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La Belle Sauvage
- The Book of Dust: Volume One
- By: Philip Pullman
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 423
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 385
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 382
Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Nostalgia rekindled.
- By Dominique Buck on 11-12-17
- La Belle Sauvage
- The Book of Dust: Volume One
- By: Philip Pullman
- Narrated by: Michael Sheen
A Sound For Sore Ears
Reviewed: 01-27-18
Superbly pacey story. The interweaving of fantasy within fantasy is intriguing and beautiful. Philip Pullman has done it again. The complexity of Malcolm and Alice is brilliantly drawn, Pullman never patronises his young readers. The performance is 5 star too.
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A Necessary Evil
- By: Abir Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore: home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. When the heir to the throne of Sambalpore is assassinated in Calcutta in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and his colleague 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, Wyndham works to uncover the reasons behind Prince Punit's death, despite the opposition of his commanding officers. Travelling to Sambalpore, he discovers a kingdom riven with suppressed conflict.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great story
- By GB on 10-18-17
- A Necessary Evil
- By: Abir Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
Fascinating Insight...
Reviewed: 09-30-17
... into early 20th century India. Well read and the characters soon become omorganisering to one. The plot is pretty good, the protagonist was guessable but that didn't spoil my enjoyment.
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A Rising Man
- By: Abir Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 268
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Story4 out of 5 stars 267
Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, is a new arrival to Calcutta. Desperately seeking a fresh start after his experiences during the Great War, Wyndham has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force. But with barely a moment to acclimatise to his new life or to deal with the ghosts which still haunt him, Wyndham is caught up in a murder investigation that will take him into the dark underbelly of the British Raj.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Raj Revisited in fast-paced police procedural
- By American viewer on 05-18-16
- A Rising Man
- By: Abir Mukherjee
- Narrated by: Simon Bubb
Rattling good tale
Reviewed: 09-04-17
A great first book. I'm going to get the next in the series. The story has pace and indroduced me to aspects of Imperial India I was unaware of. I quickly connected with the characters, they were perfectly believable. The narration was first class. Only 4 stars for the story as I worked out the plot in advance. This didn't detract from my enjoyment though.
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