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Six Tudor Queens: Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife
- Six Tudor Queens, Book 6
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Beth Eyre
- Length: 19 hrs and 17 mins
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A woman torn between love and duty. Two husbands dead, a boy and a sick man. And now Katharine is free to make her own choice. The ageing king's eye falls upon her. She cannot refuse him, or betray that she wanted another. She becomes the sixth wife - a queen and a friend. Henry loves and trusts her. But Katharine is hiding another secret in her heart, a deeply held faith that could see her burn.
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Spoiled by the narration.
- By ChrisintheNorth on 17-11-21
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Six Tudor Queens: Katharine Parr, The Sixth Wife
- Six Tudor Queens, Book 6
- Narrated by: Beth Eyre
- Series: Six Tudor Queens, Book 6
- Length: 19 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 13-05-21
- Language: English
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I, Claudius
- By: Robert Graves
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
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The politics of empire-building and the hypocrisies, back-stabbings, and corruptions of Rome's first family come to light. First published in 1934, the book retains a marvelously modern and often comic tone, and is written in the form of Claudius' autobiography. This is gripping stuff, read by one of our finest actors, who also starred as Claudius in the classic television series.
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Shame it's abridged.
- By Mary Carnegie on 11-04-16
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I, Claudius
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 03-12-07
- Language: English
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Caroline
- Little House, Revisited
- By: Sarah Miller
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Marvel
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In the frigid days of February 1870, Caroline Ingalls and her family leave the familiar comforts of the Big Woods of Wisconsin and the warm bosom of her family for a new life in Kansas Indian Territory. Packing what they can carry in their wagon, Caroline, her husband, Charles, and their little girls, Mary and Laura, head west to settle in a beautiful, unpredictable land full of promise and peril. The pioneer life is a hard one, especially for a pregnant woman with no friends or kin to turn to for comfort or help.
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Disappointing
- By Amazon Customer on 30-01-22
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Caroline
- Little House, Revisited
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Marvel
- Series: Little House
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 19-09-17
- Language: English
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
- By: Hendrik Groen
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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Hendrik Groen is 83¼ years old, and he has decided that it is time to make something of his life. He may be rich in years, but he refuses to give in to all the trappings of old age just yet. Hendrik's hilarious and touching diary documents his life as an OAP living in a care home. When he recruits some similarly young-at-heart friends to join his Old but Not Dead Club, Hendrik proves that love can blossom, rules can be broken and fun is within reach, even at their age.
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The Old but not Dead Club
- By Rachel Redford on 05-10-16
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Series: Hendrik Groen, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 22-09-16
- Language: English
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Cecily
- By: Annie Garthwaite
- Narrated by: Olivia Poulet
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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1431 is a dangerous time for a woman to be defiant. England has been fighting France for 100 years. At home, power-hungry men within a corrupt government manipulate a weak king - and name Cecily's husband, York's loyal duke, an enemy. As the king's grasp on sanity weakens, plots to destroy York take root. It will take all of Cecily's courage and cunning to save her family. But when the will to survive becomes ambition for a crown, will she risk treason to secure it?
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Loved it
- By Mair on 26-02-23
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Cecily
- Narrated by: Olivia Poulet
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 29-07-21
- Language: English
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Looking for Jane
- By: Heather Marshall
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Based on the true story of the Jane Collective, an illegal underground abortion service, Looking for Jane reimagines the fraught battle for reproductive rights and the women who demanded the right to choose. Spanning decades, Evelyn, Nancy and Angela's lives intertwine to reveal the devastating consequences that come from a lack of choice and the buried truths that will always find a way to the surface.
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An important story
- By Ren on 14-01-23
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Looking for Jane
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-03-22
- Language: English
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The Greatest Knight: The Unsung Story of the Queen’s Champion
- William Marshal, Book 2
- By: Elizabeth Chadwick
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
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12th century, England: A penniless young knight with few prospects, William Marshal is plucked from obscurity when he saves the life of Henry II's formidable queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine. In gratitude, she appoints him tutor to the heir to the throne, the volatile and fickle Prince Henry. But being a royal favorite brings its share of danger and jealousy as well as fame and reward.
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Triumph again
- By gillian perry-keene on 12-08-24
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The Greatest Knight: The Unsung Story of the Queen’s Champion
- William Marshal, Book 2
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Series: William Marshal, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 16-07-24
- Language: English
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Trafficked
- The Diary of a Sex Slave
- By: Sibel Hodge
- Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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My name is Elena and I used to be a human being. Now I am a sex slave. If you are reading this diary then I am either dead or I have managed to escape... Trafficked: The Diary of a Sex Slave is a gritty, gripping, and tear-jerking fictional audiobook, inspired by real victims' accounts and research into the sex trafficking underworld.
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Gripping from start to finish!
- By Karen Lloyd on 04-02-15
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Trafficked
- The Diary of a Sex Slave
- Narrated by: Ilyana Kadushin
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 03-12-14
- Language: English
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The Brothers Karamazov
- (Bicentennial Edition)
- By: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons—the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
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Good and evil and Religion
- By kate swift on 03-06-24
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The Brothers Karamazov
- (Bicentennial Edition)
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 42 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-05-24
- Language: English
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Be Frank with Me
- By: Julia Claiborne Johnson
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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For some boys fitting in means standing out. Meet Frank - he isn't like other kids. Intrepid explorer, sartorial connoisseur; he's as strange as he is brilliant. But Frank discovers the hard way that people don't like brilliant, and they hate strange. What Frank longs for - aside from a father - is a friend.
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A hidden gem
- By comp lit on 06-05-20
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Be Frank with Me
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 19-07-18
- Language: English
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Queenie
- By: Candice Carty-Williams
- Narrated by: Shvorne Marks
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
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A darkly comic and bitingly subversive take on life, love, race and family, Queenie will have you nodding in recognition, crying in solidarity and rooting for this unforgettable character every step of the way. A disarmingly honest, boldly political and truly inclusive tale that will speak to anyone who has gone looking for love and acceptance and found something very different in its place.
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Disappointing, had potential
- By Taneshia Deckon on 24-04-20
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Queenie
- Narrated by: Shvorne Marks
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 11-04-19
- Language: English
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Schindler's List
- By: Thomas Keneally
- Narrated by: Ben Kingsley
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
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In the century's darkest time, one man became the most unlikely of heroes. German-Catholic industrialist and Nazi Party member Oskar Schindler used his wealth and influence to save the lives of more than 1,300 Jews who would have otherwise died in the concentration camp at Plaszow. Here is the story on which Steven Spielberg based his powerful motion picture.
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Schindlers List
- By Maureen Horseman on 29-10-15
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Schindler's List
- Narrated by: Ben Kingsley
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 27-04-00
- Language: English
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The King’s Mother
- By: Annie Garthwaite
- Narrated by: Amber Anderson
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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1461. Through blood and battle Edward has gained England’s throne – king by right and conquest – eighteen years old and unstoppable. Cecily has piloted his rise to power and stands at his shoulder now, first to claim the title King’s Mother. But to win a throne is not to keep it and war is come again. As brother betrays brother, and trusted cousins turn treacherous, other mothers rise up to fight for other sons. Cecily must focus her will to defeat every challenge. Wherever they come from. Whatever the cost. For there can be only one King, and only one King’s Mother.
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Brilliant sequel to Cecily
- By Fiona on 08-10-24
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The King’s Mother
- Narrated by: Amber Anderson
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 11-07-24
- Language: English
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Other People's Houses
- A Novel
- By: Lore Segal
- Narrated by: Stephanie Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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On a December night in 1938, a 10-year-old girl named Lore is put on the Kinder transport, a train carrying hundreds of Jewish children out of Austria to safety from Hitler's increasingly alarming oppression. Temporarily housed at the Dover Court Camp on England's east coast, Lore will find herself living in other people's houses for the next seven years: the Orthodox Levines, the Hoopers, the working-class Grimsleys, and the wealthy Miss Douglas and Mrs. Dillon.
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Other People's Houses
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Stephanie Willis
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 13-01-15
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Beast
- Saga of Hasting the Avenger, Book 2
- By: C.J. Adrien
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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King Horic is dead. The oaths that once bonded the Danes and Northmen in the islands of Aquitaine have broken. Hasting's new land is imperiled by fearsome challengers and old foes alike. A rumor from the continent will shatter the brittle veneer of his strength and expose his deepest wound from the past. His greatest trial will not be fought with a sword, ax, or shield, but with his heart.
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excellent
- By Amazon Customer on 04-01-21
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In the Shadow of the Beast
- Saga of Hasting the Avenger, Book 2
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Series: The Saga of Hasting the Avenger, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 18-08-20
- Language: English
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When We Cease to Understand the World
- By: Benjamín Labatut
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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Shortlisted for the 2021 International Booker Prize. A Guardian Fiction Book of the year. Sometimes discovery brings destruction. "When We Cease to Understand the World" shows us great minds striking out into dangerous, uncharted terrain. Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger: these are among the luminaries into whose troubled minds we are thrust as they grapple with the most profound questions of existence. They have strokes of unparalleled genius, they alienate friends and lovers, they descend into isolated states of madness.
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Rambling and unfocused
- By Mooncoin on 10-03-22
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When We Cease to Understand the World
- Narrated by: Adam Barr
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 10-12-21
- Language: English
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Lightborne
- By: Hesse Phillips
- Narrated by: Will Watt
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
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Kit Marlowe: playwright, poet, lover. In the plague-stricken streets of Elizabethan England, Kit flirts with danger, leaving a trail of enemies and old flames in his wake. His plays are a roaring success; he seems destined for greatness. But the queen's eyes are everywhere and the air is laced with paranoia. When Marlowe is arrested on charges of treason, heresy and sodomy—all of which are punishable by death—he is released on bail with the help of Thomas Walsingham, a man he presumes to be his friend, but who has in fact hired the infamous assassin Robin Poley to take care of Marlowe.
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Lightborne
- Narrated by: Will Watt
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-05-24
- Language: English
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The Book of Ebenezer le Page
- By: G. B. Edwards
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
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Ebenezer Le Page, cantankerous, opinionated and charming, is one of the most compelling literary creations of the late 20th century. Eighty years old, Ebenezer has lived his whole life on the Channel Island of Guernsey, a stony speck of a place caught between England and France yet a world away from either. Ebenezer himself is fiercely independent, but as he reaches the end of his life he is determined to tell his own story and the story of those he has known.
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Wonderful warm story
- By Valerie on 31-01-14
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The Book of Ebenezer le Page
- Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
- Length: 21 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 01-06-12
- Language: English
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Mary, Called Magdalene
- By: Margaret George
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 30 hrs and 48 mins
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Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute, a female divinity figure, a church leader, or all of those? Biblical references to her are tantalizingly brief, but we do know that she was the first person to whom the risen Christ appeared - and the one commissioned to tell others the good news, earning her the ancient honorific "Apostle to the Apostles". Today, Mary continues to spark controversy, curiosity, and veneration. In a vivid re-creation of Mary Magdalene's life story, Margaret George convincingly captures this renowned woman's voice.
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Good Story
- By Ms. Jane E. Walters on 22-01-20
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Mary, Called Magdalene
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 30 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 18-04-13
- Language: English
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The Inseparables
- By: Simone de Beauvoir, Lauren Elkin - translator, Sylvie le Bon de Beauvoir - afterword, and others
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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When Andrée joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andrée is small for her age, but walks with the confidence of an adult. Under her red coat, she hides terrible burn scars, and when she imagines beautiful things, she gets goosebumps. Secretly Sylvie believes that Andrée is a prodigy about whom books will be written. The girls become close. They talk for hours about equality, justice, war and religion; they lose respect for their teachers; they build a world of their own. But they can't stay like this forever.
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Engaging narrative (but no intro or afterword )
- By katy on 21-01-22
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The Inseparables
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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