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Título: La catedral del mar

Autor: Ildefonso Falcones

Narrador: Raúl Llorens

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 21 hrs and 20 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-20-14

Editor: Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial

Calificaciones: 4.5 de 5 de 320 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Historical

Resumen del editor:

Una catedral construida por el pueblo y para el pueblo en la Barcelona medieval.Siglo XIV. La ciudad de Barcelona se encuentra en su momento de mayor prosperidad; ha crecido hacia la Ribera, el humilde barrio de los pescadores, cuyos habitantes deciden construir, con el dinero de unos y el esfuerzo de otros, el mayor templo mariano jamás conocido: Santa María de la Mar. Una construcción que es paralela a la azarosa historia de Arnau, un siervo de la tierra que huye de los abusos de su señor feudal y se refugia en Barcelona, donde se convierte en ciudadano y, con ello, en hombre libre.El joven Arnau trabaja como palafrenero, estibador, soldado y cambista. Una vida extenuante, siempre al amparo de la catedral de la Mar, que le iba a llevar de la miseria del fugitivo a la nobleza y la riqueza. Pero con esta posición privilegiada también le llega la envidia de sus pares, que urden una sórdida conjura que pone su vida en manos de la InquisiciónLa catedral del mar es una trama en la que se entrecruzan lealtad y venganza, traición y amor, guerra y peste, en un mundo marcado por la intolerancia religiosa, la ambición material y la segregación social. Todo ello convierte a esta obra no solo en una novela absorbente, sino también en la más fascinante y ambiciosa recreación de las luces y sombras de la época feudal.

Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Opiniones de los miembros:

Excelente libro

Me encanto el libro, mantuvo mi atención desde el principio. Es descriptivo y te traslada hacia la España medieval. Lo recomiendo a quien quiera pasar vivir una aventura desde la primera página.

No trata realmente de la Catedral del Mar

Por el título de la novela, esperaba que estuviera más relacionada con la historia, misterios o leyendas de la Catedral del Mar.

La historia gira alrededor de un personaje ficticio Arnaud Estanyol. El autor, aprovecha para narrar todo tipo de vejaciones a los derechos humanos que cometían los nobles a la clase plebeya durante el siglo XIV en Cataluña (ejemplo: derecho de tener relaciones sexuales la primera noche con la esposa de un plebeyo, etc.). Para mi, la novela tuvo un tinte depresivo y no muy relacionado con la historia de la Catedral del Mar, excepto por el fervor religioso de Arnaud a la virgen de la misma (la historia no me cautivo), aunque considero que está bien escrita.

La narración es excelente (yo creo que por eso terminé de escucharla).

Increíble

Una historia humana en el fanatismo del Medievo español llena de personajes que se unen en medio de sentimientos, sufrimiento y vencedores. Me encantó.

La catedral del mar

A partir de la mitad de la historia, la coincidencia entre personajes se vuelve difícil de creer y las pequeñas tramas exageradas. Aún así, el autor te plasma con total crudeza y mucha realidad el contexto del medievo. Recuerda constantemente, por ejemplo, la violencia a la que eran sometidas las mujeres.

El narrador es excelente, sus cambios de tono y voz son precisos.

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Title: Spring Will Come

Subtitle: The Bregdan Chronicles, Book 3

Author: Ginny Dye

Narrator: Christine Cunningham Smith

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-17-14

Publisher: Virginia Dye

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 296 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

As her beloved city of Richmond is transformed into a deadly Civil War battlefield, spirited Carrie Cromwell puts her medical skills to work in a Confederate hospital. While she fights to save unknown soldiers, the one she cares about the most is lost to her when Robert disappears in battle. She must also deal with a family secret that has finally come to light.

Meanwhile, Rose and Moses have found freedom at last - only to be separated by war. Can Moses, now a Union spy, elude those who are searching for him as a runaway slave, and also help those he thought he would never see again?

Rose, inspired by a revolutionary young speaker, becomes a teacher in the contraband camps.

The third book of The Bregdan Chronicles historical fiction series will pull you in and never let you go. You'll experience the Civil War era (and all the years to come) through the eyes of both White and Black, free and slave, Southern and Northern - and you'll fall in love with every character.

Members Reviews:

spring will come

I loved this book! I love the series and look forward to reading all of them.

wonderful series!

I've not been disappointed yet! Anxious to keep reading ....such a great series...such a gifted writer!

And the saga continues (thankfully )!

I am loving this series! The eye opening love of Christ is a continuos reminder that He is indeed in control.

Great read!!

loved it!!!

can't wait to read the remaining books. Loved it, loved it, loved it!!!

Great series.Historically accurate

other than a bit of improper English mixed with some very proper English (ending sentences with prepositions such as "for" ( "Carrie longed for rather than "for that which Carrie longed") it was well written

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Title: Euphoria

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Lily King

Narrator: Simon Vance, Xe Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-03-14

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1969 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From New England Book Award winner Lily King comes a breathtaking novel about three young anthropologists of the '30s caught in a passionate love triangle that threatens their bonds, their careers, and ultimately, their lives.

English anthropologist Andrew Bankson has been alone in the field for several years, studying the Kiona river tribe in the territory of New Guinea. Haunted by the memory of his brothers' deaths and increasingly frustrated and isolated by his research, Bankson is on the verge of suicide when a chance encounter with colleagues, the controversial Nell Stone and her wry and mercurial Australian husband, Fen, pulls him back from the brink. Nell and Fen have just fled the bloodthirsty Mumbanyo and, in spite of Nell's poor health, are hungry for a new discovery. When Bankson finds them a new tribe nearby - the artistic, female-dominated Tam - he ignites an intellectual and romantic firestorm between the three of them that burns out of anyone's control.

Set between two World Wars and inspired by events in the life of revolutionary anthropologist Margaret Mead, Euphoria is an enthralling story of passion, possession, exploration, and sacrifice fromaccomplished author Lily King.

Members Reviews:

Anthropologists in Love

Euphoria presents a classic love triangle among three anthropologists in New Guinea between the world wars. The main charcter is Nell Stone, modeled after Margaret Mead, a free-thinking, insightful, deeply empathetic student of native cultures. Her husband Fen is her opposite, cynical, greedy and dismissive of local sentiments. Between them comes Bankson, the narrator, looking back years later on their brief time together in a small village, trying to control their lusts but not their ambitions. The story is well told, more absorbing and suspenseful as the book progresses. The author, like Nell, has a quick feel for other characters. Minor characters are well drawn with a few telling details. You especially feel for several of the villagers whose lives are changed by their observers.

The audiobook has a serious flaw, namely, the drab narration by Simon Vance. Bankson should be an energetic, passionate, vibrant young force of nature, despite his failed suicide attempt at the novel's start. Instead, Vance reads as a depressed and weary old man. This drains the novel of much of its excitement. Xe Sands, reading as Nell Stone, is far better, with the right enthusiasm and wonder in her voice. Overall, however, this was an excellent book.

Fascinating and absorbing

A beautifully-written and compelling book about fascinating people. The anthropologists are as interesting as the tribes they are studying. I could have gone on listening to this for quite a while longer and am sorry it's over. I completely disagree with the reviewers who panned Simon Vance. No, his reading of Bankson isn't euphoric, but neither is Bankson's character. So much of what is going on in the book is in the contrast between his approach and that of Nell and Fen, and Simon Vance and Xe Sands (whom I also loved) nailed this aspect. Great book, great narration all around. I loved it.

Excellent story, couldn't stop reading!

This was one of those rare books that I couldn't put down from the minute I started it and couldn't stop reading till I had finished three days later.

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Title: The Secret Life of Violet Grant

Author: Beatriz Williams

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-14

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 481 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Passion, redemption, and a battered old suitcase full of secrets: the New York Times best-selling author of A Hundred Summers returns with another engrossing tale of lost love and female ambition that crosses generations.

Manhattan, 1964. Vivian Schuyler, newly graduated from Bryn Mawr College, has recently defied the privilege of her storied old Fifth Avenue family to do the unthinkable for a budding Kennedy-era socialite: break into the Mad Men world of razor-stylish Metropolitan magazine. But when she receives a bulky overseas parcel in the mail, the unexpected contents draw her inexorably back into her family's past, and the hushed-over crime passionnel of an aunt she never knew, whose existence has been wiped from the record of history.

Berlin, 1914. Violet Schuyler Grant endures her marriage to the philandering and decades-older scientist Dr. Walter Grant for one reason: for all his faults, he provides the necessary support to her liminal position as a young American female physicist in prewar Germany. The arrival of Dr. Grant's magnetic former student at the beginning of Europe's fateful summer interrupts this delicate détente. Lionel Richardson, a captain in the British Army, challenges Violet to escape her husband's perverse hold, and as the world edges into war and Lionel's shocking true motives become evident, Violet is tempted to take the ultimate step to set herself free and seek a life of her own conviction with a man whose cause is as audacious as her own.

As the iridescent and fractured Vivian digs deeper into her aunt's past and the mystery of her ultimate fate, Violet's story of determination and desire unfolds, shedding light on the darkness of her years abroad - and teaching Vivian to reach forward with grace for the ambitious future - and the love - she wants most.

Members Reviews:

Great Story

Great story overall and loved the performance. Thought the ending was a little muddled, but still enjoyed it very much!

Couldn't stop listening!

Would you listen to The Secret Life of Violet Grant again? Why?

Yes. I loved the characters.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Vivian - very witty but also kind and sensitive

What does Kathleen McInerney bring to the story that you wouldnt experience if you just read the book?

Delivery of wit as well emotion. Her delivery of Mr. Grant really painted his true character.

Any additional comments?

I LOVED the addition of Einstein and the history of pre-WWI developments. Also, I might need to re-listen because I missed what Violet spoke to Jane about. How did that play out? My stars are based on the fact that it completely captured me.

Awesome!

Loved it! I also enjoy listening to Kathleen McInerney!! Held my interest, totally. This was around 1914 and I love history. The story line kept me wanting for more! Violet's life was indeed secret until her niece............. : )

A must listen!

An average read

This book was an interesting enough read, but it was lacking in depth or continuity. It has the feeling of a novel in installments. Okay to pass the time,

loved the story

Is there anything you would change about this book?

it would have been better if the ending would not have been cut off. I went back to my download to see if that was the problem, but , nope no ending. I really did love the book but darn it!!

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Title: The Lincoln Myth

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Steve Berry

Narrator: Scott Brick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-20-14

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1053 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times best-selling author Steve Berry returns with his latest thriller, a Cotton Malone adventure involving a flaw in the United States Constitution, a mystery about Abraham Lincoln, and a political issue thats as explosive as it is timely - not only in Malones world, but in ours.

September 1861: All is not as it seems. With these cryptic words, a shocking secret passed down from president to president comes to rest in the hands of Abraham Lincoln. And as the first bloody clashes of the Civil War unfold, Lincoln alone must decide how best to use this volatile knowledge: Save thousands of American lives, or keep the young nation from being torn apart forever?

The present: In Utah, the fabled remains of Mormon pioneers whose 19th-century expedition across the desert met with a murderous end have been uncovered. In Washington, D.C., the official investigation of an international entrepreneur, an elder in the Mormon church, has sparked a political battle between the White House and a powerful United States senator. In Denmark, a Justice Department agent, missing in action, has fallen into the hands of a dangerous zealot - a man driven by divine visions to make a prophets words reality. And in a matter of a few short hours, Cotton Malone has gone from quietly selling books at his shop in Denmark to dodging bullets in a high-speed boat chase.

All it takes is a phone call from his former boss in Washington, and suddenly the ex-agent is racing to rescue an informant carrying critical intelligence. Its just the kind of perilous business that Malone has been trying to leave behind, ever since he retired from the Justice Department. But once he draws enemy blood, Malone is plunged into a deadly conflict - a constitutional war secretly set in motion more than 200 years ago by Americas Founding Fathers.

Critic Reviews:

"In Malone, [Steve] Berry has created a classic, complex hero." (USA Today)

"Malone, a hero with a personal stake in the proceedings, is a welcome respite from the cold, calculating superspies who litter the genre." (Entertainment Weekly)

"Steve Berry gets better and better with each new book." (The Huffington Post)

"Savvy readerscannot go wrong with Cotton Malone." (Library Journal)

"Berry raises this genre's stakes." (The New York Times)

"I love this guy." (#1 New York Times bestselling author Lee Child)

Members Reviews:

frustration and disappointment

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

Steve Berry appeared to create a story that should have been strong and believable, however, plausibility wasnt achieved and story line was convoluted.

Would you ever listen to anything by Steve Berry again?

Yes, no doubt he is one of my own favorites. and I always look forward to his intense creations.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Scott Brick?

No one. Scott Brick only could work with what he was handed. With that in mind, he did a fantastic job and I didn't feel that he should have be dinged for what was given but had to.

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Title: Children of the Storm

Subtitle: An Amelia Peabody Novel of Suspense, Book 15

Author: Elizabeth Peters

Narrator: Barbara Rosenblat

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-14

Publisher: HarperAudio

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 451 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The Great War has ended at last. Archaeologist Amelia Peabody and her husband, Emerson, the distinguished Egyptologist, no longer fear for the life of their daring son, Ramses, now free from his dangerous wartime obligations to British Intelligence. Delightful new additions to the growing Emerson family and new wonders waiting to be discovered beneath the shifting Egyptian sands mark a time of new beginnings in Luxor.

However, the theft of valuable antiquities from the home of a friend - including a magnificent gold bracelet adorned with the image of the goddess Hathor - causes great concern. Ramses' encounter with a woman costumed in the veil and gold crown of Hathor herself only deepens the mystery.

With those in her circle suddenly plagued by a series of accidents Amelia attempts to connect these troubling threads into a pattern. But her investigation is setting her on a collision course with an adversary more formidable than any she has ever encountered.

Performed by Barbara Rosenblat.

Members Reviews:

Children of the Storm

if you like this series you will love this book. I hate to see this series come to an end. it is a very relaxing, yet not boring, series if you enjoy a bit of history on the side.

Good but not my favorite

Time spent with the Emerson's is always enjoyable, however this book was missing something for me. A little slow until the last quarter

loved it

best one yet and was much more complicated then the last two sadly only two more books. I was afraid with Ramses married that it would just get to be more a romance then mystery and excavation.

Finally in unabridged form!

So great to have the whole series available. Barbara Rosenblatt's rendition of these beloved characters is wonderful.

Addicted to Amelia

These books are so enjoyable. Glimpses of Egyptian archaeology (more or less -- locations, some characters such as Howard Carter who discovered Tut's tomb -- are indeed accurate) and history is part of it, but the characters are truly engaging. Barbara Rosenblat's performances perfectly capture their personalities, speech patterns, accents, etc. One begins to feel a part of the family and they're adventures.

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Title: The Museum of Extraordinary Things

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Alice Hoffman

Narrator: Judith Light, Grace Gummer, Zach Appelman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-18-14

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1264 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From the beloved, best-selling author of The Dovekeepers, a mesmerizing new novel about the electric and impassioned love between two vastly different souls in New York during the volatile first decades of the 20th century.

Coney Island: Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a boardwalk freak show that amazes and stimulates the crowds. An exceptional swimmer, Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father's "museum", alongside performers like the Wolfman, the Butterfly Girl, and a 100-year-old turtle. One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man photographing moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River.

The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his father's Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as an apprentice tailor. When Eddie captures with his camera the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the mystery behind a young woman's disappearance.

New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves her magic, romance, and masterful storytelling to unite Coralie and Eddie in a sizzling, tender, and moving story of young love in tumultuous times. The Museum of Extraordinary Things is Hoffman at her most spellbinding.

Members Reviews:

Captivating historical fiction+Hoffman interview!

Alice Hoffman was my first author crush. The woman who turned me on to Hoffman's novels owned a funky eclectic bookstore where I'd have coffee and book chat whenever I could. With bated breath we'd wait for each new Alice Hoffman book, each one a gem.

Hoffman's world is a dreamy, swim through enchanting, eerie and magical adventures with female and male underdogs conquering all obstacles in life and love. The Museum of Extraordinary Things, once you dive in, holds you as a willing captive, swimming effortlessly through the story, in which you learn, in the most intimate way, about two, otherwise obscure, events in NYC history, through the eyes of the victims and their families. Hoffman is an excellent and thorough researcher, and blends the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and Dreamland fires of 1911 seamlessly into her always mesmerizing plots and characters. Her ventures into historical fiction, totally impress me, and this is her very best effort in this genre.

Vividly brought to life are the workers' struggles of the 1900's, and mistreatment and arbitrary abuse to women, minorities and immigrants. Sadly, it all echoes many of the same problems with which we struggle today.

Well done Alice Hoffman! A loyal fan I remain. Thus, so delighted was I to surprisingly find a fascinating conversation between Alice Hoffman and narrator Judith Light come on following the completion of The Museum of Extraordinary Things. Such a wonderful cure for that odd, black hole in which one finds oneself after finishing a long, really good book. The two discussed the novel, their lives, their passions, their methods, and so much more. Very, very satisfying, particularly after such an excellent read!

An Extraordinary Experience

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This book was extremely interesting--giving a snapshot of Manhattan in the late 1800's with its diversity, specifically the chasm between the rich and poor.

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Title: The Valley of Amazement

Author: Amy Tan

Narrator: Nancy Wu, Joyce Bean, Amy Tan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 24 hrs and 51 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-05-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3057 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

New York Times best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club Amy Tan brings us her latest novel: a sweeping, evocative epic of two women's intertwined fates and their search for identity - from the lavish parlors of Shanghai courtesans to the fog-shrouded mountains of a remote Chinese village

Shanghai, 1912. Violet Minturn is the privileged daughter of the American madam of the city's most exclusive courtesan house. But when the Ching dynasty is overturned, Violet is separated from her mother in a cruel act of chicanery and forced to become a "virgin courtesan." Half-Chinese and half-American, Violet grapples with her place in the worlds of East and West - until she is able to merge her two halves, empowering her to become a shrewd courtesan who excels in the business of seduction and illusion, though she still struggles to understand who she is.

Back in 1897 San Francisco, Violet's mother, Lucia, chooses a disastrous course as a sixteen-year-old, when her infatuation with a Chinese painter compels her to leave her home for Shanghai. Shocked by her lover's adherence to Chinese traditions, she is unable to change him, despite her unending American ingenuity.

Fueled by betrayals, both women refuse to submit to fate and societal expectations, persisting in their quests to recover what was taken from them: respect; a secure future; and, most poignantly, love from their parents, lovers, and children. To reclaim their lives, they take separate journeys - to a backwater hamlet in China, the wealthy environs of the Hudson River Valley, and, ultimately, the unknown areas of their hearts, where they discover what remains after their many failings to love and be loved. Spanning more than forty years and two continents, The Valley of Amazement transports listeners from the collapse of China's last imperial dynasty to the beginning of the Republic and recaptures the lost world of old Shanghai through the inner workings of courtesan houses and the lives of the foreigners living in the International Settlement, both erased by World War II. A deeply evocative narrative of the profound connections between mothers and daughters, imbued with Tan's characteristic insight and humor, The Valley of Amazement conjures a story of inherited trauma, desire and deception, and the power and obstinacy of love.

Members Reviews:

Life in a Courtesan house.

Where does The Valley of Amazement rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

I would say about the middle. It kept me interested and was beautifully told but parts seemed to lag and some times I felt like, can't these women ever get a break in life?

Who was your favorite character and why?

Violet who is the main character of the story. She grows up in a courtesan house and then through a vicious trick is separated from her mother and sold into another house as a virgin courtesan when quite young. Her story to find love and create a life for herself is amazing.

What about the narratorss performance did you like?

Asian characters with Asian narrators. Perfect!

Who was the most memorable character of The Valley of Amazement and why?

Magic Gourd a courtesan who mothers Violet when she is separated from her mother is a wonderful person who shines throughout the book. Just loved her!

Any additional comments?

This is a long book, I wasn't that interested in all the training for a courtesan house, but I understand it was part of the story.

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Title: The Grand Sophy

Author: Georgette Heyer

Narrator: Sarah Woodward

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-13

Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2482 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Resourceful, adventurous and utterly indefatigable, Sophy is hardly the mild-mannered girl that the Rivenhalls expect when they agree to take her in. Kind-hearted Aunt Lizzy is shocked; stern Cousin Charles and his humorless fiancée Eugenia are disapproving.

With her inimitable mixture of exuberance and grace Sophy soon sets about endearing herself to her family, but finds herself increasingly drawn to her cousin. Can she really be falling in love with him, and he with her? And what of his betrothal to Eugenia?

Members Reviews:

The Full Sophy

If Georgette Heyer's many fans were to vote for their favorite Heyer heroine/novel, I predict "The Grand Sophy" would win. Naxos did a nice job on the abridgment that has been on Audible for two years (and which I quickly ponied up a credit for), but it was abridged.

Now we get the entire book, and it is good. I enjoyed Clare Wille's narration of the abridgment -- she also reads the unabridged versions of "Cotillion" and "A Civil Contract," both well worth listening to -- but Sarah Woodward's rendition is equally good, and now all my favorite scenes are here, not on the cutting room floor.

Sophia Stanton-Lacy is the daughter of a British diplomat who has spent her teenage years traveling the Continent with her widower father as the Napoleonic wars wound down. Now Sir Horace is off to Brazil and leaves the 21-year-old Sophy in London with his sister and her numerous offspring. The household's eldest son is strait-laced Charles, who has recently (1) inherited a large fortune from a distant relative and (2) become engaged to the Honourable and egregiously proper Eugenia Wraxton.

Sophy is sparkling, spontaneous, self-sufficient, and as Charles disapprovingly observes, on easy terms with every rattle who ever wore a red coat." Not hard to see where the romance will go, especially keeping in mind that first-cousin alliances were common among the quality right up through the early twentieth century.

Besides the protagonists -- and Sophy and Charles are among Heyer's most delightful and memorable -- several other characters also have romances underway or underfoot, and the machinations are tangled, funny, and occasionally bittersweet. Sophy's interactions with her large brood of cousins add marvelous depth to this classic novel. All will be well that ends well, so set aside the dreary dystopians and the vapid vampires and enjoy a romp through the Regency.

Georgette Heyer at her very best

All the familiar elements of a good Heyer Regency are here - the star-crossed lovers, the stern but good-natured Charles, the humourless Eugenia, the ineffectual Lady Ombersly, and, of course, the Grand Sophy, a resourceful young women brought up by her father, Sir Horace, in the midst of the Napoleonic Wars. The final climax of the story is perfect Heyer. Funny, convoluted, and perfectly in keeping with the characters.

The reader is Sarah Woodward and she does an excellent job. Highly recommended.

Delightful!

I loved this book. The narration was excellent, and the development of the attraction between the two protagonists worked perfectly for me. It ranks as one of my top three favorite Heyer books.

absolutely one of the best ever

Love love love this book, the dialog is fabulous. How can you not love 'the grand Sophy'. I don't remember a book when I've laughed out loud so much.

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Title: Rose Under Fire

Author: Elizabeth Wein

Narrator: Sasha Pick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-01-13

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 1188 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Audie Award Finalist, Teens, 2013

Rose Justice is a young pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. On her way back from a semi-secret flight in the waning days of the war, Rose is captured by the Germans and ends up in Ravensbrück, the notorious Nazi women's concentration camp. There, she meets an unforgettable group of women, including a once glamorous and celebrated French detective novelist whose Jewish husband and three young sons have been killed; a resilient young girl who was a human guinea pig for Nazi doctors trying to learn how to treat German war wounds; and a Nachthexen, or Night Witch, a female fighter pilot and military ace for the Soviet air force.

These damaged women must bond together to help each other survive. In this companion volume to the critically acclaimed novel Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein continues to explore themes of friendship and loyalty, right and wrong, and unwavering bravery in the face of indescribable evil.

Critic Reviews:

"A carefully researched, precisely written tour de force; unforgettable and wrenching." (Kirkus Reviews (for Code Name Verity))

"An incredibly assured debut novel, full of convincing detail, heart-stopping emotion and tension." (The Bookseller (for Code Name Verity))

Members Reviews:

Terrific story paired with passible narration

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The book, yes! I loved Elizabeth Wein's companion to this, "Code Name Verity". Even Maddie makes appearances in both books... But as an audiobook, I don't think I would recommend it. Sasha Pick has a cartoonish voice for Rosia, which made me want to cover my ears in protest. And her German and French pronunciations are also off.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

It did. As an American narrator, I did enjoy Sasha Pick, but for foreign accents (French, Polish) and Rosia's character in particular, I didn't enjoy so much.

Any additional comments?

Read the book, skip the audio, unless you can get this book on sale like I did.

Breathtakingly Beautiful

I waited a while before writing this review in hopes Ill have a better idea of how to express my feelings. As it turns out, I dont. I was expecting a heart wrenching beautiful and historically accurate story, based on what I experienced with Code Name Verity, but I was still blown away by it. They were as good, Im even tempted to admit I enjoyed this one better, but it is still so fresh in my heart I feel a bit biased saying that, but they were still so different from each other. They are definitely two different stories, with a common theme and some shared characters.

I was ecstatic to see Maddie and Jamie (Im sorry if I didnt get the spelling of their names right, but I listened to the audiobook, so I didnt get the chance to read it) again and to see they were well and happy. It was just a glimpse because they are not the centre of this story, but I was glad to get it. I wasnt surprised, though, to learn a bit about them and how they were coping with Julies decease, yet I was not expecting to run into Engel again, and trust me, youll find her in the most unexpected place. When it finally dawned on me it was her, I was agape! It was awesome that Roses path crossed with hers in such a way. Masterful, even.

Speaking of masterful, this story totally sneaked up on me.