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Thunder on the Right

By: Mary Stewart
Narrated by: Ellie Heydon
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From one of our most beloved authors, Mary Stewart, comes a thrilling tale set in a France as beautiful as it is deadly, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Barbara Pym.

High in the rugged Pyrenees lies the Valley of the Storms, where a tiny convent clings to the beautiful but lonely mountainside. Jenny Silver arrives seeking her missing cousin and is devastated when she learns of Gillian's death following a terrible car accident. But Jenny's suspicions are aroused when she's told the blue flowers ornamenting her cousin's grave were Gillian's favourite. Jenny knows Gillian was colour-blind - and so starts her mission to uncover what really happened to her.

The growl and roar of thunder rolled and re-echoed from the mountains, and the sword of the lightning stabbed down, and stabbed again, as if searching through the depths of the cringing woods for whatever sheltered there.

©1957 Mary Stewart (P)2019 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Action & Adventure Crime Thrillers Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller & Suspense Thriller Fiction Crime Mystery Exciting

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Critic reviews

"A comfortable chair and a Mary Stewart: total heaven. I'd rather read her than most other authors." (Harriet Evans)

"She built the bridge between classic literature and modern popular fiction. She did it first and she did it best." (Herald)

"One of the most stupendously successful authors ever." (Sunday Express)
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Only with the speed on 85% the story has the same magic as when read.

A magic adventure, as always with Mary Stewart

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The narrator is not great - taking great gulping pauses whenever there's a comma - so unnatural. The French and Spanish accents are also excruciating. I stuck it out until the end because it's quite a good story but will be sending back as there are so many better narrators out there whose seamless delivery makes them a joy to listen to. This left me gritting my teeth in irritation.

Poor narration spoiled good story

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Old fashioned now, but probably ahead of her time when written, with her independent minded heroine. The narrator worked hard with her French and Spanish accents. Most enjoyable.

Stood the test of time

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Adventure is of its time, but still thrilling now. Mary Stewart's writing is beautiful. The reading is not too bad, but the colour of flowers kicks off the plot, and the reader can't pronounce gentian.

Superb

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Narrator has a sweet voice but there's very little variety between characters' voices and her French accent is straight out of Allo Allo (we won't even talk about the attempt at Spanish). Call me pernickety but if you're going to record a series of books almost all set abroad it might make sense to employ bilingual narrators? Plenty of them around!

Story is vintage Mary Stewart. No complaints there!

Love the book, terrible French accents!

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Beautifully narrated, with clear diction and elocution reminiscent of the mid-20th century. The story is a classic Mary Stewart with a confident heroine taking the lead, but with a gallant hero set to rescue her, and, ultimately, to steal her admiration, respect, and heart.

Pure escapism!

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This narrator is appropriate for children's fairy tales. Her foreign accents are awful, her little girl voices and overall melodramatic tones I found unbearable. She spoiled the story for me and it was difficult to listen to the end.

Very irritating narrator

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I thought the reader was excellent, but in comparison to all of Mary Stewart’s other books, I was really disappointed with the plot and characters. It’s the only one I’ve listened to vs read on kindle so that may be part of the reason but it really dragged. Definitely try her others first - Nine Coaches Waiting is my fave.

Not her best

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I've got half way through and had to stop, the narration is just awful. The woman's voice is pleasant enough, though a little 'girlish' in its intonation for this novel (the little woman, simpering in deference to the big handsome brute of a boyfriend.) But the mispronunciation of certain words is what has irritated me the most, and 'chagrin' pronounced with a hard ch, as in charlady, made my mind up that the average story did not outweigh the irritating narration.

Awful narration of average story.

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