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Written by Mark Helprin - Audio book performed by Robert Ian Mackenzie - Unabridged Fiction - 21 COMPACT DISCS - 25.5 hours

Publisher, Recorded Books (July 2005)

“[Mark Helprin] frequently astounds with the freshness of voice and the oddly soaring majesty of this … comic call for greatness in a mediocre era.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Best-selling, critically acclaimed author Mark Helprin’s work has drawn favorable comparisons to an elite group of literary legends, including James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Edgar Allan Poe, and Thomas Mann. Helprin’s sheer comic brilliance shines in this ingenious farce.

Freddy is the bright but aloof Prince of Wales. Fredericka is his blonde, beautiful and beloved wife. When they stumble into a public relations nightmare with no easy solution, they must make amends by serving an unusual penance. Literally dropped from a plane into a mysterious placed called Hoboken, New Jersey, Freddy and Fredericka are given one task. They must re-conquer America!

A thinly veiled satire of what might have happened to the British monarchy if Princess Diana had survived, Freddy and Fredericka is an imaginative gem full of clever wordplay and wicked political jabs.

About the Author: Mark Helprin is an award-winning novelist and journalist whose writing has appeared in the New Yorker for more than 20 years. He has written on politics and aesthetics for The Atlantic Monthly, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and many other prestigious publications. He has been awarded the National Jewish Book Award and the Prix de Rome.

About the Narrator: Robert Ian Mackenzie's career has encompassed theatre, musicals, opera, films, TV, voice-overs, and commercials. Films include A Fish Called Wanda, A View to a Kill, and The Thomas Crown Affair. Theatre credits include Beauty and the Beast, South Pacific, Camelot, and Much Ado About Nothing. He has appeared on television in All My Children and Guiding Light. His work in opera includes appearances in Carmen, traviata and Aida.