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Chains of Folly

A Magdalene la Batarde Mystery, Book 4

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That Nelda Roundheels had been murdered would have been of little interest to anyone - except that her body turned up in the bishop of Winchester's bedchamber with a letter to the bishop, from the king's most important enemy, rolled up in her breastband. The bishop and his knight, Sir Bellamy of Itchen, realize immediately that the purpose of putting the body in Winchester's bedchamber is to embarrass and discredit the bishop. And the reason for this attack on Winchester is his calling of a convocation to chastise the king for acting high-handedly against the bishop of Salisbury. Had the king himself ordered this outrage? Had the king's favorite, Waleran de Meulan, ordered it? Unfortunately the answer is not so simple to find; there are many other noblemen who want the king's favor and might attack Winchester to get it.

To save Winchester's reputation it is urgently necessary to discover who killed the woman and who placed her in Winchester's bedchamber. Bell, to his mingled joy and distress, is ordered to ask Magdalene la Batarde, whoremistress of the Old Priory Guesthouse, once his lover but now estranged, to help him solve the mystery.

©2006 Roberta Gellis (P)2012 Audible, Inc. Historical Mystery Fiction
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I really struggled with the awful narration but was so keen to continue the story that I persisted. im glad I did - eventually (a few chapters in) I was able to focus on the story with the distraction of the narrator.

stay with it!

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This was to be my third book in the series, and i could not finish it as the Narrator was terrible . Totally spoiled this book , so annoyed.

Terrible Narrative, Spoils this Book

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I loved the first two books, both the stories and the narrator were excellent.
I am very annoyed that the third book is not available and horrified that narrator for this book sounds like a news reader and her pronunciation is diabolical. The ends of her sentences are so irritating I don't think I can listen to the whole book.

Oh what a shame.

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Liked period of history. Magdalene and her ladies. Very good listening. Male hero meshed nicely with Magdalene.

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Terrible reading! Awful breathy sing songy style with poor intonation gives for an irritating and boring delivery. Sorry to have to say this but it all but ruined the content. This author deserved a better reader.

See below. Great story but I had to give up.

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