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  • The World, the Flesh & the Bishop

  • A Mountjoy Novel
  • By: Elizabeth Aston
  • Narrated by: Dawn Murphy
  • Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (5 ratings)

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The World, the Flesh & the Bishop

By: Elizabeth Aston
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Originally published as Divine Comedy by Elizabeth Pewsey.

Who needs love? Not Quinta, who's made a good life for herself, bringing up her difficult young daughter, absorbed in her work as a violin maker. And she certainly doesn't need anybody to tell her how to live her life: She has it all sorted out, down to the last dot and comma. If it isn't on a list, it doesn't exist. When her old friend Lydia appears, jilted and angry, Quinta's orderly life is shaken and her past begins to catch up with her. Then Titus, an expert on chaos theory, comes sneaking into her life and heart, even though everyone knows chaos and lists don't go together. Sins, secrets and scandals stalk the precincts of Eyot Cathedral and the ancient, twisting city streets of Eyot. As Quinta heads into a maelstrom of change, will she be able to tear up her lists and go wherever the future will take her?

An entrancing, heartwarming, and witty novel about the merry-go-round of love. Escape into another world and delight in the lives of the wild Mountjoys of Mountjoy Castle and a host of fascinating characters. This is the England of P.G. Wodehouse and Downton Abbey, where wickedness and scandal lurk beneath the superb self-confidence of the upper classes.

Best-seller Elizabeth Aston's six Mountjoy novels were originally written under the name Elizabeth Pewsey and published by Sceptre, an imprint of Hodder Headline.

©1994 Elizabeth Pewsey (P)2014 Audible Inc.

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Mountjoy 'series' a bit discontinous!

Enjoyable enough, charting Quinta's and Lydia's romantic entanglements with witty satire on cathedral choirs, hypocritical bishops and church schools. Connection with Mountjoys mainly via Downstairs through the all-seeing Lily and the.hilarious Greek chorus of Marjorie, Winn and Daphne, the church cleaners.
As with Mountjoy 1, a cast of characters would help as I am not sure how much time I am prepared to invest in connecting the dots in this 'seies'

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Love it

I am really enjoying this series. It’s relaxing just listening to stories about the lives of the people in this series. I usually get frustrated by numerous storyline’s in one book; but, I haven’t found it difficult in either of the first two books. I felt that the main protagonist’s subservience was annoying at times; however, in her situation, and in the era it is set, it is at least understandable. I am looking forward to listening to the next book!

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