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Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 32 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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English magicians were once the wonder of the known world, with fairy servants at their beck and call; they could command winds, mountains, and woods. But by the early 1800s they have long since lost the ability to perform magic. They can only write long, dull papers about it, while fairy servants are nothing but a fading memory.
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Hang in there!
- By D. McMillen on 05-31-05
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
- By: Susanna Clarke
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Excellent book that I’ve returned to many times
Reviewed: 06-05-24
Great narration, the reader does a wonderful job with the different voices, although the women are a bit similar. But I realized how much I appreciated the narration when I was watching the TV series, also excellent, because all the picaresque stories that were left out of the TV version are great to listen to in short sessions. The book is like a buffet that you sample over and over again, not something you listen to in one sitting expecting a straight plot.
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P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, full cast, and others
- Length: 16 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations of P. D. James' acclaimed mysteries, plus P. D. James in Her Own Words. This collection includes: Cover Her Face, A Taste for Death, Devices and Desires, A Certain Justice, The Private Patient, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman and The Skull Beneath the Skin.
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Desert Island drama
- By Adeliese Baumann on 02-13-18
- P. D. James BBC Radio Drama Collection
- Seven Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: P. D. James
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi, Hugh Grant, full cast, Judi Bowker, Philip Franks, Robin Ellis, Siân Phillips, Richard Derrington
Absolutely engrossing performances
Reviewed: 11-10-22
I love the complexity of the plots and PD James’ empathetic insight, which is used imaginatively in the creation of the mystery. Great performances, you can easily visualize the scenes behind the words.
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Innocent Traitor
- A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen, Davina Porter, Bianca Amato
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The child of a scheming father and ruthless mother, Lady Jane Grey is born during a time when ambition dictates action. Cousin to Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I, she is merely a pawn in a political and religious game in which one false step means a certain demise. But Lady Jane has remarkable qualities that help her to withstand the constant pressures of the royal machinery far better than most expect.
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Superior listen!
- By Jt on 03-05-07
- Innocent Traitor
- A Novel of Lady Jane Grey
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Stina Nielsen, Davina Porter, Bianca Amato
Fantastic story, fantastic narration
Reviewed: 08-11-21
I’m probably not the only one here who learned about Jane Grey from the 1986 movie, still a favorite of mine, but the story always entranced me. This was a very compelling creation of the world that Jane Grey lived in until her untimely death. It was hard not to hear the narrators’ voices and see the actors from the film in my mind, which I didn’t mind, it was like rewatching the film with backstory which was wonderful. This is one of those real life way more interesting than fiction stories, and everyone on this project did a beautiful job.
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The Poltergeist Prince of London
- The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist
- By: James Clark, Shirley Hitchings
- Narrated by: Alice Lowe
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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It began with a key. One afternoon in 1956, in the home of the Hitchings family in Battersea, south London, a small silver key appeared on Shirley Hitchings's bed. This seemingly insignificant event heralded the beginning of one of the most terrifying, incredible and mysterious hauntings in British history. The spirit, who quickly became known as 'Donald', began to communicate, initially via tapping sounds, but over time - and with the encouragement of psychical researcher Harold Chibbett, whose case-files appear here - by learning to write.
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Surprisingly boring.
- By Uilleann-Piper on 09-22-22
- The Poltergeist Prince of London
- The Remarkable True Story of the Battersea Poltergeist
- By: James Clark, Shirley Hitchings
- Narrated by: Alice Lowe
Entertaining enough to keep you guessing
Reviewed: 06-21-21
Genuinely interesting biography of a poltergeist or psychic phenomena or whatever the hell was going on in that house, I’ve never read a book that personalizes the terror so engagingly.
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The Tooth Tattoo
- By: Peter Lovesey
- Narrated by: Clive Anderson
- Length: 11 hrs and 39 mins
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Peter Diamond, head of Bath CID, takes a city break in Vienna, where his favorite film, The Third Man, was set, but everything goes wrong, and his companion, Paloma, calls a halt to their relationship. Meanwhile, strange things are happening to jobbing musician Mel Farran, who finds himself scouted by methods closer to the spy world than the concert platform. The chance of joining a once-famous string quartet in a residency at Bath Spa University is too tempting for Mel to refuse. Then a body is found in the city canal, and the only clue to the dead woman’s identity is the tattoo of a music note on one of her teeth.
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High flyer quickly falls to earth
- By Maine Colonial 🌲 on 05-05-13
- The Tooth Tattoo
- By: Peter Lovesey
- Narrated by: Clive Anderson
Cringe worthy
Reviewed: 02-01-21
Unbearable stereotypes, ridiculous red herring plot devices, I usually don’t write reviews but I just couldn’t take it.
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