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The English Girl Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Katherine Webb (Author), Anna Bentinck (Narrator), Orion Publishing Group (Publisher)

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Joan Seabrook, a fledgling archaeologist, has fulfilled a lifelong dream to visit Arabia by travelling from England to the ancient city of Muscat with her fiancé, Rory.

Desperate to escape the pain of a personal tragedy, she longs to explore the desert fort of Jabrin and unearth the treasures it is said to conceal. But Oman is a land lost in time - hard, secretive and in the midst of a violent upheaval - and gaining permission to explore Jabrin could prove impossible.

Joan's disappointment is alleviated only by the thrill of meeting her childhood heroine, pioneering explorer Maude Vickery, and hearing firsthand the stories that captured her imagination and fuelled her ambition as a child.

Joan's encounter with the extraordinary and reclusive Maude will change everything. Both women have things that they want and secrets they must keep. As their friendship grows, Joan is seduced by Maude's stories and the thrill of the adventure they hold, and only too late does she begin to question her actions - actions that will spark a wild and potentially disastrous chain of events.

Will the girl who left England for this beautiful but dangerous land ever find her way back?

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Listening Length	16 hours and 41 minutes
Author	Katherine Webb
Narrator	Anna Bentinck
Whispersync for Voice	Ready
Audible.com.au Release Date	24 March 2016
Publisher	Orion Publishing Group
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B01BH7YBMW
Best Sellers Rank	167,126 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) 1,899 in Historical Mysteries (Audible Books & Originals) 2,722 in Family Life Fiction (Audible Books & Originals) 6,507 in Literary Fiction (Audible Books & Originals)

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Alison

The English Girl.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 June 2017

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This book seemed awfully dragged out and needlessly long. The descriptions of crossing the desert were actually very underwhelming - I assume they were supposed to let us 'feel' the heat and desperation, but they just felt as if it was writing by numbers. Both Joan and Maud were distinctly unpleasant people, with Joan in particular getting in the way and putting people in danger simply because she wanted to find herself. This book is horribly close to being a pot boiler, and that's a shame, because Ms Webb has written some corkers. Hopefully this one is just a blip on the radar.

TMG

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 2020

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I did not realise I had ordered a second-hand book - I thought I'd ordered the £4.99 new paperback.
I received a copy of the book yesterday and quite honestly I would have been ashamed to put it into charity shop bag let alone charge money for it. It is grubby and obviously pages have been turned by someone with dirty fingers.
I like Katherine Webb books and this one may be good but I certainly will not be reading it from this copy.

Jon

Won't forget this (background)story!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 August 2017

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Loved it!
I even considered buying the real diary of Gertrude Bell, on which this book is sort of based.
Why did I know of Lawrence of Arabia and did not know about Gertrude Bell?..

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S. Richards

Four Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 March 2017

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Good story although a little long drawn out in parts.

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Virginia Beck

Oman

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 February 2017

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Reading about Oman - very enjoyable. Liked the characters, but at times felt the story was very drawn out and slow going.

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