Showing 400 to 420 of 491 results:
Author: Len Deighton
Format: MP3 CD
Author Len Deighton
Narrator James Faulkner
Duration 7h 27m
A tale of two spies and the old ties that bind them. Sinister rumours link clandestine Arab arms dealing with the man who led the old anti-Nazi Guernica network. It's time to re-open the master file on yesterday's spy.
View BookA Horseman Riding By Trilogy Book 2: Post of Honour
Author: R F Delderfield
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author R F Delderfield
Narrator Jonathan Oliver
SeriesA Horseman Riding By Trilogy, Book 2
Duration 26h 6m
1912-1940. A generation fallen. A country that will never be the same again. Nowhere in England avoids the searing loss of young men during the First World War and the remote Devon village of Shallowford is no exception. Many never return and the lives of those who do come back are changed forever. Paul Craddock must try to rebuild the estate and,...
View BookAuthor: Suzannah Dunn
Format: MP3 CD
Author Suzannah Dunn
Narrator Carolyn Bonnyman
Duration 8h 57m
A gripping novel of love, passion, betrayal and heartbreak. Katherine Parr survived Henry VIII to find true love with Thomas Seymour - only to realise that her love was based on a lie. Clever, sensible and well-liked, Katherine Parr trod a knife edge of diplomacy and risk during her marriage to an ageing, cantankerous King Henry. When he died, she...
View BookAuthor: Leah Fleming
Format: Stream / Download
Author Leah Fleming
Narrator Elaine Claxton
Duration 13h 18m
2002, Australia. When Melissa discovers a postcard addressed to 'Desmond' among her recently deceased father's effects, she is determined to discover this person's identity and his relationship to her father. She soon embarks on a journey that will take her across oceans and into the past... 1930's, London. Caroline grew on a secluded Scottish esta...
View BookAuthor: Laura Carlin
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Laura Carlin
Narrator Sophie Ward
Duration 12h 57m
Down the murky alleyways of London, acts of unspeakable wickedness are taking place and the city's vulnerable poor are disappearing from the streets. Out of these shadows comes Hester White, a bright young woman who is desperate to escape the slums by any means possible. When Hester is thrust into the world of the aristocratic Brock family, she lea...
View BookAuthor: Valerie Wood
Format: Stream / Download
Author Valerie Wood
Narrator Anne Dover
Duration 11h 21m
Hull, 1874. Clara had always wondered about the beautiful, mysterious Jewel Newmarch, who was adopted as a baby and turns heads wherever she goes - her exotic looks point to her origins far away from the streets of Hull. Even at her twin sister Elizabeth's wedding, Clara knows that Jewel is the belle of the ball. And as Jewel looks on at the happy,...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 11: War of the Wolf
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Matt Bates
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 11
Duration 13h 29m
Uhtred of Bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home, but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victory. In Mercia, rebellion is in the air as King Edward tries to seize control. In Wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next king. And across the country, invading Norsemen...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 10: The Flame Bearer
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Matt Bates
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 10
Duration 10h 27m
Britain is in a state of uneasy peace. Northumbria's Viking ruler, Sigtryggr, and Mercia's Saxon Queen, Aethelflaed, have agreed to a truce. And so England's greatest warrior, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, at last has the chance to take back the home of his traitorous uncle, which was stolen from him so many years ago - and which his scheming cousin still...
View BookAuthor: Kate Grenville
Format: MP3 CD
Author Kate Grenville
Narrator Wallis Bill
Duration 7h 42m
As a boy, Daniel Rooke was always an outsider. At school he learned to hide his clever thoughts from his peers; at home his parents were bemused by their bookish son. Daniel could only hope that he would one day find his place in life. By 1788, Daniel has become Lieutenant Rooke, astronomer with the First Fleet as it lands on the unknown shores of...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 9: Warriors of the Storm
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Matt Bates
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 9
Duration 12h 12m
A fragile peace is about to be broken.... King Alfred's son, Edward, and formidable daughter, ’thelflaed, rule Wessex, Mercia and East Anglia. But all around the restless Northmen, eyeing the rich lands and wealthy churches, are mounting raids. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, the kingdoms' greatest warrior, controls Northern Mercia from the strongly fo...
View BookAuthor: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator William Gaminara
SeriesSharpe, Book 8
Duration 9h
Richard Sharpe, bold, professional and ruthless, goes to war. Once a private, now he leads his men into action in the bloodiest battle of the war. The danger is as great from his enemies on his own side as from those across the battlefield. But through treachery and gunsmoke, through swordfight and bloody warfare, Sharpe saves his own life and the...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 8: The Empty Throne
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Matt Bates
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 8
Duration 11h 18m
England is fractured, torn apart more by internal fighting than the threat of Viking invasion. The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no legitimate heir. His wife is a formidable fighter and great leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom. And she is without her strongest warrior and champion, Uhtred of Bebbanburg. So the scene is...
View BookAuthor: Pat Barker
Format: Stream / Download
Author Pat Barker
Narrator Various
Duration 8h 53m
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Pat Barker's powerful and unforgettable story of art and war, Life Class.Spring, 1914. The students at the Slade School of Art gather in Henry Tonks's studio for his life-drawing class. But for Paul Tarrant the class is troubling, underscoring his own uncertainty about making a mark...
View BookAuthor: Charlotte Bingham
Format: MP3 CD
Author Charlotte Bingham
Narrator Kim Hicks
Duration 14h 23m
It is Christmas in the year 1913. Kitty and Lady Partita are best friends despite vastly different backgrounds. Partita has invited her friend, Kitty, to stay at her ancestral home, Borders Castle. The grandeur of Partita's family seat is in stark contrast to Kitty's home in London where she and her mother, Violet, struggle to maintain appearances...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 4: Sword Song
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 4
Duration 5h 46m
The fourth in the best-selling Alfred series from number-one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred's kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time, and...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 3: The Lords of the North
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 3
Duration 12h 50m
Enter a world where bloody battles and heroic deeds combine in the historic struggle to unite Britain in the face of a common enemy. The year is 878 and the Vikings have been thrown out of Wessex. Uhtred, fresh from fighting for Alfred in the battle to free Wessex, travels north to seek revenge for his father's death, killed in a bloody raid by Uht...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 2: The Pale Horseman
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 2
Duration 14h 12m
A Saxon raised by Vikings. A pagan fighting for a Christian King. The conflict at the heart of a hero will be played out in the fight for England. It is 877. Across the kingdoms of Britain the Danes are gaining strength. Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a pagan warrior, must decide who he will align with: the Vikings who raised him or Alfred, King of the West...
View BookAuthor: Roland Vernon
Format: MP3 CD
Author Roland Vernon
Narrator Jonathan Oliver
Duration 17h 39m
Greece, 1869 Godwin Tudor, a young English photographer recently arrived in Athens, is intrigued by the mysterious and maverick British landowner Edgar Brooke, whose vast estate dominates the island of Pyroxenia. Whilst visiting Brooke's remote home, Godwin is enchanted by the breathtaking landscape and his host's capricious young daughter Lydia. B...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 1: The Last Kingdom
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Jonathan Keeble
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 1
Duration 5h 32m
The first book in a brand-new series, The Last Kingdom is set in England during the reign of King Alfred. Uhtred is an English boy, born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria. Orphaned at 10, he is captured and adopted by a Dane and taught the Viking ways. Yet Uhtred's fate is indissolubly bound up with Alfred, King of Wessex, who rules...
View BookAuthor: Martin Stephen
Format: MP3 CD
Author Martin Stephen
Narrator Michael Tudor Barnes
Duration 13h 51m
It is 1588 and King Philip of Spain has assembled the greatest fleet and the most powerful army in the world. It is envisaged that the Armada, commanded by the brave and chivalric Duke Medina Sidonia, will crush the English and bring an end to the reign of Queen Elizabeth. One man who has inside knowledge of this event is the young Henry Gresham. C...
View BookThe Last Kingdom Book 7: The Pagan Lord
Author: Bernard Cornwell
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Bernard Cornwell
Narrator Matt Bates
SeriesThe Last Kingdom, Book 7
Duration 10h 22m
As the ninth century wanes, England appears about to be plunged into chaos once more. For the Viking-raised but Saxon-born warrior, Uhtred, whose life seems to shadow the making of England, this presents him with difficult choices. King Alfred is dying and his passing threatens the island of Britain to renewed warfare. Alfred wants his son, Edward,...
View Book