

The Chronicle Box Set
An epic journey into the past - The Complete Series
Author: Mr Punch
Series: The Chronicle #5
Narrator: Charles Dance, Dame Harriet Walter, & Full Supporting Cast, Dame Maureen Lipman, Eleanor Bron, Imogen Stubbs, James Bolam, John Sessions, Joss Ackland, Robert Powell, Sir David Suchet, Sir Donald Sinden, Timothy West, Tony Britton
Unabridged: 11 hr 25 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Mr. Punch Audiobooks
Published: 05/21/2022
Categories: Nonfiction, History, European History, Performing Arts, Radio, Biography & Autobiography
Synopsis
“It’s WONDERFUL. In fact, I would describe it as one of the all-time audio greats... an unmissable five-star production.” (The Guardian)
One moment the Duchess of Orleans is observing the Prince of Orange consummating his marriage in thick woollen drawers and the next, Harold Nicolson is at the Savoy Grill dining with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson who is, "bejewelled, eyebrow-plucked, virtuous and wise". John Betjeman implores the BBC to engage the impoverished Dylan Thomas, while Jane Austen demands the return of her unpublished novel. Austen Chamberlain rages at Hitler for sending a wreath emblazoned with the Swastika to be placed at the foot of the Cenotaph in 1933 and at Waterloo, women are stripping the corpses of their valuable shoes and stockings leaving the Highlanders in mass graves with their coarse tartan socks still on. Roy Strong attending a private dinner notes that Margaret Thatcher in floaty chiffon is "the apotheosis of the boss's wife, with the appeal of cosmeticised putty”, while Lord Nelson writes to his beloved Emma on the eve of Trafalgar, hoping to finish his letter after the Battle and Alan Clark is tickled to discover that Lord Byron rhymes 'intellectual' with 'hen pecked you all'. George II dies on the lavatory and Anthony Powell has considerable trouble with his waterworks.