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Uneasy Lies the Crown
- A Novel of Owain Glyndwr
- Narrated by: Kyle McCarley
- Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
This is the story of Owain Glyndwr, the last Welsh Prince of Wales. In the year 1399, Welsh nobleman Owain Glyndwr is living out a peaceful gentleman's life in the Dee Valley of Wales with his wife Margaret and their eleven children. But when Henry of Bolingbroke usurps the throne of England from his cousin Richard II, that tranquility is forever shattered.
What starts as a feud with a neighboring English lord over a strip of land evolves into something greater - a fight for the very independence of Wales. After a harrowing encounter on the misty slopes of Cadair Idris, the English knight Harry Hotspur offers Owain a pact he cannot resist.
Peace, however, comes with a heavy price. As tragedies mount and temptations loom, Owain questions whether he can fulfill the prophecies and lead his people to freedom without destroying those around him. For centuries, the bards have sung of King Arthur's return, but is this reluctant warrior prince the answer to those prophecies?
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- Anonymous User
- 23-09-22
Not a bad listen
abit boring to begin with but got better as the book went on. Thought it to skimmed through parts and found my self abit lost and confused to how the story got there but overall not a bad listen.
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- Keith Evans
- 18-09-23
Dreadful Narration
It's very rarely that I don't finish a book but in this case I just couldn't bear to hear the language being mangled. I will buy the book to finish reading it.
As a Welshman, I am hurt, angered and offended that the narrator of this tale of Wales' greatest hero took neither the time nor the effort to master even the simplest of Welsh words, phrases or place names. What makes it worse is that this garbled insult made it past editors and production team, The very fact of this audiobook's publication is bordering on racism.
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- Elwyn
- 17-09-13
Poor voice
What made the experience of listening to Uneasy Lies the Crown the most enjoyable?
As a proud Welshman living in the Marches close to where a lot of the action took place, I can picture vividly the country described and I am descended from people who must have been directly effected by the events described. A very good story well written and only spoilt by the voice.
What didn’t you like about Kyle McCarley’s performance?
A voice that sounded like an Irishman living in South Shields. His pronunciation was at times undecipherable.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
no
Any additional comments?
Surely there must have been people available who could actually speak both the English and Welsh in a way that was easy on the ear and understandable.
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- James
- 18-03-21
Enjoyable
Good story and well written but don’t understand why The narrator wasn’t Welsh or at least able do a welsh accent of one of Wales is greatest heroes! Very strange decision and quite annoying
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- Cake Fairy
- 06-01-19
poor narration
the narration was awful, the narrator slipped in and out of accents for some characters and mispronounced many welsh words which could easily have been researched and spoken correctly it was grating at first and laughable by the end. it spoilt the book.
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- kate
- 17-10-23
awfull book
spends half of every chapter setting the scene. goes on about English King's more than the Welsh or even the subject of the book. avoid at all costs
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