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A Brightness Long Ago
- Narrado por: Mr Simon Vance
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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Internationally best-selling author Guy Gavriel Kay's latest work is set in a world evoking early Renaissance Italy, with an extraordinary cast of characters.
In a chamber overlooking the nighttime waterways of a maritime city, a man looks back on his youth and the people who shaped his life. Danio Cerra's intelligence won him entry to a renowned school, though he was only the son of a tailor. He took service at the court of a ruling count - and soon learned why that man was known as The Beast.
Danio's fate changed the moment he recognised Adria Ripoli as she entered the count's chambers one night - intending to kill. Born to power, Adria had chosen a life of danger - and freedom - instead.
Other vivid figures share the story: a healer determined to defy her expected lot; a charming, frivolous son of immense wealth; a religious leader more decadent than devout; and, affecting these lives and many more, two mercenary commanders, whose rivalry puts a world in the balance.
A Brightness Long Ago offers both compelling drama and deeply moving reflections on the nature of memory, the choices we make in life, and the role played by the turning of Fortune's wheel.
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- Lia
- 06-14-19
Beautiful story, wonderfully read by Simon Vance
It may not be Guy Gavriel Kays best book, bit I dit love it. I listened it before I read id. What made the experience truly wonderful was the way it was read by Simon Vance. Het is a true storyteller.
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- GlennC
- 08-07-22
A wonderful experience
Guy Gavriel Kay writes wonderful books and this audio book by Simon Vance enhances the experience. As usual I went through so many emotions listening to the story and the lives of the characters. No spoilers but one character who I loved was Adria Ripoli, how wonderful it would be to meet someone like her in real life.
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