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Richard Temple Audiobook (Unabridged)

By: Patrick O'Brian
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Read By: Graeme Malcolm Publisher: AudioGO Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: October 2010 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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Total Audiobook Chapters:

14

Longest Chapter Length:

94:14 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

20:55 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

43:41 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

65

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Publisher Description

A prisoner of the German army in France, Richard Temple is nobody's idea of a hero. To stay sane while denying the charges and absorbing the beatings of his captors, he conducts a minute examination of his life.

Temple escaped from a blighted childhood and his alcoholic mother thanks to an artistic gift. But his life as a painter in 1930s London was cruelly deprived. To eat, he became a forger. He was rescued by the love of a wealthy woman, and the failure of that relationship coupled with the outbreak of war propelled him into the world of espionage.

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"Somewhere between a four and five, but this story of a failed painter, a failed man, and withal a successful Nazi fighter unfolds in the soul like the Holy Ghost."

— Mrmandias (5 out of 5 stars)

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  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " Not a maritime novel - got stuck on page 30 or so and haven't picked it up again. "

    — Grace, 11/2/2013
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    " An odd and intriguing book, told almost entirely in flashback as a tortured prisoner in WWII, with freedom near at hand (the war is ending) thinks back along the events that have brought him to this place. Written with slight and bitter humor and stunning powers of observation. "

    — Thomas, 11/6/2012
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    " I couldn't get interested in this book because I didn't like the author's writing style. "

    — Janet, 10/13/2012
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " This book was not the romp through the turn-of-the-century La Vie Boheme that I thought it would be (or that the back cover copy led me to believe). In fact, despite good prose and intentions, it was: Just. Plain. Boring. "

    — Molly, 7/12/2011
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " I love his Aubrey / Maturin series but this early work dealing with a man in WW II couldn't induce me to finish it. Having said that, let me add that the opening dealing with how the protagonist works to survive Gestapo torture/interrogation is fascinating. "

    — HBalikov, 4/25/2011

About Patrick O'Brian

Patrick O’Brian (1914–2000), a translator and author of biographies, was best known as the author of the highly acclaimed Aubrey–Maturin series of historical novels. Set in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars ,this twenty-volume series centers on the enduring friendship between naval officer Jack Aubrey and physician and spy Stephen Maturin. The Far Side of the World, the tenth book in the series, was adapted into a 2003 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany. The film was nominated for ten Oscars, including Best Picture. He wrote acclaimed biographies of Pablo Picasso and Sir Joseph Banks. He also translated many works from the French, among them the novels and memoirs of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean Lacouture’s biographies of Charles de Gaulle.

About Graeme Malcolm

Graeme Malcolm was an actor and winning audiobook narrator who earned twelve AudioFile Earphones Awards. He has performed on Broadway as Pharaoh in Aida and as Sir Edward Ramsay in The King and I. His television appearances include Law & Order, Follow the River, and Mr. Halpern and Mr. Johnson (with Laurence Olivier). His film credits include A Further Gesture, The Adventures of Sebastian Cole, and Reunion.