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Author: Carolly Erickson
Format: MP3 CD
Author Carolly Erickson
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 12h
A portrait of Queen Victoria and the Victorian era. The author reveals the inner contradictions of the resolute, high-minded and cantankerous woman who became queen at the age of eighteen and reigned until her death sixty-four years later in 1901.
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Author: Joanne Harris
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Author Joanne Harris
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 11h 50m
'Five Quarters of the Orange' revolves around a recipe book, continuing the theme of culinary intrigue begun in 'Chocolat' and 'Blackberry Wine'. Framboise returns to the village where she grew up during wartime and, with the help of the recipes scribbled in her mother's album, opens up a small restaurant. Whilst immersing herself once again in th...
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Author: Sarah Waters
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Author Sarah Waters
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 18h 10m
Nancy's place is in her father's seaside restaurant in Whitstable, Kent, shucking shellfish and stirring soup. At night she often ventures to the nearby music hall and the moment she spies a new male impersonator, the beautiful Miss Kitty Butler - still something of a curiosity in England circa 1888 - she falls head-over-heels in love with her. Fol...
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Author: Rose Tremain
Format: MP3 CD
Author Rose Tremain
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 18h
In 1629 a young English lutenist named Peter Claire arrives at the Danish Court to join King Christian IV's Royal Orchestra. He later realises that he has come to a place where the opposing states of light and dark, good and evil are waging war to the death.
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Author: Christopher Hibbert
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Author Christopher Hibbert
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 9h
Hibbert charts the French Revolution from its beginnings as an impromptu meeting on an indoor tennis court at Versailles in 1789, through to the coup d'etat of 1795 that brought Napoleon to power.
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Author: Jeanette Winterson
Format: MP3 CD
Author Jeanette Winterson
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 5h
Brought up in a Northern working-class Pentecostal family, Jeanette follows the path her Mam has set for her. This involves Bible quizzes, a stint as a tambourine-playing Sally Army officer and a future as a missionary in Africa, or some other 'heathen state'. When Jeanette starts going to school and confides in her mother about her feelings for an...
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Author: Gwyneth Lewis
Format: MP3 CD
Author Gwyneth Lewis
Narrator Zulema Dene
Duration 7h 15m
Gwyneth Lewis' main theme is the usefulness of depression in finding out what is wrong with your life and changing it accordingly. She uses her own life experiences to create this guide to coping with depression, which includes her development as a poet in Welsh and English, to create a personal and inspiring story.
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