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| Title | : | The Red Necklace (French Revolution #1) |
| Author | : | Sally Gardner |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 371 pages |
| Published | : | October 4th 2007 by Orion Childrens |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Young Adult. Fantasy. Romance. Fiction |
Sally Gardner
Paperback | Pages: 371 pages Rating: 3.79 | 7441 Users | 1033 Reviews
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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.
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| Original Title: | The Red Necklace |
| ISBN: | 184255574X (ISBN13: 9781842555743) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | French Revolution #1 |
| Setting: | Paris(France) |
| Literary Awards: | Carnegie Medal Nominee (2009) |
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Ratings: 3.79 From 7441 Users | 1033 ReviewsRate Appertaining To Books The Red Necklace (French Revolution #1)
Three stars for the book itself; one bonus star for the audiobook performance by Tom Hiddleston. Actually, if I could I would give that reading all the stars. ALL THE STARS. IN THE WORLD.Not that I have strong feelings about it or anything.This book isn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination, but it's not one that's going to stick with me nor do I have any ambition to look into the sequel. I'll talk strengths and then weaknesses.The characters in this are generally wonderful and I think Gardner did a fabulous job capturing the atmosphere of France on the cusp of the revolution - there was obvious and real tension between the haves and have-nots with the haves being entirely frivolous and the have-nots being literally treated
Tom Hiddleston did an audio book. Tom Hiddleston. Now I have to read it.
The Devil's own is on your trail.I liked this book. I really did. But from an objectively critical viewpoint, I cannot really say why.The Red Necklace is a tale of intrigue and death neatly woven through the early days of the French Revolution, with some shadowy magic looming at the fringes. We follow Yann Margoza, a young man from a small-time theatre troupe who becomes entangled in affairs that force him to turn to a part of himself that he has always been trying to hide; and Sido de
Magic and historical fiction! I was sold from the beginning. You don't see that too often and I picked up the book with eager hands.Yann is a gypsy boy who can throw his voice, read minds and sometimes even see into the future. On one fateful night he loses his gift, but not before he meets the limp but beautiful Sido. They don't know it yet, but they will see each other again and have much more impact on each other than they could imagine.The plot is shrouded with mystery and hidden secrets.
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 heard. If he narrates the sequel, I will buy it in a matter of seconds.Now, that I've raved over how wonderful Tom Hiddleston's voice is, let me talk about the book. This book had my attention from
I've enjoyed a couple of Sally Gardner's works before, so I might pick this one up.
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