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The Bedlam Stacks
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
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The Bedlam Stacks
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Publisher's Summary
An astonishing historical novel set in the shadowy, magical forests of South America, which draws on the captivating world of the international best seller The Watchmaker of Filigree Street.
Deep in uncharted Peru, the holy town of Bedlam stands at the edge of a forest. The shrine statues move, and anyone who crosses the border dies. But somewhere inside are cinchona trees, whose bark yields quinine: the only known treatment for malaria.
On the other side of the Pacific, it is 1859, and India is ravaged by the disease. The hunt for a reliable source of quinine is critical, and in its desperation the India Office searches out its last qualified expeditionary. Struggling with a terrible injury from his last mission and the strange occurrences at his family's ruined estate, Merrick Tremayne finds himself under orders to bring back cinchona cuttings at any cost and dispatched, against his own better judgment, to Bedlam.
There he meets Raphael, a priest around whom the villagers spin unsettlingly familiar stories of impossible disappearances and living stone. Gradually Tremayne realises that Raphael is the key to a legacy left by two generations of Tremayne explorers before him, one which will prove more dangerous and valuable than the India Office could ever have imagined.
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- amanda
- 03-03-2019
Enjoyable
Little slow to start but the characters are engaging and turned into a great read.
Narrator did an excellent job.
will definitely read another by this author.
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- Richard
- 18-08-2018
mystical
Rich imagery of a possible world... The statues were like guardians of a hidden realm
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- Laura
- 16-09-2019
Beautiful and haunting!
Oh wow I loved this! This book is so atmospheric and despite the fact that a lot actually happens in it, it feels like a quiet book. I loved the main character and the narrator did a fantastic job.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-10-2020
Awesome universe & good story
A bit slow but great characters, good story, great ending and as usual awesome universe.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-07-2023
Hard to engage
The narration is hard to follow. Perhaps that’s the writing. Very hard to listen to.
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- Vicki Reeves
- 28-08-2019
Slow and tedious
Didn't grip me, neither the story or the performance. Characters were dull and the created world, unconvincing.
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