BBC Audiobooks America is releasing an attention-grabbing mix of timeless masterpieces — Brideshead Revisted, The Lord of the Rings & Roots — all voiced by beloved stars closely associated with the titles. BRIDESHEAD REVISITED (MOVIE TIE-IN EDITION) BY EVELYN WAUGH UNABRIDGED — NARRATED BY JEREMY IRONS The classic novel captured here in a peerless recording is Evelyn Waugh's most romantic and controversial book, recounting Charles Ryder's friendship with the charming Sebastian Flyte and his family beginning when they are both at Oxford in 1923. Carefree days of drinking champagne and driving in the country soon end, however, as Sebastian's health deteriorates. Questions about morality and religion are raised as the radiant tone gives way to a bleak atmosphere of shattered illusion.
PUBLISHED September 9, 2008
10 CDs — 978-1-60283-486-6 — $29.95 THE LORD OF THE RINGS — THE COMPLETE TRILOGY BY J.R.R. TOLKIEN DRAMATIZATION — WITH IAN HOLM AS FRODO, SIR MICHAEL HORDERN AS GANDALF AND ROBERT STEPHENS AS ARAGORN Undertaking the adaptation of Tolkien's best-known work was an enormous task, but with its first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on March 8, 1981, this magical dramatization became an instant global classic. The set includes The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 9, 2008
12 CDs — 978-1-60283-492-7 — $49.95 ROOTS: THE SAGA OF AN AMERICAN FAMILY BY ALEX HALEY ABRIDGED VALUE EDITION — NARRATED BY AVERY BROOKS The unabridged edition also narrated by Avery Brook won the 2008 Audie Award for Best Nonfiction, the 2008 Ben Franklin Award for Best Nonfiction audiobooks and was one of the Publishers Weekly Top 6 Audiobooks of 2007. This classic American family story, presented here at the accessible, sub $20 price-point, has sold over 10 million copies in print and has been viewed by 130,000,000 in miniseries adaptation.
RE-RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
12 CDs — 978-1-60283-386-9 — $19.95 ABOUT BBC AUDIOBOOKS AMERICA Press contact information |