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The Three Body Problem
- A Cambridge Mystery
- By: Catherine Shaw
- Narrated by: Liz Hollis
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Cambridge University, 1888. The world of Miss Vanessa Duncan, a young schoolmistress, is shattered when a Fellow of Mathematics, Mr Akers, is found dead. Another death occurs and Vanessa's new love becomes a suspect. Convinced of his innocence, Vanessa sets about to clear his name.
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Anachronistic and implausible
- By Philadelphus on 05-05-08
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The Three Body Problem
- A Cambridge Mystery
- Narrated by: Liz Hollis
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 01-04-08
- Language: English
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The Painter of Shanghai
- By: Jennifer Cody Epstein
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
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In 1913 an orphan girl is delivered to The Hall of Eternal Splendour, seemingly destined to live out her life as a prostitute in its smoky backrooms. Yet one day hope appears in the unlikely form of a customs inspector, a modest man who will take Pan Yuliang as his concubine and introduce her to a glamorous life in 1920's Shanghai: a life of love and of art. But as Pan begins to realize her talent as a painter she also sees that she may lose something even more precious: a life in safety.
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The Painter of Shanghai
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 21-01-09
- Language: English
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The Desperate Remedy
- By: Martin Stephen
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor-Barnes
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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In the dark days of King James I, a man must know his enemies to survive. To Henry Gresham, gentleman, scholar, courtier, and spy, William Shadwell is invaluable. A thief, informer, double-dealer, and pimp, he may not be the most moral of men, but he is one of Gresham's best sources. When Shadwell is murdered, Gresham's enquiries uncover a plot so audacious it is scarcely believable.
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The Desperate Remedy
- By TPB on 21-10-07
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The Desperate Remedy
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor-Barnes
- Series: Henry Gresham, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 19-12-06
- Language: English
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Attila
- The Scourge of God
- By: Ross Laidlaw
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In the fifth century, the Western Roman Empire has been overrun by German tribes. In a series of brilliant campaigns, Aetius, last of the great Roman generals, forces the Germans to settle peacefully. But his old friend Attila, leader of the Huns, has turned his attention to the West, and a confrontation between the two, now bitter enemies, is inevitable.
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Worthy but dull
- By Forester on 27-09-10
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Attila
- The Scourge of God
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 06-06-07
- Language: English
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Somewhere Over England
- By: Margaret Graham
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
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In England in the 1930s, eighteen-year-old Helen Carstairs braves the prejudice of friends and family to marry Heine, a young German photographer who has fled the growing horror of the Nazis. But the storm clouds are gathering in Europe. When fighting breaks out Heine is interned, their small son is evacuated and Helen is left to face the Blitz alone. And the agony of war threatens to divide a family already tormented by conflicting passions of loyalty, shame, betrayal - and love.
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So interesting.
- By Amazon Customer on 01-05-22
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Somewhere Over England
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-02-17
- Language: English
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The Kingdom of the Rose
- By: Margaret Bacon
- Narrated by: Jacqueline King
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
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With the death of her first love in the Great War, independent-minded Eglantine Thorpe decides to devote herself to school teaching. Rejecting a proposal of marriage, she weathers the storms ahead alone, until young Nell enters her life. Bright, fearless, and outspoken, Nell becomes the daughter Eglantine never had.
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One of my favourite books, but ...
- By S.J.Mainwaring on 05-05-19
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The Kingdom of the Rose
- Narrated by: Jacqueline King
- Length: 17 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-02-06
- Language: English
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The Solitude of Thomas Cave
- By: Georgina Harding
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
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It is August 1616. The whaling ship Heartsease has ventured high into the Arctic, and the crew must return home before the ice closes in. All, that is, save Thomas Cave. He makes a wager that he will remain there alone until next season, though no man has yet been known to have survived a winter this far north. So he is left with provisions, shelter, and a journal - should he not live to tell the tale.
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The Solitude of Thomas Cave
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-01-08
- Language: English
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The Wilding
- By: Maria McCann
- Narrated by: Richard Bishop
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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It is 1672, a generation after the English Civil War, and England is still struggling to return to normal after the bloody conflict. In the village of Spadboro, Jonathon Dymond, a cider maker who lives with his parents, has enjoyed a quiet and harmonious life.
But the death of his uncle leads Jonathon to secrets which have lain dormant since the war. When Jonathon discovers his dying uncle's letter to his father, hinting at inheritance and revenge, Jonathon becomes determined to unravel the mystery.
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I little unconvincing.
- By David on 16-05-11
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The Wilding
- Narrated by: Richard Bishop
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-03-11
- Language: English
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Blood Royal
- By: Vanora Bennett
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 20 hrs
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Catherine de Valois, daughter of the French king, is brought up in the unstable environment of the royal court, where her only friend is the poet Christine de Pizana. Married to Henry V as part of a treaty, she is terrified at the idea of being married to a man who is a foreigner - an enemy and a rough soldier. Within two years she is widowed, and mother of the future king of England and France.
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enjoyable
- By Jo on 17-09-11
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Blood Royal
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 19-03-10
- Language: English
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Dust and Steel
- By: Patrick Mercer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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As the ship docked in Bombay,the shocking news of the rising by the Indian mutineers and their massacire of women, children, and civilians reached Anthony Morgan and his company. Even so,they were hardly prepared for what they now faced.Morgan himself has another quest. On discovering that the son he had fathered,his child's mother and her husband,Morgan's old sergeant, are captives up in the hills, he is determined to rescue them. A gripping tale of a soldier torn between orders and honour.
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Dust & Steel
- By VAL G. on 08-07-11
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Dust and Steel
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 21-03-11
- Language: English
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The Secrets of the Chess Machine
- By: Robert Lohr
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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Vienna 1770: Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen unveils an amazing invention, The Mechanical Turk, an unbeatable chess playing automaton. Hailed as the greatest innovation of the century, the chess machine is really a brilliant illusion, secretly operated from inside by the Italian dwarf Tibor. But when a beautiful and seductive countess dies mysteriously in the presence of the automaton, the machine and its inventor become the target of espionage, persecution, and intrigue.
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The Secrets of the Chess Machine
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 21-06-10
- Language: English
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Figures in Silk
- By: Vanora Bennett
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
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As the Wars of the Roses draw slowly to a close, England is a place of turmoil. Edward IV is on the throne but his position is unstable and he finds himself challenged by a man who could become Henry VII. But Isabel, a silk weaver to the court and mistress to Richard III, can cut through the turmoil with her clever ways and her pretty smile. Her sister Jane is mistress to Edward IV. Could they hold the power?
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Bringing History to Life!
- By Karen on 02-05-09
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Figures in Silk
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 17-02-09
- Language: English
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Sea Robber
- By: Tim Severin
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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Hector Lynch's quest for the young Spanish woman, Maria, takes him on a nightmare passage around Cape Horn where they come across a warship, her only crew two skeleton. One corpse is the brother of a local Spanish govenor in Peru who, in gratitude for learning his brother's fate, tells Hector that Maria is in the Thief Islands. There Hector allies himself with the Chamorro to launch a raid on the Spanish fort.
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Slow going
- By Anonymous User on 02-10-23
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Sea Robber
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 17-08-10
- Language: English
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Privateer
- Pirate Series, Book 4
- By: Tim Severin
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
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Diving for plunder in the Caribbean, Hector Lynch and his companions are spotted by a Spanish ship. Escaping capture by burning the vessel's sails - an act of piracy - they head for Tortuga, where Hector's wife Maria awaits. He longs for a better life for them both, on the right side of the law. But the crew run into Laurens de Graff - a renowned mercenary captain now in command of a royal French frigate - and after fleeing his clutches, they are cast away on a tiny desert island, Salt Tortuga.
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Surprisingly better than I expected
- By Marco Polo on 02-03-22
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Privateer
- Pirate Series, Book 4
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Series: Pirate, Book 4
- Length: 10 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-02-17
- Language: English
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The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite
- By: Beatrice Colin
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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The debauched celebration of the cabaret era. The magical ascent of cinema. The deprivations of World War I and the build up to World War II. Set against the rise and fall of Berlin and the innovations in art that accompanied it, The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite brilliantly weaves together the story of orphan girl Lilly Nelly Aphrodite's remarkable journey from poverty to film stardom.
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A disappointment
- By Mirium on 05-04-10
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The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 30-10-09
- Language: English
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Touch the Silence
- By: Gloria Cook
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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1917 and the First World War is casting a dark shadow over the Harvey family. With one brother dead and Tristan serving at the front, young Ben is desperate to serve, despite his engagement to Emilia. But a dreadful eye injury forces him to stay at the family farm with his brother Alec, a man with secrets of his own.
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Touch the Silence
- By Leyla on 24-02-12
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Touch the Silence
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Series: Harvey Family, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 01-02-06
- Language: English
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Honour And The Sword
- By: A. L. Berridge
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins
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It is 1636 - the height of the Thirty Years War. The Spanish armies swell out of the Artois Region of the Netherlands, flooding into King Louis XIII's France. The border village of Dax-en-roi stands in their way. The Chevalier de Roland rallies a valiant defence, but his household guard are no match for the invaders. The is only one survivor of the Spanish brutality: the lone heir the Roland name, a young boy called Andre de Roland.
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Honour And The Sword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 22-03-11
- Language: English
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The Man from Saigon
- By: Marti Leimbach
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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1967. Vietnam. Susan Gifford is one of the first female correspondents on assignment in Saigon. Son is a Vietnamese photographer anxious to get his work into the American press. Together they cover every aspect of the war. Then one morning they find themselves the prisoners of three Vietcong soldiers. Under constant threat from American air strikes, helpless in the hands of the enemy, they face the daily hardships of the jungle, living always with the threat of being killed.
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The Man from Saigon
- Narrated by: Jennifer Woodward
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 19-11-12
- Language: English
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And Such Great Names As These
- By: Allen Makepeace
- Narrated by: Tim Bruce
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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The war, with its horrifying, endless slaughter on the Western Front, is the backdrop to this story of the conflicting demands of duty, loyalty and love. Dolly Weston, her husband reported missing, falls in love with a wounded army officer. To complicate things further, a deserter emerges, and unhealed wounds from a bitter past are re-opened. And then there is 10- year- old Joshua, drawn into the world of three people whom he comes to admire and love, but who are destined to be driven cruelly apart.
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And Such Great Names As These
- Narrated by: Tim Bruce
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 31-10-08
- Language: English
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