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The Ashes of London
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Publisher's Summary
‘This is terrific stuff’ Daily Telegraph
‘A breathtakingly ambitious picture of an era’ Financial Times
‘A masterclass in how to weave a well-researched history into a complex plot’ The Times
Over 1 Million Andrew Taylor Novels Sold!A CITY IN FLAMES
London, 1666. As the Great Fire consumes everything in its path, the body of a man is found in the ruins of St Paul’s Cathedral – stabbed in the neck, thumbs tied behind his back.
A WOMAN ON THE RUN
The son of a traitor, James Marwood is forced to hunt the killer through the city’s devastated streets. There he encounters a determined young woman, who will stop at nothing to secure her freedom.
A KILLER SEEKING REVENGE
When a second murder victim is discovered in the Fleet Ditch, Marwood is drawn into the political and religious intrigue of Westminster – and across the path of a killer with nothing to lose…
Critic Reviews
"The Ashes of London is the book we all dream of writing and of reading: a crime thriller that pushes the pages over with effortless ease, while at the same time weaving an intricate, delicate, delight of a tapestry that draws us into a time and place that are so rich, so perfectly balanced that we walk alongside the characters, inhabit their shoes, feel their fear and taste their hope, all written in Andrew Taylor's beautiful hand-crafted prose. This is a book to revel in, a joy and a delight. Definitely one of the must-reads of the year." (Manda Scott, best-selling author of the Boudica Dreaming series)
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- jackie trenbath
- 20-07-2020
entertaining
The story is well written, the reader is excellent. I would recommend this book to people who find this historic period of interest.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- soo jay
- 23-07-2021
Dull narration of a dead boring story.
If a writer can't make the Great Fire of London exciting, surely there were better career choices he could have made. 57 chapters of some of the most plodding, clichè ridden prose I have ever endured. Main characters with less charm and depth than a puddle of week-old porridge.
The narrator does nothing to save this stupefyingly boring, overly long tome.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Richard
- 20-06-2018
Absolute Rubbish; a complete waste of time and money. Don't bother to buy
This was probably one of the worst Audible books I have listened to. I sent it back, and thankfully received a Credit from Amazon.
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