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The Bleeding Land

By: Giles Kristian
Narrated by: Anthony May
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England 1642: a nation divided. England is at war with itself. King Charles and Parliament each gather soldiers to their banners. Across the land men prepare to fight for their religious and political ideals. Civil war has begun; a family ripped asunder.

The Rivers are landed gentry, and tradition dictates that their allegiance is to the King. Sir Francis' loyalty to the crown and his desire to protect his family will test them all. As the men march to war, so the women are left to defend their home against a ruthless enemy. Just as Edmund, the eldest of Sir Francis' sons, will do his duty, so his brother Tom will turn his back on all he once believed in....

A war that will change everything. From the raising of the King's Standard at Nottingham to the butchery and blood of Edgehill, Edmund and Tom Rivers will each learn of honour, sacrifice, hatred, and betrayal as they follow their chosen paths through this most savage of wars.

©2012 Giles Kristian (P)2012 Random House AudioGo Fiction Historical Fiction War Royalty

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Found it hard to like this book, and nearly didn’t finish it, not one of my favourites. The narrator was excellent but I found the story was weak,

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Great story, good character what more could you want. Unlike other historical writers how have been banging them out for years there is no whiff of formula writing going on between his books.

Giles Kristian just writes a good story.

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A good book, well written and researched but with adult content. Enjoyable to listen to on your own but not with children in the car or home.

If Audible has an adult category then I’d not noticed it when I selected it

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I eventually got into it, I tjink the narrator took a bit of getting used to, but I enjoyed the battles and the story leaves an obvious sequel coming along.

English Civil War & family feuds

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This Bleeding Land has transferred from book to audio very well. The narrator is fantastic. He has a very pleasant voice and his mimicry of the characters is excellent.

I often buy audio books to help me relax and drop off to sleep, but this one kept me up for ages, wanting to find out what happened next.

I would recommend this audio book.

Gripping listen.

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Very good story, very good narration, just lacking the finer edges to make it a 5 star performance. Hard to say what’s missing, but certainly worth a listen!

Good solid 4 star listen

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a great story read well with the character's coming out with his voices that he put to them

entertaining read

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This was beautifully narrated and I love other titles read by Anthony May, but I read the paperback version of this book and the narrative voice in my head was Phillip Stevens. So for me, immersion was a struggle with this version

I may be biased to Phillip Stevens

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A gritty account of a divided family. Does family loyalty or loyalty to a cause prevail? You listen to find out. Tremendous story, great historical detail and wonderful narration put this audiology amongst my favourites.

A wonderful listen.

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I have listened to / red most of the Giles Kristian books and have really enjoyed them all.

The violence in this book at times ( and I won’t add a spoiler ) was a fairly dark listen and at times was like watching a disturbing film. Maybe that is because the time frame of the events of this book are closer to our current time. The depictions are probably accurate enough for what happened at the time. And the thing about a book is that it can be far more graphic than a film.

The action and the story is great. It was a slow burner to begin with and took me a few attempts to ( a long drive ) to properly start to enjoy the story; when I did I couldn’t stop listening.

The narrator is excellent aswell, probably the best I have heard.

Hard to start but couldn’t stop listening when I got into it.

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