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The Twisted Sword
- A Novel of Cornwall 1815 (Poldark, Book 11)
- Narrated by: Oliver J. Hembrough
- Length: 19 hrs and 8 mins
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The 11th audiobook in Winston Graham's classic Poldark saga, now a major TV series from Masterpiece PBS.
Cornwall, 1815
Demelza sees a horseman riding down the valley and senses disruption to the domestic contentment she has fought so hard to achieve. For Ross has little option but to accept the summons - and travel to Paris with his family as an "observer" of the French armed forces.
Parisian life begins well with an exhilarating round of balls and parties. But the return of Napoleon brings separation, distrust, and danger to the Poldarks...and always for Demelza, there is the shadow of the secret she does not even share with Ross.
In his Poldark series, Winston Graham explores the complications of love lost and the class struggle of early 19th-century England with a light comic touch. The Twisted Sword is followed by the 12th audiobook in the Poldark series, Bella Poldark.
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'Ah for darkness...not the darkness of a house which coops up a man among furniture, but the darkness where he can be free!' Maurice Hall knows he must choose between living life in the shadows or denying himself a chance at love and fulfilment. Aware of his attraction to the same sex, in a time where it was considered unlawful and immoral to have homosexual desires, Maurice must decide whether to battle or submit to a prejudiced 20th-century English society.
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Finally!!! It's past time!
- By Christopher P. on 11-18-10
By: E. M. Forster
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Anna Karenina
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Length: 35 hrs and 35 mins
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Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky.
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Need to Disclose and Highlight Name of Translator
- By Charles B on 08-27-18
By: Leo Tolstoy
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The Pursuit of Love
- Radlett and Montdore Trilogy Series, Book 1
- By: Nancy Mitford
- Narrated by: Bessie Carter
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
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Mitford's most enduringly popular novel, The Pursuit of Love, is a classic comedy about growing up and falling in love among the privileged and eccentric. Mitford modeled her characters on her own famously unconventional family. We are introduced to the Radletts through the eyes of their cousin, Fanny, who stays with them at Alconleigh, their Gloucestershire estate. Uncle Matthew is the blustering patriarch; Aunt Sadie is the vague but doting mother; and the seven Radlett children, despite the delights of their unusual childhood, are recklessly eager to grow up.
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Unlistenable
- By Michael on 10-17-21
By: Nancy Mitford
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Belle Cora
- A Novel
- By: Phillip Margulies
- Narrated by: Graham Rowat, Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 25 hrs and 21 mins
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In the home where Arabella Godwin was raised it is forbidden to speak her name, and her picture is turned to the wall. But in the turbulent America of the 1850s, everyone knows her as "Belle Cora", madam of San Francisco's finest bordello. Judges and senators do her bidding; a vicious newspaper editor plots her downfall; a preacher looks at her from across his pulpit and tries to forget that once she was his wife. Merchant's daughter, farm girl, prostitute, mother - the only thing that never changes is her tireless pursuit of the one man who can see her for who she really is.
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excellent
- By Patricia on 05-15-20
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Bless This House
- By: Norah Lofts
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes, Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
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The house was built in the Old Queen's time: built for an Elizabethan pirate who was knighted for the plunder he brought home. It survived many eras, many reigns: it saw the passing of Cromwell and the Civil War. It became rich with an Indian Nabob and poor with a 20th century innkeeper. It saw wars, and lovers, and death. Children were born there, both heirs and bastards. It had ghosts and legends and a history that grew stranger with every generation.
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Bless This House - my take
- By Kalona1982 on 04-05-09
By: Norah Lofts
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The Women of Chateau Lafayette
- By: Stephanie Dray
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert, Emma Bering, Rachel L. Jacobs
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
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An epic saga from New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy.
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An absolute masterpiece of a book!
- By Kindle Customer on 05-15-21
By: Stephanie Dray
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Marry in Haste
- Marriage of Convenience Series, Book 1
- By: Anne Gracie
- Narrated by: Charlotte Anne Dore
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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Major Calborne Rutherford returns to England on the trail of an assassin, only to find he's become Lord Ashendon, with the responsibility for vast estates and dependent relatives. Cal can command the toughest of men, but his wild half-sisters are quite another matter. They might just be his undoing. When he discovers that Miss Emmaline Westwood, the girls' former teacher, guides them with ease, Cal offers her a marriage of convenience.
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Ruined by the robotic narrator.
- By Cate F. on 05-29-17
By: Anne Gracie
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Spring Magic
- By: D. E. Stevenson
- Narrated by: Lesley Mackie
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Young Frances Field arrives in a scenic coastal village in Scotland, having escaped her dreary life as an orphan, treated as little more than a servant by an uncle and aunt. Once there, she encounters an array of eccentric locals, the occasional roar of enemy planes overhead and three army wives - Elise, Tommy and Tillie - who become fast friends. Elise warns Frances of the discomforts of military life, but she’s inclined to disregard the advice when she meets the dashing and charming Captain Guy Tarlatan.
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WWII Home Front
- By Jerri C on 06-05-19
By: D. E. Stevenson
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My Name Is Resolute
- By: Nancy E. Turner
- Narrated by: Mhairi Morrison
- Length: 25 hrs and 55 mins
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The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself alone in Lexington, Massachusetts, she struggles to find her way in a society that is quick to judge a young woman without a family. As the seeds of rebellion against England grow, Resolute is torn between following the rules and breaking free.
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A life well lived!
- By Anonymous User on 06-20-23
By: Nancy E. Turner
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- Stevon
- 06-19-19
love this series
The historical aspect of this book was very central to thiestory. I can't say I knew nothing of the Napoleonic Era before listening to this book but this story did bring the final days of it into focus. I knew that Napoleon had ruled long and at some point was supposedly defeated and sent to exile on Alba, an island in the Mediterranean. Then he escaped and took control of France again until his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo.
Central tot his story is that in the interval to Napoleon's two reigns of power, Ross gets sent to Paris on a government mission to assess the mood of the French army. Ross takes the family and they are all enjoying life in Paris a lot. The royal family was reinstated to power. They immediately return to their lives of privilege with the common man and woman in France again getting the short stick on life. So when Napoleon came back, the masses were happy. So, the Poldark's time in France was with this background. They were in Paris when Napoleon escaped and began his resurgence. The Poldark's get separated and the adventure is on in a very intense way.
The Battle of Waterloo was very brutal with both sides fighting bitterly to the end, Over 100,000 soldiers on both sides died. The history books tell us the British won but there were terrible prices to be paid on both sides. The aftermath was a matter of licking your wounds and getting on with life.
I'm a bit sad at the end of this book as I know there is only one more book in the series and since the author is dead you know it is truly the last one. I do look forward to it, though. I have thoroughly enjoyed this whole series and the writing of author Winston Graham. I also have enjoyed the narration.
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- A. Klatt
- 01-13-20
Saddest of the Poldark Books
This book tore my heart out and stomped all over it, but the performance was awesome! Cheers to Mr. Hembrough and all of his personalities!
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- Elizabeth Steele
- 07-30-21
Joy and Sorrow
An enjoyable novel with joyful and tragic moments. I am sad it's the penultimate.
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-22-19
My second favorite in the Poldark series
I loved this installation in the Poldark series. I still think the first book is the best, but Graham's progression as a writer is really highlighted here in The Twisted Sword. The story is extremely complex, the characters are very well written, even if the main character, Ross Poldark's involvement in every storyline is still somewhat over the top it is fitty and works best in The Twisted Sword. Whereas some of the previous books lacked some focus, or distinctive plots, The Twisted Sword brings everything full circle. I loved it and I'm sad I only have 1 more in the Poldark series left to listen to.
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- Kindle Customer
- 05-23-24
Excellent narrator
I love the books series and especially enjoy the Audible narration, with the narrator’s clear, excellent voice and large range of regional accents
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- CourtneyReadsSmut
- 08-27-20
Love this series!
Wonderfully written! I absolutely love this series! Such a masterpiece!
Oliver Hembrough did a fabulous job with narration! I could sit and listen all day!
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- Darlene
- 08-06-20
Literraly have not watched TV in months
It's been months and I am starting book twelve after reading The Twisted Sword. I am spell bound and full of the emotions of the characters in this incredible story of the Poldark family and people in the lives. I am most enjoying the historical timeline of the series with details I find myself looking further into. Bravo!
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- Angelica Soto
- 05-20-22
Enjoyed narration
Almost done with the whole series. Enjoy this series greatly. A great saga story.
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- GeorgiaPeach
- 09-30-22
Another incredible novel in the Poldark Series!
I was listening while driving home from a work trip and tears were streami.g down my face as one of my favorite characters had just died. When I pulled up to a red-light people looked at me quite concerned. what could I say? I love these characters like family
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- Ck29
- 07-27-22
New series favorite
I have to be honest, once the books started to move away from Ross and Demelza and focus on their children as they came into themselves I really thought i would lose interest in the series. I’ve been proven wrong- and gladly so.
I found myself so eager to listen to adventures of Ross and Demelza (and family) in Paris and even more enthralled by what happens while there- oh the emotion! On emotion, I have hated Stephen Carrington the entire time but found my resolve breaking just at the end of his story in this book.
My previous series favorite was The Angry Tide- for good reason I think, the close of so many different story lines that had been building over the series for almost every major character. I wondered where the story would take us in the last 5 books and am grateful the story has continued so magnificently. I am both dreading and eager to read the next and final book in the series.
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