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Author: Paul Waters
Format: MP3 CD
Author Paul Waters
Narrator Paul Blake
Duration 13h 8m
At the end of the third century BC, as republican Rome's long war with Carthage was at last drawing to a close, it was already threatened by a new enemy, Philip, the tyrant king of Macedon in the east. Thus begins Rome's long involvement with Greek civilisation, from which it is to learn so much... Into this turbulent world emerges our Roman hero,...
View BookElizabeth and the Prince of Spain
Author: Margaret Irwin
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Author Margaret Irwin
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 9h 24m
Philip of Spain, unwilling bridegroom of Queen Mary, has been warned about the Queen's half-sister, the young Elizabeth, daughter of Anne Boleyn. According to all reports, she is a heretic, a rebel and a potential enemy with 'a spirit full of enchantment'. But Philip is not deterred, and Elizabeth must advance warily towards her destiny, running th...
View BookThomas Kydd Series Book 8: The Admiral's Daughter
Author: Julian Stockwin
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Author Julian Stockwin
Narrator Christian Rodska
SeriesThomas Kydd, Book 8
Duration 11h 12m
1803. Tensions are escalating again between England and France. While the Royal Navy launches reconnaissance, rescue missions and spies on the continent, French privateer ships are lurking in English waters poised to strike at British trade. Smugglers, perilous storms and a treacherous coastline all threaten to overcome HMS Teazer as her men fight...
View BookAuthor: Antoinette May
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Author Antoinette May
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 15h 32m
Claudia has a privileged life. Niece of Rome's favoured warrior, she lives in luxury, surrounded by her family and tended by slaves. Gifted with second sight, her dreams tell her many things, from which gladiator will win the battle in the Coliseum to the secret enemies who plot against the Emperor. When Claudia falls deeply in love with a charisma...
View BookAuthor: Georgette Heyer
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Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Cornelius Garrett
Duration 10h 13m
When Gervase Frant, Seventh Earl of St Erth, returns at last from Waterloo to his family seat at Stanyon, he enjoys a less than welcome homecoming. Only Theo, a cousin even quieter than himself, is there to greet him - and when he meets his stepmother and young half-brother he detects open disappointment that he survived the wars. The dangers of th...
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator William Gaminara
SeriesSharpe, Book 21
Duration 9h 40m
It is 1814. After a long and exhausting series of battles, the British and Spanish armies are pushing into south-western France from Spain. Rumours abound that Napoleon has surrendered, been murdered, or fled. But before the French are finally defeated, and Sharpe can lay down his sword, one of the bloodiest conflicts of war must be fought: the bat...
View BookAuthor: Alexander Kent
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Author Alexander Kent
Narrator Michael Jayston
Duration 10h 43m
June 1793, Gibraltar. The gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. As in the past, Britain will stand or fall by the fighting power of her fleet. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities means a fresh command and the chance of action after long months of inactivity. However, his mission to supp...
View BookAuthor: Douglas Jackson
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Author Douglas Jackson
Narrator Russell Boulter
Duration 11h 20m
Gaius Julius Augustus Germanicus, the third Roman Emperor, is better known by another name: Caligula, a name synonymous with decadence, cruelty and madness. Rufus, a young slave, grows up far from the corruption of the imperial court. His master is a trainer of animals for the gladiatorial arena, and Rufus discovers that he has a natural talent for...
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator William Gaminara
SeriesSharpe, Book 12
Duration 8h 38m
It was a hard winter. For Richard Sharpe, it was the worst he could remember. He had lost his command to a wealthy man. And from England comes his oldest enemy - the ruthless Hakeswill - utterly determined to ruin Sharpe.
View BookAuthor: Conn Iggulden
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Author Conn Iggulden
Narrator Paul Blake
SeriesEmperor, Book 3
Duration 17h 36m
Following the defeat of the Spartacus rebellion, Julius Caesar and Marcus Brutus, who have been sent to run the Roman colonies in Spain, return to challenge powerful senators to become one of the Consuls of Rome. As he takes the legions north into mighty battles with the Gallic tribes, the imperious stand of Caesar and the leadership of his men, h...
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator William Gaminara
SeriesSharpe, Book 22
Duration 11h 50m
It is 1815 and Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the inexperienced and incompetent William, Prince of Orange, who has been given command of a large proportion of the Allied force. More concerned with cutting a dash at a grand society ball in Brussels, William refuses to listen to Sharpe's scouting reports of an enormous army marching towar...
View BookAuthor: Jean M Auel
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Author Jean M Auel
Narrator Rowena Cooper
SeriesEarth's Children® Series, Book 2
Duration 21h 26m
Ayla leaves the safety of the Clan who raised her and sets out alone on an epic journey of discovery. A hostile land awaits her, and her need for human companionship and love remains unfulfilled.
View BookAuthor: Jean M Auel
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Author Jean M Auel
Narrator Rowena Cooper
SeriesEarth's Children® Series, Book 1
Duration 20h 8m
Ayla is a courageous and indomitable young woman whose story begins when she is a five-year-old orphan adopted by the Clan, a group of Neanderthal people. Ayla is cared for by the Clan's medicine woman Iza and its wise holy man Creb. Iza teaches her how to find food and the healing skills known only to her line, but Ayla must also learn the ways of...
View BookThe Wolf Chronicles: Promise of the Wolves
Author: Dorothy Hearst
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Author Dorothy Hearst
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 10h 23m
Born of a forbidden mixed-blood litter and narrowly escaping the fate of her executed brother and sisters, young she-wolf Kaala is allowed to join the Swift River wolf pack, where she must fight to prove herself and survive against the odds.
View BookBalzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Author: Dai Sijie
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Author Dai Sijie
Narrator Bradley Wong
Duration 4h 24m
BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS is an enchanting tale that captures the magic of reading and the wonder of romantic awakening. An immediate international bestseller, it tells the story of two hapless city boys exiled to a remote mountain village for re-education during China's infamous Cultural Revolution. There the two friends meet the da...
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator William Gaminara
SeriesSharpe, Book 11
Duration 12h 10m
In the spring of 1811, while quartered in the crumbling Portuguese fort of San Isidro, Richard Sharpe and his men are attacked by an elite French unit commanded by the formidable Brigadier Loup, and suffer heavy losses. Sharpe has already clashed once with Loup, and the Frenchman has sworn to have his revenge. Chronologically the 11th Sharpe novel.
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator William Gaminara
SeriesSharpe, Book 6
Duration 9h 43m
In the bitter winter of 1809 the French are winning the war in Spain. Britain's forces - hotly pursued by Napoleon's victorious troops - are retreating and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, with his detachment of Riflemen, have been cut off. Surrounded by the enemy Sharpe is distrusted by his men, especially by an Irishman called Patrick Harper. But Sharp...
View BookAuthor: Patrick O'Brian
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Author Patrick O'Brian
Narrator Patrick Tull
SeriesAubrey-Maturin, Book 1
Duration 16h
The first book in Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series of naval adventures, in which the surgeon Stephen Maturin introduces himself to Captain Jack Aubrey by driving an elbow into his ribs during a chamber-music recital. After which inauspicious meeting they commence a firm friendship and a series of great literary voyages set against the immacu...
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator William Gaminara
SeriesSharpe, Book 14
Duration 9h 44m
Richard Sharpe is once again at war. But this time his enemy is a single man - the ruthless, sadistic Colonel Leroux. Sharpe's mission is to safeguard El Mirador, the spy whose network of agents is vital to the British victory. Chronologically the 13th Sharpe novel.
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
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Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator William Gaminara
SeriesSharpe, Book 4
Duration 10h 52m
This novel sees Sharpe returning from India to London to join the newly formed Green jackets. Sharpe, though a little more comfortable with his new officer rank, is sure that this new unit is of lower status, and that he has failed. His ship home is shipwrecked and he is captured by pirates, but, fighting free with a few companions he finds himself...
View BookAuthor: Evelyn Anthony
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Author Evelyn Anthony
Narrator Sarah Sherborne
Duration 12h 24m
This audiobook brings to life that period in history when Henry VIII found a match in the beautiful Anne Boleyn. He, with his handsome looks and dominating personality, and she, whose courage, pride and indomitable passion were to win her a crown and cost her her life...
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