The King's War
by Mark Logue, Peter Conradi
Narrated by Greg Patmore
Why Listen to This Audiobook?
The King's Speech ended at the famous broadcast — this picks up right there, and what follows is the quieter, stranger story of a friendship forged under wartime pressure.
- Great if you want: intimate WWII history told through an unlikely friendship
- Listening experience: measured and reflective — suits evening listening over several sessions
- Narration: Patmore brings calm authority that suits the formal, archival tone
- Skip if: you haven't seen The King's Speech and lack that prior context
About This Audiobook
The King's War continues the story of King George VI and his speech therapist Lionel Logue through the years of the Second World War, picking up where the film The King's Speech concluded. Drawing on the Logue family archive of letters and diaries, authors Mark Logue and Peter Conradi document the working relationship between the two men across Dunkirk, the Blitz, D-Day, and eventual victory, revealing how much Logue remained at the king's side through Britain's darkest chapter.
Greg Patmore narrates with the quiet dignity the subject demands, conveying both the formality of the royal court and the warmth of the private correspondence that forms the book's emotional core. The archival intimacy of the diaries translates especially well to audio, where Patmore reads Logue's entries with the naturalness of a man speaking from experience. Listeners familiar with the film will find much here to deepen and extend that story.