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  • The Virgin's Lover | [Philippa Gregory]
    The Virgin's Lover
    UNABRIDGED

    The Virgin's Lover

    • UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 10 mins)
    • By Philippa Gregory
    • Narrated By Davina Porter
    Overall
    (116)
    Performance
    (82)
    Story
    (85)

    In the autumn of 1558, church bells across England ring out the joyous news that Elizabeth I is the new queen. One woman hears the tidings with utter dread. Amy Dudley, wife of Sir Robert, knows that the bells she hears will summon her husband once more to power, intrigue, and a passionate love affair. Philippa Gregory paints a picture of a country on the brink of greatness, a young woman grasping at her power, a young man whose ambition is greater than his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them.

    Teddy says: "Interesting Take on Elizabeth"
    "Davina Porter ruins another favorite"
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

    Please bring back Bianca Amato to finish the work she began on this series. Her voice is well moderated, mature and does not interfere with the story. Amato has developed Phillippa Gregory's characters with subtlety and precision and allows the book to speak for itself, rather than imposing a bombastic pretentiousness on the work. It was jarring to hear the over-done, sloppy cadence of Davina Porter being applied to this narrative. Porter's interpretation of the characters, as she has done on the Outlander series, swings between overwrought and flippant, creating a two-dimensional listen out of a complex read.


    How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

    Kept with the original reader: Bianca Amato.


    Would you be willing to try another one of Davina Porter’s performances?

    Absolutely not.


    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
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