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A River in the Sky
- An Amelia Peabody Murder Mystery
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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Summary
It's 1910, and archaeologist Amelia Peabody heads for Palenstine hoping to prevent an English adventurer called Morely from causing damage during his search for the vanished treasures of the Temple in Jerusalem.
The War Office fears increasing German influence in Palenstine and insists Morley is working for German intelligence.
In the meantime, her son Ramses is working on a dig at Samaria where he encounters a female German archaeologist, and a mysterious man of unknown nationality and unknown past.
Ramses' curiosity leads him to a startling discovery about the pair.
He must pass the information on to his parents in Jerusalem but can he get there alive?
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- Janet
- 08-10-20
Great Story - Awful Narration
I love the Elizabeth Peters Amelia Peabody Series. Why oh why did they have this book narrated by Karen Cass? All the other books are narrated by the wonderful Barbara Rosenblat who’s skills as a narrator are insurmountable - she make the characters come to life. Karen Cass’s narration is flat and tone less - she made what was potentially a good story seem boring. Don’t buy it.
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- Samantha
- 06-01-15
Another great Peabody adventure !
I love the adventures of the Emerson family...
Beautifully written and well thought out stories...
Not too keen on the narrator on this audio book, prefer the original one...
Other than that a thoroughly good read for anyone to enjoy, not just the loyal Peabody fans.
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- Susan T.
- 22-05-24
not the best of Elizabeth Peters
not up to Elizabeth Peters usual high standard and the narrator's voice was too young. prefer Barbara Rosenblat
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- Pen
- 05-08-13
A River in the Sky
The story was good, but narrator spoiled this book for me and I was disappointed.
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- SBC
- 20-02-17
What a disappointment
How did the narrator detract from the book?
I hadn't realised just how much part of the enjoyment of Amelia Peabody came from Barbara Rosenblat's narration; it just wasn't the same.
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- Sarah
- 25-03-17
Dreadful narration
The most appalling narration I have encountered. The reader shows no understanding of timing, her accents are awful, she has zero grasp of the personality of the characters or the context in which the dialogue takes place. All this compounded by the knowledge that Audible USA customers have a different version read by the wonderful Barbara Rosenblat. Sort it out Audible - get us the US version!
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- Helen
- 15-12-12
Guaranteed to disappoint
For any fan of Elizabeth Peters audio books, this one is guaranteed to disappoint due to the ill-advised and ill-matching selection of narrator. Ms Cass completely fails to understand the characters and her odd selection of accent and stumbling delivery of foreign words meant that for the first time I wasn't transported into the world of the Emersons. Knowing this isn't Elizabeth Peters' fault, I switched off and went to read the book instead!
Please Audible - bring back Barbara Rosenblat!
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- Nigel
- 03-01-13
Oh dear even if a Peabody fan avoid this one
Quite appalling choice of narrator - definitely not Barbara Rosenblat - why the publishers should chose a young voice for an ageing Peabody with grown children is quite beyond comprehension. Probably not the best story of the series either but totally spoilt by the narrator
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- Alice
- 18-07-12
A shame it's not Barbara Rosenblat
I really enjoy the Amelia Peabody series and have become quite attached to the characters. Unfortunately, this narrator, although clear, does not capture the essence nearly as well as the usual Ms. Rosenblat. I have noticed that on the American site they have this book read by Barbara Rosenblat, and more of the series that are not available to us in the UK - please Audible, see if you can sort this out!
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- Alison
- 04-04-11
reader spoilt the story
The reader spoilt this peabody mystery for me. i had to switch off. i am used to Barbarah Rosenblat, brilliant reader voice manages all the different characters and the many nuances that give character and keen whit. Black humour requires an expert and your reader is not.
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