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Poignant portrait of quiet lives

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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 26-02-24

Brilliant and subtle narrator, who brings Anita Brookner’s cast of characters alive. An intimate, sweeping portrait of an upper middle class London family with mittel-European roots, the protagonist the sensible and watchful young Jane and her antagonist, the colourful and perennial Aunt Dolly.

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Prince Harry is a brilliant narrator

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 17-01-23

Don’t believe the tabloid hysteria. This is an extraordinary book, made all the more special by Prince Harry’s talented narration. He’s funny, honest, self-deprecating with a huge dramatic range. We’re so used to anodine celebrity biographies that tell us nothing. Harry has blown that away, lifting the curtain on the House of Windsor, so we can all take a look at the workings behind stage. Of course it’s one-sided - this is his story - but it has an air of authenticity. The same newspapers vilifying him for talking are those who have been making money for decades selling tittle tattle about his family. Read it for yourself, or better yet, listen to him.

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