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Loyalty
- By: Matthew Lewis
- Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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Artist Hans Holbein is summoned to the house of Sir Thomas More to receive the commission of a lifetime. He will leave with a secret that could cost him his life. He will learn the truth about the life of King Richard III, the man that the Tudor dynasty has been at great pains to villify. From his return from exile with his brother, King Edward IV, to his rise to become the king's most loyal, most trusted, and most powerful subject. From his flourishing personal life to his seizure of the throne from his nephew.
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Loyalty by Matthew a Lewis
- By Mrs C J Wilson on 21-02-15
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Loyalty
- Narrated by: Nigel Carrington
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-01-15
- Language: English
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The Governess
- By: Wendy Holden
- Narrated by: Freya Mavor
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
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Marion Crawford was 22 when she became governess to the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in 1933. A working-class girl with progressive ideas, she had intended to teach children in the Edinburgh slums. Instead, she had a ringside seat at some of the most seismic events of the 20th century. The castles and palaces housed a family frozen in time. But outside the royal gates, poverty and unemployment were breeding unrest in 1930s Britain. Hitler was on the rise in Europe. If royalty was to survive, it must draw closer to the people.
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A book for teenagers
- By Mrs Kay Smele on 24-08-20
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The Governess
- Narrated by: Freya Mavor
- Series: Royal Outsiders, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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Elaine
- By: Will Self
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
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Standing by the mailbox in Ithaca, New York, Elaine thinks of her child and husband, an Ivy League academic, inside her house and wonders...is this it? As she begins to push back against the strictures of her life in 1950s America, she undertakes a disastrous affair that ends her marriage and upends her life. Based on the intimate diaries Will Self's mother kept for over forty years, Elaine is a writer's attempt to reach the almost unimaginable realm of a parent's interior life prior to his own existence.
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Elaine
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 12-09-24
- Language: English
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Firstborn
- A Tudor Rose Short Story
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
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In this short prequel to Alison Weir's new novel, Elizabeth of York, The Last White Rose, the young princess is born - and the future of England hangs in the balance. The Palace of Westminster, 1466. As the queen of England lies in her chamber, exhausted from childbirth, the court awaits news of the longed-for heir.
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Brilliant!
- By Helen Musson on 08-06-24
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Firstborn
- A Tudor Rose Short Story
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss
- Length: 1 hr and 29 mins
- Release date: 17-03-22
- Language: English
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Queenie of Norwich
- By: LK Wilde
- Narrated by: LK Wilde
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Based on a true story, Queenie of Norwich is the compelling tale of one remarkable girl's journey to womanhood. Spanning the first half of the 20th century, Queenie's story is one of heartbreak and triumph, love and loss, and the power of family. It is a story of redemption, and how, with grit and determination, anything is possible.
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boring in parts
- By Amazon Customer on 08-10-24
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Queenie of Norwich
- Narrated by: LK Wilde
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 28-07-23
- Language: English
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An Almond for a Parrot
- By: Wray Delaney, (Sally Gardner)
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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I would like to make myself the heroine of this story and my character to be noble - an innocent victim led astray. But alas, sir, I would be lying.... Tully Truegood: orphan. Magician's apprentice. Whore. In prison, accused of murder, Tully begins to write her life story. A story that takes her from a young daughter-skivvy in the back streets of 18th-century London to her stepmother Queenie's fairy house - a place where decadent excess is a must....
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Silly Sex
- By Sara on 21-05-20
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An Almond for a Parrot
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 03-11-16
- Language: English
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The First Ladies
- By: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business and recognized by U.S. Presidents. Eleanor Roosevelt herself is awestruck and eager to make her acquaintance.
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So excellent on very level
- By Rebecca JM on 23-01-24
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The First Ladies
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 27-06-23
- Language: English
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Hanging Mary
- By: Susan Higginbotham
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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Washington City, 1864. One has to be careful with talk of secession, of Confederate whispers falling on Northern ears. Better to speak only when in the company of the trustworthy, like Mrs. Surratt. A widow who runs a small boardinghouse on H Street, Mary Surratt isn't half as committed to the cause as her son, Johnny. If he's not delivering messages or escorting veiled spies, he's inviting home men like John Wilkes Booth, an actor who is even more charming in person than he is on the stage.
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Hanging Mary
- Narrated by: Johanna Parker
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-03-16
- Language: English
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Sisi
- Empress on Her Own: A Novel
- By: Allison Pataki
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
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Married to Emperor Franz Joseph, Elisabeth—fondly known as Sisi—captures the hearts of her people as their “fairy queen,” but beneath that dazzling persona lives a far more complex figure. In mid-nineteenth-century Vienna, the halls of the Hofburg Palace buzz not only with imperial waltzes and champagne but with temptations, rivals, and cutthroat intrigue. Feeling stifled by strict protocols and a turbulent marriage, Sisi finds solace at her estate outside Budapest, where she rides her beloved horses and enjoys visits from a man with whom she’s unwittingly become enamored.
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Fascinating second part of Sisi’s story sadly spoiled by the narration
- By eGJ on 02-07-24
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Sisi
- Empress on Her Own: A Novel
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Series: Sisi, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-03-16
- Language: English
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Harsh Times
- By: Mario Vargas Llosa, Adrian Nathan West
- Narrated by: Ian Guerra
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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Guatemala, 1954. A CIA-supported military coup topples the government. Behind this violent act is a lie passed off as truth, which forever changed the development of Latin America: that those in power encouraged the spread of Soviet communism in the Americas. Mario Vargas Llosa has written a drama on a world stage, in which some persecutors end up as victims of the very plot they helped construct.
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Frustrated
- By Charlie Turner on 21-01-22
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Harsh Times
- Narrated by: Ian Guerra
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 23-11-21
- Language: English
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La Reine Margot
- By: Alexandre Dumas, David Coward - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
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La Reine Margot is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder, and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action, and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world’s greatest and best-loved storytellers.
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Good story but odd accents
- By Amazon Customer on 27-01-24
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La Reine Margot
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 11-05-21
- 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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David Copperfield
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Patrick Tull
- Length: 38 hrs and 40 mins
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Listen as David recounts the experiences of his rise to successful novelist - his wretched boyhood , the drudgery of his various jobs, his marriage to the boss’ pretty daughter, his flight to the continent, and finally, a reunion with his true love. Tull’s marvelously resonant voice ushers us smoothly through young David’s trials. His ability to move deftly between different accents gives new life to some of the best-known characters in all of literature.
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Just brilliant!
- By andrew on 05-04-13
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David Copperfield
- Narrated by: Patrick Tull
- Length: 38 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 26-08-11
- Language: English
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Diary of a Dead Man on Leave
- A Novel
- By: David Downing
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson, David de Vries
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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In April 1938, a man calling himself Josef Hofmann arrives at a boarding house in Hamm, Germany, and lets a room from the widow who owns it. Fifty years later, Walter Gersdorff, the widow's son, who was 11 years old in the spring of 1938, discovers the carefully hidden diary the boarder had kept during his stay, even though he should never have written any of its contents down. What Walter finds is a scathing chronicle of one the most tumultuous years in German history, narrated by a secret agent on a deadly mission.
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Addicted from the start
- By mrs s j shiel on 16-08-24
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Diary of a Dead Man on Leave
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson, David de Vries
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 02-04-19
- Language: English
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Sick Heart River
- By: John Buchan Peter
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, Sir Edward Leithen is told that he has but one year left to live. He relinquishes his law practice and resigns from public office in order to make peace with himself and to reconcile himself with his maker. However, he also wants to die standing, not to creep into the 'bleak bag's end of life'. This will involve one last physical challenge.
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Excellent performance of an excellent book
- By Lee on 09-06-24
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Sick Heart River
- Narrated by: Peter Newcombe Joyce
- Series: Sir Edward Leithen, Book 5
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 16-10-17
- Language: English
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My Struggle, Book 6
- By: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Martin Aitken - translator, Don Bartlett - translator
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 43 hrs and 49 mins
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My Struggle introduces American listeners to the audacious, addictive, and profoundly surprising international literary sensation that is the provocative and brilliant six-volume autobiographical novel by Karl Ove Knausgaard. It has already been anointed a Proustian masterpiece and is the rare work of dazzling literary originality that is intense and irresistible to hear. Unafraid of the big issues - death, love, art, fear - and yet committed to the intimate details of life as it is lived, My Struggle is an essential work of contemporary literature.
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Extraordinary
- By Stella on 14-06-24
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My Struggle, Book 6
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Series: My Struggle, Book 6
- Length: 43 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 18-09-18
- Language: English
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M Is for Mummy
- By: Katy Cox
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
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Lucy had it all: an exciting career, a rock-star husband, great friends, a size-10 waist and pelvic floor muscles that could crack a walnut. And then, she had kids. Since giving birth to her second child, Lucy's life is totally unrecognisable. A 'flab-alanche' hangs over the top of her jeans, the romance in her marriage is officially dead and so is the career it took her years to build. Instead of playing the cello behind superstars at packed-out arenas, Lucy now spends most days mopping up broccoli vomit whilst listening to her four-year-old recite facts about the gall bladder.
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lighthearted
- By Anonymous User on 31-05-23
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M Is for Mummy
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 26-05-22
- Language: English
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Countenance of War
- A Historical Novel of Scotland (The Black Douglas Trilogy, Book 2)
- By: J.R. Tomlin
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Fourteenth-century Scotland suffers under the heel of England's King Edward, and James Douglas refuses to submit to the conqueror. As he wages a scorched-earth guerrilla war to drive out the invader and reclaim his birthright, Edward brings a vast army to crush the Scots. In the midst of the brutal war, even the woman James loves is threatened by his implacable duty.
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On Them!
- By Mair on 07-02-21
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Countenance of War
- A Historical Novel of Scotland (The Black Douglas Trilogy, Book 2)
- Narrated by: Gary Furlong
- Series: The Black Douglas Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 28-07-20
- Language: English
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The Lady of the Rivers
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Tracy-Ann Oberman
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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Jacquetta, daughter of the count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI. Widowed at the age of 19, she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love and then carved out a life for herself as Queen Margaret of Anjou's close friend and a Lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter Elizabeth Woodville fell in love and married the rival king Edward IV.
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NOT UNABRIDGED
- By Shelle Belle on 01-05-17
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The Lady of the Rivers
- Narrated by: Tracy-Ann Oberman
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 10-02-16
- Language: English
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Entertaining Mr Pepys
- By: Deborah Swift
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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London 1666. Elizabeth 'Bird' Carpenter has a wonderful singing voice, and music is her passion. When her father persuades her to marry horse-dealer Christopher Knepp, she suspects she is marrying beneath her station, but nothing prepares her for the reality of life with Knepp. He is a tyrant and a bully and will allow Bird no life of her own. When Knepp goes away, she makes a secret visit to the theatre. Entranced, she falls in love with the theatre and is determined to forge a path of her own as an actress.
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Absolute wonderful evocative story in Restoration London
- By Annelise Goodsir on 18-10-19
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Entertaining Mr Pepys
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 12-09-19
- Language: English
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