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The Rose and the Yew Tree

A Mary Westmacott Novel

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The Rose and the Yew Tree

By: Agatha Christie
Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
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A captivating novel of love and intrigue.

Everyone expected Isabella Charteris, beautiful, sheltered and aristocratic, to marry her cousin Rupert when he came back from the War. It would have been such a suitable marriage. How strange then that John Gabriel, an ambitious and ruthless war hero, should appear in her life. For Isabella, the price of love would mean abandoning her dreams of home and happiness forever. For Gabriel, it would destroy his chance of a career and all his ambitions…

Famous for her ingenious crime books and plays, Agatha Christie also wrote about crimes of the heart, six bittersweet and very personal novels, as compelling and memorable as the best of her work.

(P)2011 HarperCollins Publishers Limited Contemporary Contemporary Romance Crime Fiction Detective Fiction Mystery Romance Traditional Detectives Women's Fiction Crime Heartfelt War

Critic reviews

'Quiet and intelligent, with class distinctions which motivate its characters.' Books

'Miss Westmacott writes crisply and is always lucid… much material has been skilfully compressed.' Times Literary Supplement
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Never read one of her none murder books before. Didn't even know she had written any. Was an interesting listen. Worth it I think, although a completely different type of tale. Keep waiting for the murder.

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What did you like most about The Rose and the Yew Tree?

Entertaining concept and well delivered

What did you like best about this story?

Interesting character descriptions and development

Have you listened to any of Daniel Philpott’s other performances? How does this one compare?

This is the first performance I have listened to of Daniel Philpotts, I would happily listen to him again

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The characters were particularly well portrayed, Gabriel was especially interesting

Any additional comments?

The novel was a light read and not particularly challenging

Entertaining

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I really enjoy Christie's Mary Westmacott novels and this one is amazing. Her characters are complex (and often somewhat unpleasant), giving her plenty of scope for her rich psychological insight. The performance of the reader grew on me; he's a bit shouty (making this one useless for drifting off to sleep to) but his ability to depict different characters is remarkable. John Gabriel's speech about Iago is delivered with chilling conviction.

masterful insight

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Expected better from the best selling author of all time. I will not give up I will try a murder book.

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