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2 Formats: Library CD
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2 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9798212130660
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ISBN: 9798212130684
| Runtime: | 2.31 Hours |
| Category: | Fiction/Thrillers |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
A London Guardian Pick of the Day
On the evening of March 9th, 1566, David Rizzio, the private secretary of Mary, Queen of Scots, was brutally murdered. Dragged from the chamber of the heavily pregnant Mary, Rizzio was stabbed fifty six times by a party of assassins. This breathtakingly tense novella dramatizes the events that led up to that night, telling the infamous story as it has never been told before.
A dark tale of sex, secrets and lies, Rizzio looks at a shocking historical murder through a modern lens—and explores the lengths that men and women will go to in their search for love and power.
Rizzio is nothing less than a provocative and thrilling new literary masterpiece.
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
“A plus-sized novella with the passion of an opera, a tour de force of imaginative reconstruction.” —Wall Street Journal
“Mina reimagines the poisonous atmosphere that led to the killing and offers readers a darkly poetic vision of life at that bloody court.” —CrimeReads
“Bestseller Mina vividly recreates a gruesome episode from the Tudor era…[and] interjects well-wrought characterizations; this superior historical thriller reads like a real-life episode of Game of Thrones.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Narrator Katie Leung delivers the grisly murder like a modern-day journalist. Her voice is tense but controlled, engaged but not impassioned. Her natural Scottish accent reminds us that the scene is in Edinburgh, yet her clear enunciation is comprehensible to American listeners…This audiobook is a good mixture of historical fact and fast-paced fiction.” —AudioFile
Narrator Katie Leung delivers the grisly murder like a modern-day journalist. Her voice is tense but controlled, engaged but not impassioned. Her natural Scottish accent reminds us that the scene is in Edinburgh, yet her clear enunciation is comprehensible to American listeners. —AudioFile
Author
Author Bio: Denise Mina
Denise Mina is the author of mystery, horror, and historical fiction. She has written novels for four series, as well as stand-alone novels and graphic novels. The Field of Blood won the Barry Award for Best British Crime Novel, The Long Drop won the Gordon Burn Prize, and Garnethill.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction/Thrillers |
| Runtime: | 2.31 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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