Shadow of the Moon

De: M. M. Kaye

Narrado por: Tara Ochs

The author of The Far Pavilions returns us once again to the vast, intoxicating romance of India under the British Raj. Shadow of the Moon is the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress come home to her beloved India. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall, her protector, who aches to possess her. Forged in the fires of a war that threatens to topple an empire, their tale is the saga of a desperate and unforgettable love that consumes all in its thrall. Filled with the mystery of moonlit palace gardens and the whisperings of passion and intrigue, M. M. Kaye evokes an era at once of its time, yet timeless.

©1956, 1957, 1979 M.M. Kaye (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Great book

M M Kaye is a master story teller! The story of a woman’s life intermixed with historic events. A long wonderful adventure!

Hated to. have the story end

Not sure which story was better written - Shadow of the Moon. or Far Pavilion. And the narration was fantaztic.

Well worth it

If you could sum up Shadow of the Moon in three words, what would they be?

epic, spell-binding, earthy

What was one of the most memorable moments of Shadow of the Moon?

all of it

What does Tara Ochs bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I like this narrator very much. It was wonderful to hear the narrative in American English, and then the characters in British English, and the various Indian accents. Some narrators go overboard, overdo each different character. This narrator lets us know that the speaker has changed, and gives a light accent for each character.

Any additional comments?

Well worth it. Love the very long, epic novels that allow one to be lost in the experience. I've had a lot of problems with the heavy Brit accent in other books, ie Shogun, and some of the Wilbur Smith works which I had to return because it was just too hard to wade through the poor narration. Hard to tell when one character leaves off, and another begins, with the heavy Brit accent. Great to hear the narrative in Shadow of the Moon in non-Brit English! Still not sure if this will equal the superb Far Pavilions, but few audio books ever have.

Great Epic!

I felt like I was in India during the Victorian age!
A great epic book. It was fun to watch a character grow up.

Great story!

I loved the book, but I had a hard time paying attention to the narrator.

Great picture of India in a slice of time

if you love historical fiction with Romance this gives it to you.It is a vivid
picture of India when the trading company ran it up to the start of England taking over.Narrator was very good .

So amazing and heart rending!

The story is amazing. I read it once in high school and again in college. Listening to it made it come to life in a whole different way. The narrator is amazing and makes each character alive to the reader.

Very good

But soooo many characters I couldn’t keep track. But all in all good read. But doesn’t make me want to read more of her books.

Much too long for the story!

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

No. While the storyline was very acceptable and interesting the length of the book was not.

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

The book 34 hours long, excessively descriptive and the story could have been told in half the time without all the adjectives and introspection.

Have you listened to any of Tara Ochs’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

No

Did Shadow of the Moon inspire you to do anything?

No

Any additional comments?

I am not sure if the story was based on fact, but if so it was well researched and I would read another of her books f it was shorter.

A wonderful book

I think I first read this after The Far Pavilions when I was about thirt