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Lynda La Plante

Talisman Audio Cassette – Unabridged, 11 January 2002

by Lynda La Plante (Author)

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Two new additions to the audio list - Lynda La Plante's passionate family saga The Legacy and The Talisman. For each new generation...The Talisman...is the key to a fortune. Edward - who inherits his father's looks...and his curse. Alex his brother - whose quest for revenge will fuel an empire built on corruption. And Evelyne and Juliana, the fourth generation - still haunted by the family's past. From the miseries of the war years to the glamorous present, in London, America and South Africa, Lynda La Plante continues the bestselling saga that began with The Legacy. The passionate story of a family's lives and fortunes...and the curse that forged their names...

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Publisher : Macmillan Audio Books; Unabridged edition (11 January 2002)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 0333901835
ISBN-13 : 978-0333901830
Dimensions : 10.7 x 3.4 x 13.9 cm

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Lynda La Plante, CBE is an English author, screenwriter and former actress, best known for writing the Prime Suspect television crime series. She has been made Commander of the Order of the British Empire, an Honorary Fellow with the Forensic Science Society (FSSoc), an Honorary Fellow from Liverpool John Moores University, and also became an honorary member of the British Film Institute. She has also received many awards over the course of her career. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gave her the Dennis Potter Writers Award. La Plante also received the Edgar Allan Poe Writers' Award and an Emmy Award for Best Mini Series: Prime Suspect. She is the author of Royal Flush, Cold Shoulder and Cold Blood.

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Anne B

follows on from The Legacy

Reviewed in Australia on 19 May 2014

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After reading The Legacy I had to follow on with this one. And like The Legacy, I could not put it down. Excellent story, all such different characters and 'visiting' of the main character from the first book was good as Freedom Stubbs was a favourite. Not at all what you would have expected from a Lynda La Plante book - not her usual crime series genre. Thoroughly recommended.

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Polly

Talisman

Reviewed in Australia on 8 December 2019

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This book was excellent, Linda la Plante is a wonderful writer, I could not put the book down, I could also recommend Bella Marfia another book by Linda la Plante great for Christmas presents you can’t go wrong with both of these books.

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Irene Stephen

Fantastic

Reviewed in Australia on 9 November 2020

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Lynda la plante is one of my favourite authors. This totally lived up to my expectations.

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Ian Coles

Not up to the expected LLP standard

Reviewed in Australia on 24 July 2014

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Longwinded saga of unattractive characters with no plot development or interesting story line. Very disappointing and not at all what I was expecting from Lynda La Plante.

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Margaret

The Talisman by Lynda La Plante

Reviewed in Australia on 12 April 2014

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Following The Legacy, the story continues. Holds your interest to the last page. A must read I am sure you will not be disappointed

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Sue Plummer

Four Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 19 August 2014

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loved it - Lynda is a great thriller novelist.

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Wormwood

You get plenty of words for your money

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 April 2019

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I am a great fan of Lynda La Plante. I really enjoy her police novels, both Tennison and Anna Travis and was looking forward to The Talisman. I was massively disappointed. I was prompted to check up on the fact that I had not mistakenly purchased an early Jeffrey Archer. The family Stubbs, Romany origin who own this so-called talisman are sketchily drawn and their interminable progress through life is whistled through so in short bursts that you begin to wonder how it can have been extended to 8 books. Alex Stubbs goes to prison having confessed to his brother Edward's crime of killing his father. The reason is to allow Edward to go to university. In prison, apart from developing a hatred for Edward, in no more than a couple of paragraphs, he reads up on accountancy and becomes a top quality financial genius. Edward, in about the same few words, becomes a commercial genius with criminal activities. The story drags on introducing new characters/relatives, not one of whom can you possibly develop any affinity for. At the end, it seems the subject of the talisman is suddenly remembered and with one deus ex machina twist, whoever is left lives happily ever after. Trouble was, by this time I would have preferred the unpleasant bunch to have been incinerated with their manor house. If you want a book to occupy hours and hours when you have nothing better to do, this is it. You get plenty of words for your money, but nothing to compel you.

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Eileen Dick

Unbelievable rubbush!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2014

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I read the first part of this saga, about Freediom a romany gypsy, and Evelyne his lady , their hard times, struggles etc and how he fought to become a boxing champion, all utterly believable - I enjoyed it so much I immediately bought the Talisman on Kindle, I cannot believe it was written by the same person, it is almost from a different genre, and seems to have no relation to the characters and the story I first enjoyed! Utterly unbelievable, and so many coincidences ! I really believe it would have been better to end the story with the first book. Awful. Wont put me off Lynda de Plante though, she is far too talented! Just hated this book

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a blakey

What a boring book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 July 2020

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After reading the Legacy, I couldn't wait to start the Talisman! What a difference between the two, its killing me with boredom. I have to finish it otherwise I would be annoyed with myself but I've got to be honest its just rubbish! Our Lynda has let us down on this one.

Patricia

2 wonderful reads

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2015

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You need to read the Legacy first to get the full impact of this amazing pair of books. I found myself gripped with the first book, getting to know the characters and where the story was heading. I couldn't wait to get started on the Talisman after reading the Legacy, found the 2nd book even better and certainly didn't want it to end. Action packed from the beginning to the end, an amazing story. Loved it.

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Gwen Kindle Customer

A family tale

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 March 2019

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Blood is thicker than water. A tale about true Romany folk. A father killed by a son, and another son taking the blame. A gripping story a bout folk lore, greed, wealth and power and the consequences of not following tradition. Well written.

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