This book contains violent and/or sexual content.
AuthorPat Barker
NarratorPeter Firth
SeriesRegeneration Trilogy, Book 1
Duration7h 35m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Novels, LGBTQ+ Literature
Key StageA Level
PublisherChivers
VersionUnabridged
The first book in the 'Regeneration' trilogy. In Craiglockhart war hospital, Doctor William Rivers attempts to restore the sanity of officers whose experiences of the First World War have caused them to break down. When Siegfried Sassoon publishes his declaration of protest against the war, the authorities decide to have him declared mentally ill and send him to Craiglockhart. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND ADULT THEMES.
Author: Pat Barker
Author Pat Barker
Narrator Robert Glenister
Duration 8h 16m
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Author: Pat Barker
Author Pat Barker
Narrator Various
Duration 9h 56m
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Author Brandon Taylor
Narrator Kevin R. Free
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Author Douglas Stuart
Narrator Angus King
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Author: Pat Barker
Author Pat Barker
Narrator Peter Firth
SeriesRegeneration Trilogy, Book 2
Duration 6h 41m
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Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Saul Reichlin
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Duration 12h 16m
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Author Celeste Ng
Narrator Cassandra Campbell
Duration 10h 8m
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Author Val Mcdermid
Narrator Cathleen Mccarron
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Duration 12h 57m
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Author: Pat Barker
Author Pat Barker
Narrator
Duration 10h 44m
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Author: Tsitsi Dangarembga
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Narrator Adenrele Ojo
Duration 11h 32m
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