The Chronicle: Book One

An Epic Historical Pageant

By: Mr Punch

Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Timothy West, Eleanor Bron, James Bolam, full cast

This is history at its best and most entertaining!

One moment Liselotte, the Duchess of Orleans is observing the Prince of Orange consummating his marriage in thick woollen drawers and the next, Harold Nicolson is at the Savoy Grill dining with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson who is, 'bejewelled, eyebrow-plucked, virtuous and wise'. There's a young medical student watching his friend bowing to the crowd as he is hanged on the roof of Horsemonger Lane Gaol. We also share the past with Joe Orton and the Beatles, Captain Scott and the South Pole, Barbara Castle, Joyce Grenfell, Kenneth Williams and many other contributors… not forgetting the anonymous but harrowing account of a witch’s trial by water.

Dramatised and performed by a distinguished cast of over 30 actors, including Charles Dance, Harriet Walter, David Suchet, Timothy West, James Bolam, Maureen Lipman, Robert Powell, Jenny Agutter, Joss Ackland, Eleanor Bron, John Sessions, Imogen Stubbs.

Also available as part of the CHRONICLE BOX SET, over 11 hours of audio bliss.

©2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd (P)2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd

Critic reviews

"It’s wonderful. In fact, I would describe it as one of the all-time audio greats...an unmissable five-star production." (Guardian)

"The whole endeavour is a beguiling jigsaw that creates a vivid picture of the shaping of our national life." (Sunday Times)

“I recommend the reader to hunt down and buy this series wherever it may be found.” (The Spectator)