The Red Necklace, Sally Gardner
The Red Necklace, Sally Gardner
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The Red Necklace
A Novel of the French Revolution

Author: Sally Gardner

Narrator: Carrington MacDuffie

Unabridged: 9 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/13/2008

Synopsis

The winds of change are blowing through Paris in the winter of 1789, both for France and for our hero, a striking and mysterious Gypsy boy named Yann Margoza. He was born with a gift for knowing what people are thinking and an uncanny ability to throw his voice, and he has been using those skills while working for a rather foolish magician. That work will soon end, however, and on the night of the magician’s final performance, Yann’s life will truly begin. That’s the night he meets shy Sido, an heiress with a cold-hearted father, a young girl who has only known loneliness until now. Though they have the shortest of conversations, an attachment is born that will influence both their paths.

And what paths those will be! While Revolution is afoot in France, Sido is being used as the pawn of a fearful villain who goes by the name Count Kalliovski. Some have instead called him the devil, and only Yann, for Sido’s sake, will dare to oppose him.

About The Author

Sally Gardner, who grew up and still lives in London, was a successful costume designer before turning her talents to the page. She has written and illustrated many picture books and chapter books, as well as the acclaimed young adult novel I, Coriander, which is available on audio from Listening Library.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sofia on June 23, 2012

First of all, I don't know if my opinion MIGHT be influenced by the fact that Tom FREAKING Hiddleston read this. His voice, his WONDERFUL voice, could make a dictionary sound interesting. I've listened to audiobooks before, but nothing compared to this. Tom Hiddleston is the best narrator I've ever......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on April 20, 2015

Disclaimer: I decided to read this book primarily because Tom Hiddleston reads the audiobook and I love Tom Hiddleston. There's also a very famous line in here that his fangirls just love and I wanted to read it in context. So back to the actual book. I give 3.5 stars which rounds up to 4 stars. It w......more

Goodreads review by Christine on February 25, 2016

This was my first foray into the Audiobook realm. I am not a fan. I do not like waiting to read, and I am plenty of places where I cannot plug in my headphones and listen to a book. It's a great format, just not the right one for me. Anyway, about the book itself. I found the story line to be ploddi......more

Goodreads review by Amy on April 11, 2023

Apparently, this is classified as YA, but I only knew that because when the audible began, I heard a child's voice say, "This is Audible Kids!" But while the novel may have had two young or teen characters, it was far too violent to be a kids novel, although YA seems to be quite violent these days.......more

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