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In the Land of the Long White Cloud
- In the Land of the Long White Cloud Saga, Book 1
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 22 hrs and 3 mins
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In the Land of the Long White Cloud
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Publisher's Summary
Hardworking London governess Helen Davenport longs for a family of her own but knows the prospect of finding a suitable husband grows dimmer each year. Then she spots an advertisement seeking wives for the churchgoing bachelors of colonial New Zealand and begins an affectionate correspondence with a gentleman farmer.
Meanwhile, not far away in Wales, society life bores Gwyneira Silkham, beautiful, daring daughter of a wealthy sheep breeder. She finds an unexpected escape when her father loses a blackjack hand to a mysterious New Zealand baron — and Gwyn’s hand in marriage goes to the baron’s son.The women cross paths on the ship to Christchurch — Helen traveling steerage, Gwyn first class — and form an unlikely friendship, one they’ll rely on when the husbands awaiting them turn out very different than they’d imagined.
This nineteenth-century saga of two unforgettable young women — navigating a new world and finding friendship, romance, and adventure at every turn — is as lush and sweeping as the hills of New Zealand themselves.
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- Kindle Customer
- 24-12-2018
wonderful story of the Maori and Pakeha
A wonerful story of early settlers and their hardships, cultural differences and the laws of early New Zealand.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-05-2023
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Not great. Weird accents and tone. Would’ve been nice to involve a different person from the relevant origin for each character.
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- crystal mackenzie
- 11-07-2023
Riveting story epic tale
A well written saga
Great story fantastically interesting
Terrible accents/ butchering of te reo Maori
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- Valerie
- 25-08-2016
Listen to the narrator first
The story was spoiled for me by the narration, very strange voice and style. Would not use this narrator again .
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- GLYNN
- 14-02-2020
Story became bogged down
A shame really. Enjoyed the first half but had to push myself to finish. Would like to know what other listeners rated this book.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-2019
poor narration
horrible narration. even with speeding up the speech. all the sentences and paragraphs sound like they roll into one.
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- Mrs C.
- 24-06-2020
The narration was dreadful
I could only listen for a few minutes the narration was dreadful. It grated on the nerves
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- Derbydiva
- 18-09-2020
The story is good but the audio failed
halfway through the book it just stopped playing. checked device and other books, all good. this recording is therefore faulty. too bad.
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