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Atrocious british accent

Revisado: 11-27-16

The story is good, as is the narrator. That is until he attempts the accent of one of the main characters who is British. I could not finish the book.

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The story didn't do it for me

Revisado: 01-20-16

I just couldn't get into the narrative. Perhaps , I was missing out on the John Lennon experience.

The reader, however, was excellent.

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The worst narration imaginable

Revisado: 11-19-15

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A different narrator could have made the difference.

Would you ever listen to anything by Peter Aspe and Brian Doyle (translator) again?

Actually, I came to Peter Aspe through a Kindle purchase and enjoyed the book sufficiently to make this Audible purchase. In the future, Peter Apse on Kindle could be a possibility but not on Audible.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The accents the narrator affects are so bad as to make the characters almost unintelligible. I have had great difficulty following the plot.

I have been listening to books from Audible from its very early days. This book suffers from the worst narration I have ever experienced in all these years.

I could not finish listening to this book.

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Exceptional

Revisado: 03-03-14

I grew up with the Beatles and still remember the first time I heard them on the redo.

Mark Lewisohn has written a truly outstanding biography which was narrated flawlessly by Clive Mantle.

I have been with Audible from their beginning and this might just be the best read/listen that I have had. This very long book is all to short!

I particularly enjoyed what the author had to say about Ringo whose significance to the Beatles I had not previously understood.

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Excellent Listen

Revisado: 11-19-13

Jo Nesbo does it again. Well read by John Lee, an well written thriller that had me on the edge of my seat.

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Very well written

Revisado: 07-26-12

Everyone has heard and read about Henry VIII. But his father, Henry VII???

I certainly knew very little before listening to this book but know much more now. Thomas Penn's magnificently written biography is a magnificent, interesting all encompassing read. Simon Vance, once again, is an outstanding narrator.

This is a must if history interests you.

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An audible credit thrown down the drain!

Revisado: 06-11-12

One of the few times in over a decade of listening to Audible, that I felt that I had wasted my money.

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A Wonderfully Nuanced Book

Revisado: 05-17-12

I think that Hilary Mantel is an wonderful author. Her story telling; her use of language; her ability to bring to life a far away period of time weaves a literary spell. I wish the book had been twice as long!!

Now I need to wait for her to write/complete the final book in this triology.

The England of Hilary Mantel is totalitarian state. Simon Vance, one of my favorite readers, reads this book beautifully but, all the same, his voice lacks the necessary malevolence that the narrator of Wolf Hall was able to achieve.

I hope that Audible will soon bring Hilary Mantel's other books into their library.

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Red herrings all the way to the very end

Revisado: 01-18-12

Jo Nesbo has written an excellent book that kept me guessing all the way. The translation is fluent and the narration is perfect. I was sorry when the book finished.

Highly, highly recommended!

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A required book for history buffs.

Revisado: 01-12-12

You may, or may not, agree with everything that the late Tony Judt wrote but this book is an incredible tour de force.

Monumental in length - 43 hours in the narration and beautifully read - this book is a must.

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