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The Lady and the Unicorn
- Narrated by: Cornelius Garrett
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- Emmajo
- 14-07-2014
well researched - I'm a tapestry weaver myself!
What did you like most about The Lady and the Unicorn?
I have been meaning to read this book for quite some time - I am a tapestry weaver myself and at the moment I am part of a team of weavers weaving 'The hunt of the Unicorn' at Stirling Castle Scotland - We are weaving an interpretation of the medieval set of tapestries that are in New York.
We are weaving the last tapestry to be woven which is 'Mystic' and that portrays the lady and the unicorn - so it seemed the perfect time to read / listen to the book 'Lady and the Unicorn'! - even though this story is based around the red set 'The Lady and the Unicorn ' in Paris France.
I found it to be very well researched and the story certainly fitted nicely around the history of the tapestries
What did you like best about this story?
I particularly loved the descriptions of the tapestry studio - the looms and the way they wove - I took notes of several of the parts I found particularly interesting about the way they wove and using herbs such as Rosemary to keep moths at bay!
What does Cornelius Garrett bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
I fwelt that the varying accents used very good and often bought amusement and great intonation to the story.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Yes the describing how the blind girl did her sewing work
Any additional comments?
I would thoroughly reccommend this book to everyone and particularly anyone with an interest in tapestries! I would also reccommend that if you want to see a medieval tapestry being woven - hurry along to Stirling Castle in Scotland and come and watch us weave! We'll be finished in December 2014 !
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- Munny
- 22-08-2015
Absorbing
In truth I was not expecting greatness from this novel but I was pleasantly surprised. I discovered that very quickly the storey entwined itself delicately; I had finished listening in two days.
The narration is excellent, the storey is told from each character's perspective and it's very easy to discern which character we are listening to, we are gently drawn in to the goings on around the making of the tapestry.
It is a 'light' listen set in France, I thoroughly recomend.
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- Isobel Ayres
- 12-01-2020
Truly awful narration, couldn’t listen
The male narrator is truly awful at reading passages from the perspective of non-male characters. He sounds like a pantomime dame, or someone from a Carry On film. All oo-er missus-y when describing how a young woman reacts to the male lead. It was truly cringe worthy and I couldn’t finish the book. I may try reading it as the story itself was engaging, just couldn’t get past the narrator. Ugh.
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- J. Stephens
- 10-04-2021
No as good as the others
Not her best work
A little disappointing
The performance was excellent
It was okay
I may return it
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- Anonymous User
- 16-05-2019
The passion of the women with enquiring minds.
Beautifully read. Such sprit and tenacity. Woman redefining the world from the secrets of Lyme‘s imprisoned creatures. I fell in love with wildness of this place out of season, in High House the holiday home Jane Austin. The grit that lies beneath the romance at the beginnings of the 19th Century.
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