About Katherine Kellgren
The word that most immediately comes to mind when describing
a Katherine Kellgren performance is delightful.
Top Performances
Greatest Hits
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Dune Messiah
- Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General31,427
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Narración:26,814
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Historia26,785
The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to...
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Good-not-great book, not as fond of the narration
- De Joel D Offenberg en 13-11-09
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Dark Witch
- The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Nora Roberts
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General9,660
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Narración:8,752
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Historia8,721
With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends. Ireland. County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations - and where her destiny awaits. Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan’s directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses.
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Turn the volume down!
- De J. Gilbert en 30-10-13
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Dracula [Audible Edition]
- De: Bram Stoker
- Narrado por: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General37,336
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Narración:33,811
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Historia33,722
The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
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IS THAT NOT SO?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-11-15
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Chapterhouse Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Euan Morton, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General6,595
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Narración:5,623
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Historia5,621
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Chapterhouse Dune is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever.
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Great Story! Horrible way to compile a narration.
- De Chris Carl en 23-05-14
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Dune Messiah
- Book Two in the Dune Chronicles
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Euan Morton, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General31,427
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Narración:26,814
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Historia26,785
The bestselling science fiction series of all time continues! Frank Herbert's second installment explores new developments on the desert planet Arrakis, with its intricate social order and its strange threatening environment. Dune Messiah picks up the story of the man known as Maud'dib, heir to...
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Good-not-great book, not as fond of the narration
- De Joel D Offenberg en 13-11-09
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Dark Witch
- The Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Nora Roberts
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General9,660
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Narración:8,752
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Historia8,721
With indifferent parents, Iona Sheehan grew up craving devotion and acceptance. From her maternal grandmother, she learned where to find both: a land of lush forests, dazzling lakes, and centuries-old legends. Ireland. County Mayo, to be exact. Where her ancestors’ blood and magic have flowed through generations - and where her destiny awaits. Iona arrives in Ireland with nothing but her Nan’s directions, an unfailingly optimistic attitude, and an innate talent with horses.
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Turn the volume down!
- De J. Gilbert en 30-10-13
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Dracula [Audible Edition]
- De: Bram Stoker
- Narrado por: Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, Simon Vance, y otros
- Duración: 15 h y 27 m
- Versión completa
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General37,336
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Narración:33,811
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Historia33,722
The modern audience hasn't had a chance to truly appreciate the unknowing dread that readers would have felt when reading Bram Stoker's original 1897 manuscript. Most modern productions employ campiness or sound effects to try to bring back that gothic tension, but we've tried something different. By returning to Stoker's original storytelling structure - a series of letters and journal entries voiced by Jonathan Harker, Dr. Van Helsing, and other characters - with an all-star cast of narrators, we've sought to recapture its originally intended horror and power.
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IS THAT NOT SO?
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 05-11-15
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Chapterhouse Dune
- De: Frank Herbert
- Narrado por: Euan Morton, Katherine Kellgren, Scott Brick, y otros
- Duración: 16 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General6,595
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Narración:5,623
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Historia5,621
The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are tuning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile. Chapterhouse Dune is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever.
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Great Story! Horrible way to compile a narration.
- De Chris Carl en 23-05-14
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The Twelve Clues of Christmas
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General6,107
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Narración:5,443
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Historia5,415
On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—well, actually, my true love, Darcy O’Mara, is spending a feliz navidad tramping around South America. Meanwhile, Mummy is holed up in a tiny village called Tiddleton-under-Lovey with that droll Noel Coward! And I’m snowed in at Castle Rannoch with my bumbling brother, Binky, and sourpuss sister-in-law, Fig.
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It was a great Christmas Who-Done-It!
- De Felicia The Geeky Blogger en 25-11-12
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Timeless Tales of Beatrix Potter
- Peter Rabbit and Friends
- De: Beatrix Potter
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 3 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General721
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Narración:611
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Historia608
Beatrix Potter's amazing universe of animals dressed in human clothing has taught and entertained children for over a century. This volume brings together 21 of Potter's tales and verses in one audiobook. Hear Peter Rabbit outwit old Mr. McGregor, and Squirrel Nutkin come within a tail's length of being an owl's dinner. Listen as a family of mice save the kind tailor of Gloucester, and as Peter and Benjamin Bunny battle a barn cat. Learn how one fierce rabbit is set on the road to honesty.
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A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 13-10-16
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Holiday Classics by O. Henry
- De: O. Henry
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren, Oliver Wyman, Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 49 m
- Versión completa
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General325
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Narración:280
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Historia279
When it comes to the holidays, no story captures the true spirit of giving like O. Henry’s classic "The Gift of the Magi". And in celebration of the season, Audie Award® winners Katherine Kellgren, Oliver Wyman, and Jonathan Davis bring to life this timeless Christmas tale, plus two more of O. Henry’s holiday gems: "The Cop and the Anthem" and "The Last Leaf".
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Three well-narrated classic tales
- De Jim Hall en 22-12-13
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Grimm's Fairy Tales
- De: Brothers Grimm
- Narrado por: Jim Dale, Janis Ian, Alfred Molina, y otros
- Duración: 3 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General254
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Narración:207
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Historia205
Read by a cast of award-winning narrators, this collection contains some of the most timeless and enchanting folk and fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm. The Brothers Grimm collected the original fairy tales that Americans are most familiar with today. Lyrically translated and...
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Interesting, but short and uneven
- De J.L. Sierra en 29-06-16
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Queen of Hearts
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4,151
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Narración:3,730
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Historia3,706
Lady Georgiana Rannoch, 35th in line for the British throne, knows how to play the part of an almost royal - but now she's off to Hollywood, where she must reprise her role as sleuth or risk starring in an all-too-convincing death scene...
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Unbearable
- De Amanda en 08-09-14
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Masked Ball at Broxley Manor
- A Royal Spyness Novella
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 1 h y 44 m
- Versión completa
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General2,196
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Narración:1,913
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Historia1,909
At the end of her first unsuccessful season out in society, Lady Georgiana has all but given up on attracting a suitable man - until she receives an invitation to a masked Halloween ball at Broxley Manor. Georgie is uncertain why she was invited, until she learns that the royal family intends to marry her off to a foreign prince, one reputed to be mad.
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Fun, light prequel
- De CMMV en 01-01-15
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Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side
- De: Beth Fantaskey
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 10 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General501
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Narración:393
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Historia388
Author Beth Fantaskey injects a little humor into the vampire romance genre with this critically acclaimed debut novel. High school senior Jessica Packwood is a down-to-earth mathlete who's not sure what her future holds. What she definitely doesn't see coming is foreign exchange student - and vampire - Lucius Vladescu showing up at her door. According to Lucius, Jessica is actually vampire royalty, and they've been betrothed to one another since infancy.
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Fun Vampire Love Story
- De The Mankers en 22-04-12
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Cocktails for Three
- A Novel
- De: Madeleine Wickham
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 5 h y 8 m
- Versión resumida
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General309
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Narración:212
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Historia212
At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at London's swankiest bar for an evening of cocktails and gossip. Here, they chat about what's new at The Londoner, the glossy fashion magazine where they all work, and everything else that's going on in their lives. Or almost everything. Beneath the girl talk and the laughter, each of the three has a secret. And when a chance encounter at the cocktail bar sets in motion an extraordinary chain of events, each one will find their biggest secret revealed.
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Fun Listen, Great Narrator
- De Kat en 05-12-08
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Bloody Jack
- De: L. A. Meyer
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 7 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General3,480
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Narración:2,789
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Historia2,792
Life as a ship's boy aboard HMS Dolphin is a dream come true for Jacky Faber. Gone are the days of scavenging for food and fighting for survival on the streets of 18th-century London. Instead, Jacky is becoming a skilled and respected sailor as the crew pursues pirates on the high seas. There's only one problem: Jacky is a girl. And she will have to use every bit of her spirit, wit, and courage to keep the crew from discovering her secret.
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Sometimes it clicks
- De Terry en 09-12-09
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Her Royal Spyness
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General14,061
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Narración:12,513
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Historia12,471
Agatha Award-winning author Rhys Bowen’s charming combination of intrigue and romance blended with a touch of humor shines when performed by Audible Hall of Fame narrator Katherine Kellgren, whose deft range and impeccable accent work make it hard to believe this isn’t a multicast performance.
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Joy, Joy, Joy!
- De Coffee Lover en 17-01-11
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The Golden Bowl
- De: Henry James
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble, Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 21 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General111
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Narración:94
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Historia92
Published in 1904, The Golden Bowl is the last completed novel of Henry James. In it, the widowed American Adam Verver is in Europe with his daughter Maggie. They are rich, finely appreciative of European art and culture, and deeply attached to each other. Maggie has all the innocent charm of so many of Jamess young American heroines. She is engaged to Amerigo, an impoverished Italian prince; he must marry money, and as his name suggests, an American heiress is the perfect solution.
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Collapses under the weight of its own brilliance
- De Erez en 18-03-14
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The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book V
- De: Maryrose Wood
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General639
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Narración:549
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Historia545
For fans of Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events and Trenton Lee Stewart's Mysterious Benedict Society, here comes the fifth book in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place, the acclaimed and hilarious Victorian mystery series by Maryrose Wood. Lord Fredrick Ashton may not feel ready...
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Cliffhanger ending; last book release 6/19/2018!
- De Wayne en 13-12-17
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A Royal Pain
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General6,790
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Narración:6,012
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Historia5,972
The Queen of England has concocted a plan in which penniless aristocrat Lady Georgie is to entertain a Bavarian princess and conveniently place her in the playboy prince's path, in the hopes that he might finally marry.
But queens never take money into account. Georgie has very little, which is why she moonlights as a maid-in-disguise.
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A Royal HOOT!
- De AudioAddict en 08-03-14
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Great Classic Science Fiction
- Eight Unabridged Stories
- De: Stanley G. Weinbaum, Lester Del Rey, Fritz Leiber, y otros
- Narrado por: Simon Vance, Barbara Rosenblat, Nick Sullivan, y otros
- Duración: 7 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General566
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Narración:483
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Historia477
This superlative collection of futuristic tales explores ground-breaking supernatural themes from the founding heroes of the science fiction genre. The short story form is perfect for capturing the atmospheric tension of these legendary stories.
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Great authors, good stories
- De Joel D Offenberg en 07-09-10
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The Wedding Girl
- A Novel
- De: Madeleine Wickham
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General269
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Narración:192
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Historia190
At the age of eighteen, in that first golden Oxford summer, Milly was up for anything. Rupert and his American lover, Allan, were an important part of her new, exciting life, so when Rupert suggested to her that she and Allan should get married to keep Allan in the country, Milly didn't hesitate...
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Narrator is great story is okay
- De kristin en 02-02-10
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Royal Blood
- De: Rhys Bowen
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General5,120
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Narración:4,522
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Historia4,478
Penniless and 34th in line to the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself in a truly draining state of affairs. To escape her hateful brother, Georgie accepts an invitation from the Queen to represent the royals at a wedding in Transylvania. But at the macabre- looking castle, Georgie finds the bride with blood running down her chin, and a wedding guest is poisoned.
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Good Adventurous Fun
- De Dylan en 19-05-16
Listener Favorite
"Yes, the narrator is really that good."
"Bloody Jack is a pleasant surprise of good fun. I am happy to have found a new series to lose myself in. This is a slight step away from my usual reading lists, and honestly, I only got the book because it was on-sale and all the reviews just raved on and on about the narration. The story grabs hold almost immediately and there is hardly a dull moment to be found. Our heroine is so likeable that you can’t help but root for her the entire way. But the true gem of this story is Katherine Kellgren (with due respect to the author). Yes, Ms. Kellgren is THAT good...It’s hard to explain. I cringe at calling it “narration” as anyone who listens will immediately realize it’s something more. And no, it’s not a “dramatization”–it’s more subtle than that. It’s a gift. That’s the only way I can explain it. Listening to Ms. Kellgren read this novel was an experience— a 7 hour thrill ride through the streets of London, and over the perilous sea. As a seasoned audio listener, I can appreciate what I have stumbled across here. I am excited again to have found a series worth getting sucked into–and I plan to!"
Go Behind the Scenes
A performance so good you could be entertained by that narrator reading the encyclopedia?More About Katherine Kellgren
With more than 200 audiobooks to her name, the multiple Audie Award-winning actress tackled almost every fictional subgenre, from romance and cozy mysteries, to young adult and even apocalyptic sci-fi (despite being
delightful,she still did a great interpretation of
grim). Kellgren was also known to deliver a mean multicast, even—or especially—when narrating solo. Her inimitable ability at impersonation is on full display in one of her most beloved series at Audible: Her Royal Spyness. In it she delivered a myriad of voices, from Irish brogue, to East-End cockney, to posh upper crust, to the bored American drawl of one very petulant Wallis Simpson. And more than one Audible editor will readily admit that her rendition of Darcy O’Mara (the heroine’s beau) is their #1
book boyfriend.
She was also lauded for her performance of L.A. Meyer’s Bloody Jack series, which not only called on her to deliver endless accents (many of them piratical) but also required her to sing a number of old English sea ballads. The series gained a fervent following across all ages, and Kellgren once shared an anecdote about calling a young fan for her birthday—in the guise of Bloody Jack. The child was apparently on the verge of fainting.
Though born in New York, Katherine Kellgren spent 12 years studying acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where she honed her incredible fluency with regional accents and dialects. She reportedly recorded her first audiobook as a child using a cassette player, so that her father, whose health was failing, could still enjoy his favorite novel.
Kellgren passed away in early 2018 after a battle with a rare form of cancer.
Awards and Accolades
Audie Award
Best Female Narrator, 2016
AudioFile Magaine
Multi-Time Earphones Winner
Booklist
Voice of Choice, 2011

