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  • Pride of Lancashire

  • Music Hall Series, Book 1
  • By: Anna Jacobs
  • Narrated by: Anne Dover
  • Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (139 ratings)

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Pride of Lancashire

By: Anna Jacobs
Narrated by: Anne Dover
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Summary

Anna Jacobs' vivid Lancashire saga introduces us to the world of the music hall.

Carrie Preston is used to hard work - oldest of 10, with an incompetent mother and a drunken father, she struggles to find food for her siblings. But nothing could have prepared her for the day fate deals her family the cruellest of hands, rendering them more desperate than ever.

In a harsh world, small acts of kindness can bring great hope - Eli Beckett's offer of a job at the Dragon pub promises a better future for Carrie, especially as Eli's uncle has offered his nephew some spare land to build a music room.

With the great cities of England alive to the sound of music halls, the locals of Hedderby are soon looking forward to their own place of celebration and merriment. Yet not everyone in the town shares this excitement, and some will stop at nothing in the pursuit of selfish gain.

©2005 Anna Jacobs (P)2005 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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Rags to riches.

Great storyline and narrated wonderfully. I do love a happy ending. Hard work certainly paid off.

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This book was throughly enjoyable

It had so much it, from love, excitement and mystery. Anna Jocobs is an enjoyable writer to listen to.

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A Lovely Story

Thoroughly enjoyed this story made more enjoyable by the narration of Ann Dover, I will highly recommend

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Brilliant

Absolutely brilliant! I loved listening to this story and,as usual, Anne Dover was an excellent narrator

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Fantastic story

I absolutely loved this book, I've never had a bad Anna Jacobs read yet and I'm in the 20s in terms of reading her books 📚📖🙏🏼fantastic

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Thoroughly Enjoyable

I loved the story and the characters and didn’t want the book to finish despite the happy ending. The narration was superb.

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Very good!

Enjoyed this! Good to see its part of a series. Looking forward to the next one.

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Loved it!

I found it a great story.
also perfectly narrated by Anne Dover as always.
great writing by Anna Jacobs
I personally found it a bit to long
that's just my opinion, one person's. Apart from that, it was
great 👍

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excellent story,

loved it, easy listening and well read. looking forward to the rest of the series.

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Another good one!

Thoroughly enjoyed this book, even though I read the third in the series first. Now for number two.
I love Anne Dover’s narration style, it adds to the enjoyment of the story, which in itself is gripping and beautifully written.

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