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The Queen and I

By: Sue Townsend
Narrated by: Angela Thorne
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When a Republican party wins the general election, they strip the royal family of everything and send them to live on a housing estate in the Midlands.

Exchanging caviar for boiled eggs, servants for a social worker named Trish, the queen and her family learn what it means to be poor among the great unwashed. Is their breeding sufficient to allow them to rise above their changed circumstance, or deep down are they really just like everyone else?

©1992 Sue Townsend (P)2012 AudioGO Ltd Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Satire Women's Fiction Funny Witty Comedy Feel-Good

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Critic reviews

"Kept me rolling about until the last page." ( Daily Mail)
"Absorbing, entertaining...the funniest thing in print since Adrian Mole." ( Daily Telegraph)
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would listen again, so much happening i must of missed some bits while laughing!!
great book for light hearted escapism

so funny

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Having read 2 of the Mole books 📚 years ago,thought I'd give this one a go,very good.

Had me Laughing 😆 all through

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Laughed out loud lots! Very funny, very clever and scarily very believable! Classic Sue Townsend!

Brilliant

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great fun with laugh out loud moments and perfect narrator. almost believe it could happen.

great fun

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The ending felt rushed as if not all story lines were completed. The audience doesn't get an understanding of the Japanese involvement, BOMB's progress etc.

Hilariously funny

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didn't like how it was read much. the reader just had the rhythm wrong

jarring reading style. not suited to the story

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I hate books that end with "what an awful dream". Just a warning that this book has not aged well ( Diana is spoke about loads)

I personally can't stand the Royal family and I must agree the Queen would struggle living with the "normal people"

Great performance but has not aged well

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A fabulous idea for a book (I wonder if any of the royals have read it? I would love to know their opinion!) and I still found it relevant and engaging despite my reading it a decade or so after the fact. Great political satire, great characters, despite many being hugely exaggerated stereotypes, this added to the humour and was just right for this book! Love Sue Townsend, no cringe-worthy cliches in her writing, and this is one of her best.

Very, very funny

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This had a mildly entertaining storyline with very clear narration. A bit different from the ordinary.

mildly entertaining

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light hearted listen. not to be taken seriously. the way the different characters react is funny

light hearted funny

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