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Two Brothers

By: Ben Elton
Narrated by: Jot Davies
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Bestselling author Ben Elton's most personal novel to date, Two Brothers transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour.

Berlin 1920

Two babies are born.

Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood.

As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon, the ties of family, friendship and love are tested to the very limits of endurance. And the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice... Which one of them will survive?

©2012 Ben Elton (P)2012 Penguin Audio Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Thought-Provoking Suspenseful Holocaust
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Great story with one of the best narrations I have ever heard. Be warned this is not like Ben Elton’s other works. No jokes in this one. Just a very powerful story that everyone should listen to.

Amazing book - powerful and confronting

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From the start to the twist at the end I was captivated. Great book which I thoroughly recommend.

Brilliant read

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Ben Elton once again opens a door to a truly harrowing chapter of history in which he has set his fictional story. The events in this book are quite horrific but written so sensitively and with a methodical commitment to the truth of those times. Beautifully read as well.

Horrible Setting, Brilliant Story

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Nothing to dislike other than I did not want it to end. Great narrating, amazing story, well written, capturing from the first chapter. Definitely in my top 5 of all time.

Pulled on all the strings

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Excellent, thoroughly enjoyed this book, looked forward to listening to it each day, capturing book!

brilliant story!

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I enjoyed this well researched and gripping book very much. It opened my mind to the incremental changes from the 1920s that lead to the holocaust. My only negative was the use of Monty Python cockney accents for many of the characters.

Enjoyable

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Ben Elton never writes a bad book. This story is wonderfully written and poignantly details an appalling part of our history.

It’s well read, though do agree with others that the Cockney accents for Germans didn’t quite fit the narrative, though not really sure what the alternative would be for an English speaking audiobook.

Highly recommended.

Wonderful

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Took a while to get into it, but I really enjoyed the story, set in a very troubled time period

A great read

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Ben Elton writes with empathy. He writes about the war as if he has lived it.

Ben Elton at his best

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Excellent start, decent middle, end ok. Read whilst on holiday and was perfect as a good story to switch off to.

A good read

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