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Autore di Mrs. Queen Takes the Train
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Abcdarian | 55 altre recensioni | May 18, 2024 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
The biographical details will be familiar to anyone with a fair-ish knowledge of Lord Byron's life; the difference here is that everything is interpreted with a thoroughly 21st century viewpoint.
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amanda4242 | 5 altre recensioni | Apr 23, 2024 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
I don’t usually enjoy biographies, but I was curious about Lord Byron and I’m glad I took the opportunity to read and review an early copy of this one. It changed my perceptions and will remain with me a long time.
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Susanna777 | 5 altre recensioni | Apr 17, 2024 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
The author manages to make you feel like travelling through time and get acquainted with Lord Byron himself. But you also will feel the athmosphere of the places you visit in the book.
If empathy seems to be a fashionable word these days (often for the wrong reasons), in this case the author get exactly that done with the reader, empathy for Lord Byron.
Being a biography I would have appreciated some illustrations, but that is personal.
I think the only flaw is that the author mentions the age at the beginning of each chapter. But maybe others do value exactly that.
Surprise for me was to read that Lord Byron came to the Southern Netherlands!
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annus_sanctus | 5 altre recensioni | Apr 7, 2024 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
Excellent research done for this book and in an easy to read format that will keep you interested throughout.
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SkateGuard | 5 altre recensioni | Mar 29, 2024 | Extraordinarily good biography and all the better for being a double biography given the very close marriage enjoyed by the couple. Very revealing about Queen Victoria's methods of working and attitudes.
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ponsonby | Feb 4, 2024 | Great idea but never really reaches it's full potential.
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secondhandrose | 55 altre recensioni | Oct 31, 2023 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
From learning about Jackie being approachable, which goes against what many have always presumed, to her relaxed way of traveling India with an expert in Indian art and artifacts when you would assume she would be her more couture, regal self is refreshing to hear. It’s these little known facts from those that knew her best that make these audiobooks worth a listen.
Adding to the tone of the two stories was the narrator’s always soothing voice and perfect cadence. It still throws me that the narrator is female and the author is male, (for some reason this bothers me) but this is just a personal preference, and I still enjoyed the listen nonetheless. I am currently listening to another Jackie Stories as I write this, and I can honestly say that I am enjoying this series so far. It does lend to a deeper understanding of Jackie, while also shining a light on those that shared her life with her. A truly fascinating journey indeed.
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cflores0420 | Jun 7, 2023 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
These are two stories from two people who were in Jackie’s life, Nan Talese, one of Jackie’s longtime colleagues, and Louis Auchincloss, a distant cousin and someone who knew Jackie early in her adult life. It was so neat getting to hear stories that I have never heard before about a woman that I greatly admire, helping me to see a side of her I did not know before.
Adding to the tone of the stories was the narrator’s soothing voice, though it did tend to throw me, as the author is male, and the narrator is female, but I still enjoyed the listen nonetheless. I have several other Jackie Stories that I am currently listening to and really love this series.
*I have voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book which I received from the author/publisher through LibraryThing Early Reviewers. All views and opinions expressed are completely honest, and my own.
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cflores0420 | 4 altre recensioni | Apr 18, 2023 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
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joyceBl | 5 altre recensioni | Mar 17, 2023 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
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historywhiz | 5 altre recensioni | Feb 20, 2023 | Although one thinks this book would be about Jackie Kennedy, it really is about one of her life long friends—Nancy Tuckerman. Jackie and Nancy were friends for over 70 years. Through the course of many interviews with Tuckerman, Kuhn gives a perspective about Jackie from these interviews. The story about Nancy Tuckerman is intriguing. She sounded like a formidable woman who had an amazing but possibly lonely life. I liked this book, despite it being different than I expected.
The narrator did a great job. I loved how several accents were done by her. If you like recent US history, I’d recommend this book. Kuhn has 7 additional books in this series that will give retrospectives from additional friends and colleagues of Jackie.
The narrator did a great job. I loved how several accents were done by her. If you like recent US history, I’d recommend this book. Kuhn has 7 additional books in this series that will give retrospectives from additional friends and colleagues of Jackie.
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Caspaulding | 6 altre recensioni | Feb 15, 2023 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
I read, or rather, listened to the first chapter of this collection. I have to say that I wasn’t a fan. It seemed more like a stream of consciousness writing in many places. The author frequently is focused on himself during the story. This book is for you if you're a fan of mid-century history and class distinctions. I found it great to listen to as I was falling asleep. It just wasn’t that interesting to me.
Here’s hoping library thing counts this review as having been completed.
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joyceBl | 6 altre recensioni | Jan 17, 2023 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
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AMKee | 5 altre recensioni | Jan 8, 2023 | This was cute. Like other recent books that attempt to humanize the Queen (The Uncommon Reader), the author takes on an aloof story telling air (or maybe that's just a British literary thing?). It was a nice diversion, and an interesting thought experiment about what goes on inside the Queen's head.½
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wisemetis | 55 altre recensioni | Dec 27, 2022 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
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ownedbycats | 4 altre recensioni | Dec 11, 2022 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
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ownedbycats | 6 altre recensioni | Dec 11, 2022 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
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historywhiz | 6 altre recensioni | Dec 1, 2022 | ![](https://image.librarything.com/pics/er_tiny_logo2_20h.png)
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Fireformed | 4 altre recensioni | Nov 21, 2022 | Autore LibraryThing
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William Kuhn è un Autore di LibraryThing, un autore che cataloga la sua biblioteca personale su LibraryThing.
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- Swimming with Lord Byron: A Biography (Marzo 2024)
- Jackie Stories: Eight Friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (Dicembre 2022)
- Jackie Stories 4-6: A Vanity Fair Insider / An Iconic Art Director / A Cultural Buccaneer (Novembre 2022)
- Jackie Stories 7-8: An Expert from the Ballet World & A Harvard Professor's Wife (Novembre 2022)
- Jackie Stories 1: A Boarding School Friend (Ottobre 2022)
- Jackie Stories 2-3: A Rival at Work & A Waspish Novelist (Ottobre 2022)
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Had to start all over, but really enjoyed it the second time; it was a fun read & very cute. I was very impressed with how well the young male American author did older female English characters!