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Black Country Orphan
- By: Annie Murray
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Black Country Orphan is a moving story of the courage and strength of women, by the Sunday Times bestselling author Annie Murray. The early 1900s: Cradley Heath, a town in the Black Country near Birmingham and centre of the world’s chain-making trade. Lucy Butler, a young girl crippled by a...
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Really good read.
- By Jennyflubug on 18-10-21
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Black Country Orphan
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 15-04-21
- Language: English
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The Garden of Lost and Found
- The spellbinding, epic tale of the power of family love
- By: Harriet Evans
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall727
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Performance668
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Story663
The new novel by Sunday Times bestseller Harriet Evans will enchant her fans with this unputdownable and heart-breaking tale of a family ripped apart and the extraordinary house they called home. Harriet writes the most delicious, epic stories from the heart since Maeve Binchy and Kate Morton...
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Fabulous just fabulous
- By Anonymous on 23-04-19
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The Garden of Lost and Found
- The spellbinding, epic tale of the power of family love
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 18-04-19
- Language: English
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A New Home at the Wartime Hotel
- The Wartime Hotel, Book 1
- By: Maisie Thomas
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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Kitty learned early on in her marriage that her husband, Bill Dunbar, isn’t reliable with money. So when they inherit the Dunbar family hotel at the start of the war, she's hopeful that their financial worries are over… until the bailiffs turn up! With Bill away fighting, it’s up to Kitty to turn things around for her family, or risk ruin. Lily worked as a chambermaid at Dunbar’s before the war. She met Daniel there, but their relationship was complicated by class differences and the disapproval of Daniel’s mother.
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the twists and turns of fare
- By Chrystal on 27-02-26
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A New Home at the Wartime Hotel
- The Wartime Hotel, Book 1
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Series: The Wartime Hotel, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 27-03-25
- Language: English
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The Jewel Keepers
- Immersive, evocative historical fiction, brimming with romance and mystery
- By: Sara Sheridan
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Men would kill for this treasure. The McKenzie women will guard it with their lives. London, 1837. When 25-year-old Araminta McKenzie-Moore is summoned from Richmond to her great aunt's deathbed in Edinburgh, it's the first time she's met her extended family. The McKenzie women, however, have...
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The Jewel Keepers
- Immersive, evocative historical fiction, brimming with romance and mystery
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 28-05-26
- Language: English
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The Bells of Bournville Green
- Chocolate Girls, Book 2
- By: Annie Murray
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance41
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Story41
Pretty seventeen-year-old Greta has never known a stable family life. With no father, and loathing her mother Ruby's latest boyfriend, Greta finds life hard at home and is happiest at work with her friends at the Cadbury factory in Birmingham where she is popular with the boys. Life takes a turn...
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Another Great story
- By Pauline on 04-09-20
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The Bells of Bournville Green
- Chocolate Girls, Book 2
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Chocolate Girls, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 13-02-14
- Language: English
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One Week in August
- By: Margaret Thornton
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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August, 1955. Janice Butler is working as a waitress at her mother’s Blackpool boardinghouse before she heads off to university. When Val and Cissie, both from Walker’s woollen mill in Halifax, come to stay for a week, the three young women form an instant friendship. They attend a local dance at the Winter Gardens, which changes all their lives, both for better and for worse.
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One Week in August
- Narrated by: Janine Birkett
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-03-18
- Language: English
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The Last Bookshop in London
- A Novel of World War II
- By: Madeline Martin
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall208
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Performance199
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Story198
The New York Times bestseller—for fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Tattooist of Auschwitz! “An irresistible tale which showcases the transformative power of literacy, reminding us of the hope and sanctuary our neighborhood bookstores offer during the perilous trials of war and...
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Did not want this book to end!
- By Anonymous on 27-11-21
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The Last Bookshop in London
- A Novel of World War II
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-04-21
- Language: English
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Viscount in Love
- Accidental Brides, Book 1
- By: Eloisa James
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance36
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Story36
Suddenly guardian to twins, Viscount Dominic Kelbourne is luckily betrothed to a suitable lady - until she elopes. With no time to woo, Dominic decides to marry his fiancée's unconventional sister. Torie isn't perfect, but their kisses are so passionate that society thinks he's actually chosen her. She doubts Dominic is capable of love, let alone respect, but as their heated debates turn into something more, Torie begins to imagine a life as a wife, not a nanny.
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Charming, moving, and thoroughly enchanting!
- By M on 14-07-25
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Viscount in Love
- Accidental Brides, Book 1
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Series: Accidental Brides, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 01-10-24
- Language: English
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Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen
- Six Tudor Queens 3
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall382
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Performance337
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Story337
Alison Weir, historian and author of the Sunday Times bestsellers Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen and Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession, draws a finely detailed and enthralling portrait of Jane Seymour, Henry VIII's third queen. Essential reading for fans of Philippa Gregory and Elizabeth...
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Interesting perspective - strange narration
- By hmt62 on 04-06-18
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Six Tudor Queens: Jane Seymour, The Haunted Queen
- Six Tudor Queens 3
- Narrated by: Rose Akroyd
- Series: Six Tudor Queens, Book 3
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 03-05-18
- Language: English
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Wartime Friends
- A Heartwarming Historical Drama Set During WW2
- By: Margaret Dickinson
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance37
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Wartime Friends is a tale of unbreakable bonds in times of strife, by bestselling author Margaret Dickinson. As the storm clouds of war gather over Britain, two brave, young women will discover the value of true friendship as they deal with troubles of their own while the lives of those they...
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War tome friends
- By Mrs. T. Marshall on 16-05-22
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Wartime Friends
- A Heartwarming Historical Drama Set During WW2
- Narrated by: Colleen Prendergast
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 28-04-22
- Language: English
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The Complete Tall, Dark and Darcy Collection: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Book Series
- P&P Variation Box Sets, Book 1
- By: Harriet Knowles, a Lady
- Narrated by: Rafe Beckley
- Length: 49 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Compromise. Kidnap. Murder. Madness. And it all began at the Netherfield Ball…Ensnared in compromise; Elizabeth Bennet receives four offers of marriage. Not one is welcome. Tall, dark, and impossibly handsome, Darcy strides into every drama where someone needs help or assistance. But why, in heaven’s name, did he have to embroil himself this time?
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Lots of book for the money, but flawed
- By katoblue on 10-11-24
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The Complete Tall, Dark and Darcy Collection: A Pride and Prejudice Variation Book Series
- P&P Variation Box Sets, Book 1
- Narrated by: Rafe Beckley
- Series: Tall, Dark and Darcy, Book 1-5
- Length: 49 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 22-05-24
- Language: English
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High Street
- Book Two in the gripping, uplifting Gibson Family Saga
- By: Anna Jacobs
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall217
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Performance194
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Story191
The second in the heartwarming Lancashire saga series that began with SALEM STREET, by beloved author Anna Jacobs. In 1845 Annie Gibson can finally leave Salem Street. Her dreams of being able to open an elegant dressmaking salon in the High Street of Bilsden, a Lancashire mill town, have come...
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OMG how much did I enjoy this
- By Gwyneth Smith on 18-05-21
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High Street
- Book Two in the gripping, uplifting Gibson Family Saga
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: Gibson Family Saga, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-04-21
- Language: English
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Wait for Me
- The captivating new novel from the Sunday Times bestseller
- By: Santa Montefiore
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton, Joe Eyre
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall169
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Performance163
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of An Italian Girl in Brooklyn comes a captivating new novel of enduring love and devastating secrets, based on a true story. 'Nobody does epic romance like Santa Montefiore' JOJO MOYES Rupert promised he was going to come back. All Florence had to do was...
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Loved it!!!
- By olga bibikoff on 10-07-23
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Wait for Me
- The captivating new novel from the Sunday Times bestseller
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton, Joe Eyre
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-07-23
- Language: English
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Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession
- Six Tudor Queens 2
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 21 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall467
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Performance422
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Anne Boleyn: A King's Obsession by bestselling historian Alison Weir, author of Katherine of Aragon: The True Queen, is the second captivating novel in the Six Tudor Queens series. An unforgettable portrait of the ambitious woman whose fate we know all too well, but whose true motivations may...
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badly edited
- By Craig Sage on 05-03-21
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Six Tudor Queens: Anne Boleyn, A King's Obsession
- Six Tudor Queens 2
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Series: Six Tudor Queens, Book 2
- Length: 21 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 18-05-17
- Language: English
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The Island
- The million-copy Number One bestseller 'A moving and absorbing holiday read'
- By: Victoria Hislop
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,644
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Performance1,367
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INSPIRED BY TRUTH, THE STORY THAT HAS CAPTIVATED THE WORLD. This was not the start of a short trip to deliver supplies. It was the beginning of a one-way journey to start a new life. Life on a leper colony. Life on Spinalonga. Fifty years later, making a life-changing journey of her own, Alexis...
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Lovely book
- By Ragen Nelson on 02-02-08
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The Island
- The million-copy Number One bestseller 'A moving and absorbing holiday read'
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 13-11-06
- Language: English
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The Saracen's Mark
- By: S.W. Perry
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall230
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Performance204
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London, 1593. Five years on from the Armada and England is taking its first faltering steps towards a future as a global power. Nicholas Shelby – reluctant spy and maverick physician – and his companion Bianca Merton are settling into a life on Bankside. But in London there is always a plot afoot.... Robert Cecil, the Queen’s spymaster, once again recruits Nicholas to embark on a dangerous undercover mission that will take him to the back alleys of Marrakech in search of a missing informer.
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another brilliant book
- By cyndy foard on 30-05-20
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The Saracen's Mark
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Series: The Jackdaw Mysteries, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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A Mother's Shame
- By: Rosie Goodwin
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall237
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Performance213
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On the outskirts of Nuneaton stands Hatters Hall, home to the mentally insane. One rainy, dismal day in 1857, Maria Mundy arrives there to work. She is ordered to care for Isabelle Montgomery, daughter of an influential land-owner, but it becomes apparent that she has been falsely imprisoned. It’s going to take courage, determination, and resolve - but freedom is always worth fighting for.
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What's with the Cornish accent?
- By Charlie on 30-03-18
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A Mother's Shame
- Narrated by: Juanita McMahon
- Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 09-12-13
- Language: English
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Radiance and Revenge
- The Crown Jewels Regency Mysteries, Book 7
- By: Anne Radcliffe, Lynn Morrison
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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A royal threat. A dangerous love. A feud that refuses to die. After enduring the court's suspicion, Lord Peregrine Fitzroy has finally earned back his standing—and Charity's heart. But the arrival of her family in London threatens to reopen old wounds and reignite a bitter feud that once made...
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Radiance and Revenge
- The Crown Jewels Regency Mysteries, Book 7
- Narrated by: Mary Jane Wells
- Series: The Crown Jewels Regency Mysteries, Book 7
- Length: 11 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 05-05-26
- Language: English
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The White Princess
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Sarah Feathers
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall517
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Performance453
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Story454
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE FAIRMILE SERIES, PHILIPPA GREGORY, COMES THIS COMPELLING NOVEL. Somewhere beyond the shores of England, a Pretender is mustering an army. He claims to be brother to the queen, the true heir to the throne. When Henry Tudor picked up the crown of England from the...
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Drivel
- By may on 10-05-14
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The White Princess
- Narrated by: Sarah Feathers
- Series: The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, Book 5
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 07-08-13
- Language: English
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Conspiracy of Lies
- By: Kathryn Gauci
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance76
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1940. With the Germans about to enter Paris, Claire Bouchard flees France for England. Two years later she is recruited by the Special Operations Executive and sent back into occupied France to work alongside the Resistance. Working undercover as a teacher in Brittany, Claire accidentally befriends the wife of the German Commandant of Rennes, and the blossoming friendship is about to become a dangerous mission. Claire begins a double life as a Gestapo Commandant’s mistress to retrieve information, but ghosts from her past make the deception more painful than she could have imagined.
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the horror of war
- By Amazon Customer......satey on 08-10-25
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Conspiracy of Lies
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 07-06-22
- Language: English
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