Anthony McCarten has 3 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4.5★ across 18 ratings. The most-rated is Darkest Hour.
Darkest Hour
Summary
From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revisionist look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to prime minister - soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman. May 1940. Britain is at war, Winston Churchill has unexpectedly been promoted to prime minister, and the horrors of Blitzkrieg witness one Western European democracy fall after another in rapid succession. Facing this horror, with pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, Churchill wonders what words could capture the public mood when the invasion of Britain seems mere hours away. It is this fascinating period that Anthony McCarten captures in this deeply researched and wonderfully written new book, The Darkest Hour. A day-by-day (and often hour-by-hour) narrative of this crucial moment in history provides a revisionist look at Churchill - a man plagued by doubt through those turbulent weeks but who emerged having made himself into the iconic, lionized figure we remember.
©2017 Anthony McCarten (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers
The Two Popes
Summary
From the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter of Darkest Hour and The Theory of Everything comes the fascinating and revealing tale of two very different men - both of whom happen to live at the Vatican. In February 2013, the arch-conservative Pope Benedict XVI made a startling announcement: He would resign, making him the first pope to willingly vacate his office in over 700 years. Reeling from the news, the College of Cardinals rushed to Rome to congregate in the Sistine Chapel to pick his successor. Their unlikely choice? Francis, the first non-European pope in 1,200 years, a one-time tango-club bouncer, a passionate soccer fan, a man with the common touch. Why did Benedict walk away at the height of power, knowing his successor might be someone whose views might undo his legacy? How did Francis - who used to ride the bus to work back in his native Buenos Aires - adjust to life as leader to a billion followers? If, as the Church teaches, the pope is infallible, how can two living popes who disagree on almost everything both be right? Having immersed himself in these men's lives to write the screenplay for the upcoming motion picture The Two Popes, Anthony McCarten masterfully weaves their stories into one gripping narrative. From Benedict and Francis' formative experiences in war-torn Germany and Argentina to the sexual abuse scandal that continues to rock the Church to its foundations to the intrigue and the occasional comedy of life in the Vatican, this audiobook glitters with the darker and the lighter details of one of the world's most opaque but significant institutions. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2018 Anthony McCarten (P)2019 Macmillan Audio
Hand aufs Herz
Summary
Vierzig Menschen sind unterwegs zu einem Londonder Autohof und zu einem exklusiven Fahrzeug, das derjenige gewinnt, der am längsten die Hand daraufhält. Ein absonderlicher Ausdauerwettbewerb, der als Gleichnis für das Leben überhaupt stehen kann. Es sind alles Menschen, denen ihre Existenz entglitten ist und die trotz allem die Hoffnung auf ein besseres Leben nicht aufgeben wollen. Der Wettbewerb fördert bei vielen ihre schlimmsten Seiten zutage, anderen verhilft er zu neuen Perspektiven. Im Laufe der Geschichte wird klar, dass jede der Figuren diesen Gewinn braucht, um einen Weg aus ihrer persönlichen Krise zu finden.
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