Mary Tudor

Written by Victor Hugo

Narrated by LibriVox Community

If Queen Mary I of England wants something, you'd better not try and stop her, or else you might soon find yourself without a head! When this hot-headed young Royal's new favourite courtier, an Italian gentleman named Fabiano Fabiani who has already made himself very unpopular with the court, is caught sneaking around with another girl - a commoner no less! - the Queen begins to plan her revenge in the only way suitable for a Queen. (Summary by Charlotte Duckett)

Narrator: bala
Mary I of England: Kristin Gjerløw
Jane Talbot: Beth Thomas
Lord Clinton: alanmapstone
Joshua Farnaby: Peter Tucker
Gilbert: ToddHW
Fabiano Fabiani: Eden Rea-Hedrick
Simon Renard: Bob Neufeld
Lord Chandos: Elizabeth Klett
Lord Montague: Greg Przywara
Man/ The Jew: Rob Board
Lord Gardiner/Lord Chancellor: Joseph Tabler
Master Eneas: Rob Board
A jailer: Elizabeth Klett
The People/voices 1: Michele Fry
The People/Voices 2: Mary Kay
The People/Voices 3: Beth Thomas
Standard-bearer 1: Shakira Searle
Standard-bearer 2: Mary Kay

• Language: English
• Publisher: LibriVox
• Release date: Aug 25, 2014

Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet and novelist. Born in Besançon, Hugo was the son of a general who served in the Napoleonic army. Raised on the move, Hugo was taken with his family from one outpost to the next, eventually setting with his mother in Paris in 1803. In 1823, he published his first novel, launching a career that would earn him a reputation as a leading figure of French Romanticism. His Gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) was a bestseller throughout Europe, inspiring the French government to restore the legendary cathedral to its former glory. During the reign of King Louis-Philippe, Hugo was elected to the National Assembly of the French Second Republic, where he spoke out against the death penalty and poverty while calling for public education and universal suffrage. Exiled during the rise of Napoleon III, Hugo lived in Guernsey from 1855 to 1870. During this time, he published his literary masterpiece Les Misérables (1862), a historical novel which has been adapted countless times for theater, film, and television. Towards the end of his life, he advocated for republicanism around Europe and across the globe, cementing his reputation as a defender of the people and earning a place at Paris’ Panthéon, where his remains were interred following his death from pneumonia. His final words, written on a note only days before his death, capture the depth of his belief in humanity: “To love is to act.”

Reviews for Mary Tudor

[robin · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Indian man who is narrating is completely horrendous!! Can’t understand a word so won’t be listening to this one