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Title: Sharpe's Fortress

Subtitle: Sharpe, Book 3

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Paul McGann

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-05

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

And waiting with the cornered Mahrattas is another enemy, the renegade Englishman William Dodd, who envisages a glorious triumph, for the Mahrattas have taken refuge in Gawilghur, India's greatest stronghold, perched high on cliffs above the Deccan Plain. He who rules in Gawighur, it is said, rules India, and Dodd knows that the fortress is impregnable, but it is here that Sharpe must face his enemies.

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Members Reviews:

Get the unabridged version. Much better

Too much is cut out in this abridged version. Nothing wrong with the narrator, but characters and background is missing. Story misses so much that it isn't worth buying this one. Get the unabridged version, if there is one, I will be.

Just can't help but buy it

It's a great listen a strong bold storyline with plenty of imagery going of in your head it just makes me buy the next one I'm now on my third book it's only been a week

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Title: Post Captain

Subtitle: Aubrey-Maturin, Book 2

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Robert Hardy

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-17-05

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 15 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

This tale begins with Jack Aubrey arriving home from his exploits in the Mediterranean to find England at peace following the Treaty of Amiens. He and his friend Stephen Maturin, surgeon and secret agent, begin to live the lives of country gentlemen, hunting, entertaining, and enjoying amorous adventures. Their comfortable existence, however, is cut short when Jack is overnight reduced to a pauper with enough debts to keep him in prison for life. He flees to the continent to seek refuge; instead he finds himself a hunted fugitive as Napoleon has ordered the internment of all Englishmen in France.

© Patrick O'Brian; (P)1997 HarperCollins UK

Critic Reviews:

"You are in for the treat of your lives." (Irish Times)

"Written with most engaging enthusiasm that can't fail to give pleasure to anybody who enjoys historical adventure flavoured with more than a dash of realism." (Sunday Times)

Members Reviews:

There are better versions out there

I am reviewing the quality of the audiobook here and not the story. I found this version of "Post Captain: Aubrey-Maturin" hard to follow and not worth the price. There are other unabridged version of this on audio book which have more clarity and do more justice to Patrick O'Brian's work.

Abridged

An Abridged book - bought by accident - and not worth the effort - all the enjoyment of the book surgically removed,

when can we have the full set (of 21) unabridged books?

terrible narrator

very difficult to get into, narration is terrible, sounds like the narrator is in a hurry to finish. wish I'd taken more notice of the other less favourable reviews. does not do justice to the author's work.

Not Master & Commander

Poor - little substance - Just not the film, Robert Hardy drones so even a poor book is not listenable. Pity the exchange scheme was not available at the time of purchase

Post Captin; abridged

The peace with France has come and Jack and Stephen have time for a house, hunting and love. Jack can't decide between the 2 cousins but Stephen knows which one has taken his heart. Diana wants a rich husband, Jack, but prefers talking with Stephen. Sophia loves Jack but won't marry without her mothers permission. Her mother will never let her marry a poor man let alone one in debt so when the money is all stolen away Jack and Stephen must get a ship. Now if only the friends can keep from the old trap of falling out over a woman!

This may be abridged but the reading is excellent and the music is sensitively placed. Well worth the listen.

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Title: The Commodore

Subtitle: Aubrey-Maturin, Book 17

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Robert Hardy

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-05

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Jack Aubrey's long service is at last rewarded: he is promoted to the rank of Commodore and given a squadron of ships to command. His mission is twofold: to make a large dent in the slave trade off the coast of Africa and, on his return, to intercept a French fleet set for Bantry Bay with a cargo of weapons for the disaffected among the Irish. Invention and surprise follow at every turn in this tale of 19th-century seamanship, as rich, as compelling, and as masterly as any of its predecessors.

© Patrick O'Brian; (P)2000 HarperCollins UK

Critic Reviews:

"One of the most brilliantly sustained pieces of historical fictional writing this century." (Spectator)

Members Reviews:

Another good yarn

Robert Hardy does it again by bringing Aubrey and his friends really to life. It is infectious and has already led me onto buying another in the series. Do try these - and get lost in his world...

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Title: The Letter of Marque

Subtitle: Aubrey-Maturin, Book 12

Author: Patrick O'Brian

Narrator: Robert Hardy

Format: Abridged

Length: 2 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-16-05

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Around these simple, ostensibly familiar elements Patrick O'Brian has written a novel of great narrative power, exploring his extraordinary world once more, in a tale full of human feeling and rarely matched in its drama.

Critic Reviews:

"Delicacy and generosity of feeling are constant themes in O'Brian's novels." The Letter of Marque is both serious and light-hearted, true and sentimental, as comic opera can be. (London Review of Books)

Members Reviews:

I highly recommend the book!

What a great account of friendship at it's best. I really love it when O'Brian details the strong bonds between the friends in these books. Forced to account for the true theme of this book, I would say friendship, love of friends. There is a lot going on in the book and things are looking up for Aubrey and it is all possible because of his relationships with those around him. O'Brian has made Aubrey a sucker for every scheme ever developed on land and, although he is a slow learner in this environment, he does learn and grow. He is lucky to have the friends he does because they create the opportunities for Aubrey to change his fortunes. His fortunes change in interesting ways that are worth reading about so for the small expense of the book you can expect really good entertainment that sets up the great opportunities in the future for Aubrey. Even Maturin's fortunes are looking up in every respect. I highly recommend the book.

Another Masterpeice

"Letter of Marque" is 12th in the 20 novel Aubrey-Maturin series, featuring Captain Jack Aubrey and his companion ship surgeon Stephen Maturin, set in the early 1800s. "Letter of Marque" one a episode in a grand epic, and as such the plot is of secondary importance.

SUMMARY

Jack Aubrey has been dismissed from the Royal Navy and is in low spirits. However, Stephen Maturin, now rich by inheritance, purchases the frigate "Surprise" and a "letter of Marque", i.e., an authorization to operate as a privateer. However, Stephen is still in the intelligence service, and the resulting missions are a mixture of intelligence collecting and profit making. The privateering goes well making Jack wealthy and popular. Later Stephen journeys to Sweden and is reconciled with his wife, Diana. In the meantime, partly as a result of the death of Jack's father, Jack acquires a seat in Parliament, and sufficient influence to be given assurance that he will soon be reinstated in the Royal Navy.

COMMENTS

"Letter of Marque" is a typical installment in the saga, filled with fascinating characters, battles, sea lore, and insights into early. There is virtually no mystery or suspense, but rather high adventure. Many men will wish that Stephen simply divorce and forget Diane, but of course, that's easier said than done.

THE VERDICT

I have lost track of how many times I have read the entire series start to finish-- somewhere between six and ten times, and I look forward to re-reading the series again and again.

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Title: Sharpe's Havoc

Subtitle: Sharpe, Book 7

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Paul McGann

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-09-05

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Sharpe is stranded behind enemy lines, but he has Patrick Harper, he has his riflemen, and he has the assistance of a young, idealistic Portuguese officer. Together, they have to find the missing girl and extricate themselves from the entanglements cast by Colonel Christopher, a mysterious Englishman who has his own ideas on how the French can be ejected from Portugal. Those ideas are as fantastic as they are dangerous, but the French are rampant, Lisbon is threatened, and Christopher sees Sharpe and his riflemen as the only obstacles to his subtle scheme.

But there is a newly arrived British commander in Lisbon, Sir Arthur Wellesley, and just when Sharpe and his men seem doomed, Sir Arthur mounts his own counter-attack, an operation that will send the French army reeling back into the northern mountains. Sharpe becomes a hunter instead of the hunted and he will exercise a dreadful revenge on the men who double-crossed him.

Sharpe's Havoc is a classic Sharpe story, a return to Portugal in the company of Sergeant Patrick Harper, Captain Hogan, and Sharpe's beloved Greenjackets.

Critic Reviews:

"Cornwell is a terrific storyteller and Sharpe's adventures in and around Porto in 1809 are stirring stuff." (Daily Telegraph)

Members Reviews:

Great Narration

Where does Sharpe's Havoc rank among all the audiobooks youve listened to so far?

Top 30%

What other book might you compare Sharpe's Havoc to, and why?

Any other of the Bernard Cornwall's series

What about Paul McGanns performance did you like?

He reads with a really good pace for the action sequences

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not really

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Title: Riding to Camille

Subtitle: A Novel of Love and Perseverance Through One of Virginia's Most Devastating Storms

Author: Mary Buford Hitz

Narrator: Rebekkah Hilgraves

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-30-15

Publisher: Authorspress Audio Books

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

I have been fascinated by the backlash from Hurricane Camille in Nelson County ever since it happened August 19th, 1969. How could 29 inches of rain fall in five hours, which NOAA says is close to both the physical and theoretical limit of the possible. In the heart of the county I care deeply about, lives were eclipsed and landscapes devastated in the blink of an eye. So a combination of fascination, love and a too-vivid imagination pulled me into writing a novel set during the backlash of Hurricane Camille. These characters are fictional, but what happens to them comes right out of the histories recorded at the time. Earlier I had successfully published a biography of my mother, titled Never Ask Permission, and with the wind at my back set out to write fiction. Many classes, seminars, and 13 years later here is Riding to Camille. I am passionate about horses, so naturally the horses in this book have personalities too. They and their riders take off on a camping trip in the Blue Ridge Mountains ignorant of what they are riding towards. A just-ignited love affair between the outfitter, Sam, and his summer intern, Lisl, is a secret held from Lisl's Swiss boyfriend who has come with her for the summer, but not from Sam's wife, Elsie, whose peculiar upbringing has left her in a self-protective cocoon of apathy. The guest riders bring their own anxieties, pre-dispositions, and luckily, courage. Sam is a headstrong, impatient leader who tangles with Lenore, a writer who has come on the trip to write an article about it. When Meg, another guest, breaks her leg, the group must separate in order for Sam to get her back to civilization. The storm hits and Lisl finds herself in charge of the remaining riders and horses. She gets in trouble trying to rescue the horses, and Elsie is presented with a terrible choice while trying to rescue Lisl. When Sam catches up to them no one knows who is alive and who is dead, and Sam himself is a changed man.

Members Reviews:

Great read!

A very well woven and fascinating story about an incredibly devastating and unique real-life weather event. Once I started reading, I could not put it down until I was finished (really, I read it in a day). The characters bring the hurricane alive in a way that makes you feel as if you're a part of what's happening. Great plot twists make it not "cliche".

I was 11 and lived in Amherst County Virginia. ...

I was 11 and lived in Amherst County Virginia. I was camping at Cave Mountain Lake, and lived thru this!

I felt like I was there

Powerfully described the infamous hurricane and its devastation in Central Virginia. I felt like I was there.

Five Stars

A teriffic read especially for anyone who lived in Virginia when Camille sruck.

Harrowing, Yet Redemptive

I was compelled to read Riding To Camile, which is set amidst the landscape where I have made my home this last decade. More than offering an entertaining plot and engaging characters (which it does quite neatly!), this story allowed me to realize something very important about my new homelandâsomething that I didn't "get" before. There is a deep-set fear of "what could happen" in the Rockfish Valley, which I'd noticed and vaguely wondered about.

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Title: The Warmth of God in the Alaskan Territory

Subtitle: Christian Western Pioneer Romance

Author: Vanessa Carvo

Narrator: Mary Conway

Format: Unabridged

Length: 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-12-13

Publisher: Quietly Blessed and Loved Press

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The Warmth Of God In The Alaskan Territory, is a wonderful story about a family from San Francisco who settles in the Alaskan Territory in the late 1800s, when tragedy strikes. The surviving family members, a strong woman and her two sons, who are hearing impaired, find help in a stranger who shows up at their campsite a few days after that to find them very sick. He ends up helping them to partially complete their log cabin, which was the goal of the family - and then a decision has to be made.

Will she go or stay, and most importantly, will she regain her faith in God which she has lost in the struggle to simply survive? This tale has a very heartwarming ending.

This audiobook contains powerful Christian influences, love, family and other related themes meant to make you smile!

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Item arrived in a timely manner in good condition.

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Title: Brendan Malone: The Last Fenian

Author: Marina J Neary

Narrator: Colin Grube

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-22-13

Publisher: All Things That Matter Press, Inc.

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Based on true historical events, Brendan Malone: The Last Fenian is a folkloric satire examining the dark, destructive side of paternal love.

Roscommon, Ireland, 1910. A string of crop failures and botched rebellions had left the country a pitiful wasteland. Brendan Malone, a struggling Gaelic landlord and member of the secret Irish Republican Brotherhood, succumbs to a midlife flare-up of nationalism, while his two sons climb the academic Olympus at University College Dublin.

Dylan, primitive and compliant, clings to his overbearing father, while Hugh, anglicized beyond recognition, harbors his own ambitions that do not include liberating his native land.

"M.J. Neary has added a well-crafted and finely researched novel to the genre." (Kenneth Weene, author of Memoirs From The Asylum)

"Gripping read from beginning to end." (Gary Inbinder, author of Confessions of the Creature)

The author has brought a difficult period of Irish history to life through a combination of historical and fictional characters. (Jim Dougherty, President of The Wild Goose)

Members Reviews:

An Age-Old Conflict

What struck me as a reader first off is the high quality of writing in this story of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. MJ Neary has accomplished the very difficult challenge of telling a story reflective of actual history and keeping basic facts and events accurately, at the same time using her experienced writing skills to tell this story. Brendan Malone is the father figure strong and determined to free Ireland from Great Britain, and commands the center spotlight. My reaction, however, is that his sons maintain at least equally the central story. Dylan, Brendan's older son, chooses to follow his father's goal and becomes active with the IRB. The younger son, whose character is developed in sharp contrast to his brother's, reflects the academic and non-partisan attitude that will separate him from his family. With such a dynamic, tragedy is poised for the final piece of this lively story.

There is a dark mood which sets the atmosphere throughout the novel, giving the reader a sense of impending doom no matter what the central characters try to do to avoid such a conclusion. They have taken over from the author and there is no way out of the dilemma other than the tragedy that closes out the story.

Neary has a fine ear for dialogue, for plot, and for dynamic tension, all three elements combining to make Brendan Malone a story to be read and taken seriously. It is a story that reflects a moment in Irish history, but at the same time has the elements of ancient Greek tragedy and the forecast of our own times when we seem to be plunging into the darkness of an unknown future. Take and read.

Jean Rodenbough, author of Rachel's Children:Surviving the Second World War, All Things That Matter Press, 2010.

Brendan in Reivew

Long held strife against the English is the life blood that sustains Brendan Mallone. He eats, works, sleeps, breaths Irish nationalism and anti British sentiments. He expects his sons Dylan and Hugh to follow in his footsteps, he expects them to continue the fight for their native land. One son does as expected, but what of the other who does not? What of the son who defies his father and becomes a member of the English intellectual elite?

This is tale of heartbreak and tragedy in a country long soured by famined land, rotten potatoes, and endless booze.

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Title: The Last of Days

Author: Paul Doherty

Narrator: Peter Wickham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-18-13

Publisher: Headline Digital

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the final days of Henry VIII, one man is there to witness the demise of a legend...

Master historian Paul Doherty weaves his magic in an epic tale of murderous schemes and a blood-smattered political order. King Henry VIII, a fearsome figure of power and stature, lies upon his deathbed diminished by sickness and haunted by ghosts from his past. Only Will Somers, long-serving jester and confidant, sees all. While Henry is confined to his chamber, Will begins a journal that will document his King's last turbulent days. The country is fraught with tension. And with the King's son and heir just nine years old, there are many power-hungry councillors who will stop at nothing to better themselves.

Now as the King's health fails, rebellion threatens amidst widespread rumours of plots against him. With few allies remaining, will Henry himself become the final victim of his reckless, bloody reign?

Members Reviews:

Such Detail

If you could sum up The Last of Days in three words, what would they be?

More than history

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Last of Days?

Taking Henry's body for burial

Have you listened to any of Peter Wickhams other performances? How does this one compare?

Not yet, but would do.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

When the fool is not a fool!

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed the perspective and the detail. Peter Wickham's rendering helped make it come to life for me.

Another good story by Paul Doherty

A most interesting story showing a light on a part of history not often spoken about.

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Title: Aces and Eights

Author: Loren Estleman

Narrator: Joel Fabiani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-31-12

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

This suspenseful courtroom drama is based on the actual historical trial of Jack McCall, who shot James Butler Hickok from that most dishonorable position - behind.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

great expriencee

Loren D.Estelman outs a whole new perspective on the murder of Wild Bill Hickok.

The Shootout at the OK Corral and the murder of Wild Bill Hickok are probably the most famous episodes that took place in the Old West.It would be a simple task to fill a bookcase with the mooks written about them.The problem with these two famous incidents is that precise facts are virtually impossible to resolve;as the nearly 130 years that have passed since they occurred and the history has been clouded with superstitions,embellishment,fantasy,run away imagination,legend,absolute lies and legends.

As a matter of fact,even the cards Wild Bill Hickok held in his hands when he was shot are highly disputed.Particularly the 5th card.Though there is general concensus tht he held the two black Aces and the 2 black 8's;the other card is claimed to be the Queen of Clubs,the Queen, 9,Jack,or the 5 of Diamonds;as well as others.There are also claims that he held only 4 cards;the fifth having not yet been dealt.There are many depictions of the murder in museums and various cards are shown.

This book however,is certainly one that should be taken lightly as to facts and only as a interesting fictional of what took place during and leading up to the trial of Jack MaCall.

Anyone who has read many of the books covering the murder of Wild Bill Hickok will find it an interesting read;but let's face it,leave it at that.

HE AT LEAST SPELLED HICKOK RIGHT

This is a typical piece of work by a quintessential dude about a subject which he would not be qualified to write about without coming West to get a feel for the land, and people who haven't changed so much since 1876 out in South Dakota, get on a horse often for a long while, learn about guns from an expert and practice till he's a good shot, etc.

A fair sample of the expertise of the writer, and of those who granted him an award, can be seen in his having a SWAT Squad in 1876. He is guilty of the equivalent in another of his Award winning books (from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame) which has Pat Garret rubbing his body with a prescription of oil of Oleander, which would have killed him in a very short time when the pores absorbed this deady poison. Another leg slapped in another of his books (Bloody Season)has Doc Holliday making a bed of Mesquite branches.

This sort of thing gets by because of the sort of editors who buy Westerns with no more knowledge of the West than their prospective authors, which has given rise to the term "Ghetto Westerns." This is one. It may be entertaining to those who don't know any better, and might not resent being taken in if they did. I think it's regrettable. Historical novels should be history, not fantasy.

Aces and eights? More like a pair of twos.

There is little to recommend here, I'm afraid. The writing is serviceable, but we expect more than "serviceable" from someone like Estleman with his noted credentials. Therein lies the heavy disappointment.

The tension in the court room never manifests itself in any believable way. It's like any other courtroom drama you've watched while strung out on Quaaludes.