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The Last Summer
- Wild Isle, Book 1
- Narrated by: Katie Leung
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
Opposites attract in this epic and spellbinding historical novel, which transports us from the untamed beauty of a remote Scottish island to the glamour and intrigues of high society in the 1930s. The Last Summer is the first book in The Wild Isle series by Sunday Times bestseller Karen Swan, inspired by the true history of St Kilda and its small island community.
Summer on St Kilda – a wild, remote Scottish island.
Two strangers from drastically different worlds meet . . .
Wild-spirited Effie Gillies has lived all her life on the small island of St Kilda but when Lord Sholto, heir to the Earl of Dumfries, visits, the attraction between them is instant. For one glorious week she guides the handsome young visitor around the isle, falling in love for the first time – until a storm hits and her world falls apart.
Three months later, St Kilda falls silent as the islanders are evacuated for a better life on the mainland. With her friends and family scattered, Effie is surprised to be offered a position working on the Earl’s estate. Sholto is back in her life but their differences now seem insurmountable, even as the simmering tension between them grows. And when a shocking discovery is made back on St Kilda, all her dreams for this bright new life are threatened by the dark secrets Effie and her friends thought they had left behind.
Critic reviews
"The Last Summer is meticulously researched and beautifully told...a wonderfully satisfying read: love, passion, drama, violence, menace and peril, and characters you fall in love with... Happily, this is the start of a series so your longing for more will be fulfilled." (Santa Montefiore)
"The most exciting, enchanting and evocative story of forbidden love I’ve ever read. I truly loved it and am waiting feverishly for the second instalment." (Cathy Bramley, author of The Summer That Changed Us)
"Powerful writing and a wonderful premise make this a novel you’ll simultaneously want to savour and race through. I loved it and can’t wait for the next in the series!" (Jill Mansell, author of And Now You're Back)
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- Vespatini
- 31-07-22
Beautifully recounted
The first in 'the wild' series. Other worldly and full of intrigue, Karen Swan is on form and Katie Leung keeps in rhythm with the author. The precipitous finale is worth the waiting of the next step into the second book!
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- rebeccah prince
- 30-10-22
unexpected, intriguing and beautiful
like many of Karen Swans stories this has twists and turns you can't predict. so fascinating to set the majority of it on St kilda. I never knew about this real life evacuation until now. the story is stunning and beautifully read. looking forward to the next book as it ends on a huge cliffhanger!
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-06-23
Absolutely loved this!
Karen Swan's books keep getting better and better, this is the best so far. Cannot wait for the next one.
Lovely to hear a real Scottish accent narrate.
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- N B.
- 23-08-22
Fabulous story
loved it, loved the story and the narrator thoroughly enjoyable and enthralling to listen
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- Anonymous user
- 20-01-24
Great book
The last summer by Karen swan. Enjoyed this book and I’m starting the second in the series straight after.
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-02-23
Such a good read!
Really interesting, well written and great story! Really recommend… can’t wait for the next book
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- Sharon Rubens
- 14-07-23
Loved it
I throughly enjoyed this book, the storyline was gripping and it was completely brought to life by the narrator. I have been plugged into my headphones for the last 3 days.
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- Rosemary
- 06-08-22
Great story.
I loved the story but found the narration very mono tone otherwise iI would have given it five stars.
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- Isabelle Broom
- 16-02-23
Amazing
I loved this - such a captivating story, wonderfully narrated. Can’t wait for the next one in the series!
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- Jenny
- 29-07-22
Excellent story, beautifully told
Can’t wait for part two 😊. Maybe a little bit slow to get into, once the scene is set I just couldn’t stop listening. So many twists and turns and some completely unexpected. Karen Swan never disappoints 💖
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