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Duty Calls at Goodwill House
- Goodwill House, Book 3
- By: Fenella J Miller
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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July 1940. With Hitler’s bombs getting closer, WAAF Diane Forsyth is determined to face the oncoming danger and do her duty to support the brave RAF pilots who risk their lives as they take to the skies. And there’s one pilot in particular Di hopes remains safe—Squadron Leader Freddie Hanover. But with a romance between them growing, Di and Freddie know their duty must always come first. How can they dream of a future together whilst this terrible war continues?
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- By angela smart on 17-03-24
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Duty Calls at Goodwill House
- Goodwill House, Book 3
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Series: Goodwill House, Book 3
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 26-07-22
- Language: English
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The Lost Girl in Paris
- By: Jina Bacarr
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
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1940, Nazi-occupied Paris. A powerful story of love, tragedy and incredible courage, about one woman whose life is ripped apart by war and risks everything to seek justice. Paris, 2003. When the opportunity arises for aspiring journalist Emma Keane to interview world-renowned perfumer Madame De Cadieux about her life during World War Two, she is determined to take it. There are secrets from her own family history that she hopes Angéline may be able to help unlock. But nothing can prepare Emma for Angéline's story and one thing is for certain - it will change her own life forever.
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Brilliant
- By Rachel on 20-06-23
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The Lost Girl in Paris
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 30-11-21
- Language: English
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The Librarian Spy
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Madeline Martin
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
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Ava thought her job as a librarian at the Library of Congress would mean a quiet, routine existence. But an unexpected offer from the US military has brought her to Lisbon with a new mission: posing as a librarian while working undercover as a spy gathering intelligence. Meanwhile, in occupied France, Elaine has begun an apprenticeship at a printing press run by members of the Resistance. It’s a job usually reserved for men, but in the war, those rules have been forgotten. Yet she knows that the Nazis are searching for the press and its printer in order to silence them.
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Excellent book
- By Janet on 12-02-23
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The Librarian Spy
- A Novel of World War II
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 26-07-22
- Language: English
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The London Girls
- By: Soraya M. Lane
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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London, 1941. The Blitz. When a Royal Navy memo arrives at head office, requesting female recruits to sign up as motorcycle dispatch riders, delivering highly classified orders across the country, three women jump at the chance to sign up for the most dangerous jobs in London.
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Great story awful narrator.
- By MP on 24-12-22
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The London Girls
- Narrated by: Sarah Zimmerman
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 08-11-22
- Language: English
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Operation Moonlight
- By: Louise Morrish
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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Betty is about to celebrate her 100th birthday. With her carer Tali at her side, she receives an invite from the Century Society to reminisce on the past. Remembering a life shrouded in secrecy and danger, Betty remains tight-lipped. But when Tali finds a box filled with maps, letters and a gun hidden in Betty's cellar, it becomes clear that Betty's secrets are about to be uncovered.
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Disappointing
- By Cathy on 28-01-24
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Operation Moonlight
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 21-07-22
- Language: English
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The Other Guinness Girl
- A Question of Honor
- By: Emily Hourican
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Honor Guinness is rich, aristocratic, shy and awkward—nothing like her glamorous cousins Aileen, Maureen and Oonagh. But when she marries the charming and ambitious American Henry 'Chips' Channon, together, they make the perfect couple. Determined to conquer London society, they are soon are at the heart of the best social circles—including a close friendship with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Wallis Simpson. But within the marriage, all is less than perfect.
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not enough about Honot
- By Mary Bockmaster on 02-03-24
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The Other Guinness Girl
- A Question of Honor
- Narrated by: Rebecca Lee
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
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Elephant Walk
- The Brigandshaw Chronicles, Book 2
- By: Peter Rimmer
- Narrated by: Alex Bhat
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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Seb Brigandshaw has worked tirelessly to carve out a life of promise in Africa, driven by his dream of securing a lasting heritage for his children. His eldest son, Harry, stands on the brink of a bright future, having spent three years at Oxford. And during the summer of 1907, a blossoming romance with Lucinda at her Dorset family home offers Harry the hope of a life far removed from his father's past struggles.
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The best !
- By mrs on 05-02-23
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Elephant Walk
- The Brigandshaw Chronicles, Book 2
- Narrated by: Alex Bhat
- Series: The Brigandshaw Chronicles, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 20-04-22
- Language: English
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Catching the Tide
- By: Judith Lennox
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
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1933. Tessa and Frederica Nicolson enjoy one last idyllic summer at the beautiful Villa Millefiore, overlooking Florence. Four years later, Italy is a distant memory and Tessa is revelling in the glamour and excitement of modelling in London, until a passionate affair with married author Milo Rycroft leads to tragic consequences. Tessa returns to Florence, and, missing her sister desperately, Freddie, too, travels to Italy, where she is swept up in adventure, danger and romance and makes a chance encounter that will change her life.
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Catching the Tide
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 16-01-20
- Language: English
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The Hidden Letters
- By: Lorna Cook
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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On the eve of a world war, a forbidden love will blossom in the garden of a stately home, where one young woman will make a choice that will change her life forever. As the storm clouds of war gather, Cordelia seeks refuge in the grounds of her family estate. Handsome landscaper Isaac has recently arrived to tend to the gardens, and the connection between him and Cordelia is as immediate as it is forbidden. Isaac begins to secretly teach her how to cultivate the gardens, so when he and all the young men are called away to war, Cordelia takes over.
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An insight into a different time and war
- By Catherine McDonald on 25-04-24
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The Hidden Letters
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-03-23
- Language: English
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A Single Swallow
- By: Zhang Ling, Shelly Bryant - translator
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Adam Verner, Tanya Eby, and others
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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On the day of the historic 1945 Jewel Voice Broadcast - in which Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender to the Allied forces, bringing an end to World War II - three men, flush with jubilation, made a pact. After their deaths, each year on the anniversary of the broadcast, their souls would return to the Chinese village of their younger days. Now, seventy years later, the pledge is being fulfilled by American missionary Pastor Billy, brash gunner’s mate Ian Ferguson, and local soldier Liu Zhaohu. All that’s missing is Ah Yan - also known as Swallow.
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Fascinating
- By Nicola on 19-07-21
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A Single Swallow
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey, Adam Verner, Tanya Eby, Feodor Chin, Christopher Lane
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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Strike from the Sea
- By: Douglas Reeman
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Indo-China 1941, and cruising somewhere off Saigon is the world’s largest, most dangerous submarine, the French Soufriere. The British navy must capture and use her in the defence of Singapore before she is used against them. For Commander Robert Ainslie it is the supreme challenge of his career.
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Entertaining
- By John H on 26-10-16
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Strike from the Sea
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 20-01-11
- Language: English
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The Artist's War
- Hearts of Glass, Book 3
- By: Clare Flynn
- Narrated by: Annette Chown
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Hampshire, 1916: Alice traces her hand over the cold glass of the window as the pale morning light slips into the empty room. The pain of loss is worse than a physical one. Reminders of Edmund are all around her. The coldness of the sheet on the other half of the bed. The unrelenting silence in the cottage when her stepdaughter Lottie is at school or tucked up asleep at the end of another day. Keeping up with their stained-glass commissions takes every ounce of her strength, and as Lottie becomes more withdrawn, Alice worries desperately about how best to care for the troubled girl.
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The Artist's War
- Hearts of Glass, Book 3
- Narrated by: Annette Chown
- Series: Hearts of Glass, Book 3
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 20-08-24
- Language: English
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War Orphans
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
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Joanna Ryan’s father has gone off to war, leaving her in the care of her step-mother, a woman more concerned with having a good time than being any sort of parent to her. But then she finds a puppy, left for dead, and Joanna becomes determined to save him, sharing her meagre rations with him. But, in a time of war, pets are only seen as an unnecessary burden and she is forced to hide her new friend, Harry, from her step-mother and the authorities. With bombs falling over Bristol and with the prospect of evacuation on the horizon, can they stay together and keep each other safe?
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Absolutely brilliant!
- By Sakazoke on 01-06-24
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War Orphans
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 26-04-24
- Language: English
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The Tuscan Contessa
- By: Dinah Jefferies
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
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In 1943, Contessa Sofia de' Corsi's peaceful Tuscan villa among the olive groves is upturned by the sudden arrival of German soldiers. Desperate to fight back, she agrees to shelter a wounded British radio engineer in her home, keeping him hidden from her husband, Lorenzo - knowing that she is putting all of their lives at risk. When Maxine, an Italian-American working for the resistance, arrives on Sofia's doorstep, the pair forge an uneasy alliance. Feisty, independent Maxine promised herself never to fall in love.
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The accents range from Basildon to Billericay.
- By Michael Wild on 03-08-20
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The Tuscan Contessa
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 16-07-20
- Language: English
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Molly's Flight
- Women and War, Book 3
- By: Rachel Wesson
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 11 hrs
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Molly wants to fight Hitler by using her skills as a pilot. But the USA says no to female pilots. America is at war and Molly, a qualified pilot, is determined to use her skills in the air against the Nazis. The American Air Force isn't ready to admit female pilots just yet but the British are desperate for pilots following their devastating losses in the Battle of Britain.
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Molly's Flight
- Women and War, Book 3
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Series: Women and War, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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Liberation Square
- By: Gareth Rubin
- Narrated by: Nicola Walker, Gareth Rubin
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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1952. Soviet troops control British streets. After the disastrous failure of D-Day, Britain is occupied by Nazi Germany and rescued only by Russian soldiers arriving from the east and Americans from the west. The two superpowers divide the nation between them, a wall running through London like a scar. When Jane Cawson calls in to her husband's medical practice and detects the perfume worn by his former wife, Lorelei, she fears what is between them. But when Jane rushes to confront them, she finds herself instead caught up in the glamorous actress' death.
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Well Realised Alternate History Thriller!
- By Simon on 24-04-19
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Liberation Square
- Narrated by: Nicola Walker, Gareth Rubin
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 18-04-19
- Language: English
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Three Cheers for the Shipyard Girls
- The Shipyard Girls Series Book 12
- By: Nancy Revell
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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With Victory in Europe almost in sight, join the characters that you have grown to love as they fight for their country, their families and for each other.
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the hard work the women did in world war two.
- By Anonymous User on 02-09-24
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Three Cheers for the Shipyard Girls
- The Shipyard Girls Series Book 12
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Series: The Shipyard Girls Series, Book 12
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 31-03-22
- Language: English
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The Fortune Tellers' Daughters
- The Fortune Tellers, Book 3
- By: Maggie Mason
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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1939. The threat of war is looming over Blackpool, but Martha and Trisha are determined not to let it dampen their spirits. With two young evacuees for Martha to take care of, and Trisha's market garden business growing as Britain digs for victory, the friends have their hands full. Both are proud to see their daughters making their own way in the world, even in wartime. Sally has become a ballerina and Bonnie is training to become a doctor. The girls' friendship brings them all happiness and hope. But Martha is troubled by her visions for their daughters' futures.
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The Fortune Tellers' Daughters
- The Fortune Tellers, Book 3
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: Fortune Tellers, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 29-08-24
- Language: English
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The Silence Before Dawn
- WW2 Resistance Series, Book 1
- By: Amanda Lees
- Narrated by: Sofia Zervudachi
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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For months, Marianne’s resistance network has carried out courageous missions from a remote farmhouse in Southern Provence, aiding the Nazis’ downfall. But one fateful night, they are viciously ambushed as German soldiers storm in, scattering, capturing or killing every last person there. Mourning the loss of her friends, Marianne will need every ounce of courage to survive. Not only has her life as a secret agent been critically compromised, but her heart has been shattered. Because Jack, her darling fiancé and fellow spy, fled in the chaos–and is accused of being a traitor.
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Disappointing
- By Eala on 19-02-24
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The Silence Before Dawn
- WW2 Resistance Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Sofia Zervudachi
- Series: WW2 Resistance Series, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 13-09-22
- Language: English
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The Constant Soldier
- By: William Ryan
- Narrated by: Seán Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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1944. Paul Brandt, a German soldier, returns wounded and ashamed from the chaos of the Eastern front to find his village home existing in the dark shadow of an SS rest hut - a luxurious retreat for those who manage the concentration camps, run with the help of a small group of female prisoners. When Brandt glimpses one of these prisoners, he realises that he must find a way to access the hut. For inside is the woman to whom his fate has been tied since their arrest five years before, and now he must do all he can to protect her.
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A masterpiece
- By Anonymous User on 31-05-24
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The Constant Soldier
- Narrated by: Seán Barrett
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 01-05-24
- Language: English
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