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A Quiet Tide
- By: Marianne Lee
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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At the time of her death in 1815, twenty-nine-year-old Ellen Hutchins had catalogued over a thousand species of seaweed and plants from her native Bantry Bay. Ireland’s first female botanist, Ellen was a major contributor to nineteenth-century scientific discovery. And yet, like so many brilliant women lost in history, it is her personal story that will resonate today. In her remarkable debut novel, Marianne Lee fuses fact with fiction to imagine Ellen’s rich but tormented inner life, repressed by the gender and class confines of her time.
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fantastic narration
- By Amazon Customer on 13-01-24
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A Quiet Tide
- Narrated by: Aoife McMahon
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 02-08-22
- Language: English
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When I Hit You
- By: Meena Kandasamy
- Narrated by: Maya Saroya
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall67
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Performance57
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Story56
Caught in the hook of love, a young woman marries a dashing university professor. She moves to a rain-washed coastal town to be with him, but behind closed doors she discovers that her perfect husband is a perfect monster. As he sets about battering her into obedience, and as her family pressures her to stay in the marriage, she swears to fight back - a resistance that will either kill her or set her free.
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Powerful, evocative and beautiful.
- By Mel on 15-05-20
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When I Hit You
- Narrated by: Maya Saroya
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 16-08-18
- Language: English
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Hot Water Music
- By: Charles Bukowski
- Narrated by: Christian Baskous
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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Story12
With his characteristic raw and minimalist style, Charles Bukowski takes us on a walk through his side of town in Hot Water Music. He gives us little vignettes of depravity and lasciviousness, bite sized pieces of what is both beautiful and grotesque. The stories in Hot Water Music dash around...
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Hot Water Music
- Narrated by: Christian Baskous
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 13-08-13
- Language: English
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Inside Story
- By: Martin Amis
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 22 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall147
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Performance128
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Story128
Brought to you by Penguin. This extraordinary novel gives the reader the heart-to-heart testimony of one of our finest writers - a wonder of literary invention and a boisterous modern classic. His most intimate and epic work to date, Inside Story is the portrait of Martin Amis' extraordinary...
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A Tour de Force.
- By Sententiae on 31-10-20
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Inside Story
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 22 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 24-09-20
- Language: English
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The Resistance Knitting Club
- Threads of Resistance
- By: Jenny O'Brien
- Narrated by: Shelley Atkinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Story8
Guernsey, 2010. After a stroke, an elderly woman shocks her family by speaking perfect French—a language they never knew she possessed. As her granddaughter unravels seventy years of silence, a hidden wartime story emerges... Paris, 1941. After her brother is declared missing in action at Dunkirk, eighteen-year-old Lenny Gallienne vanishes into Churchill’s secret army. In a bookshop on Rue de la Pompe, she poses as a shop girl while encoding intelligence from Nazi headquarters into knitting patterns. Each sweater smuggled to prisoners contains flight paths. Each scarf holds radio frequencies.
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How interesting!!
- By Anonymous on 24-02-26
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The Resistance Knitting Club
- Threads of Resistance
- Narrated by: Shelley Atkinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-02-26
- Language: English
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Tiananmen Square
- By: Lai Wen
- Narrated by: Jocelyn Tam
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
It is Beijing in the 1970s, and Lai lives with her parents, grandmother and younger brother in a small flat in a working-class area. Her grandmother is a formidable figure - no-nonsense and uncompromising, but loving towards her granddaughter - while her ageing beauty of a mother snipes at her father, a sunken figure who has taken refuge in his work. As she grows up, Lai comes to discern the realities of the country she lives is. But she also goes through what anyone goes through when young - the ebbs and flows of friendships; troubles and rewards; and the first steps and missteps in love.
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Very not good
- By Anonymous on 23-11-25
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Tiananmen Square
- Narrated by: Jocelyn Tam
- Length: 15 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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La Reine Margot
- By: Alexandre Dumas, David Coward - translator
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Story5
La Reine Margot is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder, and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action, and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world’s greatest and best-loved storytellers.
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Good story but odd accents
- By Amazon Customer on 27-01-24
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La Reine Margot
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 11-05-21
- Language: English
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Brandon - Tudor Knight
- By: Tony Riches
- Narrated by: Dave Price
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Story14
Handsome, charismatic, and a champion jouster, Sir Charles Brandon is the epitome of a Tudor knight. A favorite of King Henry VIII, Brandon has a secret. He has fallen in love with Henry’s sister, Mary Tudor, the beautiful, widowed Queen of France, and risks everything to marry her without the King’s consent. Brandon becomes Duke of Suffolk, but his loyalty is tested fighting Henry’s wars in France. Mary’s public support for Queen Catherine of Aragon brings Brandon into dangerous conflict with the ambitious Boleyn family and the king’s new right-hand man, Thomas Cromwell.
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The characters
- By Maureen Fraser AITKEN on 17-10-25
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Brandon - Tudor Knight
- Narrated by: Dave Price
- Series: The Brandon Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 09-08-19
- Language: English
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Bohemian Gospel
- Bohemian Gospel Series, Book 1
- By: Dana Chamblee Carpenter
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance38
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Story38
Thirteenth-century Bohemia is a dangerous place for a girl, especially one as odd as Mouse, born with unnatural senses and an uncanny intellect. Some call her a witch. Others call her an angel. Even Mouse doesn't know who - or what - she is. But she means to find out. When young King Ottakar shows up at the Abbey wounded by a traitor's arrow, Mouse breaks church law to save him and then agrees to accompany him back to Prague as his personal healer.
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OK, but...
- By Randal on 12-02-25
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Bohemian Gospel
- Bohemian Gospel Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Series: Bohemian Gospel, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 14-06-17
- Language: English
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The Lady Elizabeth
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Emma Fielding
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall67
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Performance58
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Story58
Alison Weir was already one of Britain's most popular historians when she wrote her first novel, Innocent Traitor, which hit the Sunday Times bestseller list to a chorus of praise. Now, in her second novel, Alison Weir goes to the heart of Tudor England at its most dangerous and faction-riven in telling the story of Elizabeth I before she became queen. The towering capricious figure of Henry VIII dominates her childhood, but others play powerful roles.
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Abridged
- By Didda on 09-07-21
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The Lady Elizabeth
- Narrated by: Emma Fielding
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 30-04-09
- Language: English
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The Princess of Scotland
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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Overall16
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Performance14
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The Princess of Scotland is an e-short and companion piece to Katheryn Howard: The Tainted Queen, the compelling fifth novel in the Six Tudor Queens series by bestselling author and historian Alison Weir. 'The King would not approve of my falling in love ... My marriage was in his gift' Brought...
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Brilliant!
- By Helen Marguerite Musson on 08-06-24
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The Princess of Scotland
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 14-05-20
- Language: English
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The Captive Queen of Scots
- By: Jean Plaidy
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance17
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Story18
Scotland has been torn apart by civil war, and the young and passionate Catholic Mary Queen of Scots is in the hands of her enemies. Under duress, Mary abdicates in favour of her son, James VI, and flees to England for safety, boldly seeking refuge with her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I. But Elizabeth has never trusted the ambitious Catholic queen and has Mary imprisoned.
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Chock full of facts!
- By Aapjebaapje on 30-07-15
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The Captive Queen of Scots
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 08-04-08
- Language: English
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Sisi
- Empress on Her Own: A Novel
- By: Allison Pataki
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance31
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sweeping historical novel that tells the dramatic story of Sisi, the empress of Austria-Hungary who fought for her family, her people, and her empire in a changing world “Irresistible—completely impossible to put down . . . Allison Pataki reimagines the...
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Fascinating second part of Sisi’s story sadly spoiled by the narration
- By eGJ on 02-07-24
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Sisi
- Empress on Her Own: A Novel
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Series: Sisi, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-03-16
- Language: English
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
- By: Hendrik Groen, Hester Velmans - translator
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall122
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Performance112
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Story112
** THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON ** 'There are many laughs in this book but it's so much more than just a comedy. It's a story about how friendship, selflessness and dignity lie at the heart of the human experience. When I'm an old man, I want to be Hendrik Groen' John Boyne, author of...
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The Old but not Dead Club
- By Rachel Redford on 05-10-16
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The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83¼ Years Old
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Series: Hendrik Groen, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 22-09-16
- Language: English
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Maldita Roma [Damn Rome]
- La conquista del poder de Julio César (Serie Julio César 2) [Julius Caesar's Conquest of Power (Julius Caesar Series, Book 2)]
- By: Santiago Posteguillo
- Narrated by: Raúl Lloréns
- Length: 30 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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Mare Internum, año 75 a. C. Un barco mercante navega rumbo a la isla de Rodas. A bordo, Julio César acompañado sólo por su fiel Labieno. Obligado por sus enemigos a exiliarse de Roma, se dirige al encuentro con el maestro Apolonio para aprender oratoria y de este modo, a su regreso, iniciar una feroz pugna para ingresar en el Senado y enfrentarse allí al temido Cicerón.
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Engaging story, excellent narrator
- By Alistair on 24-03-24
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Maldita Roma [Damn Rome]
- La conquista del poder de Julio César (Serie Julio César 2) [Julius Caesar's Conquest of Power (Julius Caesar Series, Book 2)]
- Narrated by: Raúl Lloréns
- Series: Serie Julio César, Book 2
- Length: 30 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 23-11-23
- Language: Spanish
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Eleanor Rising: The Complete Series 1-3
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama
- By: Shaun McKenna
- Narrated by: Rose Basista, Cecilia Appiah, Elinor Coleman, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance3
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Wife and mother to a dynasty of kings, crusader, prisoner and formidable political operator, Eleanor of Aquitaine is a thoroughly modern woman, despite living almost 900 years ago. Intelligent, witty and independent, she is tough enough to forge her own destiny—and subtle enough to shape the world to her will.
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Eleanor Rising: The Complete Series 1-3
- A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama
- Narrated by: Rose Basista, Cecilia Appiah, Elinor Coleman, Joel McCormack, Tony Turner, full cast
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 04-05-23
- Language: English
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The Governess
- By: Wendy Holden
- Narrated by: Freya Mavor
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall171
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Performance153
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Story149
Marion Crawford was 22 when she became governess to the young princesses Elizabeth and Margaret in 1933. A working-class girl with progressive ideas, she had intended to teach children in the Edinburgh slums. Instead, she had a ringside seat at some of the most seismic events of the 20th century. The castles and palaces housed a family frozen in time. But outside the royal gates, poverty and unemployment were breeding unrest in 1930s Britain. Hitler was on the rise in Europe. If royalty was to survive, it must draw closer to the people.
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A book for teenagers
- By Mrs Kay Smele on 24-08-20
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The Governess
- Narrated by: Freya Mavor
- Series: Royal Outsiders, Book 1
- Length: 16 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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The Possessed
- By: Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance Garnett - translator
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance74
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Also known as Demons, The Possessed is a powerful socio-political novel about revolutionary ideas and the radicals behind them. It follows the career of Pyotr Stepanovich Verkhovensky, a political terrorist who leads a group of nihilists on a demonic quest for societal breakdown. They are consumed by their desires and ideals, and have surrendered themselves fully to the darkness of their "demons". This possession leads them to engulf a quiet provincial town and subject it to a storm of violence.
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great reading
- By Mrs. D. Davies on 26-05-21
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The Possessed
- Narrated by: Constantine Gregory
- Length: 27 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 17-11-17
- Language: English
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Cloister of Whispers
- Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries, Book 6
- By: J. G. Lewis
- Narrated by: Madeleine Brolly
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance18
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This series features a real historical figure—the formidable Ela Longespée. The young Countess of Salisbury was chosen to marry King Henry II’s illegitimate son William. After her husband’s untimely death, Ela served as high sheriff of Wiltshire, castellan of Salisbury Castle, and ultimately founder and abbess of Lacock Abbey.
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The weaving together of myths & legends
- By Careful Shopper on 10-06-25
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Cloister of Whispers
- Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries, Book 6
- Narrated by: Madeleine Brolly
- Series: Ela of Salisbury Medieval Mysteries, Book 6
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-08-23
- Language: English
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The Furies of Rome
- By: Robert Fabbri
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance28
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AD 58. Rome is in turmoil once more. Emperor Nero has surrounded himself with sycophants, and together they rampage by night through the city. Meanwhile, Nero's extravagance has reached new heights. The Emperor's spending is becoming profligate at the same time as the demands of keeping the provinces subdued have become increasingly unaffordable. Could Nero withdraw from Britannia, and at what price for the Empire?
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Absolutely brilliant !
- By Craig Rowbotham on 26-05-22
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The Furies of Rome
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Vespasian, Book 7
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-03-19
- Language: English
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