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Falling Angels

By: Tracy Chevalier
Narrated by: Eve Matheson
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 January 1901, the day after Queen Victoria's death, two families visit neighouring graves in a London cemetery. The Waterhouses revere the late Queen and cling to Victorian traditions; the Colemans look forward to a more modern society. To their mutual distaste, however, the families are inextricably linked when their daughters become friends behind the tombstones. And worse....©2001 Tracy Chevalier (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Royalty

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"Sex and death meet again in Tracy Chevalier's marvellous evocation of Edwardian England." ( The Mail)
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I read this years ago. Had forgotten it. So much better read by Eve Matheson. Couldn’t turn it off!

Loved it!!

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found this to be rather flat and not as dynamic as other books of hers. Not a good listen of you have recently lost somebody as it focuses a lot on death and graveyards.

historical facts

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It was a little difficult to get into this story to start with due to the multiple characters speaking in the first person. The narrator did a great job of differentiating them but it was a confusing beginning. As time passed and the characterisation was clearer the story became more involving as it moved from the death of Queen Victoria to the death of Edward VII with lives and characters changing in large ways and small. By the end I was sorry to leave the story and wanted to know what happened next to some of the people I'd spent time with.

Slow start, strong finish

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This was my idea of a perfect audio book.

The well-drawn characters each take turns to speak in the first person which keeps the gripping plot moving at a good pace. The historical period itself is exciting and I particularly like the way Chevalier portrays the immense sense of change in society at the beginning of the 20th century.

Falling Angels is my second Chevalier audio book, after Remarkable Creatures, and I am delighted to see several more also available on Audible.

Great audio

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loved it recommend it informative as well as entertaining. good page turner the end came too soon

falling angels

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This was a poignant story about childhood, motherhood, suffrage, and life at the start of the 20 th century. The narrator was fantastic, managing to create separate identities for each of the characters - important for a story where each chapter is a first person narrative by a different character. What let it down was the recording quality, echoey, tinny and badly spliced in places. A real shame really.

Falling Angels

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I have read a few of Tracy's books now. Her characters are complex and interesting, and I like her writing style. The narrator of this audiobook did a wonderful job. Highly recommended.

Excellent storytelling

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From an historic point of view this book was really interesting and well researched. I found a couple of the characters a bit grating, but I’m sure that was the intention (they were rather spoilt young women). Narration could be better.

Historically interesting

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I didn't like the format in which this book is written. all the characters say their own piece in each chapter which makes it a bit disjointed but I stuck with it and it became really good when it got to the suffragette part of the story.
eve Matheson did a good job of performing the book bringing the characters to life.

back on form.

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I have loved some of her other books on Audible but this was so slow to get going I almost gave up on it. The narrative in the form of first-person speech by the two little girls felt irritating. However aout halfway through it became more engaging. It was clearly well researched and an interesting record of the post-Victorian era.

Not her best

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