Heirloom Audio Review

The kids and I love listening to audio books, they are a big hit in our home, so we were excited for the opportunity to, once again, review an Heirloom Audio Productions
audiobook – In the Reign of Terror.

My kids are huge into history – my son is at a stage now where history is very intriguing – so this is a great fit for us. We had a long car ride planned for July too so we decided this would be fun for the whole family to listen to!

WHAT YOU GET

In addition to the 2 CD set audiobook, In the Reign of Terror, if you join their new Live the Adventure Club, you can get some great additional content, which we received for review.

Adventure playlist
E-Book
Official Soundtrack
Printable Cast Poster
Desktop wallpaper
Official script download
Study Guide and Discussion Starter

These are some great extras. If you have a child that prefers to read, or you want to pre-read the book before listening to it with your kids, the e-book is a great extra. The cast poster is fun if you have children that have celebrities they like. The voices on Heirloom Audio Productions are always done professionally and sometimes by some pretty famous people. For instance, In The Reign of Terror is read by

Brian Blessed – lots of credits – my son said “is that a guy from Star Wars?” (yep, episode 1); my daughter said “sounds like Peppa Pig?” yep, right there too 🙂 LOL
John Rhys-Davies – a lot of credits for kids shows like Lion Guard and Scooby Doo. For us, he was in Raiders of the Lost Arc.
Cathy Sara – I know her from Downton Abbey

And many more. The voices are GREAT! One of the things I love about Heirloom. They don’t scrimp on talent!

Check out this great trailer and listen to some of these GREAT VOICES!

SO WHAT ABOUT THE STUDY GUIDE

We have used the study guide in the past to use these audiobooks as a history class in our homeschool. They are great for this. We didn’t use the study guide this time because we were on a car trip and decided to just be entertained by the audiobook. IT WAS GREAT! The whole family was enjoying the adventure and made the car trip much more enjoyable!

But the study guide is great. We will probably use it again later when we listen again. You can read about how we used it with The Cat of Bubastes, Beric the Briton and Under Drake’s Flag. As you can see, we love these CDs.

The study guide is a great way for parents and students to have a conversation about the historical time period and story as well as dig deeper into the story. I love that the location in the book and on the audio drama CD is very easy to identify in the study guide. For instance, it may say exactly “Disc 1, Track 4” and then display the run time stamp as well. This makes it very easy to stop and start the CDs to utilize the study guide if that’s what you want to do. And it also provides an easy way to review a section if you cannot answer a question. Questions about the plot, characters, and message are presented in the study guide along with “Listening Well” (a reading comprehension question section), questions that help you dig deeper and think through the story as well as vocabulary to define and additional learning points. There is a lot packed into these great study guides.

THE STORY

A GREAT WAY TO LEARN ABOUT THE FRENCH REVOLUTION

The story begins with a man telling a boy a story. Henry, a 16-year old British teen, is sent to live with a family of French nobility – during the time of the French Revolution (yikes). The Marquis De St Caux take him in and treated him like his own son. Henry becomes a brother to the Marquis children. He even saves their lives on occasion as his faith is challenged during this turmultuous time in history. It’s an adventure that you will most definitely want to hear for yourself! The voices are great and the story well-told. My whole family, ages 3 to adult, listened to the adventure and loved it so it’s definitely fun for the whole family! And you can learn a lot too. I learned all kinds of things about this amazing time in history. (**There are some intense parts but my 7 year old loved it and my 3-year-old didn’t seem to notice! If you have younger kids you might just want to make sure you are listening with them to ensure you can answer any questions.)

Check out this great summary for In the Reign of Terror and why it’s so important today to share this story with our children.

If you love audio dramas or have used Heirloom Audio Productions CDs in the past, you might be interested in learning more about their new Live the Adventure Club. You can join the club and receive one audio collection every 3 months and have access to online resources like study guides, devotionals, scripts, access to rare materials, support group tips, kids activities, and more. You will be billed $24.75 each 3 months when your new collection arrives. But you will have access online for the full 90 days to all the Club has to offer. You can sign up for a 90-day FREE TRIAL and get a collection for $1. WHAT???? That’s amazing. If you have never tried Heirloom Audio Productions, now is the time. You can sign up for 90 day free trial to the new Live the Adventure Club and get the Captain Bailey’s Heir collection for $1. You can view the trailer to this great story here.

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