The Lost Book of the Grail

A Novel

By: Charlie Lovett

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong

Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins

Publisher's summary

Arthur Prescott is happiest when surrounded by the ancient manuscripts of the Barchester Cathedral library, nurturing his obsession with the Holy Grail and researching his perennially unfinished guidebook to the medieval cathedral. But when Bethany Davis arrives in Barchester to digitize the library's manuscripts, Arthur's tranquility is broken. Appalled by the threat of modern technology, he sets out to thwart Bethany, only to find in her a kindred spirit - and a fellow Grail fanatic. Bethany soon joins Arthur in a quest to find the lost Book of Ewolda. Arthur and Bethany peel back layers of history, and when the future of the cathedral itself is threatened, Arthur and Bethany's search takes on grave importance, leading to discoveries about the Grail and each other.

©2017 Charlie Lovett (P)2017 Dreamscape Media, LLC

Best I've listened to in a while!

The humor and suspense kept me listening all day. Even the writing style was well matched with the plot. The characters were lovable and the setting sounded like a place I wanted to visit. The tiny amount of profanity was used in a playful way. If I had to describe this book in one word, it would be "clever". I'll definitely listen to this more than once.

Wonderful!

This is one of those books that not only held my interest but left me grinning in delight at the end. I loved it.

As for narration, it's true that the voice for Bethany, an American woman, is at odds with the rather ethereal description of her appearance. My advice is to just accept it and enjoy the story. Charles Armstrong has a smooth, beautiful delivery.

The Lost Book of the Grail is interesting, uplifting, and engages on a higher level. It’s also downright fun.

Highly recommended.

A humanistic, interesting, and educational story.

Lost Book fo the Grail is another wonderful book by Charlie Lovett, loved for a creative interesting and educational story. It is a book of compassion, hope, discovery, and relationships that you can get lost in a story that resinates in your mind, heart, and soul for the rest of your life.

Interesting take on the Grail legend

Well written, erudite perspective on the Grail mythos. The reader's presentation of the American's speech left something to be desired. She sounded like Bugs Bunny.

Very Enjoyable

As others have mentioned, the narrator has a very bad American accent. However the overall story was highly enjoyable.

Enjoyable book!

very enjoyable book! the narrator kept listeners engaged. It never felt boring. I also enjoyed the adjustments to speaking pace that the narrator used with different characters.

Fun listen! American accent needs some help

This is a pretty fun book for a light listen- the characters and plot are sometimes a little derivative or formulaic but if you enjoy the genre of historical and literary intrigue you will like this book. My only real critique is the narrator’s American accent- it borders on almost sounding Irish in a few places. A little distracting but doesn’t take away overall from the plot or pacing of the story.

A Bookish but interesting Mystery

This book entitled the last book of the grail was a fun listen. The narrative is understated yet it holds your interest, at least until mine. The ending was quite satisfying. The Reader did a fine job, except his female voices were a bit irritating, but at least the voices were consistent.

Maybe It Was Because I Listen at 2x?

I will start out by saying that I adored this novel. I thought it was a fantastic story. I have loved everything by Charlie Lovett so far. This novel was no exception. I really couldn’t put it down.
However, while the narrator was good, I found his impression of an American woman to be horrendous, since the rest of it was spoken as an older British gentleman. I definitely am glad that they didn’t bring in a second reader, but I found myself hoping more and more that she wouldn’t talk. The narrator really should have stuck to his British accent the whole time.
I will admit that things may have sounded worse to me than other readers, though, since I always listen at double speed.
I would still recommend this book in any form!

A little slow, but relaxing.

Slow, plodding. Perfect for mindless listening on a long commute. Good to unwind to after a long day.