L. Swanson
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Headlong
- De: Michael Frayn
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 24
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 23
Martin Clay, an easily distracted philosopher, and his scrupulous art historian wife find themselves enlisted to assess the value of three dusty paintings. But blocking the soot from the chimney is nothing less, Martin believes, than one of the world's lost treasures. There it is: Martin's new distraction. So begins a wild trail of lies and concealments, soaring hopes and sudden panics as Martin embarks on an obsessive quest to prove his hunch and resolve one of the great mysteries of European art.
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4 out of 5 stars
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witty and well-read
- De Louise en 05-31-08
- Headlong
- De: Michael Frayn
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
Brutal history of Spanish Inquisition in Netherlands
Revisado: 06-08-24
Improbable, nonsensical, false story and unbelievable main character. Sly and boorish towards the country people and self-hate (?) directed to the academics. Also sexist
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Magpie Murders
- A Novel
- De: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrado por: Samantha Bond, Allan Corduner
- Duración: 15 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,909
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,640
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,596
When editor Susan Ryeland is given the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has no reason to think it will be much different from any of his others. After working with the best-selling crime writer for years, she's intimately familiar with his detective, Atticus Pünd, who solves mysteries disturbing sleepy English villages. An homage to queens of classic British crime such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers, Alan's traditional formula has proved hugely successful.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A British Whodunit
- De Sara en 07-24-17
- Magpie Murders
- A Novel
- De: Anthony Horowitz
- Narrado por: Samantha Bond, Allan Corduner
Alas, anagram more intriguing than story
Revisado: 11-07-22
Briefly, this story concludes by bringing forth a series of understandings nowhere hinted at thus making it less an ah hah experience than a dull one. Pund bases his judgments "almost completely on conjecture" he says and that is a dull ending for such a very long book.
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Rumpole and the Quacks
- De: John Mortimer
- Narrado por: Leo McKern
- Duración: 1 h y 33 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 22
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 23
Rumpole defends a Pakistani doctor accused of molesting a female patient. Meanwhile his colleague Phyllida suspects her husband, Erskine-Brown, of philandering. To complicate these matters even more, Rumpole is sidetracked by the romantic advances of a middle-aged ex-client.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of his best
- De L. Swanson en 06-02-22
- Rumpole and the Quacks
- De: John Mortimer
- Narrado por: Leo McKern
One of his best
Revisado: 06-02-22
Funny, of course, but with a lot of plot twists and revelations about married couples, the drug industry, professional rivalries,feminism in 3 dimensions and immigrants. I love this one and have listened 4-5 times.
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Rumpole and the Blind Tasting
- De: John Mortimer
- Narrado por: Leo McKern
- Duración: 1 h y 25 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 33
Rumpole again defends a member of the Timson clan on a charge of possession of stolen goods - namely, he is caught with a garage full of expensive wine. Rumpole is concerned that Timson's explanation that he purchased the wine from some unknown individual he met in a pub will not go down well with Mr. Justice Graves, who has heard these stories many times before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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There’s nothing like Leo McKern reading Rumpole of the Bailey!
- De Guy en 11-06-23
- Rumpole and the Blind Tasting
- De: John Mortimer
- Narrado por: Leo McKern
Among the beat
Revisado: 08-09-21
Hilarious plot and wonderful expressive language as always...even funnier than most. The best ever.
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Rumpole and the Man of God
- De: John Mortimer
- Narrado por: Leo McKern
- Duración: 1 h y 12 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
Known as “The Bailey Hack” for his chain smoking, the irrepressible Rumpole is engaged to defend a church vicar who is accused of theft and whose only defense for now is “divine intervention”. Meeting up with old friend George Frobisher for after-work drinks, Rumpole can't help but notice that George's female companion looks suspiciously familiar.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Leo is rum pole!
- De jennifer booth en 07-16-21
- Rumpole and the Man of God
- De: John Mortimer
- Narrado por: Leo McKern
In a lifetime of continual brilliance in writing here is one of his very bestShort stories
Revisado: 11-16-20
What can one say? Funny, learned, touching, full of insight and reality he is just the best
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Busman's Honeymoon
- The Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Mysteries
- De: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrado por: Ian Carmichael
- Duración: 12 h y 42 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 998
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 881
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 875
Society's eligible women are in mourning. Lord Peter Wimsey has married at last, having finally succeeded in his ardent pursuit of the lovely mystery novelist Harriet Vane. The two depart for a tranquil honeymoon in a country farmhouse but find, instead of a well-prepared love nest, the place left in a shambles by the previous owner. His sudden appearance, dead from a broken skull in the cellar, only prompts more questions. The honeymoon is over, as Lord Peter and Harriet Vane start their investigations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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At Last!
- De Jerri C en 12-20-18
- Busman's Honeymoon
- The Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane Mysteries
- De: Dorothy L. Sayers
- Narrado por: Ian Carmichael
Listened first time for curiosity, second for humorous accents and third for insight about love in marriage
Revisado: 03-06-20
Not bored at all, but laughed more than cried and was touched deeply several times. A glowing little story.
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The Book of Ebenezer le Page
- De: G. B. Edwards
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
- Duración: 21 h y 26 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 249
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 226
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 224
Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late 20th century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between England and France yet a world away from either. Ebenezer himself is fiercely independent, but as he reaches the end of his life he is determined to tell his own story and the story of those he has known.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My favorite audiobook of all!
- De Kathy in CA en 07-08-12
- The Book of Ebenezer le Page
- De: G. B. Edwards
- Narrado por: Roy Dotrice
I have read this book three times in 30 years!
Revisado: 05-30-18
Unsurpassed as a way to live inside another's soul and experience a very different kind of place than I have known...a close-bound community living surrounded by he sea, on an ancient piece of the world. Ebenezer is straightforward as a person, with a keen sense of intimate details of the ives of others...and it is full of heart, and love, and memories of a lot of people through 3 generations....Many,many passages I'vel istened to over and over as then are perfect statements of a kind of human experience. The last chapter is one I would hope to have read to me on my deathbed. I read this in my 30s,then my 50 and now my 70s. The only other book I've read as much is "War and Peace"...It is poetic, world, a fable and the truest truth of people I know.
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