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The Mammoth Hunters

Earth’s Children, Book 3

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The Mammoth Hunters

By: Jean M. Auel
Narrated by: Rowena Cooper
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Leaving the valley of horses with Jondalar, the handsome man she has nursed back to health and come to love, Ayla embarks on a journey that will lead her to the Mamutoi; the Mammoth Hunters. But as she settles into this new life among a people at first strange and disturbingly different, Ayla finds herself irresistibly drawn to Ranec, their master-carver. Ultimately, she is compelled to make a fateful choice between the two men.

Jean Auel's imaginative reconstruction of pre-historic life, rich in detail of language, culture, myth, and ritual, has become a set text in schools and colleges around the world.

©1985 Jean M. Auel (P)2004 AudioGO Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction

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"The authenticity of background detail, the lilting prose rhythms, and the appealing conceptual audacity continue to work their spell." ( Publishers Weekly)
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The story sometimes gets a little too like a Disney film. But the characters are on the whole believable and engaging.

Idealistic but highly enjoyable

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It has to be a a great story! Read by Great narrator who can inflect the right nuances into the story. Aand it has to seemthe right length. Best bit is when Woolf catches Joondaloor.
All these are present in this book

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Jean Auel's knowledge of the challenges facing people in the ice age so believable it's almost non- fiction

inventions and customs

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I love all the Earths Children series...was hooked since the 1st page of Clan of the Cave Bear...but this has always been my favourite! I'll tell uou how good this book is...I must have read and listened to it over 30 times and I still have an emotional response to it. I laugh every time, shout at various characters and ball my eyes out!

Amazing book!

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There were moments when I was thinking "how much more sophisticated will this cavemen get?" Story is definitely less interesting than first two parts or perhaps just different and less to my liking. Performance still very good.

not as good as first or second but still very good

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Interesting take on the development of Europeans. I have followed the series from the first book. Beautiful reading. The depiction of Raneke is good without the usual racist undertones. However the notion of blonde hair and blue eyes signifying super intelligence and beauty is hard to ignore.

Engaging

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the narrator bought this book to life. a soothing , sensitive narration. a joy to listen to. she bought a wonderful story to life .

loved this book

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It’s a great book brilliantly written and tells soo much. I simply get frustrated by the characters actions in this one, so much unnecessary tension on their behalf.

I’ve read all the books before and new this wasn’t my favourite of them.

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Although can sometimes get a little slow, overall the series has been very enjoyable. I will carry on.

Enjoyed

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lovely story with great characters. but too much graphic "romance" for my personal taste but a but of skipping past those parts and i really enjoyed it. narrator is great x

lovely

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