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The Last Crossing
- A Novel
- Narrateur(s): John Henry Cox, John Keating, Colin Lane, Tom McKeon, Simon Prebble, Chelsey Rives
- Durée: 11 h et 18 min
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Description
Englishmen Charles and Addington Gaunt are ordered by their tyrannical industrialist father to find their brother Simon, who has gone missing in the wilds of the American West. Charles, a disillusioned artist, and Addington, a disgraced military captain, set off to Fort Benton in America and enlist the services of a guide to lead them north, where Simon was last seen. The brothers hire the enigmatic Jerry Potts, half Blackfoot, half Scot, who suffers from his own painful past. At Addington's command, the party grows to include Caleb Ayto, a sycophantic American journalist, who is to record the journey for posterity; Lucy Stoveall, a fiery and beautiful woman who is bent on finding the men who viciously killed her sister; Custis Straw, a Civil War veteran in love with Lucy; and saloon keeper Aloysius Dooley. This unlikely posse, now encumbered with both psychological baggage and wagon trains, becomes entangled in an unfolding drama that forces each to come to terms with his or her own demons.
Told from alternating points of view and in vivid flashbacks, The Last Crossing is a novel of ruggedness and salvation, an epic masterpiece set in a time when worlds collided, were destroyed, and were built new.
Ce que les critiques en disent
- Audie Award Finalist, Fiction (abridged), 2005
"Vanderhaeghe is a prodigiously gifted writer....no reader once embarked on this hugely involving adventure will be able to stop until it is done." (Publishers Weekly)
"A strong and varied cast....a narrative as carefully constructed and laboriously pieced together as a Lego Taj Mahal....[Vanderhaeghe is] a Dickensian sensationalist. His flair for the lurid can be exquisite." (The New York Times Book Review)
"As the various searches for revenge or redemption get under way the writing achieves unforced grace and power." (The New Yorker)
"Sumptuously imagined and fashioned with a master craftsman's attentiveness and finesse....Brilliant work." (Kirkus)
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Au global4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Denise Wilkinson
- 2019-07-27
missing some pieces.
I use Audible to follow along my hard copy of the book to stay engaged in the reading i read along it helps me with imagining the setting. I found the voice acting awesome and the pronunciation was superb, but some points the the audio would just miss sections in the book in total probably about 30-40 pages which added up throughout the book. They always came after a break so the book would still make sense. It just missed some background information about Custis Straw which I think was important. other than that it was a great audio, and I really did enjoy the book, even though it was for university.
P.S. YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT FOR THIS BOOK TO BE GOOD. IT TAKES SOME TIME TO SET UP BUT WELL WORTH A READ.
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- Simon
- 2020-02-08
Unique western tale, well told
Wasn't what I expected, but really enjoyed how unique the story was. Totally devoid of the typical western cliche. Well developed characters, and a respect for the history of the west. Read by multiple people, making it easier to follow and keep track of all the characters.
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- Joyce Chisholm
- 2021-12-14
first time reader
I've decided on another one so it was good enough to "spur" me on.
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- Courtney Kemble
- 2022-01-27
Missing Parts
I'm using the audio while I read to power through the novel for a class only to find out there are parts of the novel missing from the audio - it could be an Edition problem but still frustrating
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