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The Lady of the Tower

By: Elizabeth St. John
Narrated by: Bridget Thomas
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Orphaned Lucy St. John, described as "the most beautiful of all", defies English society by attracting the eye of the Earl of Suffolk. In 1609, the court of James I is a place of glittering pageantry and cutthroat ambition, when the most dangerous thing one can do is fall in love. Lucy's envious sister Barbara is determined to ruin her happiness and drives Lucy into exile from the court. Heartbroken, she has to find her own path through life, becoming mistress of the Tower of London and gaining a fortune through the patronage of the Duke of Buckingham. But with great wealth comes betrayal, leaving Lucy to fight for her survival - and her honor - in a world of deceit and debauchery.

Elizabeth St. John tells this dramatic story of love, betrayal, and loyalty through the eyes of her ancestor Lucy and her family's surviving diaries, letters, and court papers.
©2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Elizabeth St. John (P)2018 Elizabeth St. John
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Good story. Woeful narration.

This review is for the Audible recording. The story is good and well written and all the more interesting for being based in fact. Particularly interesting to me as I am descended from the Bedford St John family. However the awful narration was utterly distracting!
I’m afraid the attempt at the Welsh and Irish accents is akin to Dick Van Dyke attempting Cockney.
Many words were bizarrely pronounced in American English eg ArISTocrat, Lootenant, DEfence, DaMASK, PREtence ,etc etc. some words pronounced as if she had never seen them before. ( Miserliness to rhyme with mizzen not miser! Gentian with a hard G) I’m afraid I found this all very irritating. I will finish the trilogy but if this narrator also narrates the next two volumes I will read them rather than listen.

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