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Author: Daniel Defoe
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Author Daniel Defoe
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 2h 17m
One of the greatest 'castaway novels ever written, 'Robinson Crusoe' sees its namesake struggling on a desert island after a shipwreck. Robinson Crusoe is a sailor who becomes stranded on a desert island for over twenty years when a storm destroys the boat he is travelling on. The ultimate tale of isolation and survival against the odds, Crusoe ha...
View BookAuthor: Dick Francis
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Author Dick Francis
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 10h 41m
It is difficult to say which was the first step towards the distant cataclysm. Looking back, Tim Ekaterin sees it as the day his boss stepped into a fountain. From there he is drawn into events and meets people as yet unconnected, but which, when woven together by time and chance, lead to violent action and the threat of death. Set in the world of...
View BookAuthor: Dick Francis
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Author Dick Francis
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 10h 54m
Summoned by his wealthy father, Malcolm, after a three-year estrangement, amateur jockey Ian Pembroke attempts to discover who murdered Malcolm's money-grabbing fifth wife and who wants Malcolm dead as well. Suspects include the man's three surviving ex-wives and eight children. Hidden gold, house bombs and expensive racehorses spice up the familia...
View BookAuthor: Dick Francis
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Author Dick Francis
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 11h 17m
The night before the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket sees the great and the good of the horse-racing community gathered for a black-tie gala dinner, cooked by Max Moreton. However, Max's food is soon suspected of putting 24 guests in hospital with food poisoning...
View BookAuthor: Dick Francis
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Author Dick Francis
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 10h 51m
Derek Franklin, an injured steeplechase jockey, is coming towards the end of his career when he is thrust into trouble following the accidental death of his much older brother, Greville, an importer of semi-precious stones.
View BookAuthor: Dick Francis
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Author Dick Francis
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 7h 52m
Teenager Benedict Juliard has no other ambition than to ride in steeplechases as an amateur jockey. Having agreed not to do anything that could destroy his father's growing career in public life, Ben finds himself targeted in an attack mounted by his father's enemies.
View BookAuthor: Dick Francis
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Author Dick Francis
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 10h 4m
'Sadly, death at the races is not uncommon. However, three in a single afternoon was sufficiently unusual to raise more than an eyebrow.' It's the third death on Cheltenham Gold Cup Day that really troubles super-sleuth Sid Halley. Former champion jockey Halley knows the perils of racing all too well - but in his day, jockeys didn't usually reach t...
View BookAuthor: Dick Francis
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Author Dick Francis
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 9h 10m
Computer whizzkid Peter Keithley, asked to transfer a betting system onto computer tape, dies shortly afterwards. An old friend of his, Jonathan Derry, finds himself in possession of the tapes and discovers that there are greedy, desperate men who will do anything to get their hands on the lucrative software. The evil, bull-faced Angelo goes too fa...
View BookAuthor: Dick Francis
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Author Dick Francis
Narrator Tony Britton
Duration 8h 19m
Despair, suicide, and obsessive hatred, mixed well with humour, love, and horses, brew up into the story of a battle between one man's nerve and another man's cunning. Rob Finn was a bit of a misfit: a struggling young jockey in a family of accomplished musicians, a man in love with a beautiful woman who wouldn't have him because they were first co...
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