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Company of Liars
- By: Karen Maitland
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
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On this day of ill omen, plague makes its entrance. Within weeks, swathes of England will be darkened by death's shadow. While panic and suspicion flood the land, a small band of travelers comes together to outrun the breakdown in law and order. But when one of their number is found hanging from a tree, the chilling discovery confirms that something more sinister than plague is in their midst.
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A Medieval Road Movie - Well worth a listen
- By I. Jamie on 02-02-09
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Company of Liars
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 20-01-09
- Language: English
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The Falcons of Fire and Ice
- By: Karen Maitland
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
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1564, Lisbon. The Inquisition displays its power and ruthlessly spreads fear. Heretics are tortured and burned. Isabela, daughter of the Falconer at the Royal Court, is about to be caught in the Church’s terrifying schemes. The slaughter of two of the King’s precious white falcons sees her father arrested and imprisoned. He and his family will be killed unless the birds are replaced. Isabela decides only she can save her father. These birds are impossibly rare, and she will have to travel far to strange lands to find them.
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Incredibly Impressive
- By mollymoon1 on 30-09-13
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The Falcons of Fire and Ice
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 25-03-13
- Language: English
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A Long Long Way
- By: Sebastian Barry
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
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With acclaimed works like The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty, Irish author Sebastian Barry has earned a reputation as a "master storyteller" ( The Wall Street Journal). In A Long Long Way he has created an unforgettable portrait of the horrors of war through the story of Willie Dunne, a young man who leaves his native Dublin in 1914 to join the Allies on the Western Front.
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A master story teller ruined
- By Amanda on 24-07-09
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A Long Long Way
- Narrated by: John Cormack
- Series: Dunne Family, Book 2
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 16-10-06
- Language: English
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The White Tiger
- By: Aravind Adiga
- Narrated by: Bindya Solanki
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
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Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. Too poor to finish school, he has to work in a teashop until the day a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. Balram becomes aware of immense wealth all around him, and realizes the only way he can become part of it is by murdering his master. The White Tiger presents a raw and unromanticized India, both thrilling and shocking.
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A fine Booker winner
- By FJWynne on 28-12-08
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The White Tiger
- Narrated by: Bindya Solanki
- Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 05-12-08
- Language: English
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Georgette Heyer's Regency World
- By: Jennifer Kloester
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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A best-selling novelist since 1921, Georgette Heyer is known across the world for her historical romances set in Regency England. This is the ultimate, definitive guide to Georgette Heyer's novels, her heroines, her villains and dashing heroes, the shops, clubs and towns they frequented, the parties and seasons they celebrated, how they ate, drank and dressed, socialised, shopped and drove. An utterly delightful and fun read, compelling in its historical detail, this is a must-hear for any Georgette Heyer fan.
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Fascinating Social History
- By Jeanette on 19-06-11
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Georgette Heyer's Regency World
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-04-09
- Language: English
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Vienna Blood
- By: Frank Tallis
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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Winter in Vienna, 1902: a serial killer embarks upon a bizarre campaign of murder. In this second volume of the Liebermann Papers, Liebermann struggles with his own demons, Against a backdrop of mystery and terror.
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Vienna Blood
- By Patricia on 22-04-11
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Vienna Blood
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Series: The Liebermann Papers, Book 2
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 11-07-07
- Language: English
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The Gallows Curse
- By: Karen Maitland
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
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The year is 1210 and a black force is sweeping England. A vengeful King John has seized control of the Church, leaving corpses to lie in consecrated ground, babies unbaptized, and the people terrified of dying in sin. In the village of Gastmere, the consequences grow darker still when Elena, a servant girl, is dragged into a conspiracy to absolve the sins of the lord of the manor. In desperation she visits the cunning woman, who has been waiting for just such an opportunity to fulfil an ancient curse conjured at the gallows.
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The trouble with Mandrake
- By Kaggy on 14-01-16
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The Gallows Curse
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 19 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 22-03-12
- Language: English
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Mortal Mischief
- By: Frank Tallis
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
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Vienna, 1902: A beautiful medium has been found shot dead, and Dr Max Liebermann, a young disciple of Sigmund Freud, is called upon to help his friend Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt investigate her death. The room containing the body has been locked from the inside, and a cryptic note suggests a malevolent supernatural power is at work. Using the new science of psychoanalysis, Liebermann probes the minds of the suspects in an attempt to unravel this bewildering crime.
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Great listening!
- By Peter on 19-10-11
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Mortal Mischief
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Series: The Liebermann Papers, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 12-12-06
- Language: English
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The Nostradamus Prophecies
- By: Mario Reading
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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Nostradamus wrote 1000 prophecies. Only 942 have survived. What happened to the missing verses? This mystery drives two very different men. Adam Sabir is a writer desperate to revive his flagging career; Achor Bale is a member of an ancient secret society dedicated to the "Three Antichrists" foretold by Nostrodamus: Napoleon, Adolf Hitler - and "one still to come". As Sabir is drawn into the hidden world of France's gypsies, Bale is on his trail. A terrifying hunt begins...
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a great book
- By Mr. Jeff L. Walker on 24-05-10
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The Nostradamus Prophecies
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 25-02-10
- Language: English
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Soldier of Fortune
- By: Edward Marston
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Capitan Daniel Rawson is a soldier, spy, linguist and ladies' man. Whether he is extracting valuable intelligence from the wife of a French general or leading his men in a Forlorn Hope, Rawson is a man on whom the Duke of Marlborough can always rely. Seething with intrigue and packed with swashbuckling heroics, the novel follows the Confederate army on the long, perilous trek across Europe to meet the French and their allies at the ferocious battle of Blenheim.
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Badly written, unlikely plot, badly read.
- By James on 23-06-13
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Soldier of Fortune
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Series: Captain Rawson, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 17-02-09
- Language: English
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
- By: Vanora Bennett
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
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It's 1527 and Hans Holbein is welcomed as a guest at the splendid Chelsea home of Sir Thomas More to paint the family portrait. Unknown to them, it is the dawn of a tumultuous time in English history, affecting the family as well as Tudor society. Meg Griggs, a foster daughter of More, attracts the attention of two people, one of them being Holbein. She marries one - but loves the other.
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Lush Tudor Fiction
- By Deirdre on 18-03-10
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Portrait of an Unknown Woman
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 26-06-07
- Language: English
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Corsair
- By: Tim Severin
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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1677 - Snatched from an Irish village by Barbary corsairs, 17 year old Hector Lynch finds himself in a bewildering world where life is cheap and only the quick- witted survive. Befriended by fellow captive Dan, they escape horrors of the slave barracks by converting to Islam; then, serving aboard a Turkish ship, their vessel is sunk at sea.
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Gripping tale expertly written
- By Keith Fossey on 23-04-14
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Corsair
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Series: Pirate, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-11-08
- Language: English
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To Do and Die
- By: Patrick Mercer
- Narrated by: Jonathon Oliver
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
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It is1854. War is imminent as the Western powers quarrel with Russia over the crumbling Ottoman Empire. Wanting to prove himself to his father, Official Tony Morgan is keen to set sail. The Morgan's chambermaid, Mary, whom Tony loves, has wed another officer and will accompany the regiment to the front as a nurse. Eager to prove himself a worthy leader, he finds himself shaken by the brutality of war. With his romantic longings for Mary revived, Tony faces dire conflict on the battlefield and off.
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First Class Yarn
- By I on 07-09-16
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To Do and Die
- Narrated by: Jonathon Oliver
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-05-10
- Language: English
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The Conscience of the King
- By: Martin Stephen
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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Robert Cecil, chief secretary to the king, summons the gentleman spy, Henry Gresham, to his death bed to give his arch enemy one final, deadly case. An unknown Cambridge bookseller has obtained devastating correspondence between King James I and Robert Carr, and Gresham is the one man who can return the letters, saving the monarch from a potentially scandalous downfall.
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Gresham does it again.
- By Peter Thomas on 27-09-10
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The Conscience of the King
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Series: Henry Gresham, Book 5
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-04-08
- Language: English
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The Galleon's Grave
- By: Martin Stephen
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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It is 1588, and King Philip of Spain has assembled a great fleet and army to crush the English and end Queen Elizabeth's reign.
One man who has inside knowledge of this event is the young Henry Gresham. His good looks, youth, and wealth are the envy of some at court, so his position as spy for Walsingham further endangers his life.
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I loved it!
- By Rachel on 05-07-10
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The Galleon's Grave
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Series: Henry Gresham, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-04-08
- Language: English
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Second Violin
- An Inspector Troy Thriller
- By: John Lawton
- Narrated by: Lewis Hancock
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
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March 1938. The Germans take Vienna without a shot being fired. Covering Austria for the English press is a young journalist named Rod Troy. Back home his younger brother joins the CID as a detective-constable. November 1938. Kristallnacht. The Jews leave Vienna - Sigmund Freud with an American escort on a sleeper train, Josef Hummel tied to the underside of a box car.
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boring historical non thriller
- By Sara on 29-01-09
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Second Violin
- An Inspector Troy Thriller
- Narrated by: Lewis Hancock
- Series: Frederick Troy, Book 6
- Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 03-11-08
- Language: English
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Crusade
- By: Stewart Binns
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
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1072: England is firmly under the heel of its new Norman rulers. The few survivors of the English resistance look to Edgar the Atheling to overthrow William the Conqueror. Years of intrigue and vicious civil war follow and in the face of chaos and death, Edgar and his allies form a secret brotherhood, pledging to fight for justice and freedom. But soon they are called to fight for an even greater cause: the plight of the Holy Land.
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comrades and crusades
- By Robert on 13-04-13
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Crusade
- Narrated by: Richard Burnip
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 15-10-12
- Language: English
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Drums of War
- By: Edward Marston
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
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Dashing career soldier and ladies' man, Captain Daniel Rawson, happily accepts the Duke of Marlborough's dangerous undercover mission to find a missing spy - a Dutch tapestry-maker's beautiful daughter Amalia, unaware of her father's espionage role, is fearful for her safety. It's up to Daniel to find her father and put Amalia's mind at rest.
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Okay, But...
- By Steven on 03-07-10
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Drums of War
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Series: Captain Rawson, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 17-07-09
- Language: English
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The Last Concubine
- By: Lesley Downer
- Narrated by: Sarah Sherborne
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
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Growing up in rural Japan in 1861, Sachi has always felt different, her pale skin setting her apart. When she is 11, a princess passes through her village, sweeping her off to the women's palace in Edo, home to 3000 women and only one man - the young shogun. Sachi is chosen as his concubine. But Japan is changing.
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The last Concubine
- By Christiane on 17-07-09
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The Last Concubine
- Narrated by: Sarah Sherborne
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 24-04-09
- Language: English
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The Lady and the Poet
- By: Maeve Haran
- Narrated by: Saskia Butler
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
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Ann More, fiery and spirited daughter of the Mores of Loseley House, comes to London destined for a life at the court of Queen Elizabeth. And there she encounters John Donne, the darkly attractive young poet. He is unlike any man she has ever met. Yet as they are thrown together Donne opens Ann's eyes to a new world of passion, wit and sensuality. But Donne is the kind of man her status-conscious father distrusts and despises.
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living history
- By Terri on 17-03-10
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The Lady and the Poet
- Narrated by: Saskia Butler
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 16-12-09
- Language: English
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