The Chronicles of St Mary's
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Book 0.5
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The Very First Damned Thing
- An Author-Read Audio Exclusive
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Jodi Taylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
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Jodi Taylor reads the long-awaited prequel in her Chronicles of St Mary’s series, as Dr Bairstow struggles to set up St Mary’s as we know it in a world still scarred by the ravages of civil war. Ever wondered how it all began? It’s two years since the final victory at the Battersea Barricades. The fighting might be finished, but for Dr Bairstow, just now setting up St Mary's, the struggle is only beginning. How will he assemble his team? From where will his funding come?
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An intro....not much more
- By Robyn on 29-11-16
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The Very First Damned Thing
- An Author-Read Audio Exclusive
- Narrated by: Jodi Taylor
- Length: 2 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 19-10-15
- Language: English
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Book 1
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Just One Damned Thing After Another
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 1
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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When Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past - they revisit it. But one wrong move and History will fight back - to the death. And she soon discovers it's not just History she's fighting....
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Oh Dear
- By Charlotte Hobbs on 30-03-19
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Just One Damned Thing After Another
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 1
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-04-14
- Language: English
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Book 2
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A Symphony of Echoes
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 2
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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Dispatched to Victorian London to seek out Jack the Ripper, things go badly wrong when he finds the St Mary's historians first. Stalked through the fog-shrouded streets of Whitechapel, Max is soon running for her life. Again. And that's just the start. Max finds herself in a race against time when an old enemy is intent on destroying St Mary's. An enemy willing, if necessary, to destroy History itself.
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It keeps the worst from the first
- By Kindle Customer on 28-09-19
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A Symphony of Echoes
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 2
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 03-04-14
- Language: English
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Book 2.5
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When a Child Is Born
- A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 32 mins
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The time-travel series that everyone's talking about.... Jodi Taylor's The Chronicles of St. Mary's is back with a short story. It's Christmas Day 1066, and a team from St Mary's is going to witness the coronation of William the Conqueror. Or so they think.... However, history seems to have different plans for them, and when Max finds herself delivering a child in a peasant's hut, she can't help wondering what history is up to.
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A Christmas Gift from St Mary 's to Democracy
- By M. Price on 19-06-15
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When a Child Is Born
- A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 32 mins
- Release date: 07-04-15
- Language: English
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Book 3
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A Second Chance
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 3
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
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History happens all around you. And, occasionally, to you. I could have been a bomb-disposal expert, or a volunteer for the Mars mission, or a firefighter, something safe and sensible. But, no, I had to be an historian. It began well. A successful assignment to 17th century Cambridge to meet Isaac Newton, and another to witness the historic events at The Gates of Grief. So far so good.
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Great balance between fun and fear
- By Mike on 18-11-15
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A Second Chance
- The Chronicles of St Mary's, Book 3
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-08-14
- Language: English
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Book 3.5
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Roman Holiday
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
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Another rollicking short story from the Chronicles of St Mary’s author Jodi Taylor. Question: What sort of idiot installs his mistress in his wife’s house? Especially when that mistress is Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, queen of Egypt and the most notorious woman of her time? Answer: Julius Caesar - poised to become king of Rome. Or as good as.
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Another piece of the St Marys puzzle
- By UsefulThings on 29-05-15
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Roman Holiday
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 07-04-15
- Language: English
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Book 4
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A Trail Through Time
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 4
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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"St Mary's is back and is facing a battle to survive in this, the fourth installment of the Chronicles. Max and Leon are re-united and looking forward to a peaceful lifetime together. But, sadly, they don't even make it to lunchtime. The action races from 17th century London to Ancient Egypt and from Pompeii to 14th century Southwark as they're pursued up and down the timeline.
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Max grows up in her new world
- By Mike on 18-11-15
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A Trail Through Time
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 4
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 11-11-14
- Language: English
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Book 4.5
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Christmas Present
- A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
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It's Christmas Eve at St Mary's. And all through the house. Nothing is stirring.... Except for Max, Peterson, and Markham, sneaking out at midnight for an assignment that is very definitely off the books. It was ten years ago tonight that senior historians Bashford and Grey went missing in 12th century Jerusalem. So how did they end up in AD 60 Roman Colchester? Max has a theory. Peterson has a plan. Markham has bacon sandwiches. Colchester has Boudicca and her bloodthirsty Iceni hordes.
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Great short story from a great series
- By Amy G on 28-04-15
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Christmas Present
- A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Release date: 07-04-15
- Language: English
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Book 5
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No Time Like the Past
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 5
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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Jodi Taylor’s best-selling series The Chronicles of St. Mary is back with a bang…St. Mary’s has been rebuilt, and it’s business as usual for the history department. But first there’s the little matter of a 17th-century ghost that only Mr. Markham can see. Not to mention the minor inconvenience of being trapped in the Great Fire of London…and an unfortunately timed comfort break at Thermopylae, leaving the fate of the Western world hanging in the balance.
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If the Joneses had a child ...
- By Garry on 21-04-15
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No Time Like the Past
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 5
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 21-04-15
- Language: English
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Book 6
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 6
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
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Max is back! New husband, new job, and a training regime that cannot fail - to go wrong! Take one interim chief training officer, add five recruits, mix with Joan of Arc, a baby mammoth, a duplicitous father of history, a bombed rat, Stone Age hunters, a couple of passing policemen who should have better things to do, and Dick the Turd. Stir well, bring to the boil – and wait for the bang! Join Max in the sixth instalment in the off-the-wall Chronicles of St Mary’s series."
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Being honest
- By Ron on 28-06-16
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What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 6
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 28-08-15
- Language: English
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Book 6.5
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Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings
- A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
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It’s Christmas again at St Mary's and time for Max’s obligatory illegal jump. On this occasion, however, they’re right up against it. A loaded gun has been left behind in Ancient Egypt, and it’s up to them to retrieve it before anyone accidentally blows their own head off, thus affecting the timeline for centuries to come. And as if that’s not enough, someone (Max) has inadvertently poisoned Mr Markham. It’s hot, they’re running out of supplies, they can’t find the gun and it’s all going horribly wrong. Again.
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Short and sweet
- By Robyn on 08-08-16
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Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings
- A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 25 mins
- Release date: 13-11-15
- Language: English
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Book 7
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Lies, Damned Lies and History
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 7
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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I've done some stupid things in my time. I've been reckless. I've broken a few rules. But never before have I ruined so many lives or left such a trail of destruction behind me. As Max would be the first to admit, she's never been one for rules. They tend to happen to other people. But this time she's gone too far, and everyone is paying the price. Grounded until the end of time, how can she ever put things right?
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Another winner
- By Alan R on 18-12-16
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Lies, Damned Lies and History
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 7
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 05-05-16
- Language: English
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Book 7.5
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The Great St. Mary's Day Out
- A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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Everyone deserves to get away for a bit. Even the miscreants at St Mary's. Astonishingly, Dr. Bairstow has declared a holiday. Even more astonishingly - he's paying for it. Needless to say, there are strings attached. They have to record the 1601 performance of Hamlet, with Shakespeare himself in the role of the Ghost. It doesn't go well, of course.
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A classic St Marys featuring Bill the flaming Bard
- By English Country Life on 01-08-16
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The Great St. Mary's Day Out
- A Chronicles of St. Mary's Short Story
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-08-16
- Language: English
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Book 8
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And the Rest Is History
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 8
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
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Behind the seemingly innocuous facade of St. Mary's Institute of Historical Research, a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don't call it time travel - these historians investigate major historical events in contemporary time. And they aren't your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be unintentional disaster magnets.
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Jodi Never Disappoints!
- By Gryfynn on 16-04-17
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And the Rest Is History
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 8
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 13-04-17
- Language: English
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Book 8.5
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My Name is Markham
- The Chronicles of St Mary's
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Piers Wehner
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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Like a smaller and much scruffier Greta Garbo - finally - Markham speaks! It's Christmas and time for the first (and almost certainly last) St Mary's Annual Children's Christmas Party - attendance compulsory, by order of Dr Bairstow. Discovered practising his illegal reindeer dance and poo-dropping routine, our hero, along with fellow disaster magnets Peterson and Maxwell, is dispatched to Anglo-Saxon England to discover the truth about Alfred and the cakes.
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Christmas isn't Christmas without St Mary's
- By Nicole P on 22-12-16
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My Name is Markham
- The Chronicles of St Mary's
- Narrated by: Piers Wehner
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-12-16
- Language: English
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Book 8.6
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Christmas Past
- A Chronicles of St Mary's Short Story
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
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Max, Leon and Matthew - together at last for Christmas at St Mary's, a time of conspicuous consumption, riotous misbehaviour and the traditional illegal Christmas jump. And this time it's intergenerational. Donning her unfamiliar mother hat, Max takes Matthew back to 19th-century London, where they plan to deliver a parcel of Christmas cheer to his former friends but find themselves confronting the terrifying Old Ma Scrope in the process.
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A huge dose of Mushy
- By cheryl on 01-01-18
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Christmas Past
- A Chronicles of St Mary's Short Story
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
- Release date: 21-12-17
- Language: English
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Book 9
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An Argumentation of Historians
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 9
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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They say you shouldn't push your luck. Max gives her own luck a massive shove every day - and it's only a matter of time until luck pushes back.... January, 1536 - the day of Henry VIII's infamous jousting accident. Historians from St Mary's are there in force, recording and documenting. And arguing - obviously. A chance meeting between Max and the Time Police leads to a plan of action. And it's one that will have very serious consequences - especially for Max.
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Lost for words
- By Binka on 11-04-18
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An Argumentation of Historians
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's, Book 9
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 10-04-18
- Language: English
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Book 9.5
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The Battersea Barricades
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
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It's not easy being a rebel. So many new skills to assimilate. Never mind strategic planning, weapons expertise and the like - there's bicycle stealing, oil-stain removal and boat steering to be mastered first. And quickly. It's the time of the Civil Uprisings, and two young women set out to make a difference. Their only problem? They don't know where they are. Or where they're going. Or what to do when they get there. Other than that....
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Very moving
- By Lindzl00 on 23-04-18
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The Battersea Barricades
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Release date: 23-04-18
- Language: English
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Book 9.6
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The Steam-Pump Jump
- A Chronicles of St Mary’s Short Story
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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Not one to let being banged up in Sick Bay stop her, Max has had a brilliant idea. But she needs Markham to execute it on her behalf. The subject of this cunning plan is Peterson, struggling with another bereavement and not doing very well. What’s needed to get him through it is sympathy, sensitivity, tact and understanding. Step forward Mr Markham, for whom sympathy, sensitivity, etc., are things that happen to other people.
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Another excellent St Mary's book
- By Sian on 18-07-18
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The Steam-Pump Jump
- A Chronicles of St Mary’s Short Story
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
- Release date: 12-07-18
- Language: English
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The Long and the Short of It
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's
- By: Jodi Taylor
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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Follow the disaster magnets of St Mary's as they hurtle around history! The ninth book in The Chronicles of St Mary's Series collects the best-selling short stories in audio for the first time.
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Very unfair for people to complain
- By Hevpais on 13-06-17
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The Long and the Short of It
- The Chronicles of St. Mary's
- Narrated by: Zara Ramm
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 08-06-17
- Language: English
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