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The Map of Bones
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 4
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 15 hrs
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When the violent Cape wind blows from the southeast, they say the voices of the unquiet dead can be heard whispering through the deserted valley. Suzanne Joubert, a Huguenot refugee from war-torn France, is here to walk in her cousin’s footsteps. Louise Reydon-Joubert, the notorious she-captain and pirate commander, landed at the Cape of Good Hope more than sixty years ago, then disappeared from the record as if she had never existed. Suzanne has come to find her — to lay the stories to rest. But all is not as it seems . . .
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The Map of Bones
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 4
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Series: The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 4
- Length: 15 hrs
- Release date: 10-10-24
- Language: English
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James
- By: Percival Everett
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson’s Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town. Thus begins a dangerous and transcendent journey by raft along the Mississippi River, towards the elusive promise of the free states and beyond.
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Beautiful literature with important learning
- By Liz on 13-05-24
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James
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 11-04-24
- Language: English
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The Square of Sevens
- By: Laura Shepherd-Robinson
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
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The third novel from Laura Shepherd-Robinson, in which a young woman in eighteenth-century England is on a journey to discover who she really is.
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A work of art
- By Faye A on 15-07-23
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The Square of Sevens
- Narrated by: Imogen Wilde
- Length: 20 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 22-06-23
- Language: English
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The Ghost Ship
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 3
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
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The Barbary Coast, 1621. A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship. For months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved by corsairs, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from Italy and France, Holland and the Canary Islands. But the bravest among them are not who they seem. The stakes could not be higher. If arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes. Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?
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Trilogy?
- By CG on 16-07-23
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The Ghost Ship
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 3
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Series: The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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A Thousand Ships
- By: Natalie Haynes
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
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In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective, for fans of Madeline Miller and Pat Barker. This was never the story of one woman, or two. It was the story of them all.... In the middle of the night, a woman wakes to find her beloved city engulfed in flames. Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen.
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Disappointing
- By Dr Ann-Maree Nobelius on 25-06-19
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A Thousand Ships
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 02-05-19
- Language: English
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The City of Tears
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
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May 1572: for 10 violent years the Wars of Religion have raged across France. Neighbours have become enemies, countless lives have been lost, and the country has been torn apart over matters of religion, citizenship and sovereignty. But now a precarious peace is in the balance and a royal wedding has been negotiated. It is a marriage that could see France reunited at last.
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An appreciation by a Huguenot descendent
- By Amazon Customer on 07-02-21
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The City of Tears
- The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 2
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Series: The Joubert Family Chronicles, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 19-01-21
- Language: English
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The Other Bennet Sister
- By: Janice Hadlow
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 20 hrs
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In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Mary is the middle of the five Bennet girls and the plainest of them all, so what hope does she have? The Other Bennet Sister shows another side to Mary. Mary, it seems, is destined to remain single and live out her life at Longbourn, at least until her father dies and the house is bequeathed to the reviled Mr Collins. But when that fateful day finally comes, she slowly discovers that perhaps there is hope for her after all.
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Too long
- By Vaan on 27-04-20
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The Other Bennet Sister
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 09-01-20
- Language: English
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Palace of Shadows
- By: Ray Celestin
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman, Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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Samuel Etherstone, a penniless artist, is adrift in London. His disturbing art is shunned by patrons and critics alike, his friend Oscar Wilde is now an exile living in Paris, and a personal tragedy has taken its toll. So when he is contacted by a mysterious heiress, Mrs Chesterfield, and asked to work on a commission for the house she is building on the desolate Smugglers' Coast of North Yorkshire, he accepts the offer. Staying overnight in the local village pub, Samuel is warned not to spend too much time there.
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Disappointing
- By Whitelady on 22-12-23
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Palace of Shadows
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman, Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-10-23
- Language: English
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The King's Witches
- By: Kate Foster
- Narrated by: Rihanna McGreevy, Paula Masterton, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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In The King's Witches, the second novel from Kate Foster, the lives of three very different women in sixteenth-century Britain become intertwined as the first rumours of witchcraft grip the country.
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History meets magic. Scottish brings this to life
- By Steph on 04-09-24
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The King's Witches
- Narrated by: Rihanna McGreevy, Paula Masterton, Kristin Atherton
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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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, which legend says has the devil living inside it. However, there has been no eruption for thousands of years, and no one believes it is a threat. One day, Ana notices that the air feels strange and heavy, that the birds have stopped singing. Tending the family vineyard, a sudden strange tremor in the earth frightens her.
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Good sense of place and time.
- By P. B. Richardson on 19-09-24
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The Black Mountain: Quick Reads 2022
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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The Axe Woman
- Inspector Barbarotti, Book 5
- By: Håkan Nesser, Sarah Death
- Narrated by: Martin Wenner
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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Sweden 2012. When Inspector Gunnar Barbarotti returns to work after a terrible personal tragedy, his boss asks him to investigate a cold case, hoping to ease him back gently into his police duties. Five years previously a shy electrician, Arnold Morinder, disappeared from the face of the earth, the only clue his blue moped abandoned in a nearby swamp. At the time his partner, Ellen Bjarnebo, claimed that Arnold had probably travelled to Norway never to return. But Ellen is one of Sweden’s most notorious killers.
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Excellent story and great narration
- By Anonymous User on 01-12-22
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The Axe Woman
- Inspector Barbarotti, Book 5
- Narrated by: Martin Wenner
- Series: Inspector Barbarotti, Book 5
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-09-22
- Language: English
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Almost English
- By: Charlotte Mendelson
- Narrated by: Elinor Coleman
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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In a tiny flat in West London, sixteen-year-old Marina lives with her emotionally delicate mother and three ancient Hungarian relatives. Imprisoned by her family’s crushing expectations and their traditions, she knows she must escape. At Combe Abbey, a traditional English private boarding school in the Dorset countryside, Marina realizes she’s made a terrible mistake. Here, among the boathouses, chapel services and unspoken social hierarchy, she is the awkward half-foreign girl who doesn’t know how to fit in, flirt, or even exist.
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Almost English
- Narrated by: Elinor Coleman
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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The Exhibitionist
- By: Charlotte Mendelson
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Meet the Hanrahan family, gathering for a momentous weekend as famous artist and notorious egoist Ray Hanrahan prepares for a new exhibition of his art—the first in many decades—and one he is sure will burnish his reputation for good. His three children will be there: beautiful Leah, always her father’s biggest champion; sensitive Patrick, who has finally decided to strike out on his own; and insecure Jess, the youngest, who has her own momentous decision to make.
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Grotesque, unbelievable main characters
- By Jeannivista on 21-05-22
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The Exhibitionist
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 08-03-22
- Language: English
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A Beautiful Family
- By: Jennifer Trevelyan
- Length: 10 hrs
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As the long summer holiday stretches ahead, ten-year-old Alix wants to spend every second on the beach and in the water. But with her parents unusually distracted and her older sister now more interested in boys, she finds herself alone. Then Alix meets Kahu. He’s on holiday too, and he lets her in on a secret: a few years ago, a little girl went missing and was presumed drowned. But no one ever found her body.
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A Beautiful Family
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 19-06-25
- Language: English
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The Maiden
- By: Kate Foster
- Narrated by: Paula Masterton, Samara MacLaren, Angus King
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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Edinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian Nimmo is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess. Only a year before, Christian was leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead.
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Extraordinary story based on real events
- By Mrs. K. M. Bailey on 28-03-24
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The Maiden
- Narrated by: Paula Masterton, Samara MacLaren, Angus King
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 27-04-23
- Language: English
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The Kamogawa Food Detectives
- A Kamogawa Food Detectives Novel, Book 1
- By: Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood - translator
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Down a quiet backstreet in Kyoto exists a very special restaurant. Run by Koishi Kamogawa and her father Nagare, the Kamogawa Diner treats its customers to wonderfully extravagant meals. But that's not the main reason to stop by... The father-daughter duo have started advertising their services as 'food detectives'. Through ingenious investigations, they are capable of recreating a dish from their customers' pasts – dishes that may well hold the keys to forgotten memories and future happiness.
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A really special and unique book.
- By Daniel M. on 07-10-23
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The Kamogawa Food Detectives
- A Kamogawa Food Detectives Novel, Book 1
- Narrated by: Hanako Footman
- Series: A Kamogawa Food Detectives, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 05-10-23
- Language: English
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I Thought I Knew You
- By: Penny Hancock
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Jules and Holly have been best friends since university. They tell each other everything, trading revelations and confessions and sharing both the big moments and the small details of their lives: Holly is the only person who knows about Jules’ affair; Jules was there for Holly when her husband died. And their two children - just three years apart - have grown up together. So when Jules’ daughter, Saffie, makes a rape allegation against Holly’s son, Saul, neither woman is prepared for the devastating impact this will have on their friendship or their families.
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Fantastic
- By I'm all ears on 15-04-19
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I Thought I Knew You
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-03-19
- Language: English
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Wife
- By: Charlotte Mendelson
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
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When Zoe Stamper, specialist in Ancient Greek Tragedy, meets fellow academic Dr Penny Cartwright at a faculty music recital, she seems impossibly glamorous to Zoe, who is, after all, several rungs down the academic pecking order - and a nervous ingénue as far as Penny’s sophisticated circle is concerned. But Penny leaves Zoe a cryptic note, and a passionate affair ensues . . .
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Infuriating
- By Amazon Customer on 10-08-24
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Wife
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 08-08-24
- Language: English
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Stone Blind
- Medusa's Story
- By: Natalie Haynes
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Medusa is the only mortal in a family of gods. Growing up with her sisters, she quickly realises that she is the only one who gets older, experiences change, feels weakness. Her mortal lifespan gives her an urgency that her family will never know. When, in Athene’s temple, desire pushes Poseidon to commit the unforgivable, Medusa’s mortal life is changed forever. Athene, furious at the sacrilege committed, directs her revenge on Medusa. The punishment is that she is turned into a Gorgon: sharp teeth, snakes for hair and a gaze that will turn any living creature to stone.
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Good story, badly read
- By Kate Matthews on 19-03-23
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Stone Blind
- Medusa's Story
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 15-09-22
- Language: English
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When We Were Bad
- By: Charlotte Mendelson
- Narrated by: Anna Cordell
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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In North London, Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife, mother, rabbi – and sometimes moral voice of the nation – everyone wants to be with her at her son Leo's glorious wedding. That is, until Leo jilts his bride, and the gleaming bubble surrounding the Rubins threatens to burst. Frances – Claudia's calm, mature, married daughter – tries to hold the nucleus of the family together, but the stress forces her to re-examine her own life, leading her to make a decision as shocking as Leo's choice to bolt.
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When We Were Bad
- Narrated by: Anna Cordell
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 05-09-24
- Language: English
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