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The Vintage Shop of Second Chances
Author: Libby Page
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Author Libby Page
Narrator Helen Keeley, Katherine Fenton, Phyllida Nash
Duration 9h 16m
One dress. Three women. A lifetime of secrets. Among the cobbled streets of Frome in Somerset, Lou is about to start something new. After losing her mother, she knows it's time to take a chance and open her own vintage clothes shop. In upstate New York, Donna receives some news about her family which throws everything she thought she knew into ques...
View BookAuthor: Margaret Irwin
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Author Margaret Irwin
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 9h 15m
In July, 1553, sibling rivalry has never been more tumultuous than between the daughters of King Henry VIII. Queen Mary Tudor has just won possession of the throne, but her half-sister - the Princess Elizabeth - holds the hearts of the people. Knowing this, Mary banishes her to a country retreat, determined to keep her as far away from court life a...
View BookAuthor: Georgette Heyer
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Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 12h 20m
The three great-nephews of cantankerous Mr Penicuik know better than to ignore his summons, especially when it concerns the bestowal of his fortune. The wily old gentleman has hatched a typically freakish plan for his stepdaughter's future and his own amusement: his fortune will be Kitty's dowry. But while the beaux are scrambling for her hand, Kit...
View BookAuthor: Jude Morgan
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Author Jude Morgan
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 14h 16m
As a young woman, clever, self-reliant Lydia Templeton scandalised society by rejecting Lewis Durrant, the county's most eligible bachelor. Ten years later, Lydia has no regrets and, having concluded that matters of the heart need no longer trouble her, she is quite happy to remain unwed. But others still seek Lydia's advice on their love lives, an...
View BookAuthor: Kylie Fitzpatrick
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Author Kylie Fitzpatrick
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 12h 20m
Amen Corner, London, 1864. Orphan Sarah O'Reilly has disguised herself as a boy so that she can work in the offices of Septimus Harding's newspaper. She meets Lily Korechnya, a wealthy widow who writes a column for the paper under a pseudonym. Lily has been enlisted by Lady Cynthia Herbert to help catalogue her magnificent jewel collection. She is...
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 BookAuthor: Holly Webb
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Author Holly Webb
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 1h 10m
Sam, a Golden Labrador puppy, is Emily's best present ever! The two become great friends and Emily is sad to leave him at home when she starts back at school. When Sam is stolen from the garden one afternoon, Emily is desperate with worry. She is determined to get her precious puppy back but how will she find him? A touching story about a little gi...
View BookAuthor: L. M. Jackson
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Author L. M. Jackson
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 9h 33m
When the mysterious Sarah Tanner opens her 'Dining and Coffee Rooms' on the corner of Leather Lane and Liquorpond Street, her arrival amongst the poor market-traders causes something of a stir. Few doubt that she has 'a past'; no-one could have predicted how it will return to haunt her. When an old friend is brutally murdered, Sarah Tanner is the o...
View BookAuthor: L. M. Jackson
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Author L. M. Jackson
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 10h 24m
A desperate plea from her former lover, the aristocrat Arthur DeSalle, turns Sarah Tanner's quiet life upside down. Arthur needs Sarah's help. Suspicious of the hold that Dr Stead, renowned practitioner of the strange art of mesmerism, has gained on his ageing parents, he hopes to expose him as a fraud. But Mrs Tanner is troubled closer to home b...
View BookAuthor: Georgette Heyer
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Author Georgette Heyer
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 10h 47m
Perhaps the most deeply cherished novel among Heyer fans, Arabella is the story of a poor girl who captures the heart of a handsome and wealthy bachelor. When Arabella first arrives in London, she has only one mission: to snare a rich husband. She thus pretends to be a rich heiress and soon finds herself pursued by the most eligible bachelors in th...
View BookAuthor: Margaret Irwin
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Author Margaret Irwin
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 10h 50m
Growing up in the shadow of her dead mother, the infamous Anne Boleyn, young Princess Elizabeth has learnt to be continuously on the watch for the political games played out around her. It is never certain when one might rise in, or precariously fall out of, royal favour. When her distant father, Henry VIII, dies, the future brightens for Elizabeth...
View BookAuthor: Holly Webb
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Author Holly Webb
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 1h 11m
Ella loves her kitten, Fluff, and worries about her going missing again. But Fluff is enchanted by being outside, especially when it starts snowing and she has the pretty snowflakes to play with. But suddenly a blizzard sets in and Fluff loses her way.
View BookAuthor: Judy Astley
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Author Judy Astley
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 9h 19m
After twenty years of marriage, Nina had offloaded serial philanderer Joe and was happy enough, thank you, coping alone with their two demanding daughters and her own hectic life. It felt like freedom, not having to wonder constantly where Joe was, who with and up to what. But into Nina's new, carefree life some disturbing elements began to appear....
View BookThe Independence of Miss Mary Bennet
Author: Colleen Mccullogh
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Author Colleen Mccullogh
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 13h 55m
It is a truth universally acknowledged that anyone who loved Pride and Prejudice will want to know what happened to the Bennet sisters! Twenty years on, Jane has a happy marriage and large family; Lizzy and Mr Darcy now have a formidable social reputation; Lydia has a reputation of quite another kind; Kitty is much in demand in London's parlours an...
View BookAuthor: Elizabeth Aston
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Author Elizabeth Aston
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 10h 33m
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a husband. Well, that's what her friends and relations say. But recently-widowed Octavia Darcy disagrees. She hasn't forgotten her impoverished girlhood. Now, when she unexpectedly finds herself an heiress, her ambition is to lead an indepe...
View BookAuthor: Elizabeth Aston
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Author Elizabeth Aston
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 11h 54m
A richly entertaining recreation of Regency London, as the next generation of Darcy girls have to make their way in a society that doesn't always appreciate their wit, determination and sense of fun. This is the story of Cassandra, a young cousin to the children of Mr and Mrs Darcy of 'Pride and Prejudice'. She's a worthy heir to them in every way...
View BookAuthor: Holly Webb
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Author Holly Webb
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 1h 16m
Alfie adores Evie. He loves to be cuddled, sleeps on her bed and welcomes her home from school every day with a wag of his tail. But it's not long before another new member of the family arrives: Evie's baby brother, Sam. Suddenly no-one has much time to look after Alfie, let alone play with him and take him for walks, and soon he finds himself unw...
View BookAuthor: Jennie Rooney
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Author Jennie Rooney
Narrator Bill Wallis, Phyllida Nash
Duration 7h 45m
Inside the Whale is a story about the big things that hold us together and the small things that prove our undoing. It is a dazzling celebration of the bright joys, hard losses and deep contentments borne by two eccentric families as the twentieth century unfolds.
View BookAuthor: Holly Webb
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Author Holly Webb
Narrator Phyllida Nash
Duration 1h 11m
Fluff is the smallest and weakest of the farm kittens, but she surprises everyone with her strength and spirit, and soon she and her brothers and sisters are ready for new homes. But nobody seems to want Fluff, and after a heartbreaking encounter with a little girl called Ella, she gives up on her dream of a loving home and flees the farm out into...
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