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The Man with the Iron Heart
- By: Harry Turtledove
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 20 hrs and 53 mins
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In the real world, Reinhard Heydrich, the number-two man in the SS and an architect of the Holocaust, was assassinated in Czechoslovakia in May 1942. In The Man with the Iron Heart, Heydrich survives that fated assassination attempt, only to hatch an insurgency as insidious as anything conceived by Osama bin Laden.
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Forgettable
- By Kindle Customer on 31-10-08
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The Man with the Iron Heart
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 20 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 25-08-08
- Language: English
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The Child of Ukraine
- By: Tetyana Denford
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
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Ukraine, 1940. When war rips their country apart, Julia is sent away by her tearful parents in the dead of night, clutching her mother’s necklace and longing for one last embrace. But soon she is captured by Nazi soldiers and forced into a German labor camp, where behind a tall fence topped with cruel barbed wire, she has never felt more alone. Just as she begins to give up on all hope, Julia meets Henry, a young man from her village who shares her heart full of dreams.
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Enthralling story based on real events
- By Marilyn Mears on 23-12-23
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The Child of Ukraine
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 20-07-22
- Language: English
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That Churchill Woman
- A Novel
- By: Stephanie Barron
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
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The Paris Wife meets PBS’s Victoria in this enthralling novel of the life and loves of one of history’s most remarkable women: Winston Churchill’s scandalous American mother, Jennie Jerome.
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What a pity
- By Resonate on 26-08-23
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That Churchill Woman
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 29-01-19
- Language: English
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The Diary of a Secret Royal
- By: The Secret Royal, Henry Morris
- Narrated by: Richard Carwardine
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
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Who is the Secret Royal? Some say they’re a disgruntled courtier; others that it’s King Charles’ Head of Pens. Perhaps it’s just the Countess of Wessex (as you’ll see they do appear to be close to the late Queen). But then they do have the same cadence as Camilla... Whoever it is they’ve written a rip-roaring diary of 18 months behind the Palace walls, during one of the most tumultuous periods of The Firm’s existence.
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Funny, silly, brilliant!
- By Hilary Fisher on 22-11-23
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The Diary of a Secret Royal
- Narrated by: Richard Carwardine
- Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 28-09-23
- Language: English
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The Ocean Liner
- By: Marius Gabriel
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Cousins Masha and Rachel Morgenstern board the luxury liner the SS Manhattan bound for New York, desperate to escape the concentration camps that claimed the rest of their family. America offers a safe haven, but to reach it they must survive a hazardous Atlantic crossing. Among their fellow passengers fleeing the war, each with their own conflicts, secrets, and surprises, are the composer Igor Stravinsky, making a new start after a decade of tragedy, and Rose Kennedy, determined to keep her four children from harm.
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Another wonderful book.
- By Readinginthesunshine on 04-02-22
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The Ocean Liner
- Narrated by: Angela Dawe
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 20-03-18
- Language: English
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A River Runs Through It
- By: Norman Maclean
- Narrated by: Ivan Doig
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
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A River Runs Through It is a universal story of family love and a lyrical masterpiece, as beautiful as the great trout rivers of western Montana upon which it is set. Its beauty is especially evident through the "near-perfect match" of reader Ivan Doig and author Norman MacLean.
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Forget Hemingway...
- By Margery on 31-07-18
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A River Runs Through It
- Narrated by: Ivan Doig
- Length: 3 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 04-12-00
- 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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Ein anderes Leben
- By: Caroline Peters
- Narrated by: Caroline Peters
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
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Wer war Hanna? Diese Frau, die so oft aus der Rolle fiel, immer mit Gedichten im Kopf, über die sie den Haushalt vergaß, die ihren Platz suchte zwischen Familie, den Erwartungen an sie und dem Wunsch, Dichterin zu werden – und nur selten für sich sein konnte? Viele Jahre nach Hannas Tod blickt die Tochter zurück auf das Leben ihrer Mutter, auf die eigene Kindheit im Rheinland der Siebziger und Achtziger, in der Hanna dafür sorgt, dass der Alltag immer etwas anders ist als üblich. Ein Leben zwischen Bürgerlichkeit und Boheme.
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Ein anderes Leben
- Narrated by: Caroline Peters
- Length: 6 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 15-10-24
- Language: German
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Jane the Quene
- The Seymour Saga
- By: Janet Wertman
- Narrated by: Janet Wertman
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
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England. 1535. Jane Seymour is 27 years old and increasingly desperate to marry and secure her place in the world. When the court visits Wolf Hall, the Seymour ancestral manor, Jane has the perfect opportunity to shine: her diligence, efficiency, and newfound poise are sure to finally attract a suitor. Meanwhile, King Henry VIII is 45 and increasingly desperate for an heir. He changed his country's religion to leave his first wife, a princess of Spain, for Anne Boleyn—but she, too, has failed to provide a son.
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Jane the Quene
- The Seymour Saga
- Narrated by: Janet Wertman
- Series: Seymour Saga, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 14-07-22
- Language: English
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Nora
- A Love Story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce
- By: Nuala O'Connor
- Narrated by: Jenn McGuirk
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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Dublin, 1904. Nora Barnacle is a 20-year-old from Galway, working as a maid at Finn’s Hotel. On June 16th, Bloomsday, her life is changed when she meets Dubliner James Joyce - a fateful encounter that turns into a lifelong love. Despite his hesitation to marry, Nora follows Joyce in pursuit of a life beyond Ireland. But as their life unfolds, Nora finds herself in conflict between their intense desire for each other and the constant anxiety of living in poverty throughout Europe.
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Nora’s voice is heard loud and clear throughout this version of the life of the Joyce family.
- By Colette on 20-07-24
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Nora
- A Love Story of Nora Barnacle and James Joyce
- Narrated by: Jenn McGuirk
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 15-02-22
- Language: English
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Burial Rites
- The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick
- By: Hannah Kent
- Narrated by: Morven Christie
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Agnes is sent to wait out her final months on the farm of district officer Jón Jónsson, his wife and their two daughters. Horrified to have a convicted murderer in their midst, the family avoid contact with Agnes. Only Tóti, the young assistant priest appointed Agnes’s spiritual guardian, is compelled to try to understand her. As the year progresses and the hardships of rural life force the household to work side by side, Agnes’s story begins to emerge and with it the family’s terrible realization that all is not as they had assumed.
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Agnes - understanding the human being
- By Kaggy on 27-06-14
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Burial Rites
- The BBC Between the Covers Book Club Pick
- Narrated by: Morven Christie
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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The Diary of a Nobody
- By: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
- Narrated by: Keith Wickham
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
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George and Weedon Grossmith's The Diary of a Nobody paints a detailed picture of life in 1892. Pooter's diary notes his daily business, parties, embarrassments, and his agitated relationship with son Lupin - a strikingly familiar world, brought to life by Keith Wickham, which provides continual amusement.
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Enjoyable
- By Susi Moffat on 07-10-19
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The Diary of a Nobody
- Narrated by: Keith Wickham
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 28-03-13
- Language: English
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The Elizabeth Tudor Conspiracy
- The Marquess House Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Alexandra Walsh
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Elizabeth I has survived hundreds of plots against her, but now she faces the revelation of a secret she thought would remain hidden forever. Elizabeth is not the last of the Tudor line - there are two more legitimate heirs to her crown. Her sworn enemy, Philip II, king of Spain, has discovered the secret and thinks he can control the missing princess as his puppet queen. Can Elizabeth maintain control over her throne? Meanwhile, in 2018 - Dr Perdita Rivers and her twin sister, Piper, are safely hidden in Andorra....
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A twist in the tail
- By Kindle Customer1 on 08-01-20
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The Elizabeth Tudor Conspiracy
- The Marquess House Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Series: Marquess House Saga, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-11-19
- 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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Patrick Melrose, Volume 2: Mother's Milk and At Last
- Mother's Milk and At Last
- By: Edward St. Aubyn
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Now a major Sky TV series starring Benedict Cumberbatch. The once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril, and Patrick Melrose, now a husband and father, is trying to gather together the pieces of his life. Caught up in the turmoil of broken promises, assisted suicide, adultery and - most tender and terrifying of all - fatherhood, Patrick is still a long way from salvation, but even as the family struggles against the pull of its dark past, a new generation promises new light, new hope and - perhaps - the promise of a brighter future.
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Disturbingly brilliant
- By Luke on 20-01-20
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Patrick Melrose, Volume 2: Mother's Milk and At Last
- Mother's Milk and At Last
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Series: The Patrick Melrose Novels, Book 4-5
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 03-05-18
- Language: English
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The Flower Boat Girl
- A Novel Based on a True Story
- By: Larry Feign
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
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South China coast, 1801. Sold as a child to a floating brothel, twenty-six-year-old Yang has finally bought her freedom, only to be kidnapped by a brutal pirate gang and forced to marry their leader. Dragged through stormy seas and lawless bandit havens, Yang must stay scrappy to survive. She embeds herself in the dark business of piracy, carving out her role against the resistance of powerful pirate leaders and Cheung Po Tsai, her husband's flamboyant male concubine.
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nice dramatisation, bit long
- By Stevebrucehk on 11-01-23
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The Flower Boat Girl
- A Novel Based on a True Story
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 16-08-22
- Language: English
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The Woman in the Shadows
- By: Carol McGrath
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
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When beautiful cloth merchant's daughter Elizabeth Williams is widowed at the age of 22, she is determined to succeed in the business she has learned from her father. But many are opposed to a woman making her own way in the world, and Elizabeth could have powerful enemies - enemies who know the truth about her late husband. Then Elizabeth meets kindly, ambitious merchant turned lawyer Thomas Cromwell.
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A great surprise!
- By juniper on 20-03-19
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The Woman in the Shadows
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 12 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-02-18
- Language: English
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Where Butterflies Go
- By: Debra Doxer
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Meira Sokolow had the misfortune of being born to Jewish parents in Warsaw, Poland, in 1912. Before she took her first breath, her fate had been sealed. Residing in the Jewish Quarter of the city, Meira's early life was typical. She fell in love with a local boy, got married, and had a daughter. Then the German army marched into Warsaw and everything changed. Forced into the ghetto with her family, she found survival to be a daily struggle. Hunger, disease, and unimaginable cruelty were her stark realities.
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good story but very sad
- By Celine Flynn on 23-10-24
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Where Butterflies Go
- Narrated by: Rebecca Gibel
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 24-08-21
- Language: English
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My Struggle, Book 4
- By: Karl Ove Knausgaard, Don Bartlett - translator
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
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Eighteen years old and fresh out of high school, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to a tiny fisherman's village far north of the polar circle to work as a schoolteacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter. His intention is to save up enough money to travel while finding the space and time to start his writing career.
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My Struggle, Book 4
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Series: My Struggle, Book 4
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 29-05-15
- Language: English
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- By: Mark Sullivan, Anthony and Florence Opoka - afterword
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
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Anthony Opoka and Florence Okori are coming of age in Uganda in the 1990s. Outstanding students, they believe in being good humans before they are kidnapped and forced into the fanatical Lord’s Resistance Army. In a legion of young recruits, no one gets closer than Anthony to powerful messianic warlord Joseph Kony and his darkest secrets. To stay sane as he spirals through chaos, Anthony clings to his childhood lessons about being a good human. Florence’s upbringing grounds her, too, helping her keep her dreams alive even as she’s pulled deeper into the insanity of Kony’s war.
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Admirable People
- By Christineb on 20-05-24
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All the Glimmering Stars
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Junior Nyong'o
- Length: 16 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 07-05-24
- Language: English
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