Doctor Who: The Feast Of The Drowned

Oct 3, 2024 3:26 PM

Author:Stephen Cole,David Tennant

When a naval cruiser sinks in mysterious circumstances in the North Sea, all aboard are lost. Rose is saddened to learn that the brother of her friend, Keisha, was among the dead. But then he appears to them as a ghostly apparition, begging to be saved from the coming feast... the feast of the drowned. As the dead crew haunt loved ones all over London, the Doctor and Rose are drawn into a chilling mystery. What sank the ship, and why? When the cruiser’s wreckage was towed up the Thames, what sinister force came with it? The river’s dark waters are hiding an even darker secret, as preparations for the feast near their conclusion... Read by the Tenth Doctor himself, this exciting adventure features the Doctor and Rose, as played by David Tennant and Billie Piper in the acclaimed hit series from BBC Television. Also included is an exclusive bonus interview with the author, Stephen Cole, compiled by David Darlington of Doctor Who Magazine.

Reviews

One of the best biographies of Dmitri Shostakovich I have read

—— Maxim Shostakovich

Compelling ... a portrait of a creative artist tormented and harried by the random assaults of Stalinism

—— Financial Times

Persuasively argued and forceful ... A valid, politically driven reconsideration of the composer's works

—— New York Times Review of Books

With passionate integrity, MacDonald fastidiously builds a case to rival the most compellingly labyrinthine detective investigation. Now the great music of Shostakovich will be heard anew

—— Q

Much-needed - a very fascinating insight

—— Neil Tennant (Pet Shop Boys)

Anyone concerned with Soviet music, twentieth-century music, arts in politics, and politics in art, will be interested in this book

—— Gunther Schuller

Fascinating ... Manages, better than any previous publication, to make connections between Shostakovich's work and the works of other Soviet artists whom he admired and was influenced by

—— Times Educational Supplement

A considerable tour de force of musical and social analysis which will hold its own for some time to come

—— Norman Lebrecht

Harrowing... riveting... superb

—— Classic CD

The best biography of the composer available... has broken new ground by fusing biography with political analysis. A formal lesson to Western writers on post-1917 Russia, whether their subject is music or life itself

—— Andrei Navrozov

Superb ... This compassionate and very knowledgeable book is humbling in its understanding of how far an individual can be pushed by the coercive forces of a grotesque, perhaps insane, authority

—— Sydney Morning Herald

A monumental achievement

—— City Limits

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