The Wedding Shroud
A Tale of Ancient Rome, Book 1
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The Wedding Shroud
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Narrated by:
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Christina Traister
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By:
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Elisabeth Storrs
About this listen
In 406 BC, to seal a tenuous truce, the young Roman Caecilia is wedded to Vel Mastarna, an Etruscan nobleman from Veii. Leaving her militaristic homeland, Caecilia is determined to remain true to Roman virtues while living among the sinful Etruscans. But, despite her best intentions, she is seduced by a culture that offers women education, independence, sexual freedom, and an empowering religion.
Enchanted by Veii but terrified of losing ties to Rome, Caecilia performs rites to delay becoming a mother, thereby postponing true entanglement. Yet as she develops an unexpected love for Mastarna, she's torn between her birthplace and the city in which she now lives. As war looms, Caecilia discovers Fate is not so easy to control, and she must choose where her allegiance lies.
The Wedding Shroud is the first book in the series A Tale of Ancient Rome. Subsequent books in the series include The Golden Dice and Call to Juno.
©2015 Elisabeth Storrs. (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.What listeners say about The Wedding Shroud
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
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- 20-06-2017
Shame about the narrator
ITa not often you get a good piece of fiction, written well, with an excellent grasp on the English language AND situated in such a unique era and location, but Elisabeth Storrs has done just that. Congratulations.
This is where my praise ends. The choice of narrator was a poor one. Christina Traister appeared to be trying far too hard in attempting to put on an upper class accent, conveying conceit as only the nobility of ancient Rome might show. In this attempt she stopped and started her sentences in a very disjointed fashion. Usually the most flagrant flaws were associated with sentences that held slightly more complex words. Eventually it dawned upon me that she was not familiar with the words as she frequently mispronounced them, or took a breath just before them as if to ready herself for the task, or allowed her voice to drop just after saying them (as if in relief) despite still being mid-sentence.
Needless to say her narration ruined the flow of the story. I may well read the sequels, but I'm unlikely to purchase any more audio books narrated by Ms.Traister.
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