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Victory Bells For The Harpers Girls
- Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 6
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Juliette Burton
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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As the war clouds retreat and the victory bells ring, tears and joy mingle with those of sadness as the world counts the true toll of war and celebrates peace....
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Heartwarming
- By shirley pickin on 19-01-23
By: Rosie Clarke
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Death on the Lusitania
- Patrick Gallagher, Book 1
- By: R. L. Graham
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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New York, 1915. RMS Lusitania, one of the world’s most luxurious ocean liners, departs for war-torn Europe. Among those on board is Patrick Gallagher, a civil servant in Her Majesty’s government tasked with escorting a British diplomat back to England....
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Absolutely superb!
- By Anonymous User on 23-02-24
By: R. L. Graham
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The Fortune Tellers' Secret
- By: Maggie Mason
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
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Blackpool, 1922. Martha and Trisha may have escaped poverty, but their fortunes have yet to turn....
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The fortune tellers secret.
- By Sakazoke on 20-11-23
By: Maggie Mason
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Tommies
- The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- By: Michael Chaplin, Nick Warburton, Avin Shah, and others
- Narrated by: Lee Ross, Pippa Nixon, Indira Varma
- Length: 30 hrs and 36 mins
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Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eyewitness accounts, each of these 42 episodes of Tommies traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago....
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Great, but there is a chapter missing
- By Roger Townsend on 15-11-18
By: Michael Chaplin, and others
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection Volume 3
- By: Shaun McKenna, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Sarah Daniels, and others
- Narrated by: Helen Schlesinger, Billy Kennedy, Geoffrey Palmer, and others
- Length: 39 hrs and 21 mins
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Series 11-15 of the major BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War - plus special extended episode 'Home Front: A Fragile Peace'....
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Glorious, spellbinding production - BBC drama at its best
- By andrea ainley on 18-04-19
By: Shaun McKenna, and others
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection, Volume 2
- By: Richard Monks, Lucy Catherine, Katie Hims, and others
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthary, Maggie Steed, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 39 hrs and 56 mins
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Series 6-10 of the epic BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War - plus special episode Home Front: A Lightening....
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Un-missable World War 1 Drama
- By Stirzaker Photography on 19-01-19
By: Richard Monks, and others
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Victory Bells For The Harpers Girls
- Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 6
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Juliette Burton
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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As the war clouds retreat and the victory bells ring, tears and joy mingle with those of sadness as the world counts the true toll of war and celebrates peace....
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Heartwarming
- By shirley pickin on 19-01-23
By: Rosie Clarke
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Death on the Lusitania
- Patrick Gallagher, Book 1
- By: R. L. Graham
- Narrated by: Carl Prekopp
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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New York, 1915. RMS Lusitania, one of the world’s most luxurious ocean liners, departs for war-torn Europe. Among those on board is Patrick Gallagher, a civil servant in Her Majesty’s government tasked with escorting a British diplomat back to England....
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Absolutely superb!
- By Anonymous User on 23-02-24
By: R. L. Graham
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The Fortune Tellers' Secret
- By: Maggie Mason
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Blackpool, 1922. Martha and Trisha may have escaped poverty, but their fortunes have yet to turn....
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The fortune tellers secret.
- By Sakazoke on 20-11-23
By: Maggie Mason
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Tommies
- The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- By: Michael Chaplin, Nick Warburton, Avin Shah, and others
- Narrated by: Lee Ross, Pippa Nixon, Indira Varma
- Length: 30 hrs and 36 mins
- Original Recording
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Meticulously based on unit war diaries and eyewitness accounts, each of these 42 episodes of Tommies traces one real day at war, exactly 100 years ago....
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Great, but there is a chapter missing
- By Roger Townsend on 15-11-18
By: Michael Chaplin, and others
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection Volume 3
- By: Shaun McKenna, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, Sarah Daniels, and others
- Narrated by: Helen Schlesinger, Billy Kennedy, Geoffrey Palmer, and others
- Length: 39 hrs and 21 mins
- Original Recording
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Series 11-15 of the major BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War - plus special extended episode 'Home Front: A Fragile Peace'....
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Glorious, spellbinding production - BBC drama at its best
- By andrea ainley on 18-04-19
By: Shaun McKenna, and others
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection, Volume 2
- By: Richard Monks, Lucy Catherine, Katie Hims, and others
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthary, Maggie Steed, Anton Lesser, and others
- Length: 39 hrs and 56 mins
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Series 6-10 of the epic BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during the First World War - plus special episode Home Front: A Lightening....
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Un-missable World War 1 Drama
- By Stirzaker Photography on 19-01-19
By: Richard Monks, and others
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A Bespoke Murder
- Home Front Detective, Book 1
- By: Edward Marston
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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May 1915. As zeppelin bombs fall on London and with the sinking of the Lusitania, anti-German hysteria reaches fever pitch and attacks on German immigrants surge....
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A good story
- By taylor on 09-03-23
By: Edward Marston
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Welcome to Weaver Street
- Weaver Street, Book 1
- By: Chrissie Walsh
- Narrated by: Katy Sobey
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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Kitty and Tom Conlon arrive in Liverpool in July 1916 to claim the house Tom’s great-uncle has bequeathed him in his will. The move to England couldn’t have come at a better time. Dublin is in turmoil following the Easter Uprising and Kitty’s brother is now in prison....
By: Chrissie Walsh
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Trouble for the Boat Girl
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Claire Storey
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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1925 - The Midland Canals. Two girls, from opposite backgrounds, search for freedom and happiness....
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Great characters
- By Tracey on 03-04-24
By: Lizzie Lane
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Louise's War
- Trenwith, Book 2
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Length: Not Yet Known
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Jack Barlow has a dream. For generations his family have been in service at Trenwith Estate. If he can survive the ravages of war, he’ll return home to build his own mechanic business and become master of his own destiny.
By: Rosie Clarke
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The Girl Who Dared to Dream
- By: Diney Costeloe
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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It is two years before the outbreak of World War 1, and the Oakley family are typical of their time. Andrew Oakley little imagines, as he sets off for work one February morning, that their lives are about to change in the most dramatic and tragic fashion....
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Adored this book
- By ellen hovstø on 18-01-23
By: Diney Costeloe
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The Girl from the Workhouse
- By: Lynn Johnson
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Staffordshire, 1911. Money is in short supply for Ginnie Jones’ family, and she is sent to Haddon Workhouse....
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Wonderful story
- By kim c s on 31-10-22
By: Lynn Johnson
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The Orphan Girl
- By: Chrissie Walsh
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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West Yorkshire, 1901. When Eli Simmonite takes in a heavily pregnant woman fleeing from peril, he feels sure no good will come of it....
By: Chrissie Walsh
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A Sister's Destiny
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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As war looms in Europe, 18-year-old Jane Shaw runs the household as an unpaid servant on a meagre budget. When tragedy strikes and she loses her beloved younger brother in suspicious circumstances, Jane takes a position in service looking after Ned, a troubled young boy....
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😍
- By Elishia on 06-07-23
By: Rosie Clarke
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A Mother Forever
- By: Elaine Everest
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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A Mother Forever is the moving story of one woman's journey through the hardest trials of her life and how the love of friends and family pulls her through....
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A good listening book
- By MrsV Ridge on 29-05-23
By: Elaine Everest
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Stray Angel
- Workhouse to War, Book 2
- By: Kay Brellend
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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1915, Chrisp Street Market, East London. While the man she loves is fighting on the frontline for his country, Lily Larkin is up at dawn carrying crates of apples to his market stall....
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Loved it !
- By Amazon Customer on 03-08-21
By: Kay Brellend
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The Pilot's Girl
- The Pilot's Girl, Book 1
- By: Fenella J. Miller
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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As war rages, Barbara Sinclair is desperate to escape her unhappy home life. And with the threat of German bombs ever present, Barbara reluctantly agrees to marry John, her childhood friend, who is leaving to join the RAF....
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Home Front: The Complete BBC Radio Collection, Volume 1
- By: Lucy Catherine, Katie Hims, Sebastian Baczkiewicz, and others
- Narrated by: full cast, Toby Jones, Ami Metcalf, and others
- Length: 38 hrs and 23 mins
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Series 1-5 of the groundbreaking BBC Radio 4 drama charting life on the home front during World War One....
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Great Listen
- By Amazon Customer on 07-03-23
By: Lucy Catherine, and others
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The Fortune Tellers
- By: Maggie Mason
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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Martha is seventeen and alone in the world. Of Irish decent, her flashing green eyes see into your soul....
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Keeps you wanting more
- By Thea Phillips on 20-04-24
By: Maggie Mason
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The Poacher's Daughter
- By: Margaret Dickinson
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
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It is 1910 in the Lincolnshire Wolds. Fourteen-year-old Rosie Waterhouse lives with her father, Sam, well-known as the local poacher, in a cottage on the Thornsby Estate...
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The Wartime Singers
- By: Lesley Eames
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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London, 1914. Sick and injured servicemen are returning home and Lizzie Kellaway and her godmother Margaret Penrose are determined to do their bit to help them....
By: Lesley Eames
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The Toffee Factory Girls
- By: Glenda Young
- Narrated by: Hannah Genesius
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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In 1915 three women start work at a toffee factory in the market town of Chester-le-Street, Durham. The toffee factory girls begin as strangers before forging a close bond of friendship and trust. And, as the war rages on, they help each other cope through the difficult times ahead....
By: Glenda Young
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March 1917
- The Red Wheel: Node III, Book 1
- By: Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Marian Schwartz - translator
- Narrated by: Daniel Henning
- Length: 33 hrs and 21 mins
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March 1917 tells the story of the Russian Revolution itself, during which not only does the Imperial government melt in the face of the mob, but the leaders of the opposition prove utterly incapable of controlling the course of events....
By: Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, and others
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The Woman from Beaumont Farm
- By: AnneMarie Brear
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 8 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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West Yorkshire, 1914. Newly married to Noah Jackson, Beth is happily content working on her family's market stall while Noah fulfils his dreams of being a teacher. When war erupts, Beth's peaceful life is shattered by events beyond her control....
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Great storyline !
- By Mrs Irene Bladon on 04-04-24
By: AnneMarie Brear
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The Girl from the Mill
- By: Chrissie Walsh
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In the drab Yorkshire town of Garsthwaite, Lacey Barraclough works hard in the textile mill, determined to fight for improvements to the dismal working conditions....
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Excellent
- By Mary on 28-06-23
By: Chrissie Walsh
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The Fallen Women
- By: Lindsey Hutchinson
- Narrated by: Charlie Sanderson
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Since the death of her parents, orphan Ann Felton has had to struggle to survive. The grimy and gruelling Black Country is no place for a girl all alone, and Ann is relieved when she gets work at The Bell public house....
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very enjoyable
- By Kathleen on 16-05-21
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Harpers Heroes
- Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 4
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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The Harpers Girls come face to face with the harsh reality of the cruelty of war....
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Lovely story, but …..
- By lana garlick on 11-08-21
By: Rosie Clarke
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The Return of the Soldier
- By: Rebecca West
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 3 hrs and 45 mins
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The Return of the Soldier is the powerful debut novel of the prolific English novelist Rebecca West. First published in 1918, the novel opens with the return of the shell-shocked Captain Chris Baldry from the trenches of the First World War....
By: Rebecca West
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A Sister's Bond
- Bittersweet Legacy, Book 1
- By: Kay Brellend
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Wood Green, North London, November 1913. The storm clouds of war gather overhead while one brave girl fights to save her family....
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This book is good
- By Anne Callender on 13-02-19
By: Kay Brellend
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The American Adventuress
- A Novel
- By: C. W. Gortner
- Narrated by: Ell Potter
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Daughter of New York financier Leonard Jerome, Jennie was born into wealth—and scandal. Upon her parents’ separation, her mother took Jennie and her sisters to Paris, where Mrs. Jerome was determined to marry her daughters into the most elite families....
By: C. W. Gortner
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The Last Bird of Paradise
- By: Clifford Garstang
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- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
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Two women, nearly a century apart, seek to rebuild their lives when they reluctantly leave their homelands. Arriving in Singapore, they find romance in a tropical paradise, but also find they haven't left behind the dangers that caused them to flee.
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Salonika Burning
- By: Gail Jones
- Narrated by: Nicole Nabout
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Macedonia, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war. Amid the destruction are those who have come to the frontlines to heal – surgeons, ambulance drivers, nurses, orderlies and other volunteers. Four of them – Stella, Olive, Grace and Stanley – are at the centre of Gail Jones’s extraordinary new novel, which takes its inspiration from the wartime experiences of Australians Miles Franklin and Olive King, and British painters Grace Pailthorpe and Stanley Spencer.
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The Librarians of Rue de Picardie
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1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of women determined to rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen - children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.
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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
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1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen—children’s libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.
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William - an Englishman
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Written in a hospital tent to the sound of gunfire and shells falling, Cicely Hamilton drew on her experiences working in France during WW1 to tell the story of William Tully and his new bride Griselda, who are wrenched away from their all-consuming interests – socialism and votes for women – and plunged into the almost dream-like horror of war. As brutal tragedy strikes, their attitude to both pacifism and patriotism is altered and their lives are changed forever.
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As the fragile negotiations of the international Peace Conference get underway, typist Stella Rutherford throws herself into her work and the mixture of glamour and devastation the City of Light reveals. Anything to escape the grief coming in waves for her beloved brother Jack. Her sister Corran is about to put her academic career to use among the troops in France, a chance to see what the experience was like for countless men, including her fiancé Rob.
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The Last Bird of Paradise
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Salonika Burning
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Macedonia, 1917. The great city of Salonika is engulfed by fire as all of Europe is ravaged by war. Amid the destruction are those who have come to the frontlines to heal – surgeons, ambulance drivers, nurses, orderlies and other volunteers. Four of them – Stella, Olive, Grace and Stanley – are at the centre of Gail Jones’s extraordinary new novel, which takes its inspiration from the wartime experiences of Australians Miles Franklin and Olive King, and British painters Grace Pailthorpe and Stanley Spencer.
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1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France, a group of women determined to rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen - children's libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.
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Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
- A Novel
- By: Janet Skeslien Charles
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Sarah Gadon, Jackie Sanders, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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1918: As the Great War rages, Jessie Carson takes a leave of absence from the New York Public Library to work for the American Committee for Devastated France. Founded by millionaire Anne Morgan, this group of international women help rebuild devastated French communities just miles from the front. Upon arrival, Jessie strives to establish something that the French have never seen—children’s libraries. She turns ambulances into bookmobiles and trains the first French female librarians. Then she disappears.
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William - an Englishman
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The Soulmate Homecoming
- The Soulmate Call, Book 8
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- Narrated by: Kathy Handrock
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All of his life Benjamin hadn't noticed Sarah as anything other than his best friend's sister. The last thing he expected was to notice her as more than a friend, but he did. No sooner does he realize his love for her, America enters the war. War changes a man. He'd heard that dozens of times over his life but with every near miss, every new scar, every bullet he feels himself chipping away. Even if he survives to go home to his soulmate, what man would he be? How much of him would she recognize?
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homecoming
- By Siobhan D on 21-04-24
By: Tiffany Ann
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Wartime on Sanctuary Lane
- Sanctuary Lane, Book 1
- By: Kirsty Dougal
- Narrated by: Gemma Lawrence
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As the Great War rages across Europe, twenty-one-year-old Ruby Archer decides to ‘do her bit’ at an East End munitions factory. The work is relentless and deafening, but the camaraderie of the other girls carries her through. As the threat of another Zeppelin attack grows by the day, Ruby cannot ignore the abandoned animals scavenging the local streets. She rescues a stray kitten, Tess, and takes in an injured terrier Mac, but when all the local cats mysteriously disappear, she knows she needs to do more, and with the help of her friends plans to open a weekly animal clinic.
By: Kirsty Dougal
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The Hotel Quadriga
- Berlin Trilogy, Book 1
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The son of a sweetmaker, Karl Jochum has ambitions for a life beyond his father's shop. Through hard work and perseverance he determines to open a cafe in Berlin where the Emperor will one day dine. As the city grows and prospers, so too does Karl's business empire, and he rises to become the proprietor of Europe's finest and most luxurious hotel. Situated close to Berlin's Brandenburg Gate, the Hotel Quadriga is a glorious monument to Imperialist Germany.
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The Wild Date Palm
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During a train journey across Turkey's Anatolian Plain in 1915 during World War I, Shoshana Adelstein witnesses the slaughter of the Armenians and knows she has just come face to face with her destiny. Convinced that her Jewish community in a small outpost of the Ottoman Empire will soon meet a similar fate, she is desperate to save her people. With Turkey and Britain locked in a global conflict, she orchestrates an audacious plan. Enlisting a group of co-conspirators who include her charismatic lover Eli and her impetuous brother Nathan, this young woman forms a clandestine spy ring.
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Love's Grand Sweet Song
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In 1915, waitress Francie Forrester has a voice like an angel, but few people in her small Midwestern town have ever heard it, outside of church. Between working and keeping an eye on her irresponsible mother and younger brother, who has time for music? Her misty daydream of becoming an opera singer must remain exactly that—a dream—until a new friend unexpectedly sets her on a rocky path leading to Chicago’s glittering opera stage. To rise from slinging spaghetti to singing grand opera takes a lot of courage and hard work, but Francie’s up to the challenge. At least, she hopes she is.
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
- By: Katherine Arden
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Michael Crouch
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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January 1918. Laura Iven has been discharged from her duties as a nurse and sent back to Halifax, Canada, leaving behind a brother still fighting in the trenches of the First World War. Now home, she receives word of Freddie's death in action along with his uniform -but something doesn't quite make sense. November 1917. Freddie Iven awakens after an explosion to find himself trapped under an overturned pillbox with an enemy soldier, a German, each of them badly wounded. Against all odds, the two men form a bond and succeed in clawing their way out.
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- By Magboo on 09-03-24
By: Katherine Arden