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Prince

By: Rory Clements
Narrated by: Jonathan Aris
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Spring 1593. England is a powder keg of rumour and fear. Plague rages, famine is rife, the ageing Queen's couriers scheme: Elizabeth's Golden Age is truly tarnished. Meanwhile Spain watches and waits - and plots. Into this turmoil a small cart clatters through the streets of London, carrying a deadly load. It is the first in a wave of horrific bombing attacks on the Dutch immigrant community that will change John Shakespeare's life for ever. Driven on by cold rage, Shakespeare's investigations will take him from magnificent royal horseraces to the opulent chambers of Black Luce's brothel, from the theatrical underworld of Marlowe and Kyd to the pain-wracked torture cells of priest-hunter Richard Topcliffe, and from the elegant offices of master tactician Robert Cecil to the splintering timbers of an explosive encounter at sea.

As Shakespeare delves ever deeper, he uncovers intricate layers of mystery and deception that threaten the heart not only of the realm, but of all that he holds dear.

©2011 Rory Clements (P)2011 John Murray
Historical Royalty England Fiction Heartfelt Mystery
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Brilliant

I cannot understand why these stories are not made into films. The atmosphere,, etc is so real it's like one is actually there. I cannot wait to read the next book in the series.

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Overly camp narration of an otherwise decent story

This narrator makes Robert Cecil's character sound irritatingly like Julian Clary, which seems an unlikely tone in a man effectively governing a country.
Other than that quite enjoyable!

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A grim and brutal book made even more unpaletable by short chapters that tend to destroy the flow of the story. Not a bokk I would read or listen to a second time
For me the novel's only redeeming aspect is excellent performance by the narrator Jonathan Aris

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Good storyline good

Good story with mix of real history and true people from that period of time

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Narration usually excellent …

Did the Liverpool vernacular exist in Elizabethan times? A minor point for an excellent narrator.

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Excellent story well read

Loved this follow up, better than some of the earlier, really imaginative and even though he struggled a little with the Dutch accent overall a btilliant reading of the story

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Nothing is what it seems

It is the narrator who brings this book to life. Too often potentially good audio books are ruined by bad choice of narrator but not so here. Extremely enjoyable.

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The reader is amazing and the story gripping

The story teller manages to bring all the characters to life, whilst sustaining the character of the hero as a constant presence.
Both the story and it’s teller bring to mind the intrigue, colour, scent and violence of the period. Unfortunately, it is a real diversion and hard to turn off once the scene has been set.

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The story zipped along at a nice pace!

One does need to allow for the odd time a plot thread resolves itself in a convenient and fortuitous fashion, but I thoroughly enjoyed the adventure.

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Very good very interesting lots of twists and turn

Really good will listen to all the rest 9f the series and the modern ones

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