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Title: Enemies of the Heart

Author: Rebecca Dean

Narrator: Helen Longworth

Format: Unabridged

Length: 20 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-04-10

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Romance, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A sweeping international epic, perfect for all fans of Penny Vincenzi and Barbara Taylor Bradford

June 1909, in a large Berlin mansion, cousins Zelda and Vicky are about to meet brothers Berthold and Josef for the first time an evening that will alter the course of their lives foreverVicky Hudson is only seventeen when she marries Berthold and moves from her idyllic Yorkshire home to Berlin. She finds it hard to adjust to her new life, not least when she discovers that the family business she has just married into Remer Steel is producing weaponry for the German army. With the First World War looming, Vicky flees to Yorkshire with her children, leaving Berlin, and her husband, behind.

Striking dark-haired beauty Zelda Wallace is no stranger to marriage. Widowed at just twenty-one with a young son, she is eager to meld into Berlin's high society and sever all ties with her American identity in order to become a true Berliner. But beneath her exotic looks, Zelda holds a deeply hidden secret that if revealed, could threaten everything she holds dear

Critic Reviews:

"An impressive, epic debut" (Daily Mirror)

"An immensely satisfying, sweeping saga it is one of those engrossing tales that never seems to let up on incident as we belt through four decades full of fascinating detail, skilfully written. A book to curl up with and lose yourself in." (Sarah Broadhurst)

"Fans of Barbara Taylor Bradford will devour this epic as I did." (The Sun)

Members Reviews:

An epic without an end...

Good story involving many family members during the two world wars. Told in an interesting way by a talented narrator yet somewhat slow at times. What really surprised me was the end of the book, it just cut off suddenly. I had to check my library & the Audible site to make sure I had not missed downloading part of the book. I had not, it just abruptly ends. Strange, the author had gone to much work on this book, yet lost it in the end.

Very disappointing end

After a mammoth 20 hours of listening the end is very disappointing, it's almost as though there's more to come but it doesn't. You never find out about so many of the characters and what happened to them. This is a long listen, my advice is, don't.

best book yet ...

.after 3 yrs membership best book yet..... well written, well read and thoroughly good listen ...sorry when it ended.

enemies of the heart

Wonderfully narrated. the story takes you back to a time of war, and you hear the other side of the story. A family on both sides of the atlantic separated by ethics and a war that seems different hearing the story from bothe sides. Highly recommended.

Liz

an enjoyable listen

I gave this book 4 stars because, simply, it is a very enjoyable listen, and I would recommend it to anyone. It well blends a big rich family's love and complicated relations during the World War II and was very powerful emotionally. I especially loved the third part, which is at the peak of the war. The characters were well designed too, with absolutely lovable and believable personalities.

I didn't give it 5 star because in spite of the good flow and words, I didn't quite like the plot. Through till the middle of the book I didn't know what it was really about - what are these people running around for, what do they want to get at the end of the book.