A Prisoner of Birth

Author:
Jeffrey Archer
Format:
Audio CD

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A Prisoner of Birth

Short description

International bestseller Jeffrey Archer returns with his most enthralling novel since Kane and Abel. Unabridged. 10 CDs.

Long description

Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig never should have met. One evening, Danny, an East End cockney who works as a garage mechanic, takes his fiancee up to the West End to celebrate their engagement. He crosses the path of Spencer Craig, a West End barrister posed to be the youngest Queen's Counsel of his generation.
A few hours later Danny is arrested for murder and later is sentenced to twenty-two years in prison, thanks to irrefutable testimony from Spencer, the prosecution's main witness.
Danny spends the next few years in a high-security prison while Spencer Craig's career as a lawyer goes straight up. All the while Danny plans to escape and wreak his revenge.
Thus begins Jeffrey Archer's poignant novel of deception, hatred and vengeance, in which only one of them can finally triumph while the other will spend the rest of his days in jail. But which one will triumph? This suspenseful novel takes the listener through so many twists and turns that no one will guess the ending, even the most ardent of Archer's many, many fans.

Product details

Narrator:
Roger Allam
Publisher:
Macmillan Audio
ISBN:
9781427202833
Publication date:
March 2008
Length:
149mm
Width:
131mm
Thickness:
40mm
Weight:
336g

Review

Narrator Roger Allam pumps this story up considerably by enhancing each character with engrossing vocal interpretations. He does a terrific job subtly morphing Danny's East-End accent into an upper-crust West-End one.... Every character in the story draws you in but there's a old Scottish lawyer and a venerable British defense barrister that'll have you cheering. Both are superb combinations of what Archer has put on paper and narrator Allam has brought to them vocally.... A sensational revenge story heightened by superb narration. You might find yourself sitting in a parked car finishing off a chapter. --Tom Alderman, The Huffington Post .,. Roger Allam gives an award-worthy performance in this crisply paced production. -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

There's no better person to narrate this 21st-century adventure than Roger Allam...Allam narrates the multiple layers and numerous characters of this complex plot with alacrity. His reading, together with the story's ending, will leave listeners fulfilled. - AudioFile Past praise for Jeffrey Archer:
There isn't a better story-teller alive. --Larry King
A storyteller in the class of Alexander Dumas...Unsurpassed skill...making the reader wonder intensely what will happen next. -- The Washington Post
One of the top ten storytellers in the world. -- Los Angeles Times
Archer is a master entertainer. -- Time
Cunning plots, silken style...Archer plays a cat-and-mouse game with the reader. -- The New York Times
A worthy successor to the still best-selling The Da Vinci Code. --Liz Smith, New York Post, on False Impression .,. Roger Allam gives an award-worthy performance in this crisplypaced production. - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Noted actor Roger Allam brings professionalism to his narration...The interview with Archer is an interesting finish to the book and showcases audio production in a way that print copy cannot. - Library Journal

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