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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 First heard on radio between 4 August 2014 and 9 November 2018, each episode of Home Front is set exactly one hundred years before...

Wiltshire, December 1915. Widow Olivia Hanbury is persuaded by her cousin Donald to move in with his meek little wife while he is serving in France. When he's wounded and returns home to convalesce, tensions immediately rise between him and lively Olivia. But things begin to look up when Olivia becomes involved in starting the new Women's Institutes and is introduced to Alex, an antiques dealer. Meanwhile, Phoebe Latimer is holding the fort at Greyladies, an ancient manor house, while her husband is away at war. But someone is attempting to rid Greyladies of the German internees based there.

March, 1941. World War Two is well underway and the Blitz is taking its toll on Central London with bombs raining down almost every night. Inspector Coburg and his trusted Sergeant Lampson are just recovering from the devastating bomb attack on the Café de Paris when they get a call asking them to go to the disused Lord's Underground station. Once there, they are taken to see the body of a man on the former platform. He's been beaten to death by blows on the back of his head, by what Dr Welbourne believes to have been a cricket bat.

In the spring of 1914, renowned photographer August Sander took a photograph of three young men on their way to a country dance. This haunting image, capturing the last moments of innocence on the brink of World War I, provides the central focus of Powers' brilliant and compelling novel. As the fate of the three farmers is chronicled, two contemporary stories unfold.

Hampshire, 1916: Alice traces her hand over the cold glass of the window as the pale morning light slips into the empty room. The pain of loss is worse than a physical one. Reminders of Edmund are all around her. The coldness of the sheet on the other half of the bed. The unrelenting silence in the cottage when her stepdaughter Lottie is at school or tucked up asleep at the end of another day. Keeping up with their stained-glass commissions takes every ounce of her strength, and as Lottie becomes more withdrawn, Alice worries desperately about how best to care for the troubled girl.

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. The absorbing narrative tells the stories of more than fifty characters during the days when the Russian Empire begins to crumble. The anti-Tsarist bourgeois opposition, horrified by the violence, scrambles to declare that it is provisionally taking power, while socialists immediately create a Soviet alternative to undermine it.

Peggy and Dar Tenant’s dream for security and respectability has been their driving force since they married. Just as they prepare to buy their own home, tragedy strikes, when Dar is involved in a devastated accident at the docks and Peggy’s world crashes around her. With Dar seriously ill in hospital Peggy’s reduced to scrimping and saving to keep a roof over her family’s head having to revisit the hardships of her youth that she dearly wanted to escape from.

1916. As thousands of Brits are fighting on the Front Line, a new breed of women emerges to hold the Home Front together. Fiercely independent and fiery-spirited, the munitionettes, or ‘canaries’, are easily recognisable with their chemically-stained yellow faces. Among the raucous group of women is Florrie Duncan, who plans to celebrate her birthday in style at the Golden Goose pub. But the celebrations are cut short when all but one are killed in a brutal explosion.

1915. The Atlantic. The Kaiser U-boats prowl the seas. Only the Royal Navy stands in their way. The relentless threat of German U-boats has forced the Royal Navy to deploy its most secret weapon: heavily armed and cunningly disguised merchant vessels—the Q-ships. Commander Gordon Campbell, a seasoned officer in His Majesty's Navy, commands the Farnborough, a tramp steamer converted into a Q-ship. Under his leadership, the Farnborough becomes a deadly decoy, luring German U-boats into range for a brutal strike.

Immerse yourself in a gripping tale of resilience, epic love, friendship, and the indomitable human spirit in the thrilling third installment of the Windswept WWI Saga. Set against the backdrop of the Middle Eastern theater during the Great War, author Annabelle McCormack invites you to join British nurse Ginger Whitman on a breathtaking journey, where adventure knows no bounds, romance ignites the soul, and intrigue lurks at every turn.

Desperate to save the man she loves, Etta leaves behind the life she has made for herself in Capri and enters the decadent world of Parisian society with all its secrets and scandals. Celie’s new life on the Canadian prairies brings mixed blessings – a daughter to adore, but a husband who isn’t the man who holds her heart. In Egypt, Jessie’s world is forever changed by a devastating loss.

Das Schicksal einer Familie in einer bewegten Zeit. Und eine Liebe, die alles überwindet. Augsburg, 1920. In der Tuchvilla blickt man voller Optimismus in die Zukunft. Paul Melzer ist aus russischer Kriegsgefangenschaft zurück und übernimmt die Leitung der Tuchfabrik, um der Firma wieder zu altem Glanz zu verhelfen. Seine Schwester Elisabeth zieht mit einer neuen Liebe wieder im Herrenhaus der Familie ein. Und Pauls junge Frau Marie will sich einen lang gehegten Traum erfüllen: ihr eigenes Modeatelier.

In 1913, in a quiet corner of London, the three Fry sisters are coming of age, dreaming of all the possibilities the bright future offers. But when war erupts, their innocence is shattered and a new era of uncertainty begins.

Zwischen sanften Hügeln, weiten Feldern, dichten Wäldern und alten Städten entfaltet sich im gesprochenen Wort ein Schlesien, das es so nicht mehr gibt. Dieses Hörbuch erzählt von einer Zeit vor dem großen Umbruch, als das Leben einfacher war, aber nicht leichter. Von Menschen, die arbeiteten, hofften, liebten – und manchmal an einer einzigen Entscheidung wuchsen. Jede Geschichte ist an einen realen Ort gebunden. Bauern, Handwerker, Hebammen, Händler und Kinder stehen im Mittelpunkt – keine großen Helden, sondern Menschen mit stiller Stärke und kleinen Geheimnissen.

From acclaimed authors Aimie K. Runyan, J'nell Ciesielski, and Rachel McMillan comes an evocative, three-part novel about a thread of connection during World War I--a single scarf that links three extraordinary women, each battling societal expectations, enduring the devastations of war, and...

Round about the second anniversary of the start of World War 1, Roger Waterlow is still stuck ashore in charge of the ramshackle British naval intelligence effort in a sweltering notionally "neutral" country in South-eastern Europe. As rumor follows rumor and the situation becomes daily more confused, Waterlow and his organisation learn of three couriers trying to carry correspondence to Berlin—correspondence that might give the Entente powers vital insights into German intentions for the region, if only they can be intercepted and their papers seized....

Audiolibro producido con música original y sonido 3D, el mismo esta diseñado para ser escuchado con auriculares. Sin novedad en el frente es una novela antibélica escrita por Erich Maria Remarque, publicada por primera vez en 1929. La historia sigue la vida de Paul Bäumer, un joven soldado alemán que, junto a sus compañeros de clase, se alista voluntariamente en el ejército durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, influenciado por el fervor patriótico y las promesas de gloria de su maestro. A lo largo de la novela, Paul y sus amigos enfrentan las duras realidades de la vida en las trincheras y la crueldad de la guerra.

Apesar disso, o clima na Vila dos Tecidos é de otimismo. Paul Melzer voltou do front e, após a morte do patriarca da família, assume a administração da fábrica, determinado a fazer com que ela volte aos dias de glória. Marie também pode finalmente realizar um sonho antigo: ter o próprio ateliê de moda. Até Elisabeth parece ter deixado o ressentimento de lado e estar mais animada com a vida – e com um novo amor.

Uno dei capolavori delle letteratura del '900 nella pregevole traduzione di Bruno Fonzi. Una lunga fila di emigranti è in marcia verso la città polacca di Lodz: fra loro una variopinta comunità di ebrei ortodossi che intende guadagnarsi da vivere con la tradizionale filatura a telaio. Sarà il seme dal quale nasceranno grandi industrie tessili capaci di imporre le loro merci in tutta l'Europa.

Den internationale bestsellerforfatter Ella Carey er tilbage med en gribende fortælling om tab og sorg, om store drømme, high fashion og overvældende kærlighed. Året er 1918 i Paris og Vianne drømmer om den dag, hvor hun ikke længere er nødt til at sy uniformer, og i stedet kan begynde at skabe de fantastiske kjoler, hun drømmer om. Men netop som krigens afslutning synes inden for rækkevidde, bliver Viannes mor og søster dræbt i et luftangreb, og hendes bror stiller hende et ultimatum: opgiv drømmen om at blive designer, eller forlad deres fælles barndomshjem.