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  • The Wine of Angels

  • Merrily Watkins, Book 1
  • By: Phil Rickman
  • Narrated by: Rebecca Lacey
  • Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (74 ratings)
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The Wine of Angels

By: Phil Rickman
Narrated by: Rebecca Lacey
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Summary

The Wine of Angels is the first instalment in the Merrily Watkins series from highly acclaimed author Phil Rickman.

The new vicar had never wanted a picture-postcard parish - or a huge and haunted vicarage. Nor had she wanted to walk into a dispute over a controversial play about a 17th-century clergyman accused of witchcraft...a story that certain long-established families would rather remained obscure.

But this is Ledwardine, steeped in cider and secrets...a paradise of cobbled streets and timber-framed houses. And also - as Merrily Watkins and her teenage daughter, Jane, discover - a village where horrific murder is a tradition that spans centuries.

©1998 Phil Rickman (P)2006 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Critic reviews

"Few writers blend the ancient and supernatural with the modern and criminal better than Rickman." (Guardian)

"First rate crime with demons that go bump in the night." (Daily Mail)

"Phil Rickman is one of my all-time favourites." (Diana Gabaldon, international best-selling author)

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Good but long

a good book we'll read.

a great story with lots of intresting twists and turns.

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At long last

I've waited a long time for these brilliant books. Excellent narration by Rebecca Lacey. Thanks

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Love this book so much.

I've waited for such a long time to get this on audible. I had it on cassettes, but wore them out. I am one very happy listener.

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Brilliant story

The first of the Merrily Watkins series. Have read them all sometime ago and now enjoying the audio versions. Highly recommend.

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Well read

I liked all of it, all the voices and the way she reads, all except Lucy Devenish’s voice. I felt she should be more of a yokel and less of a boarding school mistress. Just a little thing. Otherwise perfect.

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Great story

Really enjoyed the story but the narrator nearly put me off! Such a drab voice, glad someone replaced her as I will definitely listen to the next story in the series

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No substance at all

Quite a load of meaningless drivell! Do not understand the good reviews at all

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Love this series

Having read them all myself once. I live to hear them at work or anywhere i cant physically read a book

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recommend reducing speed to 95

Initially I had problems with the narrator but once I'd reduced the speed to 95 that sorted it. Enjoyed all of it. I like a longer book so that was ideal for me.

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Brilliant

So glad these are now Audible books. First class story line, Well read. Will be buying the next one.

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