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I, Coriander [Abridged] [Audiobook] [CD] (Audio CD)

by Sally Gardner (Author), Juliet Stevenson (Reader)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: Orion; Abridged edition edition (4 Aug 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752872117
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752872117
  • Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 12.6 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 149,982 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Muriel Barking, NEW BOOKS
'a beautifully written story. Sally Gardner has clearly researched the times and customs very well indeed for she had me transported back to that far off time. I would definitely recommend this book, told with such care and feeling.' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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'Fine reading is also the winning element in I, Coriander ... Juliet 'Stevenson puts a husky childishness in her voice for the tale's half-fairy heroine Coriander, then transforms it to a rich warble as the comforting peasant nurse, a vicious stab as the stepmother and a snakelike hiss as the murderous preacher.' (The Times )

'Juliet Stevenson has, I think, one of the best voices in the business ... It's no surprise that I was enthralled by her reading of Sally Gardner's debut book for older children, I, Coriander.... thanks to Juliet Stevenson's singular narrative skills, the other characters are also brought to life. It is quite simply one of the best audiobooks I have heard this year.' (Disability Now )

'Juliet Stevenson's dulcet, sensitive voice will lull the most fractious traveller into a world of pain and pleasure.' (Amanda Craig THE INDEPENDENT )

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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Spellbinding historical fantasy, 13 Oct 2005
This review is from: I, Coriander (Paperback)
'I,Coriander' is a fascinating fairy tale giving a sharp historical perspective on the Commonwealth, the period following the English civil war.It is a substantial fairytale told with total conviction by Sally Gardner who marries the fantastical fairies with solid historical facts presented elegantly in a totally credible fashion. She is adept at conjuring up the sights, sounds and smells of 17th century England. She is particularly good at smells; the stench of the middens running along the street, the smell of unwashed bodies, the upturned chamberpots, the filthy Thames. She writes of a period made famous by Samuel Pepys in his diaries. It is a period of violent, political turmoil with suspected royalists being denounced, and Puritans with their killjoy approach to life, holding sway over everything.
The heroine Coriander, only child of a wealthy silk merchant and his fairy wife Eleanor, inherits from her dead mother her 'cunning' skills. She can diagnose and heal sickness using her mother's simples and herbs.
It is a delightful, beautifully constructed novel. It reads easily as it tells of the travails of the child Coriander stepping between life as the stepchild of a violent ranting Puritan Maud with her drunken preacher associate Arise Fell and her spells with the fairies as she struggles with the Fairy Queen Rosmore and her powerful raven for the soul of her mother and the life of the handsome Prince Tycho.
Sally Gardner is totally steeped in the period and brings it vividly to life. All her characters seem to have a life of their own and continued living for me long after I finished the book.
'I,Coriander' partially recalled Celia Rees 'Witchchild'for me and also 'The Wise Woman' by Philippa Gregory (set in Tudor England) both novels are concerned with 'witchcraft'using simples and herbs. However 'I, Coriander' uses a gentler form of magic although the fairies themselves are malevolent and vengeful.
Sally Gardner draws some delightful full-blooded characters especially Coriander herself, Hester, Gabriel and Master Thankless. She is clever too at delineating some revolting villains especially the mean-spirited, violent tempered Maud and the fanatical, serve-serving Puritan preacher Arise Fell. It is a strong story well-told and kept me so absorbed I read it at a sitting being unwilling to put it down until evil was vanquished but to learn how you must read the book yourself.I strongly recommend this thoroughly absorbing read.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Magical & lyrical, 16 Jul 2006
This review is from: I, Coriander (Paperback)
Wow... that really is the better way to describe this! The words are so beautifully old fashioned (without being hard to read) and the story is equally beautiful as well. The kind of book that hexes you, and refuses to let you go. Every moment spent reading it is a moment in pure bliss!

The story tells of Coriander, and how she came to grow up. Loosing her mother at a very young age, her life takes on a very strange, twisted and evil road to adulthood. After her mother suddenly and unexpectantly dies, her father re-marries and then has to leave the country to save his own life. Coriander is left in the care of her new step mother, and her priest. A team that is nothing less than the devils own. They take pleasure in tormenting Coriander, and claim they are "witch hunters". Coriander on the other hand refuses to give in to the cruelty. And escapes to the Fairyland her mother once came from. Where she meets new friends, falls in love and meets yet another evil woman. The evil queen. Coriander must leave the fairylands behind, to save her mothers soul, and the life of her beloved!

I, Coriander is a highly original fairytale. Told through the eyes and words of a girl brought up with fine silk, and silver spoons. Yet she is no porcelain doll. She is a fiesty young woman, and she tackles whatever life throws at her! It is in deed a gorgeous novel! It'll be a treasure for years to come!
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant book, 30 Sep 2005
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This review is from: I, Coriander (Paperback)
I, Coriander is a book about two different worlds, the world of fairies and witches and the human world of hardship and cruelty. I'm 9 and I couldn't put it down. It is a book to inspire young writers and encourage dyslexic readers because of how the writer overcame her disabilities.
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