As the Crow Flies

De: Jeffrey Archer

Narrado por: John Lee

Encompassing three continents and spanning over 60 years, best-selling author Jeffrey Archer's As the Crow Flies brings to life a magnificent tale of one man's rise from rags to riches set against the backdrop of a changing century.

Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With the help of Becky Salmon, an enterprising young woman, Charlie sets out to make a name for himself as "The Honest Trader". But the brutal onset of World War I takes Charlie far from home and into the path of a dangerous enemy whose legacy of evil follows Charlie and his family for generations.

©1991 Jeffrey Archer (P)2015 Macmillan Audio

Good Book

This book started slow. Once you get used to the point of view changing from character to character it really picks up and at the end I didn't want to put it down.

Amazing story

I never lost interest in this great story - there was never a dead spot, never a place I fast forwarded. It mostly moves at a brisk but measured pace with occasional acceleration, wicked tension and plot twists. (When around chapter 39 I suddenly realized how a couple of the characters were going to come together I blurted out "Oh sh**!" while listening in the bathtub.)

Charlie is a well developed and likeable character and you root for him throughout. The many English accents were well developed, easily distinguishable from one another and understandable even to my Midwestern American ear - great performance.

Another great story from a master storyteller

Another terrific Archer story with twists and turns all the way to the end, exceptionally well performed.

I hope that we will continue to see more new audio productions of Archer's older novels.

old British family saga

It tells the story From humble beginning Off an Empire. The story is wonderfully told in American English with appropriate British accent. It takes each family member individually from what year to what year. I enjoyed it.

Well Told Story

The ending was absolutely brilliant! highly recommened. Archer provides a historical perspective without seeming like a history lesson.

Deserves 5 Star rating!

Great story, compelling. Interesting characters engage the reader. Only negative: a bit too much like true life Mr. Selfridge!! Could have been a bit more original.

Couldn't turn it off!

The story is never dull and the characters are well crafted. I created so many chores in my house to finish it in 2 days!

Recommended by my father

I had just finished listening to the magic strings of Frankie Presto, By Frank Albom, and I was telling my father about that book when he recommended that I listen to as the crow flies. After just two chapters, Of what I felt was a very slow and uneventful start, I was a little concerned that I wouldn't be able to finish The remaining 19 hours of listening. How wrong I was! Once we got into World War I I was hooked, and look forward to every minute that I could sneak away and listen to this book. The authors style and way he told the story from so many points of you was brilliant. And while. His characters overlapped their stories, it never felt repetitive. I highly recommend this book

Wonderful Story

I thoroughly enjoyed the whole book. John Lee was a great narrator, really brought the characters to life. I was very sad when it ended- felt like leaving good friends behind.. It is LONG, but in a good way!

This is a great story.

Charlie Trumper is a great example for all entrepreneurs. Very well read by John Lee.