on the coast of Scotland, not far from Slain Castle (where she sets her story) and where the Jacobite uprising occurred centuries ago. Thus, The Winter Sea has two narratives: McClelland in present day Scotland, writing her novel; and McClelland’s novel, a work in progress detailing the Jacobite uprising in 1708 Scotland. Such a narrative format is fodder for narrator Rosalyn Landor, whose performance skillfully embodies the complex mind of a writer. Her voicing of Carrie is investigative, creative, imaginative, and discerning. Her deep, expressive tone allows her the versatility to voice the myriad supporting characters, both male and female, past and present. The dreamlike writing sequences of McClelland writing her novel really sing under Landor’s rendering. With Landor as a guide, it’s easy to lose yourself in The Winter Sea’s journey through Scotland and through history.
The Winter Sea confidently flourishes in the intrigue surrounding this political uprising, while also offering the accommodating narrative device of delivering the story through the mind of a writer. Kearsley and Landor together remind us that history does not have to get bogged down by the facts, but instead can be thrilling, suspenseful, and imaginative, especially when presented from a unique perspective. Suzanne Day
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Florrie Buckley is an orphan living on the wind-blasted moors of Cornwall. It's a hard existence, but Florrie is content; she runs wild in the mysterious landscape. She thinks her destiny is set in stone. But when Florrie is 14, she inherits a never-imagined secret. She is related to a wealthy and notorious London family: the Graces.
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- De Maria en 07-04-16
De: Tracy Rees
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Lyon's Bride
- The Chattan Curse, Book 1
- De: Cathy Maxwell
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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They call him Lord Lyon, proud, determined - and cursed. He is in need of a bride, but if he falls in love, he dies. His fervent hope is that by marrying - and having a son - without love, perhaps he can break the curse's chains forever. Enter beautiful Thea Martin - a duke's headstrong, errant daughter and society's most brilliant matchmaker. Years ago, she and Lyon were inseparable, until he disappeared from her life without a word. Now she is charged with finding Lyon's bride - a woman he cannot love for a man Thea could love too well.
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Good Story - Wonderful Narrator
- De Lia en 11-19-12
De: Cathy Maxwell
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Instruments of Darkness
- A Novel
- De: Imogen Robertson
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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In the year 1780, Harriet Westerman, the willful mistress of a country manor in Sussex, finds a dead man on her grounds with a ring bearing the crest of Thornleigh Hall in his pocket. Not one to be bound by convention or to shy away from adventure, she recruits a reclusive local anatomist named Gabriel Crowther to help her find the murderer, and historical suspense's newest investigative duo is born.
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Not The Best, But Not Too Bad...
- De MJ en 01-13-13
De: Imogen Robertson
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Push Not the River
- De: James Conroyd Martin
- Narrado por: Dawn Harvey
- Duración: 19 h y 40 m
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Push Not the River is the rich story of Poland in the late 1700's - a time of heartache and turmoil as the country's once peaceful people are torn apart by neighboring countries and divided loyalties. It is then, at the young and vulnerable age of seventeen, that Lady Anna Maria Berezowska loses both of her parents and must leave the only home she has ever known.
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Save your time; buy something else.
- De AMS en 10-22-15
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The Lake House
- De: Kate Morton
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 21 h y 24 m
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Living on her family’s gorgeous lakeside estate in Cornwall, England, Alice Edevane is a bright, clever, inquisitive, innocent, and precociously talented fourteen-year-old who loves to write stories. But the mysteries she pens are no match for the one her family is about to endure ...One midsummer’s eve, after a beautiful party drawing hundreds of guests to the estate has ended, the Edevanes discover that their youngest son, Theo, has vanished without a trace.
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Enjoyed the writing, but oy vey, this book
- De Jennifer S en 12-28-18
De: Kate Morton
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The Stranger House
- De: Reginald Hill
- Narrado por: Gordon Griffin
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
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For years, the Stranger House has stood in the village of Illthwaite, offering refuge to travellers. People like Sam, a brilliant young mathematician, who believes that anything that can't be explained by maths isn't worth explaining. And Miguel, a historian running from a priests' seminary, who sees ghosts. Sam is an experienced young woman, Miguel a 26-year-old virgin.
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an OK read
- De Jen Terry en 01-18-08
De: Reginald Hill
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The Distant Hours
- De: Kate Morton
- Narrado por: Caroline Lee
- Duración: 22 h y 31 m
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Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother’s emotional distance masks an old secret.
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Right Mood At The Right Time
- De Simone en 11-13-12
De: Kate Morton
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Lamp Black, Wolf Grey
- A Novel
- De: Paula Brackston
- Narrado por: Marisa Calin
- Duración: 10 h y 30 m
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Artist Laura Matthews finds her new home in the Welsh mountains to be a place so charged with tales and legends that she is able to reach through the gossamer-fine veil that separates her own world from that of myth and fable. She and her husband, Dan, have given up their city life and moved to Blaencwm, an ancient longhouse high in the hills. Here, she hopes that the wild beauty will inspire her to produce her best art and will give her the baby they have longed for.
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Just plain silly
- De Jennifer S Lewis en 08-10-18
De: Paula Brackston
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Loving a Lost Lord
- De: Mary Jo Putney
- Narrado por: Kate Rawson
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
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Battered by the sea, Adam remembers nothing of his past, his ducal rank, nor of the shipwreck that almost claimed his life. However, he's delighted to hear that the golden-haired vision tending his wounds is his wife. Mariah's name and face may not be familiar, but her touch, her warmth, feel deliciously right....
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Good summer read
- De Melelina en 07-13-09
De: Mary Jo Putney
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Ember Island
- De: Kimberley Freeman
- Narrado por: Jennifer Vuletic
- Duración: 13 h y 9 m
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A compelling tale of two women separated by a century who discover long-buried secrets in an Australian manor house. In 1891, Tilly Kirkland is reeling with shock and guilt after her tempestuous marriage ends in horrific circumstances. Fleeing to the farthest place she knows, Tilly takes a job on Ember Island in Moreton Bay, Australia, where she becomes the governess to the prison superintendent's precocious young daughter, Nell.
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Not her best book
- De Beth en 05-02-18
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Secrets of the Lighthouse
- De: Santa Montefiore
- Narrado por: Susan Riddell
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Ellen Trawton is running away from it all. She hates her job, she doesn't love the aristocratic man to whom she is engaged, and her relationship with her controlling mother is becoming increasingly strained. So Ellen leaves London, fleeing to her aunt's cottage in Connemara. Cutting ties with London society, Ellen gives in to Ireland's charm and warmth, thinking her future may lie where so much of her past has been hidden.
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Secrets of the Lighthouse-not so secret
- De brandiejean en 10-15-15
De: Santa Montefiore
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Winter Collection
- Six Historical Short Stories (A Timeless Romance Anthology, Book 1)
- De: Sarah M. Eden, Heidi Ashworth, Annette Lyon, y otros
- Narrado por: Karen Peakes
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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Six award-winning authors have contributed brand new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Winter Collection. A collection unlike any other, listeners will love this compilation of six sweet historical romance novellas, set in varying eras, yet all with one thing in common: Romance.
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Winter
- De Manila J. Dobbs en 08-12-23
De: Sarah M. Eden, y otros
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A Share in Death
- De: Deborah Crombie
- Narrado por: Michael Deehy
- Duración: 7 h y 3 m
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A week's holiday in a luxurious hotel is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But his vacation ends dramatically with the discovery of a dead body in the whirlpool bath. Despite a suspicious lack of cooperation from the local constabulary, Kincaid's keen sense of duty won't allow him to ignore the heinous crime, impelling him to send for his enthusiastic young assistant, Sergeant Gemma James. But the stakes are raised significantly when a second murder occurs....
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- De connie en 02-09-13
De: Deborah Crombie
Las personas que vieron esto también vieron...
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The Rose Garden
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
- Duración: 12 h
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Acclaimed author Susanna Kearsley's previous works have won the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice Award, and finaled for both the UK Romantic Novel of the Year and the RITA awards.
Eva Ward is a modern woman thrown back three centuries to 1715 - only to find that might be exactly where she belongs. There, she finds true love with Daniel Butler, but the discord surrounding Hanoverian King George plunges the lovers into a world of intrigue, treason, and romance.
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Amazing story.
- De Angel Claire en 10-07-11
De: Susanna Kearsley
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Named of the Dragon
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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The charm of spending the Christmas holidays in South Wales, with its crumbling castles and ancient myths, seems the perfect distraction from the nightmares that have plagued literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw since the loss of her baby five years ago. Instead she meets an emotionally fragile young widow who's convinced that Lyn's recurring dreams have drawn her to Castle Farm for an important purpose - and she's running out of time.
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Not Kearsley's best
- De Sindy en 06-27-16
De: Susanna Kearsley
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The Shadowy Horses
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Sally Armstrong
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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Archaeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Scottish Borderlands in search of the truth buried in a rocky field by the sea. Her eccentric boss has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it - not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has "seen" a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades.
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Slow Build Atmospheric Story of Light Rom Susp
- De Sophia Rose en 12-15-16
De: Susanna Kearsley
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Bellewether
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Tim Campbell, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Megan Tusing
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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It's late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided loyalties and deadly secrets. In this complex and dangerous time, a young French Canadian lieutenant is captured and billeted with a Long Island family, an unwilling and unwelcome guest. As he begins to pitch in with the never-ending household tasks and farm chores, Jean-Philippe de Sabran finds himself drawn to the daughter of the house. Slowly, Lydia Wilde comes to lean on Jean-Philippe, true soldier and gentleman, until their lives become inextricably intertwined.
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Another great Susanna story!
- De Meg en 12-15-18
De: Susanna Kearsley
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A Desperate Fortune
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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For nearly 300 years, the cryptic journal of Mary Dundas has kept its secrets. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas travels to Paris to crack the cipher.... Jacobite exile Mary Dundas is filled with longing - for freedom, for adventure, for the family she lost. When fate opens the door, Mary dares to set her foot on a path far more surprising and dangerous than she ever could have dreamed.
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- De KristenLashley en 08-14-15
De: Susanna Kearsley
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Every Secret Thing
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
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No one lives forever. But the truth survives us all. Kate Murray is deeply troubled. In front of her lies a dead man, a stranger who only minutes before had approached her wanting to tell her about a mystery, a long-forgotten murder. The crime was old, he'd told her, but still deserving of justice. Soon Kate is caught up in a dangerous whirlwind of events that takes her back into her grandmother's mysterious war-time past and across the Atlantic as she tries to retrace the dead man's footsteps.
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Liked the Book - But The Narrator Drove Me Nuts
- De Mari en 01-12-17
De: Susanna Kearsley
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The Rose Garden
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
- Duración: 12 h
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Acclaimed author Susanna Kearsley's previous works have won the RT Book Reviews Reviewers Choice Award, and finaled for both the UK Romantic Novel of the Year and the RITA awards.
Eva Ward is a modern woman thrown back three centuries to 1715 - only to find that might be exactly where she belongs. There, she finds true love with Daniel Butler, but the discord surrounding Hanoverian King George plunges the lovers into a world of intrigue, treason, and romance.
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Amazing story.
- De Angel Claire en 10-07-11
De: Susanna Kearsley
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Named of the Dragon
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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The charm of spending the Christmas holidays in South Wales, with its crumbling castles and ancient myths, seems the perfect distraction from the nightmares that have plagued literary agent Lyn Ravenshaw since the loss of her baby five years ago. Instead she meets an emotionally fragile young widow who's convinced that Lyn's recurring dreams have drawn her to Castle Farm for an important purpose - and she's running out of time.
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Not Kearsley's best
- De Sindy en 06-27-16
De: Susanna Kearsley
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The Shadowy Horses
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Sally Armstrong
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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Archaeologist Verity Grey has been drawn to the dark legends of the Scottish Borderlands in search of the truth buried in a rocky field by the sea. Her eccentric boss has spent his whole life searching for the resting place of the lost Ninth Roman Legion and is convinced he's finally found it - not because of any scientific evidence, but because a local boy has "seen" a Roman soldier walking in the fields, a ghostly sentinel who guards the bodies of his long-dead comrades.
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Slow Build Atmospheric Story of Light Rom Susp
- De Sophia Rose en 12-15-16
De: Susanna Kearsley
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Bellewether
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Tim Campbell, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Megan Tusing
- Duración: 13 h y 38 m
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It's late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided loyalties and deadly secrets. In this complex and dangerous time, a young French Canadian lieutenant is captured and billeted with a Long Island family, an unwilling and unwelcome guest. As he begins to pitch in with the never-ending household tasks and farm chores, Jean-Philippe de Sabran finds himself drawn to the daughter of the house. Slowly, Lydia Wilde comes to lean on Jean-Philippe, true soldier and gentleman, until their lives become inextricably intertwined.
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Another great Susanna story!
- De Meg en 12-15-18
De: Susanna Kearsley
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A Desperate Fortune
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 15 h y 42 m
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For nearly 300 years, the cryptic journal of Mary Dundas has kept its secrets. Now, amateur codebreaker Sara Thomas travels to Paris to crack the cipher.... Jacobite exile Mary Dundas is filled with longing - for freedom, for adventure, for the family she lost. When fate opens the door, Mary dares to set her foot on a path far more surprising and dangerous than she ever could have dreamed.
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Suggestion to listen with volume low & treble off
- De KristenLashley en 08-14-15
De: Susanna Kearsley
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Every Secret Thing
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
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No one lives forever. But the truth survives us all. Kate Murray is deeply troubled. In front of her lies a dead man, a stranger who only minutes before had approached her wanting to tell her about a mystery, a long-forgotten murder. The crime was old, he'd told her, but still deserving of justice. Soon Kate is caught up in a dangerous whirlwind of events that takes her back into her grandmother's mysterious war-time past and across the Atlantic as she tries to retrace the dead man's footsteps.
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Liked the Book - But The Narrator Drove Me Nuts
- De Mari en 01-12-17
De: Susanna Kearsley
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The King's Messenger
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Beth Eyre, Angus King
- Duración: 11 h y 57 m
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It is the year 1613, and King James is sending his messenger Andrew Logan into Scotland with secret orders to arrest Sir David Moray, close friend and advisor of the late Prince Henry. Secrets are second nature to Andrew, who must hide his Second Sight to stay alive. Joined by a court scrivener and the scrivener's spirited daughter Phoebe, Andrew slowly untangles the true purpose of his mission—to frame Sir David for Prince Henry's murder. But Andrew is unwilling to betray an innocent man.
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Better even than The Winter’s Sea
- De Blue en 03-06-25
De: Susanna Kearsley
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The Highland Witch
- A Novel
- De: Susan Fletcher
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 12 h y 57 m
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February 13, 1692. Thirty-eight members of the MacDonald clan are killed by soldiers who had previously enjoyed the clan’s hospitality. Many more die from exposure. Forty miles south, brilliant, captivating Corrag—accused witch and orphaned herbalist—is imprisoned in the Scottish highlands for her involvement in the massacre.
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beautifully written!
- De Scottishcat en 06-06-12
De: Susan Fletcher
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Echoes of the Runes
- Runes, Book 1
- De: Christina Courtenay
- Narrado por: Eilidh Beaton
- Duración: 11 h y 58 m
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When Mia inherits her beloved grandmother's summer cottage, Birch Thorpe, in Sweden, she faces a dilemma. Her fiance Charles urges her to sell and buy a swanky London home, but Mia cannot let it go easily. The request to carry out an archaeological dig for more Viking artefacts like the gold ring Mia's grandmother also left her, offers her a reprieve from a decision - and from Charles.
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Vikings and reincarnation
- De Bronwynn Victoria en 04-01-20
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The Deadly Hours
- De: Susanna Kearsley, C. S. Harris
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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From Italy in 1733 to Edinburgh in 1831 to a series of chilling murders in London in 1870 and a lethal game of revenge decades later, a watch touches lives with misfortune - until it comes into the hands of one young woman who might be able to stop it for good. This outstanding collaboration between four outstanding novelists follows characters who are irrevocably linked by fate, each one playing a key role in breaking the curse once and for all.
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Narration was bad, just bad
- De Abby en 11-16-20
De: Susanna Kearsley, y otros
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Into the Wilderness
- A Novel
- De: Sara Donati
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 30 h y 13 m
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Weaving a vibrant tapestry of fact and fiction, Into the Wilderness sweeps us into another time and place...and into the heart of a forbidden, incandescent affair between a spinster Englishwoman and an American frontiersman. Here is an epic of romance and history that will captivate readers from the start.
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So much for "if you like Gabaldon"
- De randomactsofpunctuation en 11-24-15
De: Sara Donati
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The Winthrop Woman
- De: Anya Seton
- Narrado por: Corrie James
- Duración: 27 h y 34 m
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In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against a background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; dared to challenge a determined army captain bent on the massacre of her friends, the Siwanoy Indians; and, above all, dared to love a man as her heart and her whole being commanded.
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Historical Fiction that Aged Very Well
- De Lulu en 11-26-14
De: Anya Seton
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Children of Liberty: A Novel
- The Bronze Horseman Trilogy, Book 2
- De: Paullina Simons
- Narrado por: Nicol Zanzarella
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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Gina Attaviano travels from Sicily to Boston to start a new life with only the clothes on her back. Harry Barrington is the son of one of New England’s most successful businessmen. Despite their differences and the strong opposition of their families, their attraction is strong. Set against a time of transformation for a growing nation, Gina and Harry must find the courage to do what is right, no matter what the price.
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- De Nan en 03-13-21
De: Paullina Simons
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The Bookseller of Inverness
- De: S.G. MacLean
- Narrado por: David Monteath
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally slashed, he survived only by pretending to be dead as the Redcoats patrolled the corpses of his Jacobite comrades. Six years later, with the clan chiefs routed and the Highlands subsumed into the British state, Iain lives a quiet life, working as a bookseller in Inverness. One day, after helping several of his regular customers, he notices a stranger lurking in the upper gallery of his shop, poring over his collection. But the man refuses to say what he's searching for.
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- De puplhunt en 07-06-24
De: S.G. MacLean
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The Rose and the Thistle
- De: Laura Frantz
- Narrado por: Amy Scanlon
- Duración: 13 h y 53 m
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In 1715, Lady Blythe Hedley's father is declared an enemy of the British crown because of his Jacobite sympathies, forcing her to flee her home in northern England. Secreted to the tower of Wedderburn Castle in Scotland, Lady Blythe awaits who will ultimately be crowned king. But in a house with seven sons and numerous servants, her presence soon becomes known.
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- De Nature Mama en 04-13-23
De: Laura Frantz
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The Game of Kings
- Book One in the Legendary Lymond Chronicles
- De: Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrado por: David Monteath
- Duración: 21 h y 42 m
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It is 1547, and Scotland has been humiliated by an English invasion and is threatened by machinations elsewhere beyond its borders, but it is still free. Paradoxically, her freedom may depend on a man who stands accused of treason. He is Francis Crawford of Lymond, a scapegrace nobleman of crooked felicities and murderous talents, possessed of a scholar's erudition and a tongue as wicked as a rapier. In The Game of Kings, this extraordinary antihero returns to the country that has outlawed him to redeem his reputations even at the risk of his life.
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- De Meta Spirit en 07-20-19
De: Dorothy Dunnett
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Shadow on the Crown
- A Novel
- De: Patricia Bracewell
- Narrado por: Katie Firth
- Duración: 13 h y 40 m
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In 1002, 15-year-old Emma of Normandy crosses the Narrow Sea to wed the much older King Athelred of England, whom she meets for the first time at the church door. Thrust into an unfamiliar and treacherous court, with a husband who mistrusts her, stepsons who resent her, and a bewitching rival who covets her crown, Emma must defend herself against her enemies and secure her status as queen by bearing a son.
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- De Polish Princess en 08-26-15
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Beautiful Ruins
- De: Jess Walter
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
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The story begins in 1962. On a rocky patch of the sun-drenched Italian coastline, a young innkeeper, chest-deep in daydreams, looks out over the incandescent waters of the Ligurian Sea and spies an apparition: a tall, thin woman, a vision in white, approaching him on a boat. She is an actress, he soon learns, an American starlet, and she is dying. And the story begins again today, half a world away, when an elderly Italian man shows up on a movie studio's back lot - searching for the mysterious woman he last saw at his hotel decades earlier.
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- De Ella en 11-25-12
De: Jess Walter
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Winter Sea
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Please don't compare it to Diana Gabaldon's books
I seem to remember reading a review here or there which indicated that people who love Diana Gabaldon's work will love this book too. I agree with this statement, but I also feel it does this book a disservice.
Yes, it is about the Scottish resistance to the Hanover dynasty, beginning in the 18th century. And it features a beautiful young damsel and handsome Scottish rebel. But in my opinion, that is basically where the comparison ends.
Kearsley has given us, basically, two novels in one; and there is no time-traveling involved. Her modern-day protagonist is an American novelist with Scottish ancestry who moves to a Scottish village near the sea and falls in love with a 'local'. The historical plot is about a young 18th century woman who has lost her nuclear family and moves in with relatives who live in a castle/manor house close to the same village that features in the modern plot.
These two timelines connect during the novelist's dreamstates. And, since she is a writer, the dreamstates become the source of her new novel. In addition to her artistic interest she soon finds that, since her father is a history/geneology buff, they can combine interests by sharing information - each researching the same material on opposite sides of the Atlantic . The two of them sort out the lost details of the young couple's romance. By doing this, they also end up connecting the dots to their own ancestry. (All while the protagonist is also trying to sort out a tricky familial relationship concerning her lover.)
I really love this story. It is moving, well-written and engaging. As a writer, I enjoyed her portrayal of the various ways authors can approach their craft.
The only thing that bothered me had to do with the narrator. I know that the modern protagonist is a woman in her 30's, and so have no problem with the mature voice given her. But I felt that the way she used her voice when mentioning her prurient interest in the man who becomes the character's lover is overplayed. To me, that type of tone is more realistic when used by a male character. The protagonist is a feminine intellectual with heightened sensitivies. Hearing her description of a man's physical attractions in what I would almost call a 'predatory' tone of voice adds a "smarminess" which I find at odds to her character. I think she should have played those lines straight. They would have been more powerful. (Come to think of it, I'd find it smarmy if used by a male character.)
But otherwise, the narrator does a beautiful job. I am always amazed at how female narrators are able to recreate a variety of male voices. Plus, her ability to switch from one accent to another is so natural that I only thought about it in retrospect - after I read the book and was allowing the phrasing of this review mix in the "soup" of my subconscious.
So don't compare it to Outlander and you will love it.
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- Gale
- 08-06-11
Bravo!!!
I was transported to another place and time with the beauty of this story and the superb narration by Rosalyn Landor. One of the two main characters is a contemporary American writer, Carrie, as she writes a novel set in early 17th century Scotland about the return of exiled King James to the Scottish throne during the reign of England's Queen Anne. The second narrator is the 17th century heroine, a young Scottish woman named Sophia, who takes the reader back to this time of intrigue, deception and danger, and two satisfying love stories. The two timelines are seamlessly interwoven and the narrator's skill at changing accents makes it easy to follow the two narrators, Carrie and Sophia, as the novel shifts back and forth between them. For those who enjoy historical fiction with detail, a sense of place and time, and romance you might find this as completely satisfying as I did.
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- Pam
- 05-08-12
Beautiful scenery, elegant plot
What did you love best about The Winter Sea?
This book surprised me. I bought it largely to hear the author's descriptions of Scotland and the sea -- and they are beautifully crafted -- but the plot-within-a-plot immediately captured me. As a writer, I wondered if I could enjoy a book about a writer writing a book. The answer in this case is a resounding yes.
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- Kathryn
- 07-25-11
Diana Gabaldon fans - this is a Must Read!
Diana Gabaldon fans rejoice! You'll love The Winter Sea if you are as obsessed with Outlander as I am. I found this story absolutely captivating! I couldn't stop listening, just like the Outlander books. Though not Davina Porter, Rosalyn Landor does a beautiful job narrating this story, much in Ms. Porter's enchanting style. I can't wait to see what Susanna Kearsley comes out with next. She's quickly become a new favorite author of mine.
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- Maren
- 08-17-11
My first Susanna Kearsley book - not the last one!
I bought this audiobook on a whim, after it was suggested in a news feed from Audible's facebook account. I didn't really know what to expect from the story, whether the book would be a typical romance, a historical novel, or something in between. I was so pleasantly surprised by the story - I absolutely loved it. What began as interesting historical fiction became more and more intricate with time, combining elements of science, a little supernatural flair, wonderful romances, and the Scottish setting was just perfect. I enjoyed the story more and more, until by its end, I'd decided that it was one of my all time favorites. If it doesn't grab you in the first few chapters, just be patient - I think you'll love it. The narrator was also phenomenal.
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- Lana
- 09-12-11
A very captivating tale
This was a wonderful book. I loved the story within the story within the history. The premise is delightful. I loved the narrator's voice. She did a lovely job with the accents and the men's voices. It was only slightly confusing sometimes, as often the men sounded the same, so distinguishing some of the similar sounding characters were difficult, but not overly distracting. It was a beautifully written book and very well performed. I would highly recommend.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-05-15
Brilliantly presented
Who was your favorite character and why?
My favorite character was the father but I have a soft spot for sweet old men in my stories.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The story was well written.
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This book is a little slower than I wanted but can't stop reading. Excellent story, well written. Author is an award winning author and it is reflected in her story. The way she presents this complicated adventure is brilliant and well done. Easy to follow and keeps the receiving side interested.
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- Sluggalot
- 02-02-13
Mushy... with some interesting bits
Ok.. I'm not a romance reader. I got this book because I looked at other peoples reviews and thought this book was going to be a historical fiction book with a bit of romance. I was wrong! It's a romance book with a bit of historical fiction.
So needless to say I cringed through most of the book because romance isn't really my thing. Having said that it is really well written and performed - I can't believe how many accents the narrator did, and did well. And despite my cringing at the mushy bits I did listen to it all the way to the end because I wanted to find out what happened.
So, all in all, If you like a good romance this is probably a good book for you. It's just not my cup of tea!
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- Kristi
- 01-12-12
Trite and Predictable
This was billed as being like Diana Gabaldon's books, which I quite enjoyed, but it did not live up to that standard. There was precious little history in this so-called historical fiction. The characters in the past are minor players, with little insight given to real historical figures and without even much attempt made to portray the daily life of the times. They were also not particularly well developed or engaging. As for the modern day part of the story, the "genetic memory" quackery made my teeth grind. I have no problem enjoying the pure fantasy of ancestral memories or ghosts or mystic visions of the past, but the book's attempt to make itself "real" with psuedoscientific mumbo-jumbo about DNA was absolutely ridiculous. DNA does NOT encode memories!!!! I suppose this book might not be so bad if you're looking for a shallow romance novel, and don't really care about science or history, but I found it to be mostly annoying.
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- Sharron
- 03-26-13
Disappointing
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I was looking forward to this book but was disappointed. The story seemed to lack depth, even though there seemed to be much potential, and was a little slow. I enjoyed learning about the Jacobites and must confess the ending did spark more interest.
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