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Sword for Hire
- Border Knight, Book 1
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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Summary
From the ashes of Arsuf rises Sir Thomas, blood of the Warlord.
When his father is killed at Arsuf protecting King Richard, Thomas is knighted. His hopes of inheriting his family's manor are dashed when Prince John takes power in his brother's absence. With a handful of men, Sir Thomas is forced to travel to Sweden where he joins the Jarl Birger Brosa fighting the Estonians, Karelians and Slavs. Fighting in the harsh environment of a Baltic winter makes Sir Thomas and his men stronger. There he learns of further treachery and dishonour among Bishops, Kings and Princes who value thrones more than men.
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- brent Gould
- 13-11-22
Accents
I have listened to a lot of Marsden York’s narrations but don’t recall his somewhat ridiculous foreign accents which almost spoiled a good tale. As this is the first in the saga I may pass on the others which is a shame but that’s the gamble with audio books.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-11-22
Excellent narration
I really enjoy listening to Marston York's narration. He brings the story to life. I enjoy Griff Hosker's books. Exciting and intense, he keeps to the true historical facts while forming his own story around that.
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- Patrick Bird
- 18-11-24
lots of action with well formed characters
enjoyed the unique location for crusading. the accents of the reader were tedious for the Scandinavians and Welsh which seemed to mrld into one. Glad I persevered as story was good
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- Me
- 13-06-24
Seems a good start to series touches
Narrated Well good story reminiscent of Robin Hood will buy the next in the series and see how it goes
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- John Lynch
- 24-12-22
Another great audiobook
Once again the writer/narration partnership is absolutely perfect. Superb - have already got the second in this series downloaded.
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- barry
- 05-03-24
Great stuff
Really like this story and narrator was good got a good feel off them times
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- Michael Wild
- 28-06-24
Excellent and timeless storytelling
A strong story with timeless quality, a good pace and which is also well read.
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- M3GS
- 18-09-24
Simple tale, simply written.
Almost laughable in its simplicity, The narrator did his best but the accents he uses are sometimes unintentionally funny.
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- Jacweeks
- 20-04-24
Lacks depth
The plot is simplistic and it progresses very much in a straight line. I won’t try book to which is a shame as I enjoy historical fiction series but this isn’t on par with offerings from the likes of B Cornwall, C Iggulden, S Scarrow, D Gilman or B Kane.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-08-24
just heroic fiction
If your looking for a more historically based book series, this isn't it. The history in these books are very thin.
The main character is very one dimensional and flawless, atheist by his own words.
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