This is the most boring book I’ve ever heard. The Countess is most likely recounting from journals and writes in list format, doing little to engage her audience. There’s no story, and whilst snippets spark attention (mostly because I used to live int he Newbury area), I actually gave up after 7 hours - just over half way. It might be engaging if it were read by an actress as the Countess’s Reading of her own book is monotone a with no excitement. Very disappointing.