Showing results for "roger may" in Historical Fiction
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Half of the Human Race
- By: Anthony Quinn
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance20
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In the sweltering summer of 1911, suffragette Connie Callaway is introduced to Will Maitland, cricketer and rising star of his county. Despite parting on uncertain terms, they are destined to meet again, their lives inextricably entangled. Combining national drama and private tragedy, this is a story of love, sacrifice, suffrage and county cricket, projected against a vivid backdrop of England in an extraordinary age of turmoil and violence.
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Nearly, but not quite 5 star
- By M on 07-11-13
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Half of the Human Race
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 11-07-11
- Language: English
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Vintage 1954
- By: Antoine Laurain
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance57
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Story57
When Hubert Larnaudie invites some fellow residents of his Parisian apartment building to drink an exceptional bottle of 1954 Beaujolais, he has no idea of its special properties. The following morning, Hubert finds himself waking up in 1950s Paris, as do antique restorer Magalie, mixologist Julien, and Airbnb tenant Bob from Milwaukee, who's on his first trip to Europe. After their initial shock, the city of Edith Piaf and An American in Paris begins to work its charm on them.
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A most magical book.
- By EGR on 05-07-19
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Vintage 1954
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 02-07-19
- Language: English
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The Persian Boy
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- By: Mary Renault
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall152
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Performance127
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Story126
The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper.
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The Persian Boy
- By Mrs Elizabeth Petrie on 11-09-20
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The Persian Boy
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 19 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 11-12-14
- Language: English
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The Night of the Scourge
- The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Lars Mytting, Deborah Dawkin - translator
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance28
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Astrid Hekne has inherited the fighting spirit and hypersensitivity of her grandmother, who was a protector of the mythic Sister Bells that had once hung in the village's centuries-old stave church. The once-traitorous priest Kai Schweigaard, now in his eighties, is wondering how his death, prophesied in a centuries-old tapestry, will come to pass. He delves into the myths about the Night of the Scourge, which, according to old village beliefs, is when the known world will fall and the Earth will be scraped down to bare rock. Then Norway is occupied by the Nazis.
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Such a thoroughly good listen
- By Elisabeth on 26-08-25
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The Night of the Scourge
- The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 3
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Series: The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 3
- Length: 19 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 04-02-25
- Language: English
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Death on the Pont Noir
- Inspector Lucas Rocco, Book 3
- By: Adrian Magson
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance9
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Story9
1963, France: A farmer reports a truck ramming into a car near Picardie, followed by gunfire. A group of Englishmen are brought in after a bar fight. A tramp's body is discovered in a burnt out truck. All this occurring after multiple attempts on the President's life. Inspector Lucas Rocco knows there's a connection somewhere, and is recruited by Colonel Saint-Cloud to assist with the President's Security.
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Good, but ...
- By Rogayah on 08-11-18
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Death on the Pont Noir
- Inspector Lucas Rocco, Book 3
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Series: Lucas Rocco, Book 3
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 01-10-12
- Language: English
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Fire from Heaven
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- By: Mary Renault
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance105
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Story106
Alexander's beauty, strength and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance from the cradle. His love for the youth Hephaistion taught him trust, while Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and Homer's Iliad fuelled his aspirations.
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The Joy of Rediscovering Mary Renault
- By M Tomlinson on 27-02-20
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Fire from Heaven
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 18 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-12-14
- Language: English
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Goodbye Mr Chips
- By: James Hilton
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Mr. Chipping, the classics master at Brookfield School since 1870, takes listeners on a beguiling journey through the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Sometimes Chips, as he is affectionately known, is an old man who dreams by the fire; then he's a difficult young taskmaster schooling his students, or a middle-aged man encountering the lovely Katherine, whose "new woman" opinions work far-reaching changes in him.
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Goodbye Mr Chips
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 01-01-25
- Language: English
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
- By: Iain Pears
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Roger May, Christopher Oxford, and others
- Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall238
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Performance204
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Story204
Set in Oxford in the 1660s – a time and place of great intellectual, scientific, religious and political ferment – this remarkable novel centres around a young woman, Sarah Blundy, who stands accused of the murder of Robert Grove, a fellow of New College. Four witnesses describe the events surrounding his death: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion;
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Exceptional storytelling
- By A. Smithson on 13-06-16
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An Instance of the Fingerpost
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Roger May, Christopher Oxford, David McAlister
- Length: 28 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 26-07-11
- Language: English
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Funeral Games
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- By: Mary Renault
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall55
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Performance45
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Story45
Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Greece and Egypt to India.After Alexander's death in 323 B.C. his only direct heirs were two unborn sons and a simpleton half-brother. Every long-simmering faction exploded into the vacuum of power. Wives, distant relatives and generals all vied for the loyalty of the increasingly undisciplined Macedonian army. Most failed and were killed in the attempt.
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epic conclusion to Alexander Alexander series
- By Mark Brown on 22-04-21
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Funeral Games
- A Novel of Alexander the Great
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 11-12-14
- Language: English
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Napoleon's Spy
- The historical adventure about Napoleon, hero of Ridley Scott’s Hollywood blockbuster
- By: Ben Kane
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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'An epic tale' SIMON SCARROW 'Exciting, immersive, well researched and great fun.' GILES KRISTIAN 'Harrowing and totally gripping' LEONORA NATTRASS 'Historical fiction has never been more visceral' JAMES ROLLINS NAPOLEON: EMPEROR OF FRANCE, MASTER OF EUROPE. 1812. On the eve of the invasion of...
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Disappointed
- By Mark Withers on 13-02-24
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Napoleon's Spy
- The historical adventure about Napoleon, hero of Ridley Scott’s Hollywood blockbuster
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 04-01-24
- Language: English
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The Bell in the Lake
- The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Lars Mytting, Deborah Dawkin - translator
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance40
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Story40
Norway, 1880. Winter is hard in Butangen, a village secluded at the end of a valley. The lake has frozen and for months the ground is too hard to bury the dead. Astrid Hekne dreams of a life beyond all this, beyond marriage, children and working the land to the end of her days. Then Pastor Kai Schweigaard takes over the small parish, with its 700-year-old stave church carved with pagan deities. The two bells in the tower were forged by Astrid's forefather in the sixteenth century, in memory of conjoined twins Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne. They are said to hold supernatural powers.
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Not really my thing, or so I thought…
- By David on 21-12-22
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The Bell in the Lake
- The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Series: The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 15-05-20
- Language: English
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The Elephant Keeper
- By: Christopher Nicholson
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance25
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Story26
In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by a wealthy landowner, they are taken to his estate in the English countryside. A stable boy, Tom Page, is given the task of caring for them. The Elephant Keeper is Tom's account of his life with the elephants.
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What a lovely inspiring story
- By Marianne Buck on 25-06-14
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The Elephant Keeper
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 01-07-10
- Language: English
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The Reindeer Hunters
- The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 2
- By: Lars Mytting, Deborah Dawkin - translator
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance25
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Story25
The year is 1903, and 22 years have passed since Astrid Hekne died in childbirth. Her son, Jehans, lives on a modest smallholding up in the hills near Butangen, having withdrawn from his community. He is drawn to freedom, to fishing and reindeer hunting, and one day meets a stranger over the body of a huge reindeer buck.
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Finely drawn characters and brilliant narration
- By Sunshine sister on 29-12-24
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The Reindeer Hunters
- The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Series: The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 03-03-22
- Language: English
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Death of a Hero
- By: Richard Aldington
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Through the story of George Winterbourne, a young soldier disillusioned by the horrors of World War I, The Death of a Hero offers a raw and unflinching look at the realities of combat and the emotional scars it leaves behind. With vivid prose and an unrelenting perspective, Aldington challenges the myths of heroism and the price of sacrifice.
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A magnificent book that deserves to be read widely
- By ManchesterIsRed on 18-10-25
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Death of a Hero
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 24-04-25
- Language: English
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The Professor
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Unpublished at the time of her death, The Professor is the first novel written by Charlotte Brontë, and the seed of her later books, Jane Eyre and Villette. The narrator of the tale, William Crimsworth, tells a story of courage and ambition among jealousy and envy: Orphaned from a young age, William rejects life in the clergy, and then as a tradesman, to the chagrin of his cruel uncles and elder brother. Instead he pursues a career in education and ends up in Brussels where he meets student/teacher Francis Evans Henri, with whom he falls in love.
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The Professor
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-11-19
- Language: English
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The Woman in White
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 27 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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When art teacher Walter Hartright meets a frightened woman dressed entirely in white, her cryptic warnings hint at a hidden conspiracy. Soon after, Walter arrives at a country estate where he becomes entangled in the lives of two sisters—one gentle and trusting, the other sharp and perceptive—both surrounded by secrets they don't fully understand. As strange events unfold and powerful enemies begin to close in, a web of deception, identity theft, and betrayal slowly emerges.
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The Woman in White
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 27 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 07-05-26
- Language: English
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The Moonstone
- By: Wilkie Collins
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Ben Allen, Kristin Atherton, and others
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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A priceless gem, a diamond from India imbued with religious significance, is stolen on the very night it is given as an eighteenth birthday present to a captivating heiress; and so the mystery begins. The rules for the golden age of crime novels are formed in The Moonstone – an English country house, a complex cast of characters, the bungling local constabulary, a celebrated sleuth and the reconstruction of the crime.
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The Moonstone
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Ben Allen, Kristin Atherton, Malk Williams, Roger May, Barnaby Edwards, Kris Dyer
- Length: 21 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 07-11-24
- Language: English
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The Bell in the Lake
- The Sister Bells, Book 1
- By: Lars Mytting
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Norway, 1880. In the secluded village of Butangen at the end of the valley, headstrong Astrid dreams of a life beyond marriage, hard work and children. And then Pastor Kai Schweigaard comes into her life, taking over the 700-year-old stave church with its carvings of pagan deities. The two church bells were forged by her forefather in the 16th century in memory of conjoined sisters Halfrid and Gunhild Hekne and are said to have supernatural powers. But now the pastor wants to tear it down, to replace it with a modern, larger church.
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The Bell in the Lake
- The Sister Bells, Book 1
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Series: The Sister Bells Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 28-05-20
- Language: English
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The Long Flight Home
- By: Alan Hlad
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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It is September 1940, and as German bombs fall on Britain, fears grow of an impending invasion. Enemy fighter planes blacken the sky around Epping Forest, the home of Susan Shepherd and her grandfather, Bertie. After losing her parents as a child, Susan found comfort in raising homing pigeons. Duchess has proven to be the most extraordinary of all Susan's birds, as the two share a special bond and an unusual curiosity about the world. Thousands of miles away in Buxton, Maine, a young crop-duster pilot named Ollie Evans has decided to travel to Britain to join the Royal Air Force.
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Too many anachronisms
- By Valerie on 15-06-20
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The Long Flight Home
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 25-06-19
- Language: English
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