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The Leopard in Autumn
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- By: Neal Anthony, Roger Danes, Sue Limb
- Narrated by: David Swift, Sian Phillips, Graham Crowden, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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In Monte Guano, a ridiculously small and penniless principality in Renaissance Italy, Prince Ludovico II finds his rule constantly undermined by those around him: his shrewd wife, his official mistress and his three disappointing—if not outright humiliating—sons....
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Great listen
- By Karan Kaur on 14-12-22
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The Leopard in Autumn
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Narrated by: David Swift, Sian Phillips, Graham Crowden, Paul Bigley, Saskia Wickham, Nick Romero, Christopher Kelham, Kim Wall, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 18-08-22
- Language: English
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In Monte Guano, a ridiculously small and penniless principality in Renaissance Italy, Prince Ludovico II finds his rule constantly undermined by those around him: his shrewd wife, his official mistress and his three disappointing—if not outright humiliating—sons....
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The Secrets of Saffron Hall
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Though Eleanor is not wealthy, the saffron spice she grows for her new husband is more valuable than gold....
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Very good read
- By ESRN on 09-11-20
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The Secrets of Saffron Hall
- Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 06-08-20
- Language: English
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Though Eleanor is not wealthy, the saffron spice she grows for her new husband is more valuable than gold....
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Disobedient
- By: Elizabeth Fremantle
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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Visceral, moving tale of misogyny in 17th C Italy
- By Ben Kane on 21-01-24
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Disobedient
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 27-07-23
- Language: English
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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City of Vengeance
- Cesare Aldo Series
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth....
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Great start to new series
- By V. O'Regan on 11-02-21
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City of Vengeance
- Cesare Aldo Series
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Series: Cesare Aldo, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 04-02-21
- Language: English
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Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth....
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The Black Mountain: Quick Reads 2022
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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It is May 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano....
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Good sense of place and time.
- By P. B. Richardson on 19-09-24
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The Black Mountain: Quick Reads 2022
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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It is May 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano....
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Sword of Justice
- Chivalry, Book 4
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 20 hrs
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Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle.
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Another great reincarnation of 14th century city/country/religious/family politics and conflict beautifully told
- By Anonymous User on 27-09-24
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Sword of Justice
- Chivalry, Book 4
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Series: Chivalry, Book 4
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 04-09-24
- Language: English
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Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle.
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To the Eastern Seas
- Thomas Kydd 22
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: To the Eastern Seas is the 22nd novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series....
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The Joy of Salt!
- By Simon on 18-02-20
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To the Eastern Seas
- Thomas Kydd 22
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Series: Thomas Kydd, Book 22
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-02-20
- Language: English
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Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: To the Eastern Seas is the 22nd novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series....
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The Poison Keeper
- An Enthralling Historical Novel of Renaissance Italy (Italian Renaissance Series)
- By: Deborah Swift
- Narrated by: Diana Croft
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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Giulia Tofana longs for more responsibility in her mother’s apothecary business, but Mamma has always been secretive and refuses to tell her the hidden keys to her success....
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Entertaining
- By The Curator on 23-01-22
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The Poison Keeper
- An Enthralling Historical Novel of Renaissance Italy (Italian Renaissance Series)
- Narrated by: Diana Croft
- Series: Italian Renaissance Series, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 19-01-22
- Language: English
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Giulia Tofana longs for more responsibility in her mother’s apothecary business, but Mamma has always been secretive and refuses to tell her the hidden keys to her success....
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The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: full cast, Patrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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Florence, 1415. Banker Cosimo Medici is looked down upon as a jumped up money-changer. Then he marries the noble Contessina de Bardi and becomes the richest man in Europe. But his wealth and power threaten the Florentine elite, who are determined to bring him down....
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The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- Narrated by: full cast, Patrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, Tom Cullen, Saran Morgan, Catrin Aaron
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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Florence, 1415. Banker Cosimo Medici is looked down upon as a jumped up money-changer. Then he marries the noble Contessina de Bardi and becomes the richest man in Europe. But his wealth and power threaten the Florentine elite, who are determined to bring him down....
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Tom Swan and the Head of St George
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
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1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of ancient Greece and Rome....
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clunky delivery and disappointing writing
- By Suzanne Debney on 01-05-21
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Tom Swan and the Head of St George
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Series: The Adventures of Tom Swan, Book 1
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 22-04-21
- Language: English
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1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of ancient Greece and Rome....
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The Eyes of the Queen
- An Agents of the Crown Novel, Book 1
- By: Oliver Clements
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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In this first novel of the exhilarating Agents of the Crown series, a man who will become the original MI6 agent protects England and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I from Spain’s nefarious plan to crush the Age of the Enlightenment....
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Wonderful start to the series
- By Jane Shepherd on 29-10-20
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The Eyes of the Queen
- An Agents of the Crown Novel, Book 1
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Series: Agents of the Crown Novel, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 27-10-20
- Language: English
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In this first novel of the exhilarating Agents of the Crown series, a man who will become the original MI6 agent protects England and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I from Spain’s nefarious plan to crush the Age of the Enlightenment....
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The Mapmaker's Daughter
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
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When thirty-six-year-old Robyn Willoughby discovers a blood-stained Tudor map in her father’s antique map shop, desperate for a distraction from her problems, she decides to investigate. But as Robyn delves into the mystery, she finds herself caught up in a centuries-old secret....
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Excellent story, beautifully read
- By Roy Goodyear on 31-12-24
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The Mapmaker's Daughter
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-09-22
- Language: English
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When thirty-six-year-old Robyn Willoughby discovers a blood-stained Tudor map in her father’s antique map shop, desperate for a distraction from her problems, she decides to investigate. But as Robyn delves into the mystery, she finds herself caught up in a centuries-old secret....
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The Chocolate Maker's Wife
- By: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
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When Rosamund Tomkins enters the world with her darkling eyes and strange laughter, the midwives are afraid, believing her a changeling. But Rosamund's life is set to be anything but enchanted....
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A truly wonderfully flavoured tale
- By Peter Reynolds on 19-10-20
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The Chocolate Maker's Wife
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 01-03-19
- Language: English
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When Rosamund Tomkins enters the world with her darkling eyes and strange laughter, the midwives are afraid, believing her a changeling. But Rosamund's life is set to be anything but enchanted....
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Yankee Mission
- Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region—there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils....
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- By Amazon Customer on 13-09-24
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Yankee Mission
- Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Series: Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-10-22
- Language: English
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Two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region—there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils....
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I Promessi Sposi
- By: Alessandro Manzoni
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 26 hrs and 25 mins
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"I promessi sposi" è un capolavoro della letteratura Italiana scritto nel XIX secolo da Alessandro Manzoni e uno dei romanzi storici più importanti...
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I Promessi Sposi
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 26 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 17-05-10
- Language: Italian
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"I promessi sposi" è un capolavoro della letteratura Italiana scritto nel XIX secolo da Alessandro Manzoni e uno dei romanzi storici più importanti...
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The Book of Eve
- A spellbinding tale of magic and mystery
- By: Meg Clothier
- Narrated by: Amalia Vitale
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts....
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Amazing!
- By Michelle on 04-05-24
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The Book of Eve
- A spellbinding tale of magic and mystery
- Narrated by: Amalia Vitale
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-03-23
- Language: English
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Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts....
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Il pendolo di Foucault
- By: Umberto Eco
- Narrated by: Tommaso Ragno
- Length: 26 hrs and 21 mins
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Tre redattori editoriali, dopo aver frequentato a lungo autori che si dilettano di scienze occulte, società segrete e complotti cosmici, decidono di Inventare...
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Another masterpiece by Umberto Eco
- By Giuseppe Faraoni on 26-11-19
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Il pendolo di Foucault
- Narrated by: Tommaso Ragno
- Length: 26 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 09-11-17
- Language: Italian
- Tre redattori editoriali, dopo aver frequentato a lungo autori che si dilettano di scienze occulte, società segrete e complotti cosmici, decidono di Inventare...
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The Chrysanthemum Tiger
- A Gabriel Taverner Mystery, Book 6
- By: Alys Clare
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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March, 1605. Country doctor and former ship surgeon Gabriel Taverner is ready for his next adventure. He can't wait to leave Devon and tend to the crew of the Luipaard while sailing the Eastern seas.
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Absolutely brilliant
- By Charlotte on 25-01-25
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The Chrysanthemum Tiger
- A Gabriel Taverner Mystery, Book 6
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Series: Gabriel Taverner, Book 6
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-12-24
- Language: English
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March, 1605. Country doctor and former ship surgeon Gabriel Taverner is ready for his next adventure. He can't wait to leave Devon and tend to the crew of the Luipaard while sailing the Eastern seas.
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The Far Pavilions
- By: M. M. Kaye
- Narrated by: Vineeta Rishi, Blake Ritson, Ayesha Dharker
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
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A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of M.M. Kaye’s epic novel of love and war....
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A wonderful story, theatrically and convincingly told.
- By Amazon Customer on 25-09-22
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The Far Pavilions
- Narrated by: Vineeta Rishi, Blake Ritson, Ayesha Dharker
- Length: 4 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 16-03-11
- Language: English
- A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of M.M. Kaye’s epic novel of love and war....
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The Winchester Goose
- At the Court of Henry VIII
- By: Judith Arnopp
- Narrated by: Alex Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Each night, after dark, men flock to Bankside seeking girls of easy virtue, prostitutes known as the Winchester Geese. Joanie Toogood has worked the streets of Southwark since childhood, but her path is changed forever by an encounter with Francis Wareham, a spy for Thomas Cromwell....
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Brilliant!!
- By SUE WALLACE on 16-06-23
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The Winchester Goose
- At the Court of Henry VIII
- Narrated by: Alex Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 23-09-22
- Language: English
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Each night, after dark, men flock to Bankside seeking girls of easy virtue, prostitutes known as the Winchester Geese. Joanie Toogood has worked the streets of Southwark since childhood, but her path is changed forever by an encounter with Francis Wareham, a spy for Thomas Cromwell....
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