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The Promise
- By: Damon Galgut
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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The many voices of The Promise tell a story in four snapshots, each one centered on a family funeral, each one happening in a different decade. In the background, a different president is in power, and a different spirit hangs over the country, while in the foreground the family fights over what they call their farm, on a worthless piece of land outside Pretoria. Over large jumps in time, people get older, faces and laws and lives all change, while a brother and sister circle around a promise made long ago and never kept....
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Difficult experience
- By #carylreads on 23-07-21
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The Promise
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 17-06-21
- Language: English
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The Inseparables
- By: Simone de Beauvoir, Lauren Elkin - translator, Sylvie le Bon de Beauvoir - afterword, and others
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
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When Andrée joins her school, Sylvie is immediately fascinated. Andrée is small for her age, but walks with the confidence of an adult. Under her red coat, she hides terrible burn scars, and when she imagines beautiful things, she gets goosebumps. Secretly Sylvie believes that Andrée is a prodigy about whom books will be written. The girls become close. They talk for hours about equality, justice, war and religion; they lose respect for their teachers; they build a world of their own. But they can't stay like this forever.
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Engaging narrative (but no intro or afterword )
- By katy on 21-01-22
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The Inseparables
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 3 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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Under the Mistletoe
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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Liverpool, 1940. When war comes to Britain, Jessica Wilson and her friend Ruby seize the opportunity to leave behind the orphanage they grew up in and start new lives in the NAAFI. With only forged papers as identification, the girls expect to be turned away but are delighted with an offer of work. For the first time in their lives they experience real independence, and it isn't long before they're spending their evenings enjoying the delights of Liverpool.
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brilliant book
- By Anne Dudley on 25-08-20
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Under the Mistletoe
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: The Liverpool Sisters, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 20-08-20
- Language: English
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Loot
- By: Tania James
- Narrated by: Maanuv Thiara
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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Meet Abbas. Woodcarver, toy maker, dreamer. Abbas is seventeen when he is whisked away to Tipu Sultan's glorious palace in Mysore. Apprenticed to the legendary clockmaker Monsieur Du Leze, he is ordered to create an ingenious musical tiger to delight Tipu's sons. In the eccentric Du Leze, Abbas finds an unexpected friend who encourages his skill and hunger for learning, and through whom he also meets the unforgettable Jehanne, who has questions and ambitions of her own. But when British soldiers attack and loot Mysore, Abbas's world is turned upside down.
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Loot
- Narrated by: Maanuv Thiara
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 25-01-24
- Language: English
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A Study in Drowning
- By: Ava Reid
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Effy has always believed in fairy tales. She's had no choice. Since childhood, she's been haunted by visions of the Fairy King. She's found solace only in the pages of Angharad - a beloved epic about a mortal girl who falls in love with the Fairy King, and then destroys him. Effy's tattered copy is all that's keeping her afloat through her stifling first term her prestigious architecture college. So when the late author's family announces a contest to design his house, Effy fells certain this is her destiny.
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Interesting re-imagining of a Welsh Myth
- By Ll. on 22-01-24
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A Study in Drowning
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 19-09-23
- Language: English
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This House Is Haunted
- By: John Boyne
- Narrated by: Harrie Hayes
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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1867. On a dark and chilling night Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor. It is the start of a journey into a world of abandoned children, unexplained occurrences and terrifying experiences which Eliza will have to overcome if she is to survive the secrets that lie within Gaudlin’s walls.
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disappointing bad narrator
- By Yvonne Goble on 06-03-22
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This House Is Haunted
- Narrated by: Harrie Hayes
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 23-07-20
- Language: English
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Old Baggage
- By: Lissa Evans
- Narrated by: Joanna Scanlan
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Mattie is a woman with a thrilling past and a chafingly uneventful present. During the Women’s Suffrage Campaign she was a militant. Jailed five times, she marched, sang, gave speeches, smashed windows and heckled Winston Churchill, and nothing - nothing - since then has had the same depth, the same excitement. Now in middle age, she is still looking for a fresh mould into which to pour her energies.
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My book of the year
- By Whistling Woman on 15-10-19
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Old Baggage
- Narrated by: Joanna Scanlan
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 04-04-19
- Language: English
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His Brother's Wife
- By: Val Wood
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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1860: Harriet Miles is trying to take care of her seriously ill mother, and just when she thinks things couldn’t get any worse she is fired from her job at the hostelry. The last thing she expects after her mother dies is a marriage proposal from a man she barely knows, but her only alternative is the workhouse. And so begins her new life with Noah Tuke. But instead of marital bliss, Harriet finds herself in the cramped farmhouse Noah calls home, and in this overcrowded and angry household she meets with hostility and bitterness. The only person who offers her friendship is Noah’s brother, Fletcher.
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Excellent
- By Mrs M E Hoare on 22-11-16
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His Brother's Wife
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 05-12-13
- Language: English
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The First Ladies
- By: Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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The daughter of formerly enslaved parents, Mary McLeod Bethune refuses to back down as white supremacists attempt to thwart her work. She marches on as an activist and an educator, and as her reputation grows she becomes a celebrity, revered by titans of business and recognized by U.S. Presidents. Eleanor Roosevelt herself is awestruck and eager to make her acquaintance.
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So excellent on very level
- By Rebecca JM on 23-01-24
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The First Ladies
- Narrated by: Robin Miles, Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 27-06-23
- Language: English
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A Complicated Matter
- By: Anne Youngson
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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1939, London: From McPhail's Passage to Kensington's Grand Palace Hotel, Rose Dunbar is evacuated from her humble home on the Rock of Gibraltar and dropped into a chaotic city of falling bombs, perplexing class rules and bad weather. Despite being 'flagrantly foreign' to the locals, she becomes an efficient go-between for the upper-class ladies helping out with the war effort and her own tribe of noisy displaced families.
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Complicated matter indeed…
- By MRS J on 27-02-24
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A Complicated Matter
- Narrated by: Ana Clements
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 23-03-23
- Language: English
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Hunting the Eagles
- By: Ben Kane
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
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Five long years have passed since the annihilation of three Roman legions in the wilds of Germania. Varus, the general who led the ill-fated army, is long dead, and the bones of his 15,000 legionaries moulder in the forests. But not all the Romans were slain in the ambush. Centurion Tullus, a seasoned veteran, survived, and now he lives for revenge upon the tribal chieftain Arminius, who masterminded the ambush. Tullus will stop at nothing to kill his bitterest enemy or to recover his legion's lost Eagle.
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Heart thumping
- By James on 25-04-16
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Hunting the Eagles
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Series: Eagles of Rome, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 24-03-16
- Language: English
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
- By: Katherine Arden
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Michael Crouch
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
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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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painful
- By Magboo on 09-03-24
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The Warm Hands of Ghosts
- Narrated by: January LaVoy, Michael Crouch
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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A Vigil of Spies
- By: Candace Robb
- Narrated by: Christopher Scott
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
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A CALLOUS MURDER. A DEVASTATING SECRET. A CRIME OF PASSION.Bishopthorpe Palace, York. September 1373: John Thoresby, the Archbishop of York, lies dying. One of the most powerful men in the country, his imminent demise has the dominant families of the north vying to influence his succession.Owen Archer, Thoresby’s master of the guards, is one of the few men Thoresby trusts
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Changing accents
- By Bar Thom on 31-07-20
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A Vigil of Spies
- Narrated by: Christopher Scott
- Series: Owen Archer, Book 10
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 08-04-11
- Language: English
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The Women of Chateau Lafayette
- By: Stephanie Dray
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert, Emma Bering, Rachel L. Jacobs
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
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An epic saga from New York Times best-selling author Stephanie Dray based on the true story of an extraordinary castle in the heart of France and the remarkable women bound by its legacy.
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Great Book. well written.
- By lynne5 on 21-02-22
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The Women of Chateau Lafayette
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert, Emma Bering, Rachel L. Jacobs
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 30-03-21
- Language: English
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Liverpool Daughter
- A Heart-Warming Wartime Story
- By: Katie Flynn
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
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August 1940: As the Luftwaffe swarm over Liverpool, Shane Quinn decides to move his family back to the safety of Ireland. But his only child, the beautiful Dana, would rather stay and serve her country than flee to a foreign land. Determined to make it on her own, she joins the WAAF with newfound pals Patty and Lucy. There’s plenty of excitement to be had on a RAF station, even a chance or two at love.
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Great story, well read
- By Susieann on 11-08-20
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Liverpool Daughter
- A Heart-Warming Wartime Story
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: The Liverpool Sisters, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 16-01-20
- Language: English
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The Weaver and the Witch Queen
- By: Genevieve Gornichec
- Narrated by: Nina Yndis
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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Oddny and Gunnhild meet as children in tenth century Norway, and they could not be more different: Oddny hopes for a quiet life, while Gunnhild burns for power and longs to escape her cruel mother. But after a visiting wisewoman makes an ominous prophecy that involves Oddny, her sister Signy, and Gunnhild, the three girls take a blood oath to help one another always. When Oddny’s farm is destroyed and Signy is kidnapped by Viking raiders, Oddny is set adrift from the life she imagined—but she's determined to save her sister no matter the cost.
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A tale of magic, friendship, and love
- By Anonymous User on 29-03-24
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The Weaver and the Witch Queen
- Narrated by: Nina Yndis
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 25-07-23
- Language: English
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Christmas with the Engine Girls
- By: Daisy Styles
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
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Autumn 1941, and as female conscription looms, three women arrive at the Bell Works Factory in Hucknall to work on the Spitfire production line. Lily soon realises her real dream is to pilot the planes; Edna longs to be reunited with her evacuee daughter, but soon discovers she has a much bigger problem; and Jeannie fears the worst after weeks of no news from her fiancé. Despite all the heartache, with a bit of festive cheer and 'can do' attitude, The Engine Girls will pull together and do all they can to ensure Britain's safe for the New Year.
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loved all of it..
- By Angela Walter on 18-03-24
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Christmas with the Engine Girls
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 09-11-23
- Language: English
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Mona of the Manor
- Tales of the City, Book 10
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
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Mona is the eccentric Lady of Easley House, running a bed and breakfast to keep her inherited English manor afloat. Wilfred is Mona's 26-year-old adopted son who spends his weekends in London, looking for love in the gay bars of Soho while pining after his pen pal, Michael 'Mouse' Tolliver. The current guest of the manor is Rhonda, a straight-laced southern belle who has left her abusive husband and has no idea what to do next, especially in the company of the free-spirited Mona and Wilfred.
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Time with old friends
- By Mofanning on 08-04-24
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Mona of the Manor
- Tales of the City, Book 10
- Narrated by: Mara Wilson
- Series: Tales of the City, Book 10
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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Where the Heart Lies
- By: Ellie Dean
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
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February 1941. Julie Harris is working in London’s East End as a midwife when a bombing raid destroys her family and the house she grew up in. All she has left is her motherless baby nephew William. Determined to uphold her promise to her sister to keep William safe until his father, Bill, returns from the war, she accepts a post as a midwife in Cliffehaven on the south-coast of England.
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Excellent war time series
- By Alison Boniface on 30-04-16
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Where the Heart Lies
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: The Cliffehaven Series, Book 4
- Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 21-03-13
- Language: English
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
- By: John Fowles
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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Charles Smithson, a respectable engaged man, meets Sarah Woodruff as she stands on the Cobb at Lyme Regis, staring out to sea. Charles falls in love, but Sarah is a disgraced woman, and their romance will defy all the stifling conventions of the Victorian age.
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Fabulous
- By Martine on 09-12-21
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The French Lieutenant's Woman
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 04-11-21
- Language: English
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