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The Great St. Mary's Day Out

A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story

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The Great St. Mary's Day Out

By: Jodi Taylor
Narrated by: Zara Ramm
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About this listen

Everyone deserves to get away for a bit. Even the miscreants at St Mary's.

Astonishingly, Dr. Bairstow has declared a holiday. Even more astonishingly - he's paying for it. Needless to say, there are strings attached. They have to record the 1601 performance of Hamlet, with Shakespeare himself in the role of the Ghost. It doesn't go well, of course.

With Dr Bairstow and Mrs Mack turning a simple visit to a street market into a public brawl, Professor Rapson inadvertently stowing away on a vessel bound for the New World, and Shakespeare himself going up in flames, it would seem that Max, of all people, is the only one actually completing the assignment.

©2016 Jodi Taylor (P)2016 Audible, Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction Science Fiction Time Travel Funny Witty Feel-Good Shakespeare Short Stories Great Literature

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What can I say! Yet another hugely enjoyable outing for the irrepressible 'in-mates' of St Mary's! I wait, with very little patience, for the next volume in this very endearing series! Zara Ramm brings them to life in her own, superb, fashion! These books would just NOT be the same without her!!

5 stars - as usual!

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loved it, I've been to the new globe but how cool to have seen the original in contemporary time 😉 can't wait for the next book

Again totally brilliant

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I'm not a fan of short stories but this was excellent, packed with humour and full of favourite characters from St Mary's, up to their usual escapades and amazing escapes. Every line was a joy.

Full of joy and humour, an excellent short story

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And Ms Taylor does it again! This time it is mayhem in Elizabethan London. As always, I loved it. These characters are well developed and, by now, well loved. The underlying humour with which the telling of this tale is threaded makes it another rounding success for St Mary's.

Okey dokey

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Which character – as performed by Zara Ramm – was your favourite?

I want Max to be my favourite, but actually its Marham - love him!

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh out loud funny

Any additional comments?

I paid a full credit for this and its a very short story :( slightly annoying

Great Historiacal romp

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These Chronicles of St Mary's series are fantastic, very well narrated by Zoe Ramm.. If they ever made a film of these, then she is Max!

The premise of these stories is genius! Can't wait for the next one!
If you could visit any point in time, where would you go?

Recommend

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Disappointing story with poor preface to establish understanding of time travel element fundamental to storyline

Not my cup of tea

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The way the author writes her books as if Max is telling us everything that goes on in her life. The way she puts the historical information so the brilliant narrator can tell us it's really brilliant...

hilarious

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The St Mary's short stories are every bit as good as the full-length novels, and always make me laugh out loud.

Zara Ramm's performance is terrific, too - I love her range of voices, which really add to the story, as well as helping the listener keep track of a lot of characters. This combination of writer and narrator is an absolute winner.

A riot!

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Loved this story. Rip roaring tale full of energy and fun. Great to catch up on what happens after the huge events at the end of book 7 (no spoilers) and, as always, love Markham. Listened to it in one sitting, then immediately went back to the start and listened to it again. Can't believe how Jodi Taylor can cram so much into one short story. Favourite line? Possibly that Matthew is not to be used as a draft excluder. Naughty Jodi to stir up the mud again over Markham's status - trying to avoid spoilers again! Love, love, loved it.

Brilliant!

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