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The Late Scholar
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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When the fellows at an Oxford college appeal to Peter Wimsey to resolve a dispute, he and Harriet are happy to oblige. The dispute between the two passionate parties is evenly balanced, that is, until several of the fellows unexpectedly die. And the causes of death bear an uncanny resemblance to the murder methods in Peter's past cases - methods that Harriet has used in her novels.…
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- Nile_Etland
- 17-03-19
A good read and a good listen
I am always a bit nervous of reading a follow-on to a classic series written by another author. There certainly were odd moments when the story jarred, but mostly it was good. The performance wasn't perfect - the characterisation and accents were a bit uneven - but that is perhaps the most difficult aspect of recording an audio-book and I wouldn't want to make an issue of it. (Years ago I recorded several books for my mother, who was blind, and I didn't even try to adopt accents - I knew my limitations.)
So, read the novel, listen to the audio version, and I think you'll enjoy it.
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- Laura W.
- 25-03-21
Pitch perfect.
You always fear that an author 'after' the style of a such a strong stylist as Sayers will grate at least a few times but really this didn't happen for me at all. A great plot, characters that have matured but not altered, themes that are so familiar it's like wearing an old but faithful winter coat.
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- Jackie
- 09-11-23
Not as good as the two earlier stories in the series
This is the book that I really could not get into. I recognized the characters but it just didn't ring true. For someone who has read and listened to all Of Dorothy L Sayers Lord Peter Wimsey's books, it was still difficult to follow the character's development or to relate to the plot. It's a pity because I enjoyed the earlier two books that this author had written. So I guess two out of three is not bad for Ms Patten.
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- Valerie
- 18-11-14
Didn't disappoint
I was a bit wary that this would be major let down by both the author (not DL Sayers) and the narrator (not Ian Carmichael) but I was very pleasantly surprised. Great plot, major characters well written and true to their creator. Well done to Ms Walsh, she pulled it off,
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- Fiona Macvie
- 11-05-21
Slightly disappointing
In my opinion the least good of JPW’s stories of Peter Wimsey. Quite a good story but impossible to reproduce DLS’s depth of character. Pity Edward Petherbridge wasn’t available to read this one.
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- kevin
- 23-10-20
Kevin
beautiful. I think that ms sayers would have loved this. I certainly did. than you.
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- Mrs. C. Hunt
- 06-03-20
The Late Scholar
This is a brilliant Lord Peter Wimsey mystery very entertaining with loads of great mysteries running through out. Read with great feeling by Gordon Griffin.
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- Katharine
- 07-08-14
Good enough but not Dorothy L Sayers
I enjoyed revisiting Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane later on in life but the mystery plot was over-complicated and ultimately unsatisfying. The concept of using DLS's plots as Harriet's and then basing murders on them got tiring rather quickly. There was no sense of urgency in the detection which, with academics dropping like flies, there really should have been. What I did enjoy was the small details of Peter and Harriet's lives like the education of their children and the ageing of the Dowager Duchess.
The reading was better with some voices than others. The rendition of Peter and Harriet was OK but it was lucky there wasn't too much of Charles Parker as that sounded completely wrong to me.
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- David
- 09-02-15
As good a yarn as Dorothy l Sayers
This reincarnation of Dorothy L Sayers hero Lord Peter D B Wimsey is a fascinating story bringing our hero forward in time updating his life & wonderfully weaving previous books as history. I just found it a great story & the narrator has Wimseys voice just right. A spell binding listen
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- Bazz
- 13-10-20
Read the last reviews and then read the book.
After having read the one star ratings I was struck by the similarity to the book itself. The knockers might have written the plot.
I found it a well presented and conceived story, read almost as well as Ian Carmichael might have done it. Well worth a listen.
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