Trollope has so many wonderful narrators that I feel guilty singling this one out. If you are not familiar with Trollope's work, this is as good a place as any to start. The reading, by Timothy West, is top-notch. Though real-life Lizzies are highly unpleasant people, the fictional version is highly entertaining, and after several hundred pages of gripping legal, criminal and shenanigans, it is hard not to feel sorry when the naughty Lady Eustace is finally delivered up to her fate. After marrying the dying Sir Florian Eustace for his money, she embarks on an expensive career as a society widow, and the story revolves around her possession-and subsequent loss-of a diamond necklace which has been an heirloom in the Eustace family, and which she claims is her personal property.
Though less ruthless and more self-deceiving than Thackeray's anti-heroine, she is shallow, beautiful, manipulative, and without redeeming qualities. Lizzie Eustace is in many respects a latter-day Becky Sharp. It could certainly be read independently of the other books in the series. The third novel in the Pallisers series, "The Eustace Diamonds" is the least overtly political, though some of the main characters from the series re-appear in the book in minor roles. On television, Timothy has held the regular role of Stan Carter on EastEnders (BBC), as well as appearing in Broken Biscuits (BBC), three series of Great Canal Journeys, Last Tango in Halifax Bleak House, Bedtime and Brass.
West's theatre roles include King Lear, The Vote, Uncle Vanya, A Number, Quarter, and Coriolanus and his films include Ever After, Joan Of Arc, Endgame, Iris and The Day of the Jackal. He has also narrated volumes of Simon Schama's A History of Britain and John Mortimer's Rumpole on Trial. He has narrated a number of Anthony Trollope's classic audiobooks, including the six Chronicles of Barsetshire and the Palliser series. Timothy West is prolific in film, television, theatre, and audiobooks. But how will their flaws determine their fate?Īnthony Trollope was one of the most popular and prolific novelists of the 19th century and his work is considered some of the greatest fiction of the era. Humorously cynical, Trollope shows his insight into human nature, painting each character's flaws. The third and least political in Trollope's six-volume Palliser series, this audiobook features a most remarkable heroine. Or do they.? Will the scheming and manipulative Lizzie ever get what she deserves? Camperdown is right! The battle for the diamonds rages until a robbery intervenes and they disappear.
Camperdown believes her to be a scheming liar. Lizzie is both beautiful and clever, yet Mr. Camperdown, the family solicitor, insists that they are an heirloom, to be passed down from generation to generation. Who owns the Eustace Diamonds? Lizzie Eustace claims that Sir Florian Eustace, her late husband, gave them to her.
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