Showing titles in Biographical Fiction
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Magellan
- A Man and his Deed
- By: Stefan Zweig
- Narrated by: Tyler Boss
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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Story13
With the age of voyages of discovery in the 15th century, the curtain of history slowly came down on the late Middle Ages. Portuguese and Spanish seafarers set out to remeasure the dimensions of the earth. Numerous spices and fruits, which we would hardly be able to do without today, found their way to Europe for the first time. Columbus discovered America in 1492 on his quest for India. Six years later, it was left to Vasco da Gama to travel through the sea route to India sought by Columbus on the eastern route around Africa.
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Good story let down by narrator.
- By danhawman on 28-09-22
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Magellan
- A Man and his Deed
- Narrated by: Tyler Boss
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 21-07-22
- Language: English
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Either/Or
- From the bestselling author of THE IDIOT
- By: Elif Batuman
- Narrated by: Elif Batuman
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance29
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Story29
Brought to you by Penguin. SELIN IS THE LUCKIEST PERSON IN HER FAMILY: the only one who was born in America and got to go to Harvard. Now it's her second year, 1996, and Selin knows she has to make it count. The first order of business: to figure out the meaning of everything that happened over...
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just excellent
- By Big Phil Mcdermott on 21-08-25
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Either/Or
- From the bestselling author of THE IDIOT
- Narrated by: Elif Batuman
- Series: Idiot, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 26-05-22
- Language: English
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The Smiths
- A Novella
- By: Michael Bracewell
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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I am sure that what I remember is not necessarily what actually happened, but I can only write what I remember. Wildly inventive and magnificently surreal, The Smiths: A Novella recounts the impact of an unconventional pop group from Manchester on one man's life. Taking the form of a flâneuring...
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The Smiths
- A Novella
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 11-06-26
- Language: English
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My Lady Viper
- Tales From the Tudor Court, Book 1
- By: E. Knight
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall60
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Performance58
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Story58
Lady Anne Seymour knows that her family hangs by a thread. If her sister-in-law Jane Seymour cannot give the King a son, she will be executed or set aside, and her family with her. Anne throws herself into the deadly and intoxicating intrigue of the Tudor court, determined to pay any price to see the new queen's marriage succeed and the Seymour family elevated to supreme power. But Anne's machinations will earn her a reputation as a viper, and she must decide if her family's rise is worth the loss of her own soul.
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endless flirtation scenes
- By B Pointer on 16-12-23
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My Lady Viper
- Tales From the Tudor Court, Book 1
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Series: Tales From the Tudor Court, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 19-06-14
- Language: English
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The Young Team
- Soon to be a BBC Drama, the groundbreaking Scottish coming-of-age novel
- By: Graeme Armstrong
- Narrated by: Graeme Armstrong
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,087
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Performance994
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Story995
This audiobook is narrated with stunning authenticity by the author, Graeme Armstrong. The Times Top Ten Bestseller A Granta Best of Young British Novelist ‘Trainspotting for a new generation’ – Independent ‘An instant Scottish classic’ – The Skinny 2005. Glasgow is named Europe’s...
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A Raw and relatable story
- By forry on 19-09-20
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The Young Team
- Soon to be a BBC Drama, the groundbreaking Scottish coming-of-age novel
- Narrated by: Graeme Armstrong
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 25-06-20
- Language: English
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The Dharma Bums
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: Jack Kerouac, Ann Douglas - introduction
- Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall95
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Performance86
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Story84
Brought to you by Penguin. Jack Kerouac's classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature A witty, moving philosophical novel, Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums is a journey of self-discovery through the lens of Zen Buddhist thought. This Penguin Modern Classics...
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Amazing
- By Huskyaddict on 22-09-21
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The Dharma Bums
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 20-05-21
- 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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Story12
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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Nada
- By: Carmen Laforet
- Narrated by: Neus Sendra
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall27
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Performance24
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Story24
Andrea llega a Barcelona, con una maleta llena de libros, para estudiar letras. Sus ilusiones chocan de inmediato con el ambiente de tensión y violencia que reina en casa de su abuela. El sórdido microcosmos familiar y la frágil cordialidad de sus relaciones universitarias, centradas en la...
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I wish I could give the narrator six stars!
- By hotteststickofglue on 25-02-20
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Nada
- Narrated by: Neus Sendra
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 30-04-18
- Language: Spanish
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What Is the What
- By: Dave Eggers
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance36
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Story36
Valentino Achak Deng is just a boy when conflict separates him from his family and forces him to leave his small Sudanese village, joining thousands of other orphans on their long, long walk to Ethiopia, where they find safety for a time. Along the way Valentino encounters enemy soldiers, liberation rebels and deadly militias, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation. But there are experiences ahead that will test his spirit in even greater ways than these....
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Important story, clumsily told
- By Anonymous on 30-06-25
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What Is the What
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 07-09-17
- Language: English
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The Queen's Sister
- By: Carol McGrath
- Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A mother, a wife, a woman of substance... At nineteen, Elizabeth Seymour is already a mother, has been recently widowed, and seen her Queen, Anne Boleyn, lose her life. Against the wishes of her father, she heads North, away from Wulf Hall and the court in London to Yorkshire, determined to...
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The Queen's Sister
- Narrated by: Catrin Walker-Booth
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-06-26
- Language: English
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The Provincial Lady in Wartime
- By: E. M. Delafield
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance19
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Story19
The Provincial Lady finds herself in London, looking for voluntary work to support the war effort, which proves an unexpectedly difficult thing to achieve. Her interactions with a varied host of companions, also caught up in a strange frenzy, reflect so clearly the mood and tension of the time, yet the account is witty, apposite - and so very English, with the stiff upper lip underpinning it all.
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Very Enjoyable
- By Ruth on 01-04-19
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The Provincial Lady in Wartime
- Narrated by: Georgina Sutton
- Series: The Provincial Lady, Book 4
- Length: 8 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 28-02-19
- Language: English
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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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Story3
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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Rome's Sacred Flame
- By: Robert Fabbri
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance31
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Story31
Rome, AD 63. Vespasian has been ordered to a far-flung empire in Africa to free 200 Roman citizens who have been enslaved by a desert kingdom. But when Vespasian reaches the city, he discovers tensions spilling over into bloody chaos. Battling thirst and exhaustion, Vespasian must help the Romans escape, their only route to survival a desperate race across a barren desert with a hoard of heavily armed rebels at their backs. Meanwhile, back in Rome, Rome's elite fear for their lives as Emperor Nero's extravagance goes unchecked.
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Marvellous
- By val wills. on 28-12-19
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Rome's Sacred Flame
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Vespasian, Book 8
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 18-04-19
- Language: English
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The Secret Wife
- A captivating story of romance, passion and mystery
- By: Gill Paul
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman, Thomas Judd
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall179
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Performance157
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Story157
The stories of two very different women, linked by the secrets and lies of history, merge together as past and present weave together in this stunning story of love, loss and resilience. 2016. Kitty, fleeing from a devastating revelation in her own life, finds herself at her...
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Laura Kirman is a terrible reader & has let the author down
- By Tripster on 06-09-16
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The Secret Wife
- A captivating story of romance, passion and mystery
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman, Thomas Judd
- Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 25-08-16
- Language: English
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
- The heart-breaking historical novel based on the incredible true story of Dita Kraus
- By: Antonio Iturbe, Lilit Zekulin Thwaites - translator
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall366
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Performance319
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Story322
Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe, read by Marisa Calin. From the author of The Prince of the Skies, for readers of The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Choice: this is the story of the smallest library in the world - and the most dangerous...
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I can’t listen
- By Louise H on 23-11-19
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The Librarian of Auschwitz
- The heart-breaking historical novel based on the incredible true story of Dita Kraus
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-04-19
- Language: English
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Commodus
- The Damned Emperors Book 2
- By: Simon Turney
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance27
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Story27
From the author of Caligula (an engrossing new spin on a well-known tale - The Times) comes a new standalone novel in the Damned Emperors series: Commodus. Rome is enjoying a period of stability and prosperity. The Empire's borders are growing, and there are two sons in the imperial succession...
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Another take on Commodus
- By T G R Thomson on 16-11-24
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Commodus
- The Damned Emperors Book 2
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Series: The Damned Emperors, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 13-06-19
- Language: English
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The Scarlet Lion
- William Marshal, Book 3
- By: Elizabeth Chadwick
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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William Marshal’s prowess and loyalty as a knight in the English royal household has been rewarded by marriage to Isabelle de Clare, heiress to great estates in England, Normandy and Ireland. But their contentment and security is shattered when King Richard dies and is succeeded by his brother John, who takes the Marshals’ sons hostage and seizes their lands.
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The vividness of the writing. I could see the characters
- By Julia Hatch on 12-04-25
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The Scarlet Lion
- William Marshal, Book 3
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Series: William Marshal, Book 3
- Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-09-24
- Language: English
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Lessons in Harmony
- By: Jonathan Coe
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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The year is 1907 and Maurice Ravel is one of the most admired but also most controversial composers in France. An aloof, dandyish figure, he is at the centre of a group of rebellious artists who call themselves the Apaches. It is considered a scandal that he has never won the Prix de Rome...
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Lessons in Harmony
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Release date: 12-11-26
- Language: English
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Looking for Jane
- By: Heather Marshall
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance20
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Based on the true story of the Jane Collective, an illegal underground abortion service, Looking for Jane reimagines the fraught battle for reproductive rights and the women who demanded the right to choose. Spanning decades, Evelyn, Nancy and Angela's lives intertwine to reveal the devastating consequences that come from a lack of choice and the buried truths that will always find a way to the surface.
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Amazing book, awful narration
- By Nicola Paton on 16-04-26
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Looking for Jane
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 01-03-22
- Language: English
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The Executioner's Song
- By: Norman Mailer
- Narrated by: Maxwell Hamilton
- Length: 42 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance45
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Story44
In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, a convicted killer becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the United States. The Executioner's Song follows the true story of cold-blooded murderer Gary Gilmore, who, after being tried and convicted, insisted on being executed for his crimes. To do...
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Just as good as reading it.
- By aleisha on 27-09-21
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The Executioner's Song
- Narrated by: Maxwell Hamilton
- Length: 42 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 15-05-18
- Language: English
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