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Hamnet
- Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 - the No. 1 Bestseller
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs....
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Narrator fights writing and wins (sadly)
- By Leaf Green on 20-07-20
By: Maggie O'Farrell
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A Net for Small Fishes
- By: Lucy Jago
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Frances Howard has beauty and a powerful family - and is the most unhappy creature in the world. Anne Turner has wit and talent - but no stage on which to display them. Little stands between her and the abyss of destitution....
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"The great ones swim away"
- By Rachel Redford on 15-02-21
By: Lucy Jago
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The King's Curse
- Cousins' War Book 6
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 24 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The riveting story of Margaret Pole, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, and was one of the few surviving members of the Plantagenet dynasty after the Wars of the Roses....
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Irritating if you're english!
- By Janey de Nagle Costello on 21-01-15
By: Philippa Gregory
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The White Princess
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Sarah Feathers
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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Beautiful eldest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville - the White Queen - the young princess Elizabeth faces a conflict of loyalties between the red rose and the white....
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A Trip back in time
- By Rusly on 03-12-15
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Red Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Emily Watson, Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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The Red Queen tells the story of the child-bride of Edmund Tudor, who, although widowed in her early teens, uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of York under the guise of loyal friend....
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A wicked woman wins!
- By Kirstine on 04-02-12
By: Philippa Gregory
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The White Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox, Sandra Duncan, Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the tumult and intrigue of The Wars of the Roses....
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Frustrated about unabridged version not available
- By Amazon Customer on 07-04-13
By: Philippa Gregory
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Hamnet
- Winner of The Women's Prize for Fiction 2020 - the No. 1 Bestseller
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Daisy Donovan
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs....
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Narrator fights writing and wins (sadly)
- By Leaf Green on 20-07-20
By: Maggie O'Farrell
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A Net for Small Fishes
- By: Lucy Jago
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Frances Howard has beauty and a powerful family - and is the most unhappy creature in the world. Anne Turner has wit and talent - but no stage on which to display them. Little stands between her and the abyss of destitution....
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"The great ones swim away"
- By Rachel Redford on 15-02-21
By: Lucy Jago
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The King's Curse
- Cousins' War Book 6
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 24 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The riveting story of Margaret Pole, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, and was one of the few surviving members of the Plantagenet dynasty after the Wars of the Roses....
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Irritating if you're english!
- By Janey de Nagle Costello on 21-01-15
By: Philippa Gregory
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The White Princess
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Sarah Feathers
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Beautiful eldest daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville - the White Queen - the young princess Elizabeth faces a conflict of loyalties between the red rose and the white....
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A Trip back in time
- By Rusly on 03-12-15
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Red Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Emily Watson, Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The Red Queen tells the story of the child-bride of Edmund Tudor, who, although widowed in her early teens, uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of York under the guise of loyal friend....
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A wicked woman wins!
- By Kirstine on 04-02-12
By: Philippa Gregory
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The White Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Emilia Fox, Sandra Duncan, Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the tumult and intrigue of The Wars of the Roses....
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Frustrated about unabridged version not available
- By Amazon Customer on 07-04-13
By: Philippa Gregory
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Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose
- Tudor Rose, Book 1
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Eldest daughter of the royal House of York, Elizabeth dreams of a crown to call her own. But when her beloved father, King Edward, dies suddenly, her destiny is rewritten....
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Very dull
- By Clare on 20-06-22
By: Alison Weir
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The Lady of the Rivers
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Tracy-Ann Oberman
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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Jacquetta, daughter of the count of Luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of Europe, was married to the great Englishman John, duke of Bedford, uncle to Henry VI....
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This is NOT unabridged
- By K. M. Woodhouse on 26-07-16
By: Philippa Gregory
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Assassin's Creed
- Renaissance
- By: Oliver Bowden, Anton Gill
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Assassin's Creed: Renaissance, a new novelisation based on one of the biggest gaming-media franchises in the world....
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Non games player review
- By JRUK on 25-01-18
By: Oliver Bowden, and others
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The Kingmaker's Daughter
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Jane Collingwood
- Length: 15 hrs and 41 mins
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Anne Neville and her sister Isabel are daughters of the most powerful magnate in 15th century England....
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Best book of the series so far!
- By Tamorinia on 15-12-15
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Taming of the Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Kateryn Parr, a 30-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father, who has buried four wives, commands her to marry him....
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Really njoyable read but finishes too early
- By Mrs on 19-08-15
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Colour Storm
- By: Damian Dibben
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Renaissance Venice is a furnace of ideas and ambition. Artists flock here, not just for wealth and fame, but for revolutionary colour. Yet artist Giorgione 'Zorzo' Barbarelli's career hangs in the balance....
By: Damian Dibben
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Three Sisters, Three Queens
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 21 hrs and 9 mins
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When Katherine of Aragon is brought to the Tudor court as a young bride, the oldest princess, Margaret, takes her measure. With one look each knows the other for a rival, an ally, a pawn....
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Fantastic
- By jules on 06-11-16
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Drowned City
- Treason. Lies. Conspiracy. One man must uncover the truth.
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Nathan Turner
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
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Gunpowder and treason changed England forever. But the tides are turning and revenge runs deep in this compelling historical thriller....
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The Drowned City
- By Jane L A Bristow on 20-04-21
By: K. J. Maitland
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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Tom Swan and his friends are trying to save Europe from the Turks, but most of his adversaries seem to be other Europeans. This time, an unnamed cabal is trying to kill him and, incidentally, ruin the banks and trade of England, France and Italy....
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An absolute pleasure once again.
- By JPA on 18-12-21
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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....
By: Kate Mosse
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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
By: Julian Stockwin
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The Darkest Sin
- Cesare Aldo, Book 2
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissance city’s northern quarter, he enters a community divided by bitter rivalries and harbouring dark secrets....
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Wonderful setting and characters
- By Ramsey on 27-05-22
By: D. V. Bishop
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Assassin's Creed: Revelations
- By: Oliver Bowden
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the new novelisation based on one of the biggest gaming-media franchises in the world....
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The end of the Renaissance
- By ILONA on 21-03-21
By: Oliver Bowden
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The Honey and the Sting
- By: E C Fremantle
- Narrated by: Melody Grove
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Forcibly seduced by George Villiers, duke of Buckingham and the king's favourite, doctor's daughter Hester was cast aside to raise her illegitimate son, Rafe, alone and in secret....
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brilliant and enthralling
- By Megan E Hardy on 11-08-20
By: E C Fremantle
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How to Be Both
- By: Ali Smith
- Narrated by: Katie Leung
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
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Borrowing from painting's fresco technique to make an original literary double-take, this is a fast-moving, genre-bending conversation between forms, times, truths and fictions....
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Loved it
- By diana lowe on 23-06-22
By: Ali Smith
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Six Tudor Queens: Katheryn Howard, the Tainted Queen
- Six Tudor Queens, Book 5
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 16 hrs and 6 mins
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A naive young woman at the mercy of her ambitious family. At just 19, Katheryn Howard is quick to trust and fall in love....
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Loved it
- By Tanya I am very upset to tell you that I have not received these items as yet...Therefore I can not comment on them... I have friends waiting for their Christmas gifts still... Dissatisfied is all I can say!!!! on 07-08-20
By: Alison Weir
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L'ingegno e le tenebre
- Leonardo e Michelangelo, due geni rivali nel cuore oscuro del Rinascimento
- By: Roberto Mercadini
- Narrated by: Roberto Mercadini
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Pensando al Rinascimento è probabile che vi vengano in mente lo splendore delle città, le opere sublimi, la magnificenza di signori e papi...
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City of Vengeance
- Cesare Aldo Series
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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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
By: D. V. Bishop
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Traitor in the Ice
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 2
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Nathan Turner
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead....
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An interesting insight in to this period of history.
- By Gordon Newman on 20-05-22
By: K. J. Maitland
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The Secrets of Saffron Hall
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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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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exciting
- By Sally Newmarch on 21-12-20
By: Clare Marchant
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Assassin's Creed: Forsaken
- By: Oliver Bowden
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Assassin's Creed: Forsaken....
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the best AC book yet
- By J. Armstrong on 04-04-16
By: Oliver Bowden
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The Queen’s Spy
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Alex Hogg, Russell Bentley
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Elizabeth I rules England. But a dangerous plot is brewing in court, and Mary Queen of Scots will stop at nothing to take her cousin’s throne. There’s only one thing standing in her way: Tom, the queen’s trusted apothecary, who makes the perfect silent spy....
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A beautiful book
- By Amazon Customer on 04-08-21
By: Clare Marchant
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Tomorrow
- By: Damian Dibben
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Tomorrow by Damian Dibben, read by George Blagden. Tomorrow tells the story of a 217-year-old dog and his search for his lost master....
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Some will love some won't
- By Joshua Manuel-Oni on 18-02-19
By: Damian Dibben
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The Chocolate Maker's Wife
- By: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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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
By: Karen Brooks
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The Colour Storm
- By: Damian Dibben
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
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Renaissance Venice is a furnace of ideas and ambition. Artists flock here, not just for wealth and fame, but for revolutionary colour. Yet artist Giorgione 'Zorzo' Barbarelli's career hangs in the balance. Competition is fierce, and his debts are piling up. When Zorzo hears a rumour of a mysterious, other-worldly new pigment, brought to Venice by the richest man in Europe, he sets out to acquire the colour and secure his name in history. Winning a commission to paint a portrait of the man's wife, Sybille, Zorzo thinks he has found a way into the merchant's favour.
By: Damian Dibben
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Ashton Hall
- A Novel
- By: Lauren Belfer
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh, Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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When a close relative falls ill, Hannah Larson and her young son, Nicky, join him for the summer at Ashton Hall, a historic manor house outside Cambridge, England. A frustrated academic whose ambitions have been subsumed by the challenges of raising her beloved child, Hannah longs to escape her life in New York City, where her marriage has been upended by a recently discovered and devastating betrayal.
By: Lauren Belfer
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A Place in the World
- The Miramonde Series, Book 3
- By: Amy Maroney
- Narrated by: Meg Price
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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1505: Pregnant and reunited with the love of her life, artist Mira survives a harrowing journey to the city of her dreams. But Bayonne is nothing like she imagined. Navigating a dangerous world ruled by merchants and bishops, she struggles to reignite her painting career. 2016: Scholar Zari seizes the chance to return to Europe as a consultant for an art dealer. Overwhelmed by her job, she has little time to hunt for clues about Mira. But when art experts embrace a theory that Mira’s paintings are the work of a famous man, Zari must act.
By: Amy Maroney
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Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose
- Tudor Rose, Book 1
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Eldest daughter of the royal House of York, Elizabeth dreams of a crown to call her own. But when her beloved father, King Edward, dies suddenly, her destiny is rewritten. Her family's enemies close in. Two young princes are murdered in the Tower. Then her uncle seizes power—and vows to make Elizabeth his queen. But another claimant seeks the throne, the upstart son of the rival royal House of Lancaster. Marriage to this Henry Tudor would unite the white rose of York and the red of Lancaster—and change everything.
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Very dull
- By Clare on 20-06-22
By: Alison Weir
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Exploration
- The Stanfield Chronicles
- By: David Tory
- Narrated by: David Tory
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Isaac Stanfield leaves his home to become a sailor on a merchantman, the Sweet Rose, and through ingenuity and sheer luck, finds himself in the middle of the drama and explorations that precede the departure of the Mayflower for New England in 1620. Exploration is Isaac's coming-of-age story, capturing the turbulence of the times through his observations and experiences. Suspenseful, poignant, and expertly researched, David Tory's novel brings to life an engaging cultural history of English seafaring exploration and intrigue in the early 17th century.
By: David Tory
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Before the Fortress Falls
- By: A. L. Sowards
- Narrated by: Jason Tatom
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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When rumors reach Vienna that an attack by the Ottoman army is imminent, Wilhelm von Schor, one of the emperor’s courtiers, prepares to evacuate his family—including his sister, Katja. But Katja’s reluctance to leave the city and the people she loves so well grows the farther the family carriage gets from her childhood home. When she learns that another brother, Xavier, is returning to Vienna with his musketeers, she decides to remain behind and face the shadow of war. But all too soon, the Ottomans encircle the city, blanketing its inhabitants in fear.
By: A. L. Sowards
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The Colour Storm
- By: Damian Dibben
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
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Renaissance Venice is a furnace of ideas and ambition. Artists flock here, not just for wealth and fame, but for revolutionary colour. Yet artist Giorgione 'Zorzo' Barbarelli's career hangs in the balance. Competition is fierce, and his debts are piling up. When Zorzo hears a rumour of a mysterious, other-worldly new pigment, brought to Venice by the richest man in Europe, he sets out to acquire the colour and secure his name in history. Winning a commission to paint a portrait of the man's wife, Sybille, Zorzo thinks he has found a way into the merchant's favour.
By: Damian Dibben
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Ashton Hall
- A Novel
- By: Lauren Belfer
- Narrated by: Kristen Sieh, Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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When a close relative falls ill, Hannah Larson and her young son, Nicky, join him for the summer at Ashton Hall, a historic manor house outside Cambridge, England. A frustrated academic whose ambitions have been subsumed by the challenges of raising her beloved child, Hannah longs to escape her life in New York City, where her marriage has been upended by a recently discovered and devastating betrayal.
By: Lauren Belfer
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A Place in the World
- The Miramonde Series, Book 3
- By: Amy Maroney
- Narrated by: Meg Price
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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1505: Pregnant and reunited with the love of her life, artist Mira survives a harrowing journey to the city of her dreams. But Bayonne is nothing like she imagined. Navigating a dangerous world ruled by merchants and bishops, she struggles to reignite her painting career. 2016: Scholar Zari seizes the chance to return to Europe as a consultant for an art dealer. Overwhelmed by her job, she has little time to hunt for clues about Mira. But when art experts embrace a theory that Mira’s paintings are the work of a famous man, Zari must act.
By: Amy Maroney
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Elizabeth of York: The Last White Rose
- Tudor Rose, Book 1
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Nicky Diss
- Length: 20 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Eldest daughter of the royal House of York, Elizabeth dreams of a crown to call her own. But when her beloved father, King Edward, dies suddenly, her destiny is rewritten. Her family's enemies close in. Two young princes are murdered in the Tower. Then her uncle seizes power—and vows to make Elizabeth his queen. But another claimant seeks the throne, the upstart son of the rival royal House of Lancaster. Marriage to this Henry Tudor would unite the white rose of York and the red of Lancaster—and change everything.
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Very dull
- By Clare on 20-06-22
By: Alison Weir
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Exploration
- The Stanfield Chronicles
- By: David Tory
- Narrated by: David Tory
- Length: 18 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Isaac Stanfield leaves his home to become a sailor on a merchantman, the Sweet Rose, and through ingenuity and sheer luck, finds himself in the middle of the drama and explorations that precede the departure of the Mayflower for New England in 1620. Exploration is Isaac's coming-of-age story, capturing the turbulence of the times through his observations and experiences. Suspenseful, poignant, and expertly researched, David Tory's novel brings to life an engaging cultural history of English seafaring exploration and intrigue in the early 17th century.
By: David Tory
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Before the Fortress Falls
- By: A. L. Sowards
- Narrated by: Jason Tatom
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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When rumors reach Vienna that an attack by the Ottoman army is imminent, Wilhelm von Schor, one of the emperor’s courtiers, prepares to evacuate his family—including his sister, Katja. But Katja’s reluctance to leave the city and the people she loves so well grows the farther the family carriage gets from her childhood home. When she learns that another brother, Xavier, is returning to Vienna with his musketeers, she decides to remain behind and face the shadow of war. But all too soon, the Ottomans encircle the city, blanketing its inhabitants in fear.
By: A. L. Sowards