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Star of the Sea

By: Joseph O'Connor
Narrated by: Peter Marinker
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Summary

Winter 1847, the Star of the Sea sets sail from Ireland for New York. Among the refugees are a maidservant, bankrupt Lord Merridith, an aspiring novelist, and a maker of revolutionary ballads. Each is connected more deeply than they know.

©2002 Joseph O'Connor (P)2014 Audible, Inc.
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Spell-binding story.

I did not know this writer, but I am impressed by this novel: its rich variety of characters and the details it provides of that particular period of history.

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Historical details about the travel to America from Ireland and the potato famine.

The details left me able to taste and smell this ship. I learned a lot of facts about the potato famine. Very disturbing. Beautifully written. A masterpiece.

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An epic!

Love the book. Utterly engaging. I did however question the choice of the narrator. His voice was smooth and enjoyable, his voice for the English characters was superb. However much of the book is narrating the voices and geographical place names of Ireland. The Irish accents were difficult to listen too, place names unintelligible and attempts at speaking Irish a concern to say the least. This undermines the book. It is not the narrators fault, it would be prudent in future to support narrators by employing an expert in the pronunciations of specific languages to enable them to do the book justice.

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A wonderful piece of writing
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The reader was abysmal
Pronunciation of Gaelic and Irish towns dreadful
I guess he was trying to be West Briton but got in the way

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Really thrilling read

l loved listening to this audio book. So interesting , yet sad and full of nostalgia

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Enjoyable

I thought this was an enjoyable read with lots of interesting threads to it. I feel like it's been done before, but worth a listen.

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Thedescriptve passaes

a bit bambozled a the end! I lost the pot a bit. Mostly ok but I mustve missed something along the way

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Captivating

A must listen for all those who live historical fiction. One of my top five listens.

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Brilliant

An amazing memorable book with a gripping historical story and brilliantly narrated. Up there with the very best.

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Excellent read, perfect narration

I had been wanting to read this book for a long time and in the end chose the audible version so I could enjoy it while travelling in the car. It captivated me from the beginning to the end. Joseph 0'Connor is a genius. I felt like I was living the story at times, such was the depth of meaning. The narrator was a perfect choice, The best I have heard so far. I couldn't recommend it more

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