Hardacre
Hardacre Family Saga Series, Book 1
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Hardacre
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Narrated by:
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Justine Eyre
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By:
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CL Skelton
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Hardacre is the sweeping rags to riches story of the Hardacre family. This dramatic family saga follows generations of the Hardacres from Victorian times to the 1950s. Set against the backdrop of major historical events, Hardacre traces the family's humble beginnings to their position of great wealth.
Sam Hardacre makes a tough yet honest living as a fish gutter. But he has ambitions for a life far removed from the harsh existence on the quays of the north English coast. Through drive and determination he builds a business empire and amasses a fortune. His wife, Mary, once a poor street urchin, must learn to adapt to her new role as mistress of a grand house in Yorkshire.
Sam's sons, Joe and Harry, inherit some but not all of their father's qualities. Their opposing personalities lead them to make very different choices about their futures. Meanwhile, their younger sister, Jane, is born into a life of privilege and has no experience of her family's early struggles.
The three siblings and their offspring will know love, hate, passion and tragedy, as they live through the dramatic events of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The lives of the Hardacres are shaped by the extraordinary events of the Boer War, the Great War, the Wall Street Crash, the Second World War, Hitler's Germany, and the London Blitz.
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- Frances
- 19-02-24
its a saga
i love period novels in particular sagas. this has everything. im halfway through and so far we've had rags to riches as well as family conflict. the signs are lookung good for the rest of the book ie i have unanswered questions and the plot could go several ways.
im torn, i cant put it down yet i dont wamt it to end lol
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- Emma Gentry
- 02-02-24
It was ok
I finished it but it was a slog. Not as engaging as others in the same genre. And although I normally never mind bad accents - I have to agree with other reviews at times this was poor. The editing as well was really annoying.
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- Jane
- 09-10-20
Good read
I read this book and it’s sequel many years ago and enjoyed listening to it again, but found the readers voice and pronunciation of some of the words most irritating. However, it did not stop me getting fully involved in the story.
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- Tracey Shockledge
- 30-01-24
Great story
I’ve read this book and the sequels several times over the years, so when I spotted the audiobook in the plus catalogue I couldn’t wait to listen to it! Unfortunately the narrator’s attempt at a Yorkshire accent was more Scottish/Irish and very distracting.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-12-24
Such a brilliant book - Wish the Tv series was more like the book
Such a brilliant story - you really get into the characters - agree I wish the person reading the story used the correct language of the time ie two pence should be pronounced tuppence - but still really enjoyable book
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- Mr
- 02-02-22
Still a good listen.
Always enjoy this book as I have it in paperback. If you can ignore the narraters attempt at a Yorkshire accent which made me wince, its worth a listen.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-04-24
Good story
Quite interesting tale but slow to get going just a great pity about the narrator very bad pronunciation of certain places and words
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- Ms
- 07-02-21
Hardacre
Good book, dreadful narration with many mispronunciations.
I’m afraid I skipped to the last chapter
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- dinksshort
- 16-04-24
great storey abysmal reading
loved this detail of this story of a rags to riches family. great depth and storyline. but the read was terribly. The awful attempt at Yorkshire and scotch accents would have ruined it for me had the story not been so good. There is also a note to the editor from the reader in the middle of it. such poor editing also
I would be furious if I had written this story.
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- valk
- 23-10-24
Needs a new narrator
I like the long sagas like this but there were a lot of different people living then dying off then same names being used again which I found disorienting. However it’s a good but long story. But the biggest downfall was the narrator over exaggerating the northern voices. And that really created on me.
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