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The Miniaturist
- By: Jessie Burton
- Narrated by: Jessie Burton
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2,569
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2,312
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Story4 out of 5 stars 2,308
There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed...On an autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of Amsterdam. She has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, Marin. Only later does Johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift.
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2 out of 5 stars
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I'm still waiting for something to happen.....
- By Fiona Keates on 28-02-16
The Miniaturist
This has been on my list for a while. I've heard it described as 'historical, literary thriller': a combination of genres that often translates as ‘long-winded and weighed down by its own sense of importance’. I finally got round to listening and it was an absolute joy. The characters are intricately flawed, heartfelt humans, and the prose is just gorgeous. It manages to be poetic and expansive but never self-indulgent, and always gripping. You are flung into the stinking, bustling, sometimes terrifying heart of medieval Amsterdam: sugar is a rare and expensive commodity, homosexuality is an abomination, reality and magic are blurred, bullies and oppressors operate under the cloak of piety and religion. A breathless listen that I binged through in three days.
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China Dolls
- By: Lisa See
- Narrated by: Jodi Long
- Length: 15 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Story4 out of 5 stars 39
It’s 1938 in San Francisco: Grace, Helen, and Ruby, three young women from very different backgrounds, meet by chance at the exclusive and glamorous Forbidden City nightclub. Grace Lee, an American-born Chinese girl, has fled the Midwest with nothing but heartache, talent, and a pair of dancing shoes. Helen Fong lives with her extended family in Chinatown, where her traditional parents insist that she guard her reputation like a piece of jade. The stunning Ruby Tom challenges the boundaries of convention at every turn.
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3 out of 5 stars
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interesting story buy frustrating narrator
- By R on 19-01-22
China Dolls
Lisa See's China Dolls is an accessible and arresting story of three young women in San Francisco before the outbreak of WW2. As someone who would usually find less likable protagonists wearing, the fraught relationships in the book did not put me off, and instead I was drawn into their world.
I was first recommended this book when I finished university and had read non-fiction solidly for three years. It turned out to be the perfect story to race through and remind me what's great about fiction.
Award-winning Historical Fiction
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Wolf Hall
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,172
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,985
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,981
England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need, comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Past imperfect.
- By Francis on 31-10-09
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 995
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 899
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Story4 out of 5 stars 897
Unfolding in a graveyard over the course of a single night, narrated by a dazzling chorus of voices, Lincoln in the Bardo is a literary experience unlike any other, for no one but Saunders could conceive it. February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved 11-year-old son, Willie, dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Complete gibberish as far as I can tell
- By no on 27-07-17
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
- By: Marlon James
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, Cherise Boothe, Dwight Bacquie, and others
- Length: 26 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 978
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 905
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 906
On 3 December 1976, just weeks before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions, seven gunmen from West Kingston stormed his house. Marley survived and went on to perform at the free concert. Not a lot was recorded about the fate of the seven gunmen, but much has been said, whispered and sung about in the streets of West Kingston.
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5 out of 5 stars
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'Brief' it was not
- By Maggie Kiely on 14-08-15
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- By: Richard Flanagan
- Narrated by: Richard Flanagan
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 501
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 452
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 453
August, 1943. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma death railway, Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. This savagely beautiful novel is a story about the many forms of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Weary narration overcomes incident
- By C. Evans on 14-10-14
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The Luminaries
- By: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,721
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,552
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,550
It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written, but slower than a snail
- By Avril Lamb on 02-11-13
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Bring Up the Bodies
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,402
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,393
By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church. In Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb
- By Maddy on 02-06-12
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Wolf Hall
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,172
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,985
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,981
England, the 1520s. Henry VIII is on the throne, but has no heir. Cardinal Wolsey is his chief advisor, charged with securing the divorce the pope refuses to grant. Into this atmosphere of distrust and need, comes Thomas Cromwell, first as Wolsey's clerk, and later his successor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Past imperfect.
- By Francis on 31-10-09
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Lincoln in the Bardo
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman, David Sedaris, George Saunders, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 995
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 899
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Story4 out of 5 stars 897
Unfolding in a graveyard over the course of a single night, narrated by a dazzling chorus of voices, Lincoln in the Bardo is a literary experience unlike any other, for no one but Saunders could conceive it. February 1862. The Civil War is less than one year old. The fighting has begun in earnest, and the nation has begun to realize it is in for a long, bloody struggle. Meanwhile, President Lincoln's beloved 11-year-old son, Willie, dies and is laid to rest in a Georgetown cemetery.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Complete gibberish as far as I can tell
- By no on 27-07-17
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A Brief History of Seven Killings
- By: Marlon James
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean, Cherise Boothe, Dwight Bacquie, and others
- Length: 26 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 978
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 905
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 906
On 3 December 1976, just weeks before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions, seven gunmen from West Kingston stormed his house. Marley survived and went on to perform at the free concert. Not a lot was recorded about the fate of the seven gunmen, but much has been said, whispered and sung about in the streets of West Kingston.
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5 out of 5 stars
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'Brief' it was not
- By Maggie Kiely on 14-08-15
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The Narrow Road to the Deep North
- By: Richard Flanagan
- Narrated by: Richard Flanagan
- Length: 15 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 501
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 452
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 453
August, 1943. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Thai-Burma death railway, Australian surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. This savagely beautiful novel is a story about the many forms of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Weary narration overcomes incident
- By C. Evans on 14-10-14
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The Luminaries
- By: Eleanor Catton
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 29 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,721
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,552
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1,550
It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written, but slower than a snail
- By Avril Lamb on 02-11-13
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Bring Up the Bodies
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,106
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,402
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,393
By 1535 Thomas Cromwell, the blacksmith's son, is far from his humble origins. Chief Minister to Henry VIII, his fortunes have risen with those of Anne Boleyn, Henry’s second wife, for whose sake Henry has broken with Rome and created his own church. In Bring Up the Bodies, Hilary Mantel explores one of the most mystifying and frightening episodes in English history: the destruction of Anne Boleyn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb
- By Maddy on 02-06-12
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The Inheritance of Loss
- By: Kiran Desai
- Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 101
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 52
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Story4 out of 5 stars 52
At the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga in the Himalayas, lives an embittered old judge who wants nothing more than to retire in peace. But this is far from easy with the arrival of his orphaned granddaughter Sai, come to live with him and his chatty cook.
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2 out of 5 stars
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When will something happen?
- By Mr David Newton on 09-11-07
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The Blind Assassin
- By: Margaret Atwood
- Narrated by: Lorelei King
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 601
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 498
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Story4 out of 5 stars 506
Even now, at the age of 82, Iris lives in the shadow cast by her younger sister Laura. Now poor and trying to cope with a failing body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Compelling
- By Anthony on 15-02-11
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The God of Small Things
- By: Arundhati Roy
- Narrated by: Aysha Kala
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 897
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 808
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 808
Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, Southern India, The God of Small Things tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory, they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family - their lonely, lovely mother; their beloved uncle Chacko (pickle baron, radical Marxist and bottom pincher); and their avowed enemy, Baby Kochamma (ex-nun and incumbent grand-aunt).
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating, magical
- By Rochelle on 28-01-17
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
- By: Roddy Doyle
- Narrated by: Aidan Gillen
- Length: 7 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 84
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 67
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Story4 out of 5 stars 66
Paddy Clarke is ten years old. Paddy Clarke lights fires. Paddy Clarke's name is written in wet cement all over Barrytown, north Dublin. Paddy Clarke's heroes are Father Damien (and the lepers), Geronimo and George Best. Paddy Clarke has a brother called Francis, but Paddy calls him Sinbad and hates him because that's the rule. Paddy Clarke knows the exact moment to knock a dead scab from his knee.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Paddy Clarke - Outstanding!!!
- By Wayne on 21-05-15
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Sacred Hunger
- By: Barry Unsworth
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 22 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 109
1752, the Liverpool Merchant sets sail from Merseyside. A slaver, she is bound for Africa to buy men and transport them in chains across the Atlantic. But aboard ship disease thrives in the cramped hold, killing men and eating into profit. Captain Thurso insists on throwing the sick overboard, to the horror of Matthew Paris, ship's surgeon, who determines to prevent such barbarity. Meanwhile, back home, Erasmus Kemp, cousin of Paris and son of the Liverpool Merchant's owner, finds his fortune hanging in the balance: dependent on the success or failure of a single voyage....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top notch historical fiction
- By Petra on 05-10-14
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The Line of Beauty
- By: Alan Hollinghurst
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 176
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 150
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 150
In the summer of 1983, 23-year-old Nick Guest moves into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the wealthy Feddens: Gerald, an ambitious Tory MP, his wife, Rachel, and their children, Toby and Catherine. Innocent of politics and money, Nick is swept up into the Feddens' world and an era of endless possibility, all the while pursuing his own private obsession with beauty.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Obvious and lusty
- By DAVID on 09-10-18
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Possession
- A Romance
- By: A. S. Byatt
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 21 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 441
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 403
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 404
Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars investigating the lives of two Victorian poets. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book made greater by superb performance
- By Falluntilyoufly on 19-04-19
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The Remains of the Day
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Dominic West
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,131
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,719
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,708
A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside – and into his past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should I stay or should I go?
- By Barbara on 20-03-18
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The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
- By: Michael Chabon
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 376
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 339
It's 1939, in New York City. Joe Kavalier, a young artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just pulled off his greatest feat: smuggling himself out of Hitler's Prague. He's looking to make big money, fast, so that he can bring his family to freedom. His cousin, Brooklyn's own Sammy Clay, is looking for a partner in creating the heroes, stories, and art for the latest novelty to hit the American dreamscape: the comic book. Inspired by their own fantasies, fears, and dreams, they create the Escapist.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and deeply moving
- By Karen on 13-04-13
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Manhattan Beach
- By: Jennifer Egan
- Narrated by: Heather Lind, Norbert Leo Butz, Vincent Piazza
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 211
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4 out of 5 stars 186
Anna Kerrigan, nearly 12 years old, accompanies her father to the house of a man who, she gleans, is crucial to the survival of her father and her family. Anna observes the uniformed servants, the lavishing of toys on the children and some secret pact between her father and Dexter Styles. Years later her father has disappeared, and the country is at war. Anna works at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, where women are allowed to hold jobs that had always belonged to men.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It could have been great but somehow it wasn't.
- By bookylady on 22-04-18
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Schindler's List
- By: Thomas Keneally
- Narrated by: Ben Kingsley
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Story5 out of 5 stars 62
In the century's darkest time, one man became the most unlikely of heroes. German-Catholic industrialist and Nazi Party member Oskar Schindler used his wealth and influence to save the lives of more than 1,300 Jews who would have otherwise died in the concentration camp at Plaszow. Here is the story on which Steven Spielberg based his powerful motion picture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Schindlers List
- By Maureen Horseman on 29-10-15
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All the Light We Cannot See
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 17 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,200
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,888
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,881
Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighbourhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorise it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane. When the Germans occupy Paris, father and daughter flee to Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast, where Marie-Laure's agoraphobic great uncle lives in a tall, narrow house by the sea wall.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Despite the narrator
- By JF7588 on 06-02-15
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1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters and girls sell dances for a shilling a time....
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Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings.
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 690
1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters and girls sell dances for a shilling a time....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A joy
- By Cliente Amazon on 03-10-22
By: Kate Atkinson
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The Marriage Portrait
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt
- Length: 13 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 608
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 561
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 556
Florence, the 1560s. Lucrezia, third daughter of Cosimo de' Medici, is free to wander the palazzo at will, wondering at its treasures and observing its clandestine workings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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UNDERPAINTING
- By Amazon Customer on 31-08-22
By: Maggie O'Farrell
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Act of Oblivion
- By: Robert Harris
- Narrated by: Tim McInnerny
- Length: 15 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,007
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 929
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 921
1660, General Edward Whalley and Colonel William Goffe, father- and son-in-law, cross the Atlantic....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Royalist Bounty Hunter Chasing Roundheads.
- By HellRazor on 03-09-22
By: Robert Harris
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The Remains of the Day
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Dominic West
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,131
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,719
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,708
A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should I stay or should I go?
- By Barbara on 20-03-18
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
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Still Life
- By: Sarah Winman
- Narrated by: Sarah Winman
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,701
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,550
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,541
From the author of When God Was a Rabbit and Tin Man, Still Life is a big-hearted story of people brought together by love, war, art and the ghost of E.M. Forster....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A gentle story of love and Florence
- By V. O'Regan on 04-06-21
By: Sarah Winman
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The Lighterman: The Kray Twins Are Out for Revenge...
- Charles Holborne Legal Thrillers, Book 3
- By: Simon Michael
- Narrated by: Simon Michael
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 285
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 273
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 273
Psychopathic gangster Ronnie Kray has a “List” of persons who have “taken liberties” and who are to be disposed of, and now barrister Charles Holborne finds his name at the top of the List....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another great book
- By Mr on 01-11-22
By: Simon Michael
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A Suitable Boy
- By: Vikram Seth
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 68 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 109
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 99
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 99
A modern classic, this epic tale of families, romance and political intrigue, set in India, never loses its power to delight and enchant listeners....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect in every way
- By I Braun on 10-04-21
By: Vikram Seth
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Small Things Like These
- By: Claire Keegan
- Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
- Length: 1 hr and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 615
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 539
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 537
The long-awaited new work from the author of Foster, Small Things Like These is an unforgettable story of hope, quiet heroism and tenderness....
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3 out of 5 stars
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At last!! A novel by Claire Keegan :)
- By marianna c. on 29-10-21
By: Claire Keegan
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The Long Song
- By: Andrea Levy
- Narrated by: Adrian Lester, Andrea Levy
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 268
A moving tale set in Jamaica during the last years of slavery from Orange Prize winner Andrea Levy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing narration
- By Sue156 on 28-04-18
By: Andrea Levy
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Master and Commander
- Aubrey-Maturin Series, Book 1
- By: Patrick O'Brian
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,324
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,020
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,010
> Master and Commander is the first of Patrick O’Brian’s now famous Aubrey-Maturin novels, regarded by many as the greatest series of historical novels ever written....
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5 out of 5 stars
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At last, unabridged and well read...it begins.
- By John on 19-01-12
By: Patrick O'Brian
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Death to the Emperor
- By: Simon Scarrow
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 190
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 182
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Story5 out of 5 stars 182
1st-century Britannia is the setting for an epic and action-packed novel of tribal uprisings, battles to the death and unmatched courage in the Roman army ranks....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another amazing entry into the best book series ever written
- By Anonymous User on 07-12-22
By: Simon Scarrow
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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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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,291
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,642
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,627
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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2 out of 5 stars
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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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Nothing Ventured
- William Warwick, Book 1
- By: Jeffrey Archer
- Narrated by: George Blagden
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,955
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,757
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,749
William Warwick is eight when he decides to join the police force. Resolute in the face of his prominent QC father’s objections, William graduates in Art History from university and immediately enrols as a constable in the Metropolitan Police....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Cracking start to the new series
- By Kirstine on 10-09-19
By: Jeffrey Archer
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An Act of Foul Play
- A Lady Hardcastle Mystery, Book 9
- By: T E Kinsey
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story5 out of 5 stars 43
November 1911. Lady Emily Hardcastle is celebrating her birthday by seeing a play at the Duke’s Theatre in Bristol with her maid and confidante, the inimitable Flo. Act One is a triumph. Then Act Two opens with a body on stage—a real one....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Another triumph !
- By K E Webb on 06-12-22
By: T E Kinsey
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- By: George R.R. Martin
- Narrated by: Harry Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,678
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,282
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,261
Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R.R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great intro to Westeros if u can't face the Epics!
- By Mini on 04-11-15
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The Signature of All Things
- By: Elizabeth Gilbert
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 133
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 133
Everything about life intrigues Alma Whittaker. Her passion for botany leads her far from home, from London to Peru to Tahiti, in pursuit of that rare specimen: knowledge....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Lovely intricate tale
- By theca on 01-07-22
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Dear Mrs Bird
- By: AJ Pearce
- Narrated by: Anna Popplewell
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,116
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 999
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Story4 out of 5 stars 997
London, 1940. Emmeline Lake and her best friend, Bunty, are trying to stay cheerful despite the Luftwaffe making life thoroughly annoying for everyone....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wartime tale of writing, bravery & soldiering on
- By K. J. Kelly on 12-04-18
By: AJ Pearce
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An English Christmas
- By: John Julius Norwich
- Narrated by: John Julius Norwich, Luke Thompson, Nicky Diss, and others
- Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
A Christmas anthology from lege