Star of the Sea
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Narrated by:
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Peter Marinker
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By:
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Joseph O'Connor
About this listen
Winter 1847, the Star of the Sea sets sail from Ireland for New York. Among the refugees are a maidservant, bankrupt Lord Merridith, an aspiring novelist, and a maker of revolutionary ballads. Each is connected more deeply than they know.
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- M R Mackenzie
- 01-08-24
Historical details about the travel to America from Ireland and the potato famine.
The details left me able to taste and smell this ship. I learned a lot of facts about the potato famine. Very disturbing. Beautifully written. A masterpiece.
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- Mr C.
- 03-08-24
Spell-binding story.
I did not know this writer, but I am impressed by this novel: its rich variety of characters and the details it provides of that particular period of history.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-06-23
An epic!
Love the book. Utterly engaging. I did however question the choice of the narrator. His voice was smooth and enjoyable, his voice for the English characters was superb. However much of the book is narrating the voices and geographical place names of Ireland. The Irish accents were difficult to listen too, place names unintelligible and attempts at speaking Irish a concern to say the least. This undermines the book. It is not the narrators fault, it would be prudent in future to support narrators by employing an expert in the pronunciations of specific languages to enable them to do the book justice.
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- bravoball
- 31-01-15
Bad reader
A wonderful piece of writing
Wish I had read it
The reader was abysmal
Pronunciation of Gaelic and Irish towns dreadful
I guess he was trying to be West Briton but got in the way
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- Owl Lover
- 30-12-17
Really thrilling read
l loved listening to this audio book. So interesting , yet sad and full of nostalgia
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- Ms. Lorraine Tilly
- 07-05-22
Enjoyable
I thought this was an enjoyable read with lots of interesting threads to it. I feel like it's been done before, but worth a listen.
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- J. H. Mccarthy
- 11-01-24
Thedescriptve passaes
a bit bambozled a the end! I lost the pot a bit. Mostly ok but I mustve missed something along the way
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-07-24
Excellent
My dad came from Clifden and unlike other reviewers I thought the narrator did a fine job. Superb book, I was sad to finish it.
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- Windsor Woman
- 09-03-18
My most favourite book
Have now read and listened to this book five times over the years as it is so incredibly good. Beautifully read on audio and most skillfully written, it holds your attention from start to finish. Will be enjoyed by either men or woman as originally recommended to me by 30 year old guy and I am a middle aged woman. You won't regret listening to this wonderful book.
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- MRS I ARCHIBALD
- 16-05-19
A superior listen
A gripping tale of high quality with the excellent narration it deserves. Supreme story-telling with palpable highs and lows..
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