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Queen Camilla

By: Sue Townsend
Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
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Summary

 For the past 13 years, as England became an increasingly unhappy and fearful place, Prince Charles has been living quietly on a bleak council estate with his wife and love of his life, Camilla. He enjoys gardening and poultry keeping while Camilla spends her days doing as little as possible. But life is about to change.

Charles refuses to follow his destiny unless his wife can be Queen, and public opinion suggests the people would rather have Jordan than Camilla on the throne. But no sooner has Prince William offered himself as the next monarch than one Graham Cracknall of Ruislip emerges, claiming to be Charles and Camilla's secret love child, and therefore the rightful heir to the crown.

©2006 Sue Townsend; (P)2007 W F Howes Ltd. Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Political Royalty Satire Women's Fiction Funny Feel-Good Comedy Witty Marriage Middle East
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I found this story very funny, and beautifully read. It is Sue Townsend at her best.

Very Funny

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I’ve read this book more than once in the past and enjoy the story. That’s all I have to say about the actual text of the book.

I have a bigger issue though. The narration in this version is just….something. The narrator manages the accents of the majority of characters very well, but there are a couple that are really inappropriate. To hear a white woman attempting to speak like an Asian man or as a West Indian guy is all kinds of wrong. It came across as though they were trying to perpetuate racial stereotypes or actually just being unconsciously racist.

Great story but….

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Fabulous
I laughed the whole way through ….. thank you for such a great book… people and dog lovers

Laugh out loud

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Narration good but story irritating. Loved the dogs and their characters but found it hard to keep track of the rather short chapters which seemed to jump about a bit. Not nearly as good or as funny as The Queen and I.

Disappointing

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I held off buying this book for years because I do love The Queen and I, I wish I'd held off completely. The book is ok but in comparison to it's predecessor, the book is slow and doesn't seem to grasp the characters in quite the same way. I really didn't like the characters of Graham or Boy, although Boy could have been so much more dynamic than he was. Re Graham, I just don't see what this character added to the narrative or flow of the book. There were far fewer laugh out loud moments with this than there was with TQAI, and poor development of younger characters like William and Harry. Overall, for me, this is the worst Sue Townsend book I've ever read.

Disappointing

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