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Winchelsea

By: Alex Preston
Narrated by: Tigger Blaize, George Weightman, Gary Cross
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AS READ ON BBC RADIO 4

The year is 1742. Goody Brown, saved from drowning and adopted when just a babe, has grown up happily in the smuggling town of Winchelsea. Then, when Goody turns sixteen, her father is murdered in the night by men he thought were friends. To find justice in a lawless land, Goody must enter the cut-throat world of her father's killers. With her beloved brother Francis, she joins a rival gang of smugglers. Facing high seas and desperate villains, she also discovers something else: an existence without constraints or expectations, a taste for danger that makes her blood run fast. Goody was never born to be a gentlewoman. But what will she become instead? Winchelsea is an electrifying story of vengeance and transformation; a rare, lyrical and transporting work of historical imagination that makes the past so real we can touch it.

©2022 Alex Preston (P)2022 Canongate Books Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction

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Sadly I found the primary narrator’s performance monotonous, a real chore to get through & ill suited to the text. Otherwise an interesting read.

Let down by main narrator.

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I thought the book was very enjoyable and well narrated ,with interesting references to name places in the story line.

Great book

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An adventure story of the very best kind...... l came along this entirely by chance and once started, l was engrossed- horrified and mesmerised by turn.
Brilliantly written and narration excellent.

Utterly captivaing

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Not so keen on Cullodon. Section. Story was gripping and I know Winchelsea so found all the story of the other villages fascinating.

The clarity of the voice for Goody

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I enjoyed this story, probably enhanced by the fact that I grew up close to the towns and villages mentioned. Contrary to what other reviewers have said I thought all the narrators were very good and helped to drive the narrative forward

highly enjoyable

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Both story and performance were exceptional. I can’t remember enjoying an audiobook more. Sad when it ended.

Wonderful

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The writers prose is accomplished and elegant alas what appears to be an amateur female voice artist renders the book unlistenable - an argument for using professional voice artists at all times Why cut corners? . I’d suggest someone like Juliet Stevenson for work of this complexity and calibre.
The aforementioned voice actors voice is untrained has no sense of pacing and struggles with the simplest of vowels and consonants but above all its the shallow and unattractive tone lacking in both colour and natural range that forces the listener to abort the experience after a few excruciating minutes- please re-record this !!

Fine writing destroyed by abysmal narration

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Excellent narration good voices from both especially like “Goody” good rip roaring storytelling would recommend

Very good liked the narration

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beautiful rendition, bringing to life s gorgeous part of the world with a gripping story.

Damned Good Read Goodie!

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I really enjoyed this book. The storyline was great, the descriptions promoting the imagination with this swashbuckling adventure

adventurous tale

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