The Diplomat's Wife
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
The Diplomat's Wife
Buy Now for £16.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
-
Narrated by:
-
Lucy Scott
-
David Thorpe
-
By:
-
Michael Ridpath
About this listen
1936. Devastated by the death of her brother Hugh, Emma seeks to keep his memory alive by embracing his dreams of a communist revolution. But when she marries an ambitious diplomat, she must live within the confines of embassy life in Paris and Nazi Berlin.
1979. Emma's grandson, Phil, dreams of a tour of Europe, but is nowhere near being able to fund it. So when his beloved grandmother determines to make one last trip to the places she lived, and to try to solve a mystery that has haunted her since the war, he jumps at the chance to accompany her. Their journey takes them to darker, more dangerous places than either of them could ever have imagined....
©2021 Michael Ridpath (P)2021 Isis Publishing LtdListeners also enjoyed...
What listeners say about The Diplomat's Wife
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- D Taylor
- 10-03-24
Intriguing Spy story
I like the combination of Emma, Phil’s grandmother taking him on the last trip of her life due to ill health and driving back across Europe to tie up loose ends in her career as a Russian agent. Phil became totally immersed in her story, the people they met throughout the journey, some friends others enemies he coped with each dramatic situation with the flair of an experienced agent himself, considering he was only 18 and about to go to university. It was easy and entertaining listening. I think Phil should definitely come back in a future book as a spy after all he already has the basic training!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Caroline evelyn Gibbons
- 13-09-23
Light hearted
Very enjoyable, original twist to the plot. Good easy listening. The story of a grandson and his grandmother.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall2 out of 5 stars
-
Performance1 out of 5 stars
-
Story3 out of 5 stars
- Mrs Lesley Jones
- 09-12-24
How an awful narrator can kill a book.
Sadly the voice of Phil, narrated by David Thorpe, spoiled the book for me, to the point where I could not decide whether the language was childish or whether it was the narrator that made the story sound like something out of an Enid Blyton Famous Five novel. God he is truly awful. When I compare him to Sean Barrett I want to cry. Every sentence was voiced in a “ golly gumdrops” tone which didn’t vary throughout the book. Why I kept going to the end I do not know. Maybe I was looking forward to lashings of ginger beer….
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!