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Death on the Lusitania
- Patrick Gallagher, Book 1
- By: R. L. Graham
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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A highly atmospheric Agatha Christie-style murder mystery set on a luxury cruise-liner during WW1....
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Absolutely superb!
- By Anonymous User on 23-02-24
By: R. L. Graham
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The Fortune Tellers
- By: Maggie Mason
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Martha is seventeen and alone in the world. Of Irish decent, her flashing green eyes see into your soul....
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Keeps you wanting more
- By Thea Phillips on 20-04-24
By: Maggie Mason
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection, Volume 2
- By: Richard Monks, Lucy Catherine, Katie Hims, and others
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthary, Maggie Steed, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 39 hrs and 56 mins
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Series 6-10 of the epic BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War - plus special episode Home Front: A Lightening....
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Un-missable World War 1 Drama
- By Stirzaker Photography on 19-01-19
By: Richard Monks, and others
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William - an Englishman
- By: Cicely Hamilton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Cicely Hamilton drew on her experiences working in France during WW1 to tell the story of William Tully and his new bride Griselda, who are wrenched away from their all-consuming interests – socialism and votes for women – and plunged into the almost dream-like horror of war.
By: Cicely Hamilton
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A Sister's Destiny
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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As war looms in Europe, 18-year-old Jane Shaw runs the household as an unpaid servant on a meagre budget. When tragedy strikes and she loses her beloved younger brother in suspicious circumstances, Jane takes a position in service looking after Ned, a troubled young boy....
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- By Elishia on 06-07-23
By: Rosie Clarke
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The Toffee Factory Girls
- By: Glenda Young
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham. The toffee factory girls begin as strangers before forging a close bond of friendship and trust. And, as the war rages on, they help each other cope through the difficult times ahead....
By: Glenda Young
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Death on the Lusitania
- Patrick Gallagher, Book 1
- By: R. L. Graham
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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A highly atmospheric Agatha Christie-style murder mystery set on a luxury cruise-liner during WW1....
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Absolutely superb!
- By Anonymous User on 23-02-24
By: R. L. Graham
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The Fortune Tellers
- By: Maggie Mason
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Martha is seventeen and alone in the world. Of Irish decent, her flashing green eyes see into your soul....
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Keeps you wanting more
- By Thea Phillips on 20-04-24
By: Maggie Mason
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection, Volume 2
- By: Richard Monks, Lucy Catherine, Katie Hims, and others
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthary, Maggie Steed, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 39 hrs and 56 mins
- Original Recording
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Series 6-10 of the epic BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War - plus special episode Home Front: A Lightening....
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Un-missable World War 1 Drama
- By Stirzaker Photography on 19-01-19
By: Richard Monks, and others
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William - an Englishman
- By: Cicely Hamilton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Cicely Hamilton drew on her experiences working in France during WW1 to tell the story of William Tully and his new bride Griselda, who are wrenched away from their all-consuming interests – socialism and votes for women – and plunged into the almost dream-like horror of war.
By: Cicely Hamilton
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A Sister's Destiny
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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As war looms in Europe, 18-year-old Jane Shaw runs the household as an unpaid servant on a meagre budget. When tragedy strikes and she loses her beloved younger brother in suspicious circumstances, Jane takes a position in service looking after Ned, a troubled young boy....
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😍
- By Elishia on 06-07-23
By: Rosie Clarke
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The Toffee Factory Girls
- By: Glenda Young
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham. The toffee factory girls begin as strangers before forging a close bond of friendship and trust. And, as the war rages on, they help each other cope through the difficult times ahead....
By: Glenda Young
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A Mother’s Sorrow
- By: Margaret Dickinson
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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From Sunday Times bestseller Margaret Dickinson comes a captivating story of family, hardship and love set in early 1900s Derbyshire....
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A Sister's Bond
- Bittersweet Legacy, Book 1
- By: Kay Brellend
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Wood Green, North London, November 1913. The storm clouds of war gather overhead while one brave girl fights to save her family....
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This book is good
- By Anne Callender on 13-02-19
By: Kay Brellend
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A Workhouse Christmas
- a perfect, heartwarming Christmas saga
- By: Kay Brellend
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Christmas Eve, 1909. When 11-year-old Lily Larkin is left to fend for herself in an East London workhouse after her dying mother is taken to an infirmary, her future looks bleak....
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Stunning story.
- By Jane Bryder on 18-12-20
By: Kay Brellend
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Wartime on Sanctuary Lane
- Sanctuary Lane, Book 1
- By: Kirsty Dougal
- Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one-year-old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through....
By: Kirsty Dougal
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The Woman from Beaumont Farm
- By: AnneMarie Brear
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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West Yorkshire, 1914. Newly married to Noah Jackson, Beth is happily content working on her family's market stall while Noah fulfils his dreams of being a teacher. When war erupts, Beth's peaceful life is shattered by events beyond her control....
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Great storyline !
- By Mrs Irene Bladon on 04-04-24
By: AnneMarie Brear
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The Poacher's Daughter
- By: Margaret Dickinson
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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It is 1910 in the Lincolnshire Wolds. Fourteen-year-old Rosie Waterhouse lives with her father, Sam, well-known as the local poacher, in a cottage on the Thornsby Estate...
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Frère d'âme
- By: David Diop
- Narrated by: Babacar M'Baye Fall
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
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Un matin de la Grande Guerre, le capitaine Armand siffle l'attaque contre l'ennemi allemand. Les soldats s'élancent. Dans leurs rangs, Alfa Ndiaye et...
By: David Diop
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Emmerdale at War
- By: Pamela Bell
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Rationing has been introduced across the country, two million more men have been called up for service, and blackouts, evacuees and military training camps have become the norm. In Beckindale, three young women are about to find their lives changed forever....
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Emmerdale at war the great story
- By Amazon Customer on 13-10-20
By: Pamela Bell
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The Fortune Tellers' Secret
- By: Maggie Mason
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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Blackpool, 1922. Martha and Trisha may have escaped poverty, but their fortunes have yet to turn....
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The fortune tellers secret.
- By Sakazoke on 20-11-23
By: Maggie Mason
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection, Volume 1
- By: Lucy Catherine, Katie Hims, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, and others
- Narrated by: full cast, Toby Jones, Ami Metcalf, and others
- Length: 38 hrs and 23 mins
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Series 1-5 of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during World War One....
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Great Listen
- By Amazon Customer on 07-03-23
By: Lucy Catherine, and others
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Die Inkommensurablen
- By: Raphaela Edelbauer
- Narrated by: Cornelius Obonya
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
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Wien am Vorabend des Ersten Weltkriegs und drei junge Menschen am Abgrund der Katastrophe. Wien 1914: Das Zentrum der Österreichisch-Ungarischen...
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The Mersey Angels
- By: Sheila Riley
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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Following the death of her father, Ruby Swift and husband, Archie, finally move back into Ashland Hall. As the Great War rages, fathers and sons take the King's shilling and head off to fight the unknown enemy, not knowing what horrors lie ahead....
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Feels abridged
- By Amazon Customer on 06-11-23
By: Sheila Riley
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A Precious Gift
- By: Rosie Goodwin
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Nuneaton, 1911. When Holly Farthing's overbearing grandfather tries to force her to marry a dowdy widower twice her age she finally says no....
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Beautiful story
- By V WALKER on 03-11-23
By: Rosie Goodwin
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The Hidden Letters
- By: Lorna Cook
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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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....
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Sadly, disappointing
- By K. Bailey on 15-03-23
By: Lorna Cook
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection Volume 3
- By: Shaun McKenna, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Sarah Daniels, and others
- Narrated by: Helen Schlesinger, Billy Kennedy, Geoffrey Palmer, and others
- Length: 39 hrs and 21 mins
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Series 11-15 of the major BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War - plus special extended episode 'Home Front: A Fragile Peace'....
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Glorious, spellbinding production - BBC drama at its best
- By andrea ainley on 18-04-19
By: Shaun McKenna, and others
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Sarah's Choice
- Trenwith, Book 1
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Hampshire, 1913. Amidst the glitz and glamour of England’s High Society, Sarah Trenwith is more of a wallflower living in the shadow of her beautiful sister Marianne....
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Stoicism and love
- By Mo Bass on 04-02-24
By: Rosie Clarke
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A Mother Forever
- By: Elaine Everest
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman's journey through the hardest trials of her life and how the love of friends and family pulls her through....
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A good listening book
- By MrsV Ridge on 29-05-23
By: Elaine Everest
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Welcome to Weaver Street
- Weaver Street, Book 1
- By: Chrissie Walsh
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Kitty and Tom Conlon arrive in Liverpool in July 1916 to claim the house Tom’s great-uncle has bequeathed him in his will. The move to England couldn’t have come at a better time. Dublin is in turmoil following the Easter Uprising and Kitty’s brother is now in prison....
By: Chrissie Walsh
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Victory Bells For The Harpers Girls
- Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 6
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Juliette Burton
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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As the war clouds retreat and the victory bells ring, tears and joy mingle with those of sadness as the world counts the true toll of war and celebrates peace....
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Heartwarming
- By shirley pickin on 19-01-23
By: Rosie Clarke
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The Victory Garden
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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As the Great War continues to take its toll, 21-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a cheeky and handsome Australian pilot that she can do more, and it is not long before she falls in love with him and accepts his proposal of marriage....
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Brilliant
- By Austen on 22-02-19
By: Rhys Bowen
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Trouble for the Boat Girl
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Claire Storey
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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1925 - The Midland Canals. Two girls, from opposite backgrounds, search for freedom and happiness....
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Great characters
- By Tracey on 03-04-24
By: Lizzie Lane
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The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay
- By: Julie Brooks
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Two women set sail for Australia, bound by a terrible truth. But only one will make it off the ship. The Secrets of Bridgewater Bay is a darkly gripping dual-time novel, with a wealth of twists, turns and secrets....
By: Julie Brooks
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Spare Brides
- By: Adele Parks
- Narrated by: Tor Leijten
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
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Hope. Glamour. Independence. A new era has begun. With the Great War behind them, four friends are ready to live again....
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Poor narration
- By mary farnell on 21-06-23
By: Adele Parks
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Tommies
- The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- By: Michael Chaplin, Nick Warburton, Avin Shah, and others
- Narrated by: Lee Ross, Pippa Nixon, Indira Varma
- Length: 30 hrs and 36 mins
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Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eyewitness accounts, each of these 42 episodes of Tommies traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago....
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Great, but there is a chapter missing
- By Roger Townsend on 15-11-18
By: Michael Chaplin, and others
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William - an Englishman
- By: Cicely Hamilton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Written in a hospital tent to the sound of gunfire and shells falling, Cicely Hamilton drew on her experiences working in France during WW1 to tell the story of William Tully and his new bride Griselda, who are wrenched away from their all-consuming interests – socialism and votes for women – and plunged into the almost dream-like horror of war. As brutal tragedy strikes, their attitude to both pacifism and patriotism is altered and their lives are changed forever.
By: Cicely Hamilton
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The Soulmate Homecoming
- The Soulmate Call, Book 8
- By: Tiffany Ann
- Narrated by: Kathy Handrock
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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All of his life Benjamin hadn't noticed Sarah as anything other than his best friend's sister. The last thing he expected was to notice her as more than a friend, but he did. No sooner does he realize his love for her, America enters the war. War changes a man. He'd heard that dozens of times over his life but with every near miss, every new scar, every bullet he feels himself chipping away. Even if he survives to go home to his soulmate, what man would he be? How much of him would she recognize?
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homecoming
- By Siobhan D on 21-04-24
By: Tiffany Ann
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The Paris Peacemakers
- By: Flora Johnston
- Narrated by: Karen Bartke
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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As the fragile negotiations of the international Peace Conference get underway, typist Stella Rutherford throws herself into her work and the mixture of glamour and devastation the City of Light reveals. Anything to escape the grief coming in waves for her beloved brother Jack. Her sister Corran is about to put her academic career to use among the troops in France, a chance to see what the experience was like for countless men, including her fiancé Rob.
By: Flora Johnston
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Wartime on Sanctuary Lane
- Sanctuary Lane, Book 1
- By: Kirsty Dougal
- Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one-year-old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through. As the threat of another Zeppelin attack grows by the day, Ruby cannot ignore the abandoned animals scavenging the local streets. She rescues a stray kitten, Tess, and takes in an injured terrier Mac, but when all the local cats mysteriously disappear, she knows she needs to do more, and with the help of her friends plans to open a weekly animal clinic.
By: Kirsty Dougal
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The Hotel Quadriga
- Berlin Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Jenny Glanfield
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 24 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The son of a sweetmaker, Karl Jochum has ambitions for a life beyond his father's shop. Through hard work and perseverance he determines to open a cafe in Berlin where the Emperor will one day dine. As the city grows and prospers, so too does Karl's business empire, and he rises to become the proprietor of Europe's finest and most luxurious hotel. Situated close to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, the Hotel Quadriga is a glorious monument to Imperialist Germany.
By: Jenny Glanfield
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The Wild Date Palm
- By: Diane Armstrong
- Narrated by: Deirdre Rubenstein
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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During a train journey across Turkey's Anatolian Plain in 1915 during World War I, Shoshana Adelstein witnesses the slaughter of the Armenians and knows she has just come face to face with her destiny. Convinced that her Jewish community in a small outpost of the Ottoman Empire will soon meet a similar fate, she is desperate to save her people. With Turkey and Britain locked in a global conflict, she orchestrates an audacious plan. Enlisting a group of co-conspirators who include her charismatic lover Eli and her impetuous brother Nathan, this young woman forms a clandestine spy ring.
By: Diane Armstrong
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William - an Englishman
- By: Cicely Hamilton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Written in a hospital tent to the sound of gunfire and shells falling, Cicely Hamilton drew on her experiences working in France during WW1 to tell the story of William Tully and his new bride Griselda, who are wrenched away from their all-consuming interests – socialism and votes for women – and plunged into the almost dream-like horror of war. As brutal tragedy strikes, their attitude to both pacifism and patriotism is altered and their lives are changed forever.
By: Cicely Hamilton
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The Soulmate Homecoming
- The Soulmate Call, Book 8
- By: Tiffany Ann
- Narrated by: Kathy Handrock
- Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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All of his life Benjamin hadn't noticed Sarah as anything other than his best friend's sister. The last thing he expected was to notice her as more than a friend, but he did. No sooner does he realize his love for her, America enters the war. War changes a man. He'd heard that dozens of times over his life but with every near miss, every new scar, every bullet he feels himself chipping away. Even if he survives to go home to his soulmate, what man would he be? How much of him would she recognize?
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homecoming
- By Siobhan D on 21-04-24
By: Tiffany Ann
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The Paris Peacemakers
- By: Flora Johnston
- Narrated by: Karen Bartke
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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As the fragile negotiations of the international Peace Conference get underway, typist Stella Rutherford throws herself into her work and the mixture of glamour and devastation the City of Light reveals. Anything to escape the grief coming in waves for her beloved brother Jack. Her sister Corran is about to put her academic career to use among the troops in France, a chance to see what the experience was like for countless men, including her fiancé Rob.
By: Flora Johnston
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Wartime on Sanctuary Lane
- Sanctuary Lane, Book 1
- By: Kirsty Dougal
- Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one-year-old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through. As the threat of another Zeppelin attack grows by the day, Ruby cannot ignore the abandoned animals scavenging the local streets. She rescues a stray kitten, Tess, and takes in an injured terrier Mac, but when all the local cats mysteriously disappear, she knows she needs to do more, and with the help of her friends plans to open a weekly animal clinic.
By: Kirsty Dougal
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The Hotel Quadriga
- Berlin Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Jenny Glanfield
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 24 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The son of a sweetmaker, Karl Jochum has ambitions for a life beyond his father's shop. Through hard work and perseverance he determines to open a cafe in Berlin where the Emperor will one day dine. As the city grows and prospers, so too does Karl's business empire, and he rises to become the proprietor of Europe's finest and most luxurious hotel. Situated close to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, the Hotel Quadriga is a glorious monument to Imperialist Germany.
By: Jenny Glanfield
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The Wild Date Palm
- By: Diane Armstrong
- Narrated by: Deirdre Rubenstein
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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During a train journey across Turkey's Anatolian Plain in 1915 during World War I, Shoshana Adelstein witnesses the slaughter of the Armenians and knows she has just come face to face with her destiny. Convinced that her Jewish community in a small outpost of the Ottoman Empire will soon meet a similar fate, she is desperate to save her people. With Turkey and Britain locked in a global conflict, she orchestrates an audacious plan. Enlisting a group of co-conspirators who include her charismatic lover Eli and her impetuous brother Nathan, this young woman forms a clandestine spy ring.
By: Diane Armstrong
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Love's Grand Sweet Song
- Windy City Hearts, Book 3
- By: Jennifer Lamont Leo
- Narrated by: Jennifer Lamont Leo
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1915, waitress Francie Forrester has a voice like an angel, but few people in her small Midwestern town have ever heard it, outside of church. Between working and keeping an eye on her irresponsible mother and younger brother, who has time for music? Her misty daydream of becoming an opera singer must remain exactly that—a dream—until a new friend unexpectedly sets her on a rocky path leading to Chicago’s glittering opera stage. To rise from slinging spaghetti to singing grand opera takes a lot of courage and hard work, but Francie’s up to the challenge. At least, she hopes she is.
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
- By: Katherine Arden
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Michael Crouch
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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January 1918. Laura Iven has been discharged from her duties as a nurse and sent back to Halifax, Canada, leaving behind a brother still fighting in the trenches of the First World War. Now home, she receives word of Freddie's death in action along with his uniform -but something doesn't quite make sense. November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped under an overturned pillbox with an enemy soldier, a German, each of them badly wounded. Against all odds, the two men form a bond and succeed in clawing their way out.
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painful
- By Magboo on 09-03-24
By: Katherine Arden
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The Street
- By: H. P. Lovecraft
- Narrated by: Peter Coates
- Length: 14 mins
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The Street is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in late 1919 and first published in the December 1920 issue of the Wolverine amateur journal. The story traces the history of the titular street in a New England city, presumably Boston, from its first beginnings as "but a path" in colonial times to a quasi-supernatural occurrence in the years immediately following World War I.
By: H. P. Lovecraft
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When the World Goes Quiet
- A Novel
- By: Gian Sardar
- Narrated by: Jesse Vilinsky
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
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It’s 1918 in German-occupied Bruges, Belgium. With luck, Evelien will make it to the end of the war and be given what she was promised: a prized painting in exchange for safeguarding her employer’s possessions. Until then, Evelien knows to keep her head down and stay out of trouble. But life never goes to plan, especially in war. A member of the Resistance approaches Evelien: steal a list of names hidden in her employer’s home.
By: Gian Sardar
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The Toffee Factory Girls
- By: Glenda Young
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham. Anne works for the enigmatic owner Mr Jack. She is highly efficient and whips Mr Jack's disorganised office - and Mr Jack himself - into shape. However, behind her business-like façade, Anne hides a heart-breaking secret. Elsie is feisty, fun and enjoys a good time. However, her gadabout ways get her into trouble when she falls for the wrong man in the sugar-boiling room. And there's dependable Hetty, who's set to marry her boyfriend when he returns from the war.
By: Glenda Young
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The Artist's Wife
- Hearts of Glass, Book 2
- By: Clare Flynn
- Narrated by: Annette Chown
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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July, 1914: In their sunlit Hampshire workshop, Alice Dalton mixes paints for the stained-glass artwork she and Edmund are working on, pausing only to joyfully cradle the soft swell of her stomach. But the looming war threatens her hard-won happiness. A knock at the door announces the arrival of Victor, her estranged brother, returning after six long years in America. But her elation at being reunited is short-lived as she realizes he still hasn’t forgiven her for her part in the heartbreak that sent him abroad.
By: Clare Flynn