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The Splendour Falls

By: Susanna Kearsley
Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
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An ancient castle, a tragic love, and a web of secrets begins to unravel....

Emily Braden has stopped believing in fairy tales and happy endings. When her fascinating but unreliable cousin Harry invites her on a holiday to explore the legendary town of Chinon, and promptly disappears - well, that's Harry for you.

As Emily makes the acquaintance of Chinon and its people, she begins to uncover dark secrets beneath the charm. Legend has it that during a 13th-century siege of the castle that looms over the city, Queen Isabelle, child bride of King John, hid a "treasure of great price". And in the last days of the German occupation during World War II, there was another Isabelle living in Chinon, a girl whose love for an enemy soldier went tragically awry.

As the dangers of the past become disastrously real, Emily is drawn ever more deeply into a labyrinth of mystery as twisted as the streets and tunnels of the ancient town itself.

©1995, 2013 Susanna Kearsley (P)2013 Audible Inc. Fantasy Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Magical Realism Paranormal Paranormal Romance Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Magic Romance Royalty

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Enjoyable story and narration sadly spoilt by faulty recording. In the last half of the tale, with repetition of words and phases. Even full sentences causing breaks in immersion from the story.

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An enjoyable story and performance, but the edit of the audiobook had an irritating number of errors. On numerous occasions, re-takes of the reading had not been edited out, so sentences were read aloud 2-3 times in different ways. A frustrating distraction in an otherwise enjoyable audiobook.

Good story and performance; poor editing!

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The narrator is a bit annoying with her arch tones at times. It is a really good story, I love this author

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