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The House at Tyneford

By: Natasha Solomons
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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Publisher's summary

An irresistible World War II story of a forbidden upstairs-downstairs romance in a great English country house.

It’s the spring of 1938 and no longer safe to be a Jew in Vienna. Nineteen-year-old Elise Landau is forced to leave her glittering life of parties and champagne to become a parlor maid in England. She arrives at Tyneford, the great house on the bay, where servants polish silver and serve drinks on the lawn. But war is coming, and the world is changing. When Kit, the son of Tyneford’s master, returns home, he and Elise strike up an unlikely friendship that will transform Tyneford - and Elise - forever.

A pageturning tale of family, love, loss, and the power of the human spirit set against the perennially popular backdrop of World War II England, Natasha Solomons’ The House at Tyneford is upmarket romantic fiction at its best.

Natasha Solomons is a screenwriter and the internationally bestselling author of Mr. Rosenblum Dreams in English and Mr. Rosenblum’s List. She lives with her husband in Dorset, England.

©2011 Natasha Solomons (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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“Natasha Solomons has written a lovely, atmospheric novel full of charming characters and good, oldfashioned storytelling.” (Kristin Hannah, New York Times best-selling author)

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excellent

this book is one of the best I have listened to in a very long time beautifully written . a book to savor

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Lovely narration

I hesitated to choose this title because of negative comments regarding the narration. Nothing ruins an audio book like a bad narrator. But after listening to a sample I selected this title and enjoyed both the story and the narrator. I thought she did a lovely job. Really confused about the negative comments.

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Good but a little to self aware...15 min till the

Ummm, kinda pretentious and too self aware but captivating until the last 15 min and I gave up.

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Breathtaking!

So totally beautiful and all-encompassing. Storytelling and performance that is masterful and raw. Love, loss and rebirth. I don’t usually like stories about WWII because they make me too sad. This was done well. It made me very sad because of the backdrop of WWII, but the story is just so achingly beautiful it reminds us of our own humanity.

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Beautiful !

Loved this book! The narrator is wonderful, the story so descriptive it put me right in the middle of it .

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A Must Listen!

I was rocked on the ocean waves in this beautiful, poignant, enveloping saga. The author truly created a classic with this grand work. With each descriptive detail, I feel as if I lived inside Elise and experienced her life. Reaching the end left me wanting more!

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Beautiful

it's been awhile since a novel brought so many tears. I love this book and the performer was wonderful. thank you.

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Story of Two Loves

Love it! I didn't want it to end. Very satisfied with the ending, but grab your tissue.

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Lovely, lyrical, complex

Originally titled "The Novel in the Viola," The House at Tyneford is a well-written tale of a teenaged Jewish girl from an upper-middle-class family in Vienna, sent by her parents to work as a maid at the estate of an ancient landed family in England, to escape the increasing danger presented by Hitler and the Third Reich. Gradually, the bewildered, grieving Elise finds her place among strangers, finding love and friendships along the way, while longing for and wondering what has happened her scattered family.

The narration by Justine Eyre is mostly fine once you get used to her rather affected-sounding British vocal fry. She does most UK accents (Various regional English dialects and Irish) very well, but all of her Austrian characters sound Pakistani or Indian. I found that very distracting.

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Wow!

This book was very well written. Not only was the story fabulous, the narrator was great.
It was a bittersweet story of the conditions that followed people during the war and how the everyday common folk adapted to the complete change that affected their society.

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