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To Kingdom Come

Barker & Llewelyn Series, Book 2

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To Kingdom Come

By: Will Thomas
Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
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When a bomb destroys the Special Irish Branch of Scotland Yard, all fingers point to the increasingly brazen factions of Irish dissidents seeking liberation from English rule. Volunteering their services to the British government, Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn set out to infiltrate a secret cell of the Irish Republican Brotherhood known as the Invisibles. Posing as a reclusive German bomb maker and his anarchist apprentice, they are recruited for the group's ultimate plan: to bring London to its knees and end the monarchy forever.

Their adventures take them from an abandoned lighthouse on the craggy coast of Wales to the City of Light, where Llewelyn goes undercover with Maire O'Casey, the alluring sister of an Irish radical. Llewelyn again finds himself put to the test by his enigmatic employer as he is schooled in the deadly science of bomb making. Fraught with explosives, secret initiations, and vicious stick fights, and featuring historical figures such as Charles Parnell and W. B. Yeats, To Kingdom Come is a riveting sequel to Some Danger Involved.

©2005 Will Thomas (P)2016 Tantor Historical Mystery Exciting

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Critic reviews

"A successful blend of fiction and fact, this is - as expected - expertly researched and skillfully plotted, with satisfying amounts of emotion (with a growing friendship between Barker and Llewelyn) and suspense." ( Library Journal)
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Really loving this series of books and the twists and turns. Highly recommend to anyone with an interest in listening to historical fiction.

brilliant

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"To Kingdom Come," just like the first book in the series, "Some Danger Involved," is nothing groundbreaking but relaxing and enjoyable enough for me to continue reading the series.

Light and enjoyable.

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The narrator needs to learn how to pronounce welsh at the correct speed and with a welsh accent , he sounded like he was practicing welsh after opening a language book five seconds beforehand

Alight

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Not just the Irish accent was not up to scratch but one or two of the other voices were a bit lame. Not a major problem but a slight let down. Aside from that it wasn't a bad rendition of a fairly good book. I thought book one was better so I'll be able to judge more when I hear the next one in the series.

Not bad but I found the Irish accent lacking.

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The only thing wrong with this was the appalling accents. Apart from Barker's Scottish accent it was impossible to keep up with who was supposed to sound like what. I like this narrator but I pray there are no more accents to be tackled in the upcoming books.

Good story, shame about the narration

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Wonderful book with lots of twists and turns can’t wait for the next episode in the series

Great listen

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Love the well drawn characters, including "Harm" a cantankerous pekingese, a true ankle-biter of the 1st order. The main character is particularly sympathetic and charmingly naive. Didn't like the world peopled by men exclusively. Only female in sight is the arch villainess-- bit of a cardboard cutout.

Like the men with principles.

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Very disappointed with this second book, I had enjoyed the first one. I read a review prior to purchasing which said it was an acurate portrayal of Anglo - Irish history. and like I already said I had read the first book in thd series and it was very readable, which is why I returned to this author. The only acurate nature of this story is the mention of Parnell, home rule, and the American financial assistance to the IRB.
The narrators pronunciations are dreadful, which an almost unforgiveable mistake, all one has to to is a little research. The Irish accents sound like really bad Scottish accents and the German accent sounds like a combination of Nigerian and Jamaican, they were in fact farcical.
I honestly wanted to like the book as I'm a fan of Victorian detective fiction, now I feel like I've waisted a credit and don't think i want to listen to books 3&4...Sorry.

Disappointed

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These were a great find, I have enjoyed all of the books I have read in this series so far.

Excellent books

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This is the second book in the series and I’ve enjoyed it just as much as the first one !! So I’m looking forward to book number three ! Good stories, good plot twists and I’m beginning to feel friends with Thomas !!!

Interesting story set in Victorian times

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