Audiobook12 hours
Last Train From Cuernavaca
Written by Lucia St. Clair Robson
Narrated by Alma Cuervo
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
()
About this audiobook
Lucia St. Clair Robson won the Golden Spur Award with her nationally best-selling novel Ride the Wind. In Last Train from Cuernavaca, it's Christmastime in Mexico, 1913. Even as army officers and their wives enjoy the atmosphere at Grace Knight's beautiful old hotel, soldiers scour the countryside outside the city looking for rebels. There, 16-year-old Angela Sanchez's family home is destroyed in a hail of bullets. But once the soldiers leave, Angela returns to look for survivors, arm herself-and join the revolution.
More audiobooks from Lucia St. Clair Robson
Ride The Wind: The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker and Last Days of the Comanche Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Light a Distant Fire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ghost Warrior Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Tokaido Road Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last Train From Cuernavaca Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Walk in My Soul: Part 1 of 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Walk in My Soul: Part 2 of 2 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Last Train From Cuernavaca
Related audiobooks
The Alaskan Laundry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Sunlight, in a Beautiful Garden Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Magnolia City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5'Til Niagara Falls Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Third Hill North of Town Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Flame of Resistance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Kissing My Ass Goodbye Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChild of the Forest: Based on the Life Story of Charlene Perlmutter Schiff Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Off-Islander Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Finn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Passing: A Memoir of Love and Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The O'Briens Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Charleston Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Abolitionist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Betting Woman: A Novel of Madame Moustache Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBacklands Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ghost Ship Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Name of Her Own Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Christmas, A Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fourteenth of September: A Novel Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Agreement Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Blue and Gray Christmas Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Follow the River Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The List Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Before We Sleep Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Saint Patrick's Battalion: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Broken Field: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMary Ann Sate, Imbecile (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBenedict Canyon Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Sign of Her Own Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Historical Fiction For You
The Tattooist of Auschwitz: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Song of Achilles: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Weyward: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alice Network: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reformatory: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Tom Lake: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neon Gods Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nineteen Steps: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Outlander Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hallowe'en Party: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lady Tan's Circle of Women Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5All Quiet on the Western Front Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Clan of the Cave Bear Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The River We Remember: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cloud Cuckoo Land: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rose Code: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dragon Teeth: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Golem and the Jinni: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Schindler's List Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lost Apothecary: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Huntress: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Beneath a Scarlet Sky: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Keeper of Happy Endings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Yellow Wife: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The House of Eve Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book of Lost Names Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related categories
Reviews for Last Train From Cuernavaca
Rating: 3.7222222222222223 out of 5 stars
3.5/5
9 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5As an historical novel, this doesn't deliver much in the way of actual history. It is historical in the sense that the locations and many of the major players are historical. Otherwise it's about as historical to the Mexican Revolution as Gone With the Wind is to the American Civil War (though perhaps not as epic). Really, it's a pretty high quality historical romance. It's well written and full of adventure and drama. Last Train from Cuernavaca is a love story in a war setting. The main love story is between the English (la Inglesa) owner of a hotel in Cuernavaca and a soldier in the Mexican Army. There is another pair, a young revolutionary couple, who fight for Zapata. Through the adventures and misadventures of the couples, this novel does a great job giving a sense of how the Revolution affected people's lives. It also portrays some harsh truths about war. In the Mexican Revolution, most of the fighting was over political power and there was very little concern for people's lives or property.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Last Train from Cuernavaca is an historical fiction novel about two women living through the Mexican Revolution. After Profirio Diaz is removed from office, the state falls into the hands of Francisco Madero. However, when he fails to make good on his promises to poor Mexicans, unrest begins growing again. Angela, a 16 year old girl from a wealthy family, finds her world turned upside-down when her home is raided and many of her friends shot. She runs off to join the rebel forces of Emiliano Zapata. She soon finds herself a leader with a reputation for being ruthless and getting results. Grace is a wealthy British woman who owns a hotel in Cuernavaca that caters to military officials. She has a strong sense of fairness, but isn't terribly motivated to push for social reform. As the Revolution approaches Cuernavaca, she finds herself in increasing danger.I enjoyed this book. It wasn't as history-oriented as I had hoped. There is a heavy focus on the women's love lives. That said, it is very entertaining and has a number of twists. It's probably appropriate for 10th grade up.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lucia Robson’s latest historical novel Last Train to Cuernavaca is entertaining and fast paced! The human tragedy and the heinous political unrest of the Mexican Revolution is reflected in the lives of two young beautiful women, English and Mexican. This action packed adventure is filled with heroes, soldiers, battles, conflict, allegiance and romance. Definitely a great read!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5I learned alot about the Mexican Revolution throughout the reading of this novel tho it did get a bit confusing at times. There are at least two different groups of revolutionary farmers, a group of federales, a group of renegade federales, and then some bandits thrown in here and there and after a while, I couldn't tell who was killing, looting and raping who. After a while, I started to feel every single group was in the wrong, but I did like Angela aka Angel, a woman that dons a pair of pants and a sombrero and runs with Zapata's army to exact revenge on the federal soldiers that looted her casa and captured her mother.The problem is most of the novel, a good three fourths is about Grace, not Angel. Grace is an piano playing English hotel owner who has adopted Mexico as her country and she falls in love with Rico, a soldier. I didn't find her near as interesting as Angel and unfortunately she monopolizes almost the entire story, her and Rico. I found Angel's romance with Antonio as they ride the country blowing up trains WAY more fascinating and felt they warranted a lot more ink than they got. I also would have liked more character developement on Angel. The last half of the novel becomes a wild goose chase between Rico and Grace as one miscommunication after another occurs. There is all too brief part in which a woman named La Gata shows up. She is a widow leading her own group of revolutionary widows turned combatants and I was diappointed that there was not more of her as well. Had this novel been about Angela (with more appearances of La Gata), not Grace and Rico, I would probably love it. As it is tho, I can't say I am blown away. It's not a bad book, just not what I was hoping for.