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Echoes from the Past

The Brigandshaw Chronicles, Book 1

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He was forced to leave everything behind. Including the life he believed was his.

England, 1887. When Sebastian Brigandshaw is exiled by his abusive father, he leaves behind everything he knows, including Emily, the girl he was forbidden to love.

Alone in southern Africa, he is taken in by Tinus, a Boer hunter who teaches him how to survive in a land both beautiful and unforgiving. Under his guidance, Sebastian begins to rebuild, finding purpose, friendship, and the promise of a new life.

But just as he starts to belong, the past returns.

A devastating truth about Emily forces him to question everything he left behind… and everything he has begun to build.

As war approaches and loyalties begin to fracture, Sebastian is drawn into a conflict that will test not only his courage, but what he is willing to risk for love, loyalty, and the life he has chosen.

A cocktail of Ken Follett, Wilbur Smith & Jeffrey Archer, this sweeping historical saga blends epic scale with emotional depth in a story that lingers long after the final tick.

Book 1 of a 16 novel series.

Begin the unforgettable journey today.

©2015 Peter Rimmer (P)2022 Heather Stretch Action & Adventure Historical Fiction Fiction Africa War
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If you like Wilbur Smith you will love Peter Rimmer's stories. Written with love and understanding of the African bush and all its Peoples. Hooked into the plot and characters within the first 10 minutes of listening. m narrator needs to work on his Afrikaans accent and pronounciation of Afrikaans names, but that can be easily overlooked by the gripping saga.

A wonderful story of the complexities of Africa

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I got lost a couple of times but kept with it to the end. I enjoyed it enough to finish it but not enough to get the next book in the series.

Not bad

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While being a fun story it falls quite well short of Wilbur Smith...and I found the narration a little irritating as there was little definition between chapters

Good Africa story

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This is a story about the Boers and the British at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, an era that I have not read much about. At first the narrator annoyed me but I soon got used to his way of speaking and became engrossed in the book
The big problem is that this is book 1 of the Brigandshaw chronicles so one would expect Audible to have the next book and indeed all the books in the series but frustratingly although the other books exist they are not included in Audible. Why start a series and then leave listeners hanging?

Gripping story line

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I was riveted! I’ve listened to it twice ! And his other books…as clever as!

Brilliant !

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