Lord of the Silent

By: Elizabeth Peters

Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat

“Irresistible….Amelia is still a joy.”
—New York Times Book Review

The intrepid archeologist Amelia Peabody and her fearless family, the Emersons, are back in Egypt, and something very nasty is afoot in Lord of the Silent—New York Times bestselling Grandmaster Elizabeth Peters’s sparkling adventure with more riddles than the Sphinx and more close calls and stunning escapes than an Indiana Jones movie. Reviewers are simply agog over Lord of the Silent, calling it, “Wonderfully entertaining” (Washington Times), “Deeply satisfying” (Entertainment Weekly), and in the words of the Toronto Globe and Mail, “The hype is true. This is Peters’s best book.”

better than average abridgment

I hate abridgements but felt this better than most. I don't know if Ms Peters had developed the characters so fully in previous novels that I could sort of fill in the blanks a little. I wish though that the rest of her novels could be narrated unabridged.

Hmmmmm

Is there anything you would change about this book?

There's a good story in there somewhere, but abridging this book really degraded the plot.

Have you listened to any of Barbara Rosenblat’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

She's always a terrific narrator!

Well done

I dislike abridgements, but this one was very well done & is a worthwhile listen. The story is very good -- I'm going to go buy the book now to find out what I've missed!

Much prefer Unabridged

I enjoy all the Amelia Peabody books, but I so much more enjoy the unabridged versions. Barbara Rosenblat does an excellent job as narrator, really bringing the characters to life. The abridged versions, however, leave a lot of the story out. I will purchase the unabridged book if and when it becomes available.

Never Disappointing

Would you listen to Lord of the Silent again? Why?

Yes -- perfect performance, and the story is delightful.

What about Barbara Rosenblat’s performance did you like?

Barbara Rosenblat is a star of the audio book world for good reason. She can do multiple voices and accents convincingly, even the male ones.

Any additional comments?

I would have preferred an unabridged version -- I wish it had been available.