Historical Fiction Asia

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    • By: John Allyn, Stephen Turnbull - foreword
    • Narrated by: David Shih
    • Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
    • Release date: 22-11-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 70 ratings
    • This is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master....

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    • A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
    • By: Ji-li Jiang
    • Narrated by: Christina Moore
    • Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 26-02-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Twelve-year-old Ji-li Jiang has brains, friends, and a bright future. Then Mao Zedong launches China’s infamous Cultural Revolution....

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    • By: Sei Shōnagon
    • Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
    • Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 19-03-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • The Pillow Book of Sei Shōnagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the closing years of the 10th century....

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    • Legends of the Condor Heroes Vol. 3
    • By: Jin Yong, Anna Holmwood, Gigi Chang
    • Narrated by: Daniel York Loh
    • Series: Legends of the Condor Heroes, Book 3
    • Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 17-09-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • China: 1200 AD. Guo Jing has confronted Apothecary Huang, his sweetheart Lotus' father, on Peach Blossom Island, and bested the villainous Gallant Ouyang in three trials to win her hand in marriage....

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    • The Epic Life of Minamoto Yoshitsune
    • By: Pamela S. Turner
    • Narrated by: Brian Nishii
    • Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 17-08-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. This epic warrior tale may sound like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai Japanese history....

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    • The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945
    • By: Michihiko Hachiya MD
    • Narrated by: Robertson Dean
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 26-11-14
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings
    • The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city....

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    • By: David Kudler
    • Narrated by: Julia Kudler
    • Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 29-08-17
    • Language: English
    • 2 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Though Japan has been devastated by a century of civil war, Risuko just wants to climb trees....

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    • By: Celeste Lim
    • Narrated by: Nancy Wu
    • Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 01-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Wonder, mysticism, heartache, and joy are the stones that set the path to one girl's journey as her destiny unfolds....

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    • By: Helena Claire Pitman
    • Narrated by: Tyler Thompson
    • Length: 6 mins
    • Release date: 01-10-24
    • Language: English
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    • Two ancient Chinese rulers govern their kingdoms in very different ways. When Jen Fu attacks with brute force, Wu Ti fights back with cleverness. The battle is about to begin!

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    • By: Joan Strauss
    • Narrated by: Colin Draun
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-24
    • Language: English
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    • Pu Yi, a spoiled but lonely child emperor, learns to ride a bicycle with the help of his tutor, hoping it will impress his aloof father.

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    • By: Julie Lee
    • Narrated by: Cindy Kay
    • Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 21-07-20
    • Language: English
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    • Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched....

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    • By: Ying Chang Compestine
    • Narrated by: A. C. Fellner
    • Length: 13 mins
    • Release date: 22-01-19
    • Language: English
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    • A stingy fisherman always makes his three young helpers do all his work. One day, he scolds the “lazy boys” for forgetting to provide lunch. “Don’t worry,” they say. “We can make stone soup.” The boys dig a hole and fill it with water and “flavored” stones....

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    • By: 白柳 秀湖
    • Narrated by: 佐々木 健
    • Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 17-02-22
    • Language: Japanese
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    • オーディオブック「坂本龍馬」全拾巻セット其ノ壱~其ノ拾まで、各巻それぞれ、

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    • Stories from the Ukraine, Latvia, and Turkmen
    • By: Gini Graham Scott
    • Narrated by: Randy Whitlow
    • Length: 37 mins
    • Release date: 23-03-16
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The three tales in this audiobook are adapted from stories told by the peasants in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. They are drawn from some books I found in shops when I visited the former USSR....

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