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The Heir audiobook

  • By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
  • Narrator: John Lee
  • Category: Fiction, Historical
  • Length: 6 hours 24 minutes
  • Publisher: Macmillan Audio
  • Publish date: October 30, 2007
  • Language: English
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The Heir Audiobook Summary

At the age of thirty-three, Edward Deravenel, having survived harrowing years of betrayal, threats from ruthless enemies, countless lovers, and a war that ravaged his country, is finally king of his company. It’s 1918, an influenza pandemic is sweeping the country, and Edward has a family and a business to protect. He must thread his way between his loyal brother, Richard, and his treacherous middle brother, George, an alcoholic bent on self-destruction . . . but not before he tries to ruin Edward and his good name. Meanwhile, the wrath of his ever-jealous wife, Elizabeth, is reaching a boiling point as suspicions about Edward’s relationships with other women arise.

Politics of inheritance are intense, and different family factions vie for honor over the years. An heir is needed to keep the Deravenel name alive, but tragedy and death remain obstacles at every turn. The choices include a loyal caretaker, a jealous rumormonger, a charming young woman, a sickly boy, and the scion of the family Edward ousted from power years before.

Barbara Taylor Bradford triumphs once again with a novel about passion, treachery, marriage, and family, and the compromises we’re forced to make for power and love.

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The Heir Audiobook Narrator

John Lee is the narrator of The Heir audiobook that was written by Barbara Taylor Bradford

John Lee has read more than 100 audiobooks. His work has garnered multiple Earphones Awards and won AudioFile’s Best Voice in Fiction & Classics in both 2008 and 2009. Lee narrated the audiobook for A Feast for Crows by George R. R. Martin, volume four of A Song of Ice and Fire. He has also read for Jack London, John Banville, Charles Dickens, and Barbara Taylor Bradford. In addition, Lee narrates video games, does voice-over work, and writes plays. He is also an accomplished stage actor and has written and co-produced the feature films Breathing Hard and Forfeit. He played Alydon in the 1963-64 Doctor Who serial The Daleks.

About the Author(s) of The Heir

Barbara Taylor Bradford is the author of The Heir

The Heir Full Details

Narrator John Lee
Length 6 hours 24 minutes
Author Barbara Taylor Bradford
Category
Publisher Macmillan Audio
Release date October 30, 2007
ISBN 9781427202468

Subjects

The publisher of the The Heir is Macmillan Audio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Historical

Additional info

The publisher of the The Heir is Macmillan Audio. The imprint is Macmillan Audio. It is supplied by Macmillan Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781427202468.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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