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Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,544
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Performance1,271
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Story1,263
In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC, the base from which from he would launch fierce attacks on tyranny of all kinds. Along the way, he recalls the girls, boys and booze; the friendships and the feuds; the grand struggles and lost causes; and the mistakes and misgivings that have characterised his life.
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Honest but difficult listening
- By Penny on 18-06-16
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Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 26-12-11
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall155
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Performance136
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Story134
What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait. “[An] infectious sense of narrative momentum . . . Its energy is unflagging...
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A good listen
- By edward sidsaph on 10-09-19
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 27-08-19
- Language: English
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Charles and Camilla
- Portrait of a Love Affair
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall93
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Performance81
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Story80
This is a story of the most well documented, most commented on love affair of our times. Yet the personalities behind the facade remain elusive and the nature of their relationship is an enigma. This is the first major biography of Charles and Camilla, two people who have battled against the curious lot that fate has thrown their way. Gyles Brandreth returns to the same ground as his last book, the bestselling "Philip and Elizabeth"; "Portrait of a Marriage".
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Fascinating Detailed Account Of Royal Life
- By Joan on 03-03-18
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Charles and Camilla
- Portrait of a Love Affair
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-12-14
- Language: English
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The Plot to Kill King
- The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- By: Dr. William F. Pepper Esq.
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance27
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Story27
William Pepper was James Earl Ray's lawyer in the trial for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., and even after Ray's conviction and death, Pepper continues to adamantly argue Ray's innocence. This myth-shattering expose is a revised, updated, and heavily expanded volume of Pepper's original best-selling and critically-acclaimed book of the same name, with 26 years of additional research included. The result reveals dramatic new details of the night of the murder, the trial, and why Ray was chosen to take the fall for an evil conspiracy.
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Fantastically detailed, thorough & shocking
- By Donna Shannon on 30-01-21
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The Plot to Kill King
- The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 16-12-16
- Language: English
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Get In
- The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer
- By: Patrick Maguire, Gabriel Pogrund
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 21 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance114
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Story114
Brought to you by Penguin. Get In is the definitive behind-the-scenes account of Labour’s brutal reinvention and dramatic return to power under Keir Starmer. From electoral wipeout in 2019 to landslide victory in 2024 and on into Labour’s first hundred days in government, Get In is a...
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Inside scoop, much known on the outside
- By Mr J on 16-02-25
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Get In
- The Sunday Times Bestselling Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 21 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 13-02-25
- Language: English
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First into Action
- A Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS
- By: Duncan Falconer
- Narrated by: Duncan Falconer
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall643
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Performance596
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Story596
The Special Boat Service (SBS) has long been the forgotten sibling of British Special Forces, but no longer. Duncan Falconer's grippingly personal memoir finally lifts the lid on life, loss, training and operations in the toughest unit of them all—the SBS. From joining up as a teenager, through SBS recruitment, training, and operational detachments, First into Action takes us on a journey through the SBS's history, operations and tactics seen through the lens of Duncan Falconer's remarkable story.
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Much needed Account of the SBS
- By peter on 02-12-22
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First into Action
- A Dramatic Personal Account of Life Inside the SBS
- Narrated by: Duncan Falconer
- Length: 13 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 26-08-22
- Language: English
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The Kennedy Brothers
- The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby
- By: Richard D. Mahoney
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall116
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Performance102
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Story101
Books about the Kennedys are legion. Yet missing until now has been the exploration of the bond between Jack and Bobby, and the part that it played in their rise and fall. Richard D. Mahoney gives us Jack and Bobby in all their hubris and humanity, youthfulness and fatalism. Here is American history as it unfolds. The Kennedy Brothers is a fresh and masterful account of the men whose legacy continues to hold the American imagination.
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Exactly what I wanted
- By Anonymous on 17-08-19
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The Kennedy Brothers
- The Rise and Fall of Jack and Bobby
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 06-02-13
- Language: English
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The Scapegoat
- The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
- By: Lucy Hughes-Hallett
- Length: 25 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance45
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Story45
*PLUTARCH AWARD FOR THE BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2024* *SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE* ‘SUBLIME’ A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ‘STUNNINGLY GOOD’ THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOKS 2024 ‘COMPULSIVE’ A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ‘BRILLIANT’ A SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024...
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an excellent cultural history!
- By Rachel Redford on 14-11-24
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The Scapegoat
- The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham
- Length: 25 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 10-10-24
- Language: English
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Elizabeth
- The Forgotten Years
- By: John Guy
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall60
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Performance56
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Story53
Brought to you by Penguin. An ageing queen, an heirless state, conspiracy all round: here is the court of Elizabeth I as never known before. History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power -- and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth...
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Brilliant
- By Kay Howlett on 12-06-17
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Elizabeth
- The Forgotten Years
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-06-16
- Language: English
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Do Let’s Have Another Drink
- The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
- By: Gareth Russell
- Narrated by: Fiona Hampton
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance29
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Story30
A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried at sea, the Queen Mother replied cheerfully. ‘Dear old Edwina, she always did like to make a splash!’ During...
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Dreadful
- By Tessa on 17-10-22
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Do Let’s Have Another Drink
- The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
- Narrated by: Fiona Hampton
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
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The Heathen Horde
- Alfred the Great, Book 1
- By: Steven A. Mckay
- Narrated by: Edward Mitchell
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Northumbria, AD 864. Viking warlord Ragnar Lothbrok is captured and killed in brutal fashion, an event that will shape the future of the nation for decades to come. Mercia, AD 868. Alfred, son of Wessex and heir to the throne, draws his first blood on the battlefield. It will not be his last. A devastating scourge from the north is coming to Britain, one that will bring armies and entire kingdoms to their knees. Travelling along the whale road in their feared longships, the Great Heathen Army move fast, striking with a savagery unmatched, in a seemingly unstoppable tide of blood and iron.
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Good battles
- By Seamus O'Lunacy on 01-11-25
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The Heathen Horde
- Alfred the Great, Book 1
- Narrated by: Edward Mitchell
- Series: Alfred the Great, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 23-10-25
- Language: English
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Son of Hamas
- A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
- By: Mosab Hassan Yousef, Ron Brackin - contributor
- Narrated by: Mosab Hassan Yousef
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall152
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Performance143
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Story143
Since he was a small boy, Mosab Hassan Yousef has had an inside view of the deadly terrorist group Hamas. The oldest son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a founding member of Hamas and its most popular leader, young Mosab assisted his father for years in his political activities while being groomed to assume his legacy, politics, status...and power. But everything changed when Mosab turned away from terror and violence and embraced instead the teachings of another famous Middle East leader.
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An Education for us in the muslim flooded times
- By Viz on 25-07-24
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Son of Hamas
- A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices
- Narrated by: Mosab Hassan Yousef
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 23-12-11
- Language: English
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Freedom
- Memoirs 1954-2021 from the former Chancellor of Germany
- By: Angela Merkel
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 27 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance63
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Story64
'A great accomplishment . . . A wonderful reflection of an extraordinary sweep of history' Barack Obama Timely, intimate and important, the long-awaited memoirs from one of the most influential leaders of our times For 16 years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany. She led the country...
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sense of duty! and the story behind.
- By LH on 06-12-24
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Freedom
- Memoirs 1954-2021 from the former Chancellor of Germany
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 27 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 27-11-24
- Language: English
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Sunak at 10
- The Last Conservative Prime Minister?
- By: Anthony Seldon
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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After almost a decade and a half of Tory rule, the 2024 General Election saw the Conservatives suffer their worst-ever defeat: they received 7.14 million fewer votes than in 2019; 23.7 per cent is their lowest ever vote share; and their current 121 MP contingent is their smallest since 1832...
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Sunak at 10
- The Last Conservative Prime Minister?
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 27-08-26
- Language: English
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Kremlin Winter
- Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin
- By: Robert Service
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance42
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Story42
In Kremlin Winter, Robert Service, acclaimed biographer of Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky and one of the finest historians of modern Russia, brings his deep understanding of that country to bear on the man who leads it. 'One of our most accomplished, erudite and prolific historians of modern Russia'...
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Absolutely outstanding analysis of Putin + Russia
- By leslie10 on 16-05-22
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Kremlin Winter
- Russia and the Second Coming of Vladimir Putin
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 14 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 03-10-19
- Language: English
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Mommie Dearest: 40th Anniversary Edition
- By: Christina Crawford
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance53
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When Christina Crawford’s harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted subject. It also shed light on the guarded world of Hollywood and stripped away the façade of Christina’s relentless, alcoholic abuser: her adoptive mother, movie star Joan Crawford.
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A harrowing tale of child abuse
- By Bryan James on 10-12-19
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Mommie Dearest: 40th Anniversary Edition
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 19 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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Victoria: The Queen
- An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
- By: Julia Baird
- Narrated by: Clare Fraenkel
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall90
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Performance80
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A magnificent biography of Queen Victoria by International New York Times columnist Julia Baird. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, Victoria: The Queen is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth - a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience.
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This is a fantasy disguised as biography.
- By MorganScorpion on 12-02-21
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Victoria: The Queen
- An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
- Narrated by: Clare Fraenkel
- Length: 18 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 26-09-17
- Language: English
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Churchill & Son
- By: Josh Ireland
- Narrated by: Andy Mace
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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A moving and revealing new portrait of Winston Churchill through the most important relationship in his life - that with his son, Randolph. 'In this fascinating account of the turbulent Churchill father-and-son relationship, Josh Ireland shows how central Winston and Randolph were to each...
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"an asphyxiating charisma"
- By Rachel Redford on 12-04-21
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Churchill & Son
- Narrated by: Andy Mace
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-04-21
- Language: English
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Three Times a Countess
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer
- By: Tina Gaudoin
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance63
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Debutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. But who was the real Raine? What was hidden behind the immaculately manicured public façade and her overwhelmingly negative tabloid image? From her childhood days as daughter of romantic novelist powerhouse, Barbara Cartland, to Westminster councillor and wife of Earl Spencer, Three Times a Countess recounts Raine's compelling and glamorous life.
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Interesting
- By naomi on 12-06-23
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Three Times a Countess
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 27-10-22
- Language: English
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Honoured
- Survival, Strength and My Path to Politics
- By: Naz Shah
- Narrated by: Naz Shah
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance13
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By the age of five, Naz Shah was used to the sight of her father beating her mother. At six, her father left the family for a teenage neighbour. At twelve, she was sent to Pakistan for protection from her mother's new abuser, only to be forced into marriage at the age of fifteen. Within a couple...
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Emotional lived experience
- By Amrana on 15-03-26
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