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Matrix
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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Meet the indomitable Marie de France.
Born from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse, too wild, too rough-hewn for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court. Woefully, she is sent to the muddy fields of Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey.
The abbey is a dreadful place: its inhabitants are on the brink of starvation, beset by disease, stoic and stern, yet plagued with an unholy tendency to gossip. Marie cannot help but pine for the decadence and comfort of France, her secret lover Cecily, her queen Eleanor and the very court that had spited her.
Yet Marie soon realises that, though she may be tied to a life of duty, she wields more power than she could have imagined. With the fearlessness that has always set her apart, she inspires her new sisterhood to awaken their spirits and finally claim what is theirs.
A dazzling work of literature, Matrix gathers currents of violence, sensuality and ecstasy in a mesmerising portrait of consuming passion and womanhood.
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- Tezza
- 14-11-2022
Historically interesting
The general history of nuns in the middle ages is interesting. However I did not find much else to keep my attention, which is a pity because the artfully crafted prose made for pleasant listening.
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- Geraldine
- 27-10-2022
Not everyone at bookclub enjoyed it…
However, they read it I listened!!
The reader made this book come alive!
Superb reading, can’t say how much I loved listening to this reader, it was like poetry. Her character voices, pitch, cadence and inflection made this book incredible to listen to. Thank you!
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- Anonymous User
- 12-02-2023
Lauren Geoff & Adjoa Andoh recreate a stunning medieval experience!
Within the words and throughout the telling of the recreated lives and story of ‘Matrix’, the readers and listeners are drawn into many private and fascinating worlds of time and places of medieval Angleterre and France of the 12th Century. Entwined in their lives from the Royal court to the island Abbey, is its reconstruction, deepening community of nuns and their individual characters, sublime singing and devastating experiences and the burgeoning power of one woman, who can claim a life well-lived.
The language of the storytelling is exquisite, tracing the visual descriptions of the lands in poetic beauty and the voices of the nuns and sundry characters in accent and, often, rye humour. It is here that Lauren Goff’s words are given the clarity of many human voices in Adjoa Adoh’s performed reading of the book itself. An excellent and inspired production!
Thank you for a marvellous experience of medieval Life!
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- Sandra Quick
- 17-01-2024
excellent
Superb reading by Adjoa Andoh, and a great story. I enjoyed the protagonists changing interpretations of life over time.
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- Kathleen Fahy
- 16-10-2021
Too weird
I’m a feminist and I was really looking forward to this book. There will be many who like the language used. But I just found the characters unpleasant and the story unbelievable. When we started getting mystical experiences it was all too much for me and I returned the book.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-10-2024
Reader unbearable
Did not get far with this, while the writing is beautiful the reader was so extra the whole time I found it unbearable to listen to her.
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