I was in search of a new Jane Austen or rather of gentle comedy of manners in a historical setting. That it might have been, but it has meant that it has convinced me that Trollope was a man of total brilliance. One could almost say it was a baptism by complete immersion. I have listened to all six of the Chronicles one after the other with no other books read or listened to between them. 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.Ī touch bleak but all the ends neatly tied off 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. A prolific and respected novelist of the 19th-century he created 47 novels and many short stories that have continued to be popular and well-loved. The Last Chronicle of Barset is considered by many, including Trollope himself, to be his best work. This final volume manages to resolve many threads started in the first volume and is a fitting conclusion to the series. The Bishop Proudie and his formidable wife also receive their most dramatic portrayal with Mrs.
As well as this central mystery we find Johnny Eames attempting to woo Lily Dale and the now grown-up Major Henry Grantly falling in love with Reverend Crawley's daughter, Grace, against the wishes of his father, the Archdeacon. In the last and most complex of the Barsetshire audiobooks, many of Trollope's best-loved characters appear, but the mood of the recording is darker and more uneasy than in earlier volumes.Īt the heart of the audiobook is the penniless Reverend Josiah Crawley, first encountered in Framley Parsonage, who in the opening of the story is accused of theft, creating a public scandal that threatens to tear the community apart.
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