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Title: Treachery
Author: S. J. Parris
Narrator: Laurence Kennedy
Format: Unabridged
Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-27-14
Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Summer, 1585: Sir Francis Drake prepares to embark on an expedition by royal commission to cross the Atlantic and seize major Spanish ports, diverting King Philip of Spains treasure to Queen Elizabeth.
When a ship captain is brutally murdered, and Drakes life threatened, it becomes clear that someone plans to destroy the expedition before it begins. Giordano Bruno and Sir Philip Sidney hunt for the killer, but are they being lured into a trap?
Members Reviews:
The saga moves on...
Will try to avoid spoilers. Probably the best to date in this series, tighter plotting, more action - and the prospect of Doctor Bruno's tale moving from England to France, with all of the dangers that will bring.
Gripping stuff
Would you listen to Treachery again? Why?
There was so much detail, creating a great visual effect. Another listen would reveal even more.
What did you like best about this story?
It had a good pace, no filling in.
What about Laurence Kennedys performance did you like?
The accent was not overdone and kept constant throughout.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No, but it did make you like or dislike the characters.
Any additional comments?
My first Parris book but not my last!
Enjoyable BUT.......................
What did you like best about Treachery? What did you like least?
I find this series of books quite enjoyable as " light entertainment ". although I think this is the poorest to date of the Bruno series. Have read rather than listened to the previous books and this may be the reason because what I liked least was the narrator's pseudo Italian accent.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
The ending was fairly predictable.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Laurence Kennedy?
Yes, it was just his Italian accent which I found irritating, otherwise he was very good.
Did Treachery inspire you to do anything?
No.
Any additional comments?
I tend to prefer my history reading or listening to be more factual and less romantic but occasionally I enjoy something lighter and Treachery is just that. Enjoyable but not for the purist.
Excellent
This is a really good, complicated tale of treason and murder in Elizabethan England. The lead character is multi-dimensional... an Italian ex-Dominican monk, who works for Walsingham and solves murders. The reader, Laurence Kennedy, is also excellent, with convincing accents and good pace. Altogether I really enjoyed this and although this is the most recent book in the series, I am now going back to all the earlier ones.
A lot like an Agatha Christie
A very enjoyable listen, It was like listening to a stage play. I don't mean that in a derogatory way, I mean it was compact and intimate
The narrator was excellent, the accents were completely believable and gave it a lot of atmosphere and drama. I'm not going to give away plot or any of the content. Safe to say it is an Elizabethan detective story with lots of twists and turns.
I was hooked from the outset and spent a number of late nights listening to 'just another 15 minutes' when I should have been asleep.
I will make a point of looking out for other stories by the same author and others by the same narrator because I think he would bring any book he read to life.
