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Disobedient
- By: Elizabeth Fremantle
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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Brilliantly told fight for the rights of a woman
- By Nikki Walker on 08-03-24
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A Plague of Serpents
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 4
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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London, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again. Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final mission: he must infiltrate the Serpents - a secret group of Catholics plotting to kill the King - or risk his own execution....
By: K. J. Maitland
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Ritual of Fire
- Cesare Aldo, Book 3
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
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Set during a scorching Italian summer, Ritual of Fire is a historical crime novel set in 1530s Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin....
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Time travel
- By mel white on 15-11-23
By: D. V. Bishop
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The Indigo Ghosts
- A Gabriel Tavener Mystery, Book 3
- By: Alys Clare
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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October, 1604. Former ship's surgeon turned country physician Gabriel Taverner is surprised to receive an urgent summons from his old naval captain....
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Wow! Just Wow!
- By Charlotte on 23-03-21
By: Alys Clare
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To the Eastern Seas
- Thomas Kydd 22
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: To the Eastern Seas is the 22nd novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series....
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The Joy of Salt!
- By Simon on 18-02-20
By: Julian Stockwin
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Traitor in the Ice
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 2
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Nathan Turner
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
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Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead....
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Loved this book
- By Hurstnurse on 28-01-23
By: K. J. Maitland
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Disobedient
- By: Elizabeth Fremantle
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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Brilliantly told fight for the rights of a woman
- By Nikki Walker on 08-03-24
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A Plague of Serpents
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 4
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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London, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again. Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final mission: he must infiltrate the Serpents - a secret group of Catholics plotting to kill the King - or risk his own execution....
By: K. J. Maitland
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Ritual of Fire
- Cesare Aldo, Book 3
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
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Set during a scorching Italian summer, Ritual of Fire is a historical crime novel set in 1530s Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin....
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Time travel
- By mel white on 15-11-23
By: D. V. Bishop
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The Indigo Ghosts
- A Gabriel Tavener Mystery, Book 3
- By: Alys Clare
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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October, 1604. Former ship's surgeon turned country physician Gabriel Taverner is surprised to receive an urgent summons from his old naval captain....
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Wow! Just Wow!
- By Charlotte on 23-03-21
By: Alys Clare
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To the Eastern Seas
- Thomas Kydd 22
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: To the Eastern Seas is the 22nd novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series....
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The Joy of Salt!
- By Simon on 18-02-20
By: Julian Stockwin
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Traitor in the Ice
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 2
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Nathan Turner
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
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Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead....
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Loved this book
- By Hurstnurse on 28-01-23
By: K. J. Maitland
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The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: full cast, Patrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Original Recording
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Florence, 1415. Banker Cosimo Medici is looked down upon as a jumped up money-changer. Then he marries the noble Contessina de Bardi and becomes the richest man in Europe. But his wealth and power threaten the Florentine elite, who are determined to bring him down....
By: Mike Walker
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Rivers of Treason
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 3
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
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From the stark Yorkshire landscape to the dark underbelly of Jacobean London, Daniel Pursglove's new mission sees him fall prey to a ruthless copycat killer....
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Intricate plot, colourful episodes
- By J J Bain on 11-08-23
By: K. J. Maitland
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Thunderer
- Thomas Kydd, Book 24
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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1812. Arriving back in England after his successes in the Adriatic, Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is bestowed with honours. In London, he's greeted by the Prince Regent, who, despite Kydd's protestations that he's happy with his present command, insists he be given a bigger ship....
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a good story
- By malcolm ash on 09-11-21
By: Julian Stockwin
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Yankee Mission
- Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region—there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils....
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Continuation of a brilliant series
- By Senta410 on 19-03-24
By: Julian Stockwin
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The Weather Woman
- By: Sally Gardner
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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The rich and atmospheric new novel from prize-winning author Sally Gardner, set in the 18th century between the two great Frost Fairs....
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Magical listen!
- By MS L on 25-11-22
By: Sally Gardner
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The Black Mountain: Quick Reads 2022
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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It is May 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano....
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Another great tale from Kate Mosse.
- By Helen SJ on 12-07-23
By: Kate Mosse
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The Leopard in Autumn
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- By: Neal Anthony, Roger Danes, Sue Limb
- Narrated by: David Swift, Sian Phillips, Graham Crowden, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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In Monte Guano, a ridiculously small and penniless principality in Renaissance Italy, Prince Ludovico II finds his rule constantly undermined by those around him: his shrewd wife, his official mistress and his three disappointing—if not outright humiliating—sons....
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Great listen
- By Karan Kaur on 14-12-22
By: Neal Anthony, and others
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City of Vengeance
- Cesare Aldo Series
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth....
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Great start to new series
- By V. O'Regan on 11-02-21
By: D. V. Bishop
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The Mapmaker's Daughter
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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When thirty-six-year-old Robyn Willoughby discovers a blood-stained Tudor map in her father’s antique map shop, desperate for a distraction from her problems, she decides to investigate. But as Robyn delves into the mystery, she finds herself caught up in a centuries-old secret....
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OK but i found it a bit boring. Was determined to finish it though
- By L. PRICE on 14-12-23
By: Clare Marchant
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The Cargo from Neira
- Gabriel Taverner, Book 5
- By: Alys Clare
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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February 1605. A series of killings shake the quiet life of Devon's Tavy valley....
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Too much repetition
- By Anonymous User on 23-02-24
By: Alys Clare
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The Scarlet Letter
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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The Scarlet Letter is one of the great classics of American literature. Set in the harsh Puritan environment of 17th-century Boston, it describes the plight of Hester Prynne, an independent-minded woman who stands alone against society....
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The Rules Upheld by No One
- By: Amie McNee
- Narrated by: Amie McNee
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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There is no dowry left for Elisabeth Knolly. She is destined for a nunnery, for eternal chastity – which is a good thing – because she doesn’t want to do that with anyone. But the devil is at her back, tempting her with impure thoughts about her tutor, Samuel....
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What a journey…
- By Ashley Williamson on 11-09-22
By: Amie McNee
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Kemp: The Castle in the Marsh
- Arrows of Albion, Book 3
- By: Jonathan Lunn
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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France, 1351: Kemp and his men are captured in a skirmish near Calais, and subsequently imprisoned in a French castle. All attempts at escape are punished with death.
By: Jonathan Lunn
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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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Tom Swan and his friends are trying to save Europe from the Turks, but most of his adversaries seem to be other Europeans. This time, an unnamed cabal is trying to kill him and, incidentally, ruin the banks and trade of England, France and Italy....
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Fantastic
- By Anonymous User on 17-06-23
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Murdering the Messenger
- A Bloody Mary Tudor Mystery, Book 8
- By: Michael Jecks
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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March 1557. Jack Blackjack is back in London and enjoying a sedentary life. After his treacherous voyage back to his beloved city the previous year, he desires nothing more than women, wine, beer and more women. But his new parish of St Helen's has different ideas for him....
By: Michael Jecks
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The Queen’s Lady
- By: Joanna Hickson
- Narrated by: Sophie Bentinck
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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As lady-in-waiting and confidante to Queen Elizabeth, wife of Henry VII, Joan understands royal patronage is vital if she and her husband, Sir Richard, are to thrive in the volatile atmosphere of court life....
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Initially promising, tailing into limpness
- By R. Morris on 12-03-22
By: Joanna Hickson
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Magic in the Weave
- By: Alys Clare
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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October 1604. Plague has hit London, and the theatres are closed. But the capital's loss is Plymouth's gain, when a London theatre troupe, the Company, arrive on their 'Plague Tour'....
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Another thrilling adventure
- By CarolK on 16-06-22
By: Alys Clare
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The Chocolate Maker's Wife
- By: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
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When Rosamund Tomkins enters the world with her darkling eyes and strange laughter, the midwives are afraid, believing her a changeling. But Rosamund's life is set to be anything but enchanted....
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A truly wonderfully flavoured tale
- By Peter Reynolds on 19-10-20
By: Karen Brooks
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The Book of Eve
- A spellbinding tale of magic and mystery
- By: Meg Clothier
- Narrated by: Amalia Vitale
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts....
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Amazing!
- By Michelle on 04-05-24
By: Meg Clothier
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The Winchester Goose
- At the Court of Henry VIII
- By: Judith Arnopp
- Narrated by: Alex Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Each night, after dark, men flock to Bankside seeking girls of easy virtue, prostitutes known as the Winchester Geese. Joanie Toogood has worked the streets of Southwark since childhood, but her path is changed forever by an encounter with Francis Wareham, a spy for Thomas Cromwell....
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Fantastic listen!
- By C. Griffith on 04-05-23
By: Judith Arnopp
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The Poison Keeper
- An Enthralling Historical Novel of Renaissance Italy (Italian Renaissance Series)
- By: Deborah Swift
- Narrated by: Diana Croft
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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Giulia Tofana longs for more responsibility in her mother’s apothecary business, but Mamma has always been secretive and refuses to tell her the hidden keys to her success....
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Entertaining
- By The Curator on 23-01-22
By: Deborah Swift
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The Secrets of Saffron Hall
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Though Eleanor is not wealthy, the saffron spice she grows for her new husband is more valuable than gold....
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exciting
- By Sally Newmarch on 21-12-20
By: Clare Marchant
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I Promessi Sposi
- By: Alessandro Manzoni
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 26 hrs and 25 mins
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"I promessi sposi" è un capolavoro della letteratura Italiana scritto nel XIX secolo da Alessandro Manzoni e uno dei romanzi storici più importanti...
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Lady's Rock
- By: Sue Lawrence
- Narrated by: Angela Ness
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Highland Scotland was no place for a woman in the early 1500s. Life was turbulent and short, battles were waged, and sisters and daughters were traded as pawns in marriage. Catherine Campbell was one such young bride...
By: Sue Lawrence
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Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
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Adored only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon, young Princess Mary grows up as the sole heiress to the English throne. But her father wants a son, and soon Mary's world begins to fall apart. With her parents' marriage - and England - in crisis, Mary is banished from the court and kept apart from the mother she adores. The King promises to restore his daughter to favour, but first Mary must do something for which she will never forgive herself. She seeks solace in her faith.
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The Renaissance Club
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Erzsébet Báthory, whose infamous place in history characterises her as the 'Blood Countess', is rumoured to have murdered 600 peasant girls. The Nightingale's Castle tells the gripping story of an intelligent and capable woman fighting to hold onto her wealth and independence, in a world where the poor and the wealthy alike face savage challenges.
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France, 1351: Kemp and his men are captured in a skirmish near Calais, and subsequently imprisoned in a French castle. All attempts at escape are punished with death. Then Sir Hugues de Beauconray comes to Kemp with an offer: escort a Dominican friar on a quest to steal a mysterious book from an abbey in Scotland. Fail, and ten of Kemp's friends will be hanged.
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London, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again. Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final mission: he must infiltrate the Serpents - a secret group of Catholics plotting to kill the King - or risk his own execution. But other conspirators are circling, men who would blackmail Daniel for their own dark ends. In the Serpents' den, nothing is quite as it seems. And when Daniel spies a familiar face among their number, the game takes a dangerous turn.
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The Rest of His Days
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When Sir Guy promised Will's dying mother he'd look after her son, he couldn't imagine where that oath would lead. So he takes Will on as a man-at-arms for the worst job in England—guarding the deposed king. Will's fondness for making friends in the tavern and for the occasional company of barmaids runs contrary to Guy's personal code of honor-devotion to God and king. But the young man is a competent soldier and well-liked, so Guy settles for the occasional, public admonishment to keep the others from going down what he considers Will's path of dissolution.
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Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
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Adored only child of King Henry VIII and his first wife Katherine of Aragon, young Princess Mary grows up as the sole heiress to the English throne. But her father wants a son, and soon Mary's world begins to fall apart. With her parents' marriage - and England - in crisis, Mary is banished from the court and kept apart from the mother she adores. The King promises to restore his daughter to favour, but first Mary must do something for which she will never forgive herself. She seeks solace in her faith.
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The Nightingale's Castle
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Erzsébet Báthory, whose infamous place in history characterises her as the 'Blood Countess', is rumoured to have murdered 600 peasant girls. The Nightingale's Castle tells the gripping story of an intelligent and capable woman fighting to hold onto her wealth and independence, in a world where the poor and the wealthy alike face savage challenges.
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Kemp: The Castle in the Marsh
- Arrows of Albion, Book 3
- By: Jonathan Lunn
- Narrated by: Simon Mattacks
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France, 1351: Kemp and his men are captured in a skirmish near Calais, and subsequently imprisoned in a French castle. All attempts at escape are punished with death. Then Sir Hugues de Beauconray comes to Kemp with an offer: escort a Dominican friar on a quest to steal a mysterious book from an abbey in Scotland. Fail, and ten of Kemp's friends will be hanged.
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A Plague of Serpents
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- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
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London, 1608. Three years after the Gunpowder Treason, the King's enemies prepare to strike again. Daniel Pursglove is tasked by royal command with one final mission: he must infiltrate the Serpents - a secret group of Catholics plotting to kill the King - or risk his own execution. But other conspirators are circling, men who would blackmail Daniel for their own dark ends. In the Serpents' den, nothing is quite as it seems. And when Daniel spies a familiar face among their number, the game takes a dangerous turn.
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The Rest of His Days
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When Sir Guy promised Will's dying mother he'd look after her son, he couldn't imagine where that oath would lead. So he takes Will on as a man-at-arms for the worst job in England—guarding the deposed king. Will's fondness for making friends in the tavern and for the occasional company of barmaids runs contrary to Guy's personal code of honor-devotion to God and king. But the young man is a competent soldier and well-liked, so Guy settles for the occasional, public admonishment to keep the others from going down what he considers Will's path of dissolution.
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Lady's Rock
- By: Sue Lawrence
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Highland Scotland was no place for a woman in the early 1500s. Life was turbulent and short, battles were waged, and sisters and daughters were traded as pawns in marriage. Catherine Campbell was one such young bride, betrothed to Lachlan Maclean and sent from her fine home to join him on the Isle of Mull, to bear his sons and heirs. But Lachlan proved to be nothing like the man of Catherine’s dreams, and she was forced to resign herself to enduring life with him for the sake of duty. Until the day when he threatened to take away the one thing she couldn’t sacrifice: her daughter.
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The Serpent and the Rose
- A Novel
- By: Catherine Butterfield
- Narrated by: Catherine Butterfield
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In 16th century France, Marguerite de Valois is growing up in one of Europe's most dysfunctional families - the Medici clan. Their extreme inbreeding has led to an alarming number of genetic defects in France's kings. Marguerite alone has escaped this curse. Uncharacteristically beautiful, intelligent, and sane, she is seen as a useful pawn by her mother, Catherine de Medici. In a scheme to unite the country during the raging religious wars, the queen decides to marry her Catholic daughter to Protestant Henri, Prince of Navarre, a charming libertine.
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False Mistress
- Marwood Family Tudor Saga, Book 3
- By: Amy Licence
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
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Thomasin Marwood is one of Queen Catherine's ladies-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII, and she does not trust Lady Anne Boleyn. But when an accident forces Thomasin and her family to take refuge at the Boleyn family home at Hever Castle, Thomasin is entrusted with an unexpected mission by Anne's mother.
By: Amy Licence
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The Book of Secrets
- By: Anna Mazzola
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Rome, 1659. Months after the plague has ravaged Rome, men are still dying in unnatural numbers, and rumour has it that their corpses do not decay as they should. The Papal authorities commission prosecutor Stefano Bracchi to investigate, telling him he will need considerable mettle to reach the truth. To the west of the Tiber, Girolama and her female friends are at work, helping other women with childbirths and foretelling their futures. Elsewhere in the city, a young wife, Anna, must find a way to escape her abusive husband. But in a city made by men for men, there are no easy paths out.
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Stellar storytelling
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By: Anna Mazzola
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The Witch's Daughter
- Russian Witches, Book 2
- By: Imogen Edwards-Jones
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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It is 1916 and Rasputin has finally been killed by those who have long feared his influence over Tsar Nicholas and Tsarina Alexandra. But for Princess Militza, famed as one of the 'Witches of St Petersburg', and her daughter Nadezhda, life is about to become extremely dangerous. Revolution is bubbling and with it will come the murder of the Romanov imperial family. Now the rest of the court is also on the run, fleeing from the mob. Against this violent and turbulent backdrop, Nadezhda, the witch's daughter, finds in exile and captivity an extraordinary and unlikely love.
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Destiny
- Second Son Chronicles, Book 7
- By: Pamela Taylor
- Narrated by: Stewart Magrath
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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After three long years of war and disruptions, Alfred hopes for a time of peace and tranquility. A time to devote his energy to bettering the lives of his people, to focus on what the future holds for his children, to nurture his alliances, and to see his previous endeavors bear fruit. But even the home front has bumps in the road. The campaign to suppress Teuton aggression has been costly, Lord Meriden's threat to disrupt the kingdom shows no sign of abating, and Nerrick's growing negativity casts a shadow over the mutual defense plans with the Territories.
By: Pamela Taylor