Belgravia - Julian Fellowes Audiobook

Written by Julian Fellowes
Read by Juliet Stevenson
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Series: Julian Fellowes’s Belgravia
Publisher: Hachette Audio
Release date: July 5, 2016
Duration: 15:57:29

Is the story of a secret, a secret that unravels behind the porticoed doors of London’s grandest postcode. Set in the 1840s when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is peopled by a rich cast of characters. Introducing the cast at a fancy ball on the day of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the story quickly moves to the 1840s, when fate brings them together again in all sorts of class-conscious episodes as varied, complex, and addictive as Fellowes’s other period drama.

Given the serialized structure, the plot will have the feel of the TV series, a form Fellowes seems rather to have mastered.

“What a joy it is to hand the reins to the superb Juliet Stevenson and say, “Take my carriage to Belgravia in 1841.” The story is filled with the clattering of horses’ hooves, the swish of ladies’ fans and gowns, the shuffle of calling cards, and “the young queen,” Victoria, on the throne. Add illicit love, secret heirs, crumbling dynasties, the struggle of upstairs versus downstairs amid a changing society, and you have a deliciously fun novel by “Downton Abbey” creator Julian Fellowes. Originally presented as a serial audiobook, the story is expertly narrated by Stevenson, who paces it expertly in her highly listenable voice. Her delicious characterizations include some aggrieved and unctuous younger sons, a breathtakingly crisp countess, a good-hearted hero, a spirited heroine, shiver-inducing cardsharps, and oh so many more.”–Winner of AudioFile Earphones