The Chronicle - Book One: A full-cast historical pageant performed in four parts, Mr Punch
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The Chronicle - Book One: A full-cast historical pageant performed in four parts

Author: Mr Punch

Series: The Chronicle #1

Narrator: Charles Dance, Sir David Suchet, & Full Supporting Cast, Dame Harriet Walter, Dame Maureen Lipman, Eleanor Bron, Imogen Stubbs, James Bolam, John Sessions, Joss Ackland, Robert Powell, Sir Donald Sinden, Timothy West, Tony Britton

Unabridged: 2 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Findaway

Published: 05/21/2022

Genre: History - Europe - Great Britain

Synopsis

The Chronicle - BOOK ONE (January to March)

The Chronicle is one of the most ambitious productions ever commissioned. An epic eye-witness history of the last five hundred years, told entirely in the words of those who were there and performed by an outstanding cast of actors in a dramatised setting.

 

“It’s WONDERFUL.  In fact, I would describe it as one of the all-time audio greats... an unmissable five-star production.”  (The Guardian)

 

“I recommend the reader to hunt down and buy this series wherever it may be found.”  (The Spectator)

 

“The whole endeavour is a beguiling jigsaw that creates a vivid picture of the shaping of our national life.”  (Sunday Times)

 

“It’s probably the most innovative set of audiobooks on the shelves”  (Choice Magazine)

Also available as part of the CHRONICLE BOX SET, a four-volume edition.

 

JOSS ACKLAND

JAMES BOLAM

TONY BRITTON

ELEANOR BRON

CHARLES DANCE

Dame MAUREEN LIPMAN

ROBERT POWELL

JOHN SESSIONS

Sir DONALD SINDEN

IMOGEN STUBBS

Sir DAVID SUCHET

Dame HARRIET WALTER

TIMOTHY WEST

with 

John Baddeley,  Nicola Barber, Ian Curtis, Terence Edmund, David Goodland, Mark Hadfield, Sarah Head, Jenny Howe, Siriol Jenkins, Nick Mercer, Brian Orrell, John Rogan, Howard Ward, Robin Welch, Andrew Wincott, Andre Winterton and full supporting cast.

 

© & ? 2022 Mr Punch Audiobooks Ltd

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