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The Winter King
- The Warlord Chronicles, Book 1
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
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Publisher's Summary
FROM THE NO. 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WAR LORD COMES AN EPIC RETELLING OF THE ARTHURIAN LEGEND
In the Dark Ages, a legendary warrior arises to unite a divided land . . .
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Uther, the High King of Britain, is dead.
His only heir is the infant Mordred. Yet each of the country's lesser kings seek to claim the crown for themselves.
While they squabble and spoil for war, a host of Saxon armies gather, preparing for invasion.
But no one has counted on the fearsome warlord Arthur.
Handed power by Merlin and pursuing a doomed romance with the beautiful Guinevere, Arthur knows he will struggle to unite the country – let alone hold back the Saxon enemy at the gates.
Yet destiny awaits him . . .
From the epic and bestselling author who has gripped millions.
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PRAISE FOR BERNARD CORNWELL:
'Strong narrative, vigourous action and striking characterisation, Cornwell remains king of the territory he has staked out as his own' SUNDAY TIMES
'Like Game of Thrones, but real' OBSERVER
'Blood, divided loyalties and thundering battles' THE TIMES
'The best battle scenes of any writer I've ever read, past or present. Cornwell really makes history come alive' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
'He's called a master storyteller. Really he's cleverer than that' TELEGRAPH
'A reminder of just how good a writer he is' SUNDAY TIMES
'Nobody in the world does this better than Cornwell' LEE CHILD
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- Victor
- 18-06-2017
Very slow start but finished very welll
Loving all of Bernard cornwells books I was excited to listen to this one.
For the first 6/20hours it was painfully slow with very few moments of excitement that kept me super engaged.
Once it got going it was good, as expected.
The later parts of the book were great and I really really enjoyed them.
The final chapter was epic and amazingly well written and worth waiting for.
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- Cameron King
- 30-03-2024
The narrator was excellent
The narrator was excellent and saves the overall performance from the limited story. But overall a great listen.
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- David Green
- 22-09-2021
Interesting spin on the story
Before I started the title, I did see other reviews, and heeded the warning of it being a little slow to start while the characters and settings were drawn up., and that is certainly true. But once that is established, it was a great story, and quite engaging. Most a familiar with the Arthurian legend, and the direction this story goes is all the more interesting because it takes a slightly different path, although Merlin is still Merlin, and that is good, and I enjoyed the telling and the narration of that character. I am finding myself being quite the fan of Bernard Cornwall, having recently finished his "Warlord" saga, and this is leading up to being equally good.
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- Jeremy
- 05-02-2023
painfully slow start
don't get me wrong the book is extremely well written as you would expect.
but the introduction to characters really robbed the start of the book, to the point I wanted to give up on it
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- Claire Wallace
- 28-08-2019
Gripping
I just couldn’t stop listening! Bernard Cornwell is an expert story teller. I can’t wait to start the second book in the series. The narrator does a great job too.
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- BERNADETTE
- 09-02-2023
Almost gave up
Took me a while to get into this one & I admit I almost gave up.
However upon reading other reviews I found I was not alone. The first 5-6 hours are hard going but keep at it to be rewarded with a great read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-10-2024
The story, the amazing narrator. He really brought it all to life
The story, the amazing narrator. He really brought it all to life for us. Shame the TV series has cancelled we really enjoyed that too.
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- Anonymous User
- 13-07-2021
This is Excellent
The Warlord Chronicles is easily the best series written by Bernard Cornwall. I have the original abridged audio books read by Tim Piggot-Smith, which are a classic. When I saw this new unabridged reading (by a narrator I was not familiar with) I thought "this can only be a let-down". How wrong I was! Jonathan Keeble has done a superb job, and the full unabridged version brings much additional richness to the tale of Lord Derfel Cadarn and Arthur. For die-hard fans like me, you will find the different pronunciations of the names interesting, and the tempo of the unabridged version is very different.
All this said, Tim Piggot-Smith's characterization of both Merlin and King Aelle in the original are still the gold standard.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-05-2021
a good fictional story
The book is an easy listen, good battles with an interesting portrail of familiar characters
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- Georgia C
- 27-01-2023
Fantastic
Story line was beautifully written and character development had depth and wit.
I’m excited for the next title in the series!
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