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The Kingdoms
- Narrated by: Theo Solomon
- Length: 15 hrs and 1 min
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The Kingdoms
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Publisher's Summary
Bloomsbury presents The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, read by Theo Solomon.
Come home, if you remember.
The postcard has been held at the sorting office for 91 years, waiting to be delivered to Joe Tournier. On the front is a lighthouse - Eilean Mor, in the Outer Hebrides.
Joe has never left England, never even left London. He is a British slave, one of thousands throughout the French Empire. He has a job, a wife, a baby daughter.
But he also has flashes of a life he cannot remember and of a world that never existed - a world where English is spoken in England and not French.
And now he has a postcard of a lighthouse built just six months ago, that was first written nearly 100 years ago, by a stranger who seems to know him very well.
Joe’s journey to unravel the truth will take him from French-occupied London to a remote Scottish island and back through time itself as he battles for his life - and for a very different future.
Critic Reviews
"I loved the vivid and intricate alternate universes of The Kingdoms, and the flawed and complicated people who inhabit them." (Katherine Addison)
"At once fiercely original, joyous and horrifying, The Kingdoms is an awe-inspiring feat of imagination and passion which had me in tears by the end." (Catriona Ward)
"The Kingdoms is an intricate and complex but ultimately very satisfying read, blending time slip and historical fiction with the pace of a thriller and the sweetness of a love story. A unique book." (Sinead Crowley)
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- Sunny
- 24-09-2022
Amazing Natasha
As always when I read or listen to a Natasha Pulley novel I am at a loss to put into words how much I enjoy her amazing words.
Such unique stories that drag you all the way into the lives of the characters contained within.
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- Amazon Customer
- 01-07-2021
Amazing story
What an amazing story. It kicks off by chapter 14 and it does not stoo amazing the reader until the last word. It's delighting, gripping and full of little things that make it feel so real it stays with you even after the end.
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- Anne
- 17-06-2021
beautiful
Not a rational review. There are many errors and issues. But I love it so.
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- SV
- 29-10-2021
Couldn’t finish this one, returned it.
I loved Natasha Pulley’s other books but just could not get into this one. I think it was the narrator, I had to check the speed it was playing thinking I’d accidentally slowed it down, his voice just seems to drone on and I found myself zoning out and thinking other things, then having to rewind. I didn’t really care about any of the characters either, maybe I gave up too early with 9 hours to go, but I’m a avid audiobook listener and I know a well written and well read story when I hear one. Such a shame,I think she has such a beautiful imagination.
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