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Curtsies and Conspiracies
- Finishing School, Book 2
- Gesprochen von: Moira Quirk
- Serie: Finishing School, Titel 2
- Spieldauer: 9 Std. und 31 Min.
- Kategorien: Kinder-Hörbücher, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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Does one need four fully-grown foxgloves for decorating a dinner table for six guests? Or is it six foxgloves to kill four fully-grown guests? Sophronia's first year at school has certainly been rousing. First, her finishing school is training her to be a spy. (Won't Mumsy be surprised!) Secondly, she gets mixed up in an intrigue over a stolen device and has a cheese pie thrown at her. Now, as Sophronia sneaks around the dirigible school, eavesdropping on the teachers' quarters and making clandestine climbs to the ship's boiler room, she learns that there may be more to a school trip to London than at first appears....
Vampires, werewolves, and humans are all after the prototype Sophronia recovered in Etiquette & Espionage, which has the potential to alter human and supernatural travel. Sophronia must try to uncover who is behind a dangerous plot to control the prototype...as well as survive the London season with a full dance card.
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Etiquette & Espionage
- Finishing School, Book 1
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Moira Quirk
- Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 55 Min.
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It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School. Fourteen-year old Sophronia is the bane of her mother's existence. More interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at tea - and god forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy - Mrs. Temminnick is desperate her daughter become a proper lady. She enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But little do Sophronia or her mother know that this is a school where ingenious young girls learn to finish all right, but it's a different kind of finishing.
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Defy or Defend
- A Delightfully Deadly Novel
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Emma Newman
- Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 47 Min.
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Dimity Plumleigh-Teignmott, code name Honey Bee, is the War Office's best and most decorative fixer. She's sweet and chipper, but oddly stealthy, and surprisingly effective given the right incentives. Sir Crispin Bontwee was knighted for his military service, but instead of retiring, he secretly went to work for the War Office. Mostly he enjoys his job, except when he must safeguard the Honey Bee. Neither of them are vampire experts, but when Nottingham Hive goes badly Goth, only Dimity can stop their darkness from turning bloody. And only Crispin can stop Dimity from death by vampire.
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Poison or Protect
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- Gesprochen von: Suzanne Lavington
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Lady Preshea Villentia has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation. What society doesn't know is that all her husbands were marked for death by Preshea's employer. And Preshea has one final assignment. It was supposed to be easy, a house party with minimal bloodshed. Preshea hadn't anticipated Captain Gavin Ruthven - massive, Scottish, quietly irresistible, and...working for the enemy. In a battle of wits, Preshea may risk her own heart - a terrifying prospect, as she never knew she had one.
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Prudence
- Book One of The Custard Protocol
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Moira Quirk
- Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 41 Min.
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On behalf of queen, country...and the perfect pot of tea. When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama (Rue to her friends) is given an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female would under similar circumstances - names it the Spotted Crumpet and floats to India in pursuit of the perfect cup of tea. But India has more than just tea on offer. Rue stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves.
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How to Marry a Werewolf
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- Gesprochen von: Emma Newman
- Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 6 Min.
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The monsters left Faith ruined in the eyes of society, so now they're her only option. Rejected by her family, Faith crosses the Atlantic, looking for a marriage of convenience and revenge. But things are done differently in London. Werewolves are civilized. At least they pretend to be. Americans: Backward heathens with no culture, Major Channing has never had time for any of them. But there's something special about Faith. Channing finds himself fighting to prove himself and defend his species. But this werewolf has good reason not to trust human women.
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Romancing the Inventor
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- Gesprochen von: Emma Newman
- Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 37 Min.
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Imogene Hale is a lowly parlor maid with a soul-crushing secret. Seeking solace, she takes work at a local hive, only to fall desperately in love with the amazing lady inventor the vampires are keeping in the potting shed. Genevieve Lefoux is heartsick, lonely, and French. With culture, class, and the lady herself set against the match, can Imogene and her duster overcome all odds and win Genevieve's heart, or will the vampires suck both of them dry?
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Etiquette & Espionage
- Finishing School, Book 1
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Moira Quirk
- Spieldauer: 8 Std. und 55 Min.
- Ungekürztes
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Gesamt
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Sprecher
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Geschichte
It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School. Fourteen-year old Sophronia is the bane of her mother's existence. More interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at tea - and god forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy - Mrs. Temminnick is desperate her daughter become a proper lady. She enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But little do Sophronia or her mother know that this is a school where ingenious young girls learn to finish all right, but it's a different kind of finishing.
-
Defy or Defend
- A Delightfully Deadly Novel
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Emma Newman
- Spieldauer: 7 Std. und 47 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Dimity Plumleigh-Teignmott, code name Honey Bee, is the War Office's best and most decorative fixer. She's sweet and chipper, but oddly stealthy, and surprisingly effective given the right incentives. Sir Crispin Bontwee was knighted for his military service, but instead of retiring, he secretly went to work for the War Office. Mostly he enjoys his job, except when he must safeguard the Honey Bee. Neither of them are vampire experts, but when Nottingham Hive goes badly Goth, only Dimity can stop their darkness from turning bloody. And only Crispin can stop Dimity from death by vampire.
-
-
Wunderschöne Fortführung der Finishing School Reihe
- Von L. Martin Am hilfreichsten 10.08.2020
-
Poison or Protect
- A Delightfully Deadly Novella
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Suzanne Lavington
- Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 37 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
Lady Preshea Villentia has four dead husbands and a nasty reputation. What society doesn't know is that all her husbands were marked for death by Preshea's employer. And Preshea has one final assignment. It was supposed to be easy, a house party with minimal bloodshed. Preshea hadn't anticipated Captain Gavin Ruthven - massive, Scottish, quietly irresistible, and...working for the enemy. In a battle of wits, Preshea may risk her own heart - a terrifying prospect, as she never knew she had one.
-
Prudence
- Book One of The Custard Protocol
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Moira Quirk
- Spieldauer: 12 Std. und 41 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
-
Sprecher
-
Geschichte
On behalf of queen, country...and the perfect pot of tea. When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama (Rue to her friends) is given an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female would under similar circumstances - names it the Spotted Crumpet and floats to India in pursuit of the perfect cup of tea. But India has more than just tea on offer. Rue stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves.
-
-
Superb performance
- Von Marcus I. Am hilfreichsten 08.04.2019
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How to Marry a Werewolf
- A Claw & Courtship Novella, Book 1
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Emma Newman
- Spieldauer: 6 Std. und 6 Min.
- Ungekürztes
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Gesamt
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Sprecher
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Geschichte
The monsters left Faith ruined in the eyes of society, so now they're her only option. Rejected by her family, Faith crosses the Atlantic, looking for a marriage of convenience and revenge. But things are done differently in London. Werewolves are civilized. At least they pretend to be. Americans: Backward heathens with no culture, Major Channing has never had time for any of them. But there's something special about Faith. Channing finds himself fighting to prove himself and defend his species. But this werewolf has good reason not to trust human women.
-
-
Magnificent Characters!
- Von poison Am hilfreichsten 29.08.2018
-
Romancing the Inventor
- A Supernatural Society Novella
- Geschrieben von: Gail Carriger
- Gesprochen von: Emma Newman
- Spieldauer: 5 Std. und 37 Min.
- Ungekürztes
-
Gesamt
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Sprecher
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Geschichte
Imogene Hale is a lowly parlor maid with a soul-crushing secret. Seeking solace, she takes work at a local hive, only to fall desperately in love with the amazing lady inventor the vampires are keeping in the potting shed. Genevieve Lefoux is heartsick, lonely, and French. With culture, class, and the lady herself set against the match, can Imogene and her duster overcome all odds and win Genevieve's heart, or will the vampires suck both of them dry?
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Großartiger 2. Band der 2. Reihe von Gail Carriger
Ich mochte die Parasol Protectorate (Im deutschen 'Lady Alexia') Bände von Gail Carriger. Die Finishing School Reihe (bisher nur auf englisch erschienen) spielt 20 Jahre vor dem Start der anderen Romane. Dennoch empfehle ich sie in der Reihe zu hören in der sie geschrieben wurden.
Es ist grandios wie hier die Geschichte von Sophronia weiter geführt wird, sie Charakteren begegnet die in der vorangeganen Reihe schon erwähnt werden und wie Geschichte bei der die Ergebnisse vielleicht ansatzweise bekannt sind, dennoch enorm spannend erzählt wird. Zudem ist es mal wieder gespickt mit großartigem Wortwitz, einfallsreichtum und Modedetails.
Moira Quirk ist eine großartige Sprecherin, weit besser als ihr deutsches Gegenstück. Auch wenn viele komplizierte Wörter einzug finden halte ich die Buchreihe auch in Englisch für ungeübte für geeignet.
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