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Wartime with the Cornish Girls
- The Cornish Girls, Book 1
- By: Betty Walker
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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1941. The Blitz rages over London. And even in Cornwall, the war is being fought. When Violet loses her sister in the Blitz, she must take her nieces to safety in Cornwall. On the coast, she meets carefree chorus girl Eva, who is also running from the dangers of London....
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You can’t go wrong with this story.
- By Sakazoke on 14-05-21
By: Betty Walker
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Wartime for the District Nurses
- The District Nurse, Book 2
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in London’s East End. From babies born out of wedlock to battered wives, they’ve had plenty to keep them occupied....
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Brilliant Book
- By Mrs AJ Crandon on 31-07-19
By: Annie Groves
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A Fond Farewell for the Tobacco Girls
- The Tobacco Girls, Book 6
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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May 1945 – VE Day. After battling against the odds, the three friends are uncertain of their futures. With a new dawn, there are high hopes and boundless dreams....
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Absolutely loved these books
- By Jacqui on 17-08-23
By: Lizzie Lane
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The Light Behind the Window
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The present: Emilie de la Martiniéres has always fought against her aristocratic background, but after the death of her glamorous, distant mother, she finds herself alone in the world and sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the south of France....
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A beautiful Story
- By Debz100 on 08-12-20
By: Lucinda Riley
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Hothouse Flower
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 19 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Georgian mansion Wharton Park was a place of childhood solace for Julia Forrester, spending summers in the Norfolk countryside with her beloved grandfather....
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loved it
- By melanie on 29-04-23
By: Lucinda Riley
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Dark Shadows Over Coronation Close
- Coronation Close, Book 3
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Bristol 1938. A shadowy presence overshadows Coronation Close, watching and waiting. Jenny Crawford is the first to notice the stranger and wonders why his attention is fixed on Thelma Dawson’s house. When challenged he makes a hasty retreat....
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Loved it
- By Mrs J Smith on 14-04-24
By: Lizzie Lane
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Wartime with the Cornish Girls
- The Cornish Girls, Book 1
- By: Betty Walker
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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1941. The Blitz rages over London. And even in Cornwall, the war is being fought. When Violet loses her sister in the Blitz, she must take her nieces to safety in Cornwall. On the coast, she meets carefree chorus girl Eva, who is also running from the dangers of London....
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You can’t go wrong with this story.
- By Sakazoke on 14-05-21
By: Betty Walker
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Wartime for the District Nurses
- The District Nurse, Book 2
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Alice Lake and her friend Edith have had everything thrown at them in their first year as district nurses in London’s East End. From babies born out of wedlock to battered wives, they’ve had plenty to keep them occupied....
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Brilliant Book
- By Mrs AJ Crandon on 31-07-19
By: Annie Groves
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A Fond Farewell for the Tobacco Girls
- The Tobacco Girls, Book 6
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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May 1945 – VE Day. After battling against the odds, the three friends are uncertain of their futures. With a new dawn, there are high hopes and boundless dreams....
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Absolutely loved these books
- By Jacqui on 17-08-23
By: Lizzie Lane
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The Light Behind the Window
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Miranda Raison
- Length: 12 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The present: Emilie de la Martiniéres has always fought against her aristocratic background, but after the death of her glamorous, distant mother, she finds herself alone in the world and sole inheritor of her grand childhood home in the south of France....
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A beautiful Story
- By Debz100 on 08-12-20
By: Lucinda Riley
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Hothouse Flower
- By: Lucinda Riley
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 19 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Georgian mansion Wharton Park was a place of childhood solace for Julia Forrester, spending summers in the Norfolk countryside with her beloved grandfather....
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loved it
- By melanie on 29-04-23
By: Lucinda Riley
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Dark Shadows Over Coronation Close
- Coronation Close, Book 3
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Bristol 1938. A shadowy presence overshadows Coronation Close, watching and waiting. Jenny Crawford is the first to notice the stranger and wonders why his attention is fixed on Thelma Dawson’s house. When challenged he makes a hasty retreat....
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Loved it
- By Mrs J Smith on 14-04-24
By: Lizzie Lane
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The Memory Box: A beautiful, timeless, absolutely heartbreaking love story and World War Two historical fiction
- By: Kathryn Hughes
- Narrated by: Rachel Atkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Jenny Tanner opens the box she has cherished for decades. Contained within are her most precious mementoes, amongst them a pebble, a carving and a newspaper cutting she can hardly bear to read....
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WONDERFUL READ.
- By Ally_G on 07-01-22
By: Kathryn Hughes
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Marriage and Mayhem for the Tobacco Girls
- The Tobacco Girls, Book 5
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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May 1944. Hope and excitement is in the air when news breaks of the allied forces landing in Normandy. D Day has arrived. However, the day-to-day struggles for the Tobacco Girls continue.
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brilliant
- By SamDH on 08-12-22
By: Lizzie Lane
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The Ealing Comedy Collection
- BBC Radio Full-Cast Remakes of The Ladykillers, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Passport to Pimlico & Whisky Galore!
- By: Wiliam Rose, Robert Hamer, John Dighton, and others
- Narrated by: Edward Petherbridge, Donald Sinden, Margot Boyd, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 39 mins
- Original Recording
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Between 1947 and 1957, Ealing Studios produced a series of immensely popular, darkly funny film comedies that made the West London borough famous throughout the world. Now four of these timeless films were recreated for BBC Radio 4, and are now collected together for the first time....
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great performances
- By Duncan Macpherson on 28-03-24
By: Wiliam Rose, and others
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The Man in the Bunker
- Tom Wilde, Book 6
- By: Rory Clements
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Germany, late summer 1945. The war is over, but the country is in ruins....
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Gripping
- By lancelot on 24-02-22
By: Rory Clements
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The Family at War
- Adams Family, Book 12
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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It was 1940, and many of the younger members of the Adams family were caught up in the war in France. Boots, now a major and on the staff of General Sir Henry Simms, was one of the thousands of British troops trying to escape in the armada of little boats from Dunkirk....
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Overall, enjoyable series "The Adams Family"
- By MaMaMason on 05-03-23
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Secrets for the Three Sisters
- The Three Sisters, Book 2
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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It’s autumn 1940 and the Blitz has cast its shadow over London. Everyone is doing their bit to help, including the three Harrison sisters of the East End’s Victory Walk. Even in wartime, the sisters find time for a wedding, but the bride is keeping a secret, which threatens to come to light....
By: Annie Groves
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Agent in Berlin
- The Wolf Pack Spies 1
- By: Alex Gerlis
- Narrated by: Duncan Galloway
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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To live among wolves, first you must become one... An unmissable new spy thriller from best-selling master of the genre, Alex Gerlis...
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Please get this recorded with someone else!
- By Roy on 08-07-22
By: Alex Gerlis
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The Girl Who Escaped From Auschwitz:
- A totally gripping and absolutely heartbreaking World War 2 novel
- By: Ellie Midwood
- Narrated by: Alison Campbell
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Millions of people walked through Auschwitz’s gates, but she was the first woman who escaped. This powerful novel tells the inspiring true story of Mala Zimetbaum, whose heroism will never be forgotten, and whose fate altered the course of history....
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A way of life
- By Amazon Customermaggie on 10-07-21
By: Ellie Midwood
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The Three Sisters of Victory Walk
- The Three Sisters, Book 1
- By: Annie Groves
- Narrated by: Alex Tregear
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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The three sisters of Victory Walk in East London will face heartache and tears on the home front. As rationing, blackouts and bombs start to bite, life will change forever for the three sisters....
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Such a lovely story
- By Julie on 10-08-23
By: Annie Groves
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War Clouds Over Blackberry Farm
- Blackberry Farm, Book 1
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Claire Morgan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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As the clouds of war begin to gather in Europe, the Talbot family of rural Blackberry Farm will be torn apart, just as so many families all over the world will be. Life will never be the same again....
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Nice story but didn't enjoy narration
- By Ron on 22-06-22
By: Rosie Clarke
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Fire and Fury for the Tobacco Girls
- The Tobacco Girls, Book 3
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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As the clouds of war grow bleaker both at home and abroad, the Tobacco Girls are determined to do their bit for king and country....
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Narrated badly
- By Amazon Customer on 09-01-23
By: Lizzie Lane
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A Wartime Wife
- Mary Anne Randall, Book 1
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Bristol 1939. At forty years of age, Mary Anne Randall still turns heads. With an abusive husband spending most of his wages on beer, she has resigned herself to be the sole breadwinner to protect her family and keep the wolves from the door....
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Gripping
- By Jackie Jackson on 09-09-22
By: Lizzie Lane
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The Frequency of Us
- By: Keith Stuart
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey, Elliot Chapman
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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In Second World War Bath, young, naïve wireless engineer Will meets Austrian refugee Elsa Klein: she is sophisticated, witty and worldly, and at last his life seems to make sense . . . until, soon after, the couple's home is bombed, and Will awakes from the blast to find himself alone....
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Interesting story
- By LC on 28-05-21
By: Keith Stuart
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The Women of Mulberry Lane
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The men, women and children of Mulberry Lane fight on with indomitable spirit, as the endgame of the Second World War enters its most deadly phase....
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Narrator ??
- By Elizabeth Rooney on 19-06-21
By: Rosie Clarke
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Legacy of War
- By: Wilbur Smith, David Churchill - contributor
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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The war is over; Hitler is dead - and yet his evil legacy lives on. Saffron Courtney and her beloved husband, Gerhard, only just survived the brutal conflict, but Gerhard's Nazi-supporting brother, Konrad, is still free and determined to regain power....
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Fabulous.
- By ian stevenson on 22-05-21
By: Wilbur Smith, and others
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The Teashop Girls at War
- Teashop Girls, Book 3
- By: Elaine Everest
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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It is 1942 and, with the country still at war, the girls who work for Joe Lyons are praying for their loved ones to return home safely in the third instalment of the Teashop Girls series....
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riveting
- By julie b on 22-03-24
By: Elaine Everest
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The Cypress Maze
- By: Fiona Valpy
- Narrated by: Henrietta Meire, Ruth Redman
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Tuscany, 1943. Stranded in war-ravaged Italy, Beatrice’s dream of an escapist year teaching English is shattered....
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Good story line
- By S S. on 20-10-23
By: Fiona Valpy
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The Dover Café Under Fire
- The Dover Café, Book 3
- By: Ginny Bell
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Dover 1940 As firebombs fall on Dover, Edie Castle's life is thrown into turmoil when the garage where she lives and works is damaged and her beloved boss is arrested. With no job and nowhere else to go, Edie returns to Castle's Café and her formidable mother, Nellie....
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Great series of books
- By Mrs E Warburton on 29-12-22
By: Ginny Bell
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SBS
- Special Boat Squadron
- By: Iain Gale
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Operation Anglo, 31 August 1942. Beneath the waves, HMS Traveller closes in on the coast of Rhodes in the Eastern Mediterranean. Aboard, eight SBS commandos check their weapons and munitions as they prepare to infiltrate and sabotage two Axis bomber fields....
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Not a story about the S B S should be retitled.
- By FAB on 27-01-24
By: Iain Gale
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A Christmas Wish at Woolworths
- By: Elaine Everest
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Cosy up with the next festive instalment in Elaine Everest's much-loved Woolworths series....
By: Elaine Everest
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Murder at Aldwych Station
- By: Jim Eldridge
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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December 1940. With the Luftwaffe pounding the city nightly, Londoners seek refuge in underground stations. When the body of a young man is discovered on the tracks, wearing evening dress but barefoot, Detective Chief Inspector Coburg and Sergeant Lampson are on the case....
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Enjoyable, but too violent for my taste
- By Anonymous User on 12-01-23
By: Jim Eldridge
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The Midwife of Berlin
- By: Anna Stuart
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Berlin, 1945: Ester Pasternak walked out of the gates of Auschwitz barely alive. She survived against devastating odds, but her heartbreaking journey is only just beginning. In the camp, Ester gave birth to a tiny fair-haired infant....
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Beautiful and heartbreaking 💔
- By j e petford on 09-04-24
By: Anna Stuart
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Wartime Brides
- Wives and Lovers, Book 1
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Bristol - 1945. The war has ended; the men are returning home to their loved ones, but for some, things have changed....
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Lovely story
- By John Boy on 20-01-24
By: Lizzie Lane
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The Moon Gate
- By: Amanda Geard
- Narrated by: Natalie Pela
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A faded photograph. An abandoned house. A wartime secret....
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Well read and enjoyable.
- By mrs on 24-03-24
By: Amanda Geard
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Hard Times for the East End Library Girls
- Library Girls, Book 2
- By: Patricia McBride
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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War strikes close to home for chief librarian Cordelia when her flat is bombed, and her beloved Robert is called up and sent abroad. Fortunately, her colleagues Mavis and Jane can help see her through hard times. The three friends find purpose in making the Silvertown library a friendly sanctuary for their deprived and devastated community. But sinister forces, from callous bureaucrats to crafty criminals, still lurk among the stacks.
By: Patricia McBride
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The Home Front Girls
- The Home Front Girls, Book 1
- By: Susanna Bavin
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Manchester, 1940: the minute war was declared, best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home guard. An Auxiliary Fire Service girl by night, Sally ends up stationed at the salvage depot by day. When Sally meets Andrew, a quiet carpenter with a heart-breaking smile, she finally feels as though her efforts are making a difference. As love blossoms, Sally feels herself opening up to Andrew in a way she'd never imagined possible. But then, a devastating air raid threatens everything she holds dear.
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Love this story
- By Debbie on 18-04-24
By: Susanna Bavin
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The Lives Left Behind
- A Heartbreaking Historical Novel Based on a True Story
- By: Tova Aviram-Zylberg
- Narrated by: Bill Lewis
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Yosseleh Karlinski was born to a family of great Jewish rabbis. Gifted with a keen mind and unique talent for chess, he earned the respect and admiration of those around him–especially his childhood friend, Christina. But everything changes when the Germans conquer Lublin, forcing Yosseleh into a new reality in the cramped Lublin Ghetto.
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The Pact
- The Blood Sisters, Book 1
- By: Roberta Kagan
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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When three little girls—Anna, Bernie, and Elica—make a pact to be blood sisters for life, they believe nothing can come between them. Anna is from an affluent Jewish family, while Bernie and Elica are from poor Austrian families who barely make ends meet. As they get older, their social differences become all too real. With infectious Jew-hate-laden rhetoric from Nazi Germany spreading into Austria, it is only a matter of time before their bond of friendship gets severely tested.
By: Roberta Kagan
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The Girl with a Secret
- The Emerald Sisters, Book 2
- By: Kate Hewitt
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Germany, 1939: When Rosa Herzelfeld boards the SS St Louis, she doesn’t believe its promise of freedom. Surely there can be no escape from the Nazis, not even on the other side of the world. Besides, she knows that no matter how far she travels, there is no escaping her past....
By: Kate Hewitt
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The Little Penguin Bookshop
- By: Joanna Toye
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers, troops and evacuees. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and armed with a colourful array of Penguin paperbacks, Carrie’s business soon booms. And when she gifts a book to a dashing officer, an act of kindness becomes the beginning of Carrie’s very own love story. But as war rages on, and Mike is posted abroad, Carrie’s world is turned upside-down.
By: Joanna Toye
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Hard Times for the East End Library Girls
- Library Girls, Book 2
- By: Patricia McBride
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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War strikes close to home for chief librarian Cordelia when her flat is bombed, and her beloved Robert is called up and sent abroad. Fortunately, her colleagues Mavis and Jane can help see her through hard times. The three friends find purpose in making the Silvertown library a friendly sanctuary for their deprived and devastated community. But sinister forces, from callous bureaucrats to crafty criminals, still lurk among the stacks.
By: Patricia McBride
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The Home Front Girls
- The Home Front Girls, Book 1
- By: Susanna Bavin
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Manchester, 1940: the minute war was declared, best friends Sally and Debs volunteered for the home guard. An Auxiliary Fire Service girl by night, Sally ends up stationed at the salvage depot by day. When Sally meets Andrew, a quiet carpenter with a heart-breaking smile, she finally feels as though her efforts are making a difference. As love blossoms, Sally feels herself opening up to Andrew in a way she'd never imagined possible. But then, a devastating air raid threatens everything she holds dear.
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Love this story
- By Debbie on 18-04-24
By: Susanna Bavin
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The Lives Left Behind
- A Heartbreaking Historical Novel Based on a True Story
- By: Tova Aviram-Zylberg
- Narrated by: Bill Lewis
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Yosseleh Karlinski was born to a family of great Jewish rabbis. Gifted with a keen mind and unique talent for chess, he earned the respect and admiration of those around him–especially his childhood friend, Christina. But everything changes when the Germans conquer Lublin, forcing Yosseleh into a new reality in the cramped Lublin Ghetto.
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The Pact
- The Blood Sisters, Book 1
- By: Roberta Kagan
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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When three little girls—Anna, Bernie, and Elica—make a pact to be blood sisters for life, they believe nothing can come between them. Anna is from an affluent Jewish family, while Bernie and Elica are from poor Austrian families who barely make ends meet. As they get older, their social differences become all too real. With infectious Jew-hate-laden rhetoric from Nazi Germany spreading into Austria, it is only a matter of time before their bond of friendship gets severely tested.
By: Roberta Kagan
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The Girl with a Secret
- The Emerald Sisters, Book 2
- By: Kate Hewitt
- Narrated by: Stephanie Cannon
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Germany, 1939: When Rosa Herzelfeld boards the SS St Louis, she doesn’t believe its promise of freedom. Surely there can be no escape from the Nazis, not even on the other side of the world. Besides, she knows that no matter how far she travels, there is no escaping her past....
By: Kate Hewitt
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The Little Penguin Bookshop
- By: Joanna Toye
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When World War II breaks out, Carrie Anderson sets up a bookstall at her local train station in the hope of providing a sense of escapism for travellers, troops and evacuees. Driven by an entrepreneurial spirit and armed with a colourful array of Penguin paperbacks, Carrie’s business soon booms. And when she gifts a book to a dashing officer, an act of kindness becomes the beginning of Carrie’s very own love story. But as war rages on, and Mike is posted abroad, Carrie’s world is turned upside-down.
By: Joanna Toye
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The Royal Librarian
- By: Daisy Wood
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Windsor, 1940: War rages, and as bombs rain down across Britain, nowhere is safe: not even a royal palace. Secretly tasked with foiling a suspected plot, Sophie Klein is placed in the Royal Library at Windsor castle, where the princesses reside. But when she learns that Windsor is compromised, Sophie must sacrifice everything she knows to save the future queen of England. Philadelphia, Present day: Digging into her great aunt’s family tree, Lacey Turner comes across a mysterious book bearing the stamp of Windsor Castle’s royal bindery. But how did it come to be in her family’s possession?
By: Daisy Wood
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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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Lost Souls of Leningrad
- A Novel
- By: Suzanne Parry
- Narrated by: Nancy Peterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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June 1941. Hitler's armies race toward vulnerable Leningrad. In a matter of weeks, the Nazis surround the city, cut off the food supply, and launch a vicious bombardment. Widowed violinist Sofya Karavayeva and her teenage granddaughter, Yelena, are cornered in the crumbling city.
By: Suzanne Parry
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The British Booksellers
- By: Kristy Cambron
- Narrated by: Barrie Kreinik
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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A tenant farmer’s son had no business daring to dream of a future with an earl’s daughter, but that couldn’t keep Amos Darby from his secret friendship with Charlotte Terrington…until the reality of the Great War sobered youthful dreams. Now decades later, he bears the brutal scars of battles fought in the trenches and their futures that were stolen away. His return home doesn’t come with tender reunions, but with the hollow fulfillment of opening a bookshop on his own and retreating as a recluse within its walls.
By: Kristy Cambron
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Acts of War
- Usurper's War, Book 1
- By: James Young
- Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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March 1942: Adolf Hitler is dead at the hands of the Royal Air Force. A vengeful Luftwaffe has exacted the Third Reich’s revenge on Great Britain, and London lies in flames. With the Royal Family fleeing to Canada and Great Britain’s Pacific colonies being ceded to Imperial Japan, the United States faces a stark, dangerous future alone. With a broad cast of characters underpinned by historical research, Acts of War examines the terrifying “What if…” of a German victory in Europe followed by upheaval in the Court of St. James.
By: James Young
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Mr Einstein's Secretary
- By: Matthew Reilly
- Narrated by: Annabelle Tudor
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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All Hanna Fischer ever wanted to do was to study physics under the great Albert Einstein. But when, as a teenager in 1919, her life is suddenly turned upside-down, she is catapulted into a new and extraordinary life - as a student, a secretary, a sister and a spy. From racist gangs in Berlin to gangsters in New York City, Nazis in the 1930s and Hitler's inner circle during the Second World War, Hanna will encounter some of history's greatest minds and most terrible moments, all while desperately trying to stay alive.
By: Matthew Reilly
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The Secret Keeper
- By: Genevieve Graham
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan, Ferdelle Capistrano
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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Twin sisters Dot and Dash Wilson share many things: a birthday, a best friend named Gus, and a secret shorthand based on Morse code, a language their father, a WWI veteran, taught them as children. But that’s where their similarities end. While Dot’s nose is always in a book, preferably the latest by Agatha Christie, Dash is a social butterfly and spends her evenings out dancing. Despite their differences, the sisters have a close bond—until one develops romantic feelings for Gus.
By: Genevieve Graham
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Whale Fjord
- A Magnus Iceland Mystery, Book 7
- By: Michael Ridpath
- Narrated by: Seán Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Iceland 1940. Britain invades Iceland. Lieutenant Tom Marks is a British officer tasked with defending Whale Fjord. He meets Kristín, a young widow from a nearby farm, who has a small son. Tom is smitten. Iceland 2023. Inspector Magnus Ragnarsson is called to the shores of Whale Fjord where the skeletons of a man and a woman have been discovered, both shot with British wartime bullets. Magnus uncovers a web of anger and revenge that stretches back 80 years and forward to a shocking murder in Reykjavík.
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Good to have Magnus back
- By Vicki on 06-04-24
By: Michael Ridpath
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The Road to Grantchester
- By: James Runcie
- Narrated by: Joe Jameson
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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It is 1938, and eighteen-year-old Sidney Chambers is dancing the quickstep with Amanda Kendall at her brother Robert’s birthday party at the Caledonian Club. No one can believe, on this golden evening, that there could ever be another war. Returning to London seven years later, Sidney has gained a Military Cross, and lost his best friend on the battlefields of Italy. The carefree youth that he and his friends were promised has been blown apart, just like the rest of the world – and Sidney, carrying a terrible, secret guilt, must decide what to do with the rest of his life.
By: James Runcie
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South by Java Head
- By: Alistair MacLean
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
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February, 1942: Singapore lies burning and shattered, defenceless before the conquering hordes of the Japanese Army. The last boat escapes out of the harbour into the South China Sea, and on board are a desperate group of strangers, each with a secret to guard, each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Dawn sees them far out to sea but with the first murderous dive bombers already aimed at their ship. Thus begins a nightmare succession of disasters wrought by the hell-bent Japanese, the unrelenting tropical sun and, ultimately, by the survivors themselves, as they head south by Java Head.
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An absolute classic
- By Richard T. on 06-04-24
By: Alistair MacLean
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The Lost Memories
- By: Lorna Cook
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Suffolk, 1944. American pilot Charlie’s second tour is about to draw to a close, but his heart is forever changed when he meets Kitty, a local girl. As love blooms, the pair are all too aware that every perilous mission Charlie flies may well be his last. Suffolk, 2011. When Kitty’s granddaughter and ambitious tearoom owner Amy meets American tourist and photographer Jack, she agrees to show him around in exchange for his photographic talents. The deal quickly grows into an unexpected bond – but when long-buried secrets emerge, neither of their worlds will ever be the same again.
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Loved it!
- By Cathy on 15-04-24
By: Lorna Cook
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The Archers: Victory at Ambridge
- By: Catherine Miller
- Narrated by: Patricia Hodge
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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Its 1943 and the war continues on in Ambridge. But the minds of the villagers are focused a little closer to home. For many centuries, a local tradition has told of a mystic living in a hermit’s cave just outside the village. Legend tells that she has hidden her prophecies around the area, but none have ever been found. When a visiting academic arrives in Ambridge, there for war work, but personally intrigued by the prophecies, he becomes determined to find out more. And as the prophesies are uncovered, it appears the mystic knows more than anyone could have predicted.
By: Catherine Miller