He escapes, but one of the shows performers is murdered and the rest of the group is left to fend for themselves. When they travel to Epinal, France for a religious festival, LeMerle is accused of witchcraft and causing an outbreak of the plague. In my book (again - NOT your book if you like 'trivialized' history), this deserved zero.Juliette is a high wire dancer in Guy LeMerle's traveling show. Audible should allow "half" stars and also "zero" stars. I tried (was listening to this during a long drive), but I simply couldn't take the exaggerated delivery.
It was like if SHE thought the book was awful and was just playing up its absurdity.
The "Chocolat" series? (saw the movie - book not available on Audible) was different from both.PLEASE, more Gentlemen & Players! (In my own personal book, "Holy Fools" qualifies for a "refund" from Audible.) I thought the narrator was awful as well. What KIND of book does this author want to write? Gentlemen and Players? (I might be getting the title slightly wrong) was TOTALLY different from this. First of all, the only semi-interesting thing about the story (thought it could turn out to be semi gothic) is given up in the publisher's preview (and by the author in the first ten minutes).I have been listening and listening but nothing is taking that plot line (that a medieval dancer had a child and became a nun in a cloister - but is now faced with discovery) any farther than the shallow plot I just described. Could not make it past the third chapter. Could not find a similar book in her (very diverse, it seems) bibliography and went for this. Downloaded this because I stumbled on the author's "Gentlemen and Players" and thoroughly enjoyed it. (Please ignore this review.) I normally don't. If you like dramatized (trivialized) "historical fiction," then you might like this.
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