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Narrated by:
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Roger Allam
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By:
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Jeffrey Archer
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International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer returns with a tale of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge with A Prisoner of Birth.
Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. One evening, Danny, an East End cockney who works as a garage mechanic, takes his fianceé up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. He crosses the path of Spencer Craig, a West End barrister posed to be the youngest Queen's Counsel of his generation.
A few hours later Danny is arrested for murder and later is sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, thanks to irrefutable testimony from Spencer, the prosecution's main witness.
Danny spends the next few years in a high-security prison while Spencer Craig's career as a lawyer goes straight up. All the while Danny plans to escape and wreak his revenge.
Thus begins Jeffrey Archer's poignant novel of deception, hatred and vengeance, in which only one of them can finally triumph while the other will spend the rest of his days in jail. But which one will triumph? This suspenseful novel takes the listener through so many twists and turns that no one will guess the ending, even the most ardent of Archer's many, many fans.
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Nicholas “Foxy” Foxton, a former jockey who suffered a career-ending injury, is out for a day at the Grand National races when his friend and coworker Herb Kovak is murdered, execution style, right in front of him—and 60,000 other potential witnesses. Foxton and Kovak were both independent financial advisers at Lyall Black, a firm specializing in extreme-risk investments.
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Manhattans and Murder
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Promoting her latest books brings best-selling mystery writer Jessica Fletcher to New York for Christmas. Her schedule includes book signings, chat-show appearances, department store shopping...and murder. But it all begins with a sidewalk Santa staring at Jessica with fear and recognition.
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A release of an older Donald Bain book in the series, thank goodness
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Jeff Stetson has received eight NAACP Theater Image Awards for his play The Meeting, which aired on American Playhouse on PBS. He offers a thought-provoking work of fiction with Blood on the Leaves. Old white men - alleged perpetrators of racial killings during the civil rights struggle - are being brutally murdered in the South. Now it's up to the only black deputy district attorney to prosecute these racially motivated crimes.
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Boss Suggested It! Glad I Read It!
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Death at La Fenice
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During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, a notoriously difficult and widely disliked German conductor is poisoned—and suspects abound. Guido Brunetti, a native Venetian, sets out to unravel the mystery behind the high-profile murder. To do so, he calls on his knowledge of Venice, its culture, and its dirty politics. Along the way, he finds the crime may have roots going back decades—and that revenge, corruption, and even Italian cuisine may play a role.
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Hercule Poirot in Venice...!!!
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The first volume in Paul Scott's historical tour-de-force opens in 1942 as the British fear both Japanese invasion and Indian demands for self-rule. In the Mayapore gardens, Daphne Manners, daughter of the provincial governor, leaves her Indian lover, who will soon be arrested for her alleged rape.
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Superb writing, subverted by spiritless narration
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Santa Fe Rules
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Successful movie producer Wolf Willett is stunned when he sees his own death reported in a major newspaper. It says he was a victim in a triple homicide during a sordid tryst with his wife and a friend. But who is the unidentified corpse? Why can't Wolf remember anything about the night in question? And who wants him dead?
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Too much sex stuff
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How much will one man risk to defend another, when the truth lands him in prison...and the only evidence proving his innocence comes by a dream?
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What a turn of events!
- By sandy on 09-17-23
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Murder at the Kennedy Center
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Kenneth Ewald has what it takes to win the presidency: the support of his party, a lovely wife, a dynamic campaign. What neither he nor any candidate needs is a corpse. He knows only one man capable of solving a crime, clearing his son, putting his campaign back on track and catching a killer: his best friend Mac Smith. Oddly enough, it was Mac and his dog Rufus who found the body in the first place.
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Truman
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Babylon Berlin
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Berlin, 1929. Detective Inspector Rath was a successful career officer in the Cologne Homicide Division before a shooting incident in which he inadvertently killed a man. He has been transferred to the vice squad in Berlin, a job he detests even though he finds a new friend in his boss, Chief Inspector Wolter. There is seething unrest in the city, and the Commissioner of Police has ordered the vice squad to ruthlessly enforce the ban on May Day demonstrations.
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It's no Bernie Gunther Mystery ...
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Mistress of Justice
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Taylor Lockwood spends her days working as a paralegal in one of New York's preeminent Wall Street law firms and her nights playing jazz piano anyplace she can. But the rhythm of her life is disrupted when attorney Mitchell Reece requests her help in locating a stolen document that could cost him not only the multimillion-dollar case he's defending but his career as well.
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Pathetic! I wasted a credit!
- By Wayne on 06-28-18
By: Jeffery Deaver
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विलियम अमेरिका के एक करोड़पति घराने में जन्म लेता है और एबल पोलैंड से आये गरीब शरणार्थी के घर में। नाम भिन्न, जन्म की परिस्थितियाँ भिन्न - लेकिन दोनों की महत्त्वाकांक्षा एक ही - पैसा कमाना और दुनियाभर में अपना साम्राज्य खड़ा करना। इस होड़ में दोनों की राहें कई बार आपस में टकराती हैं। इस टकराव और प्रतिद्वंद्विता से पैदा होती है नफ़रत, ईर्ष्या और एक दूसरे को मात देने का जुनून।
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An Excellent and Emotional Collection.
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- Thomas
- 04-24-08
Great!
This is one of those books that deserves a 6 star rating. You can't go wrong with this one!
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- Hari
- 10-24-08
Great book...
I just finished listening to the book. I must admit that when the book started it was slow, in the middle i felt that the author was jumping from one story to another but when i had completed 3/4ths of the book, i was convinced that this was one of the best legal thrillers that i've read... Legal thrillers being my favorite genre, i have read many. Well scripted and very engrossing. I should say that the reader has done an amazing job with the English accents of England and scotland as i'm sure that if i had read the book i wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as i have listening to this amazing book. If Legal thriller is your favorite cookie then you are sure to enjoy this one!!!
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- M. Mullin
- 05-22-08
disappointing
I found this book to be disappointing after all of the strong reviews. The author keeps repeating events that happen in the story as if you didn't hear about those events earlier in the book when they were actually taking place. I felt as if I was being talked down to as a reader. Events and feelings of the characters were explicitly explained as if I could not understand the characters actions without the author explaining them.
The actual tale is interesting but I couldn't help but feel it had the potential to be a much better book. I could at most see it being given 3 or 3.5 stars.
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- Tracie
- 05-31-08
a prisoner of this book!!!
This book was extremely well-written, however, almost overshadowing that fact was the excellence of its storyteller. This is an audio theatre lovers absolute dream book. I am very happy when a long listen can keep me interested until the very end. Bravo!
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- Daniel McAfee
- 05-02-08
Definitely Entertaining
Definitely entertaining, but you have to be able to suspend reality and common sense to buy off on the main premise of the story.
When Archer finally gets to the key premise, I was so disappointed with the stupidity of the scheme that I almost quit listening - totally ridiculous!
I am glad I didn't quit listening though. Once I got over the issue, the story was very good and turned into a "can't put down" listen - I just wish he would have found another way to get there.
On a side note, it was interesting to see the story point out the vast differences in US Courts versus England's courts. If the story is accurate, it makes one realize how lucky we are to have US Courts. Even though the US system is far from perfect, the English Courts are utterly laughable.
Nothing great here, but worth the listen.
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- mlr829
- 04-05-08
Superb listen
Great narrator, gripping story, satisfying characters... what more can one ask? Oh, yes, and an intelligent and old time good guy v bad guy class struggle. I'm glad I trusted my friends who told me to get this book. You will be too.
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- Mandy P
- 10-20-11
GREAT PERFORMANCE
Listening to this book was awesome. The characters came alive. The story was compelling. I couldn't stop listening! Although different topics completely, I have to compare the quality of this audiobook to the quality of The Help. I was completely engrossed every minute.
Jeffery Archer has a new fan. Roger Allam has a new fan too. BRAVO
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- john s larigan
- 04-22-08
One of the Best
The story captured me from the Prologue and carried me through to the end. Jeffrey Archer once again painted the story like an artist on canvas and it was well worth the visit. I have been a fan of his for years and this is one of his best novels to date.
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- Sylvia
- 08-13-08
Awesome!
Great book & narration, fantastic plot and book flowed easily. I very much enjoyed running while listening to this book. The plot had some curves and the ending was really good.
I highly recommend this book!
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- Anne
- 09-15-09
A Prisoner of Birth
It's a long time since I read a Jeffrey Archer novel but this one - I just could not stop listening. I loved it from beginning to end.
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