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Ep 1: A Hard Act to Follow

By: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
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The Queen is dead, long live the King. On the occasion of Edward Vll’s coronation, we look back at his life as spoilt child, curious adolescent and womanizing princely glutton. There’s a bizarre secret behind those early motion pictures of a new and rotund monarch.

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Just brilliant as always . Please record more of these podcasts. I can’t get enough of them.

Never a dull moment with Stephen fry

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No recollection of hearing any music! And I loved the 12 episodes, even though I remain with a slight preference for Victorian Secrets. Stephen Fry is outstanding as usual. Thanks Audible for this free audiobook.

Heavens, I must be tone-deaf for I have no ...

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Beautiful stories Bruce and I loved Bruce beloved rescue fur baby 💖🌸🌸💗 exciting and wonderful beats boredom

Absolutely outstanding x

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I loved listening to this, Stephen Fry is just fabulous, makes you want to listen, along with other narrators.
Lots of history information in a fun way.
Unlike others, I loved the music addition, added to the theatre of the storytelling.

Informative and entertaining

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So interesting, and Stephen is such a great narrator. A collection of different historians take on the era. Really good 👍

Brilliant

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Absolutely beautifully presented history, that feels like the most gregarious piece of fiction. Stephen Fry delivers faultlessly as always.

Fantastic story telling that leaves you hooked

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interesting information, presented in an engaging way. Stephen Fry is an excellent narrator. give it a go.

nice

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Extremely interesting. Stephen Fry is a superb narrator. Erudite commentary, atmospheric background effects etc all add to the listeners pleasure. I would love to purchase a good quality book with illustrations & photographs in addition to the story.

Edwardian Britain (inc Victorian)

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Not nearly as warm, endearing or enlightening as the Victorian series. Stephen Fry is, as always, peerless but for me this series is too focussed on racism, sexism, equality, anti imperialism etc. These topics are not handled with the same light touch of the Victorian series and frankly became a bit of a lecture. Fine if that’s what you’re seeking but for me it doesn’t have the warmth and fun I’d hoped.

As it’s title suggests

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Distracting and irritating music throughout, useless, binned it after 10 mins. A shame the bits I could here sounded interesting. Obviously produced by silly children who have to contaminate everything with bloody Muzak

Annoying Music

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