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Perdita: The Life of Mary Robinson
Author: Paula Byrne
Format: MP3 CD
Author Paula Byrne
Narrator Diana Bishop
Duration 17h 30m
One of the most flamboyant women of the late 18th century, Mary Robinson's life was marked by reversals of fortune. After being raised by a middle-class father, Mary was married, age 14, to Thomas Robinson. His dissipated lifestyle landed the couple and their baby in debtor's prison, where Mary wrote her first book of poetry and met lifelong friend...
View BookAuthor: Joan Lingard
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Author Joan Lingard
Narrator Diana Bishop
Duration 3h 57m
Natasha's story is set against the background of the Russian Revolution as she and her family flee persecution. Her story is linked with the present as her heirs search for her will. The will can only be found through a trail of literary clues from classic children's books.
View BookAuthor: Malorie Blackman
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Malorie Blackman
Narrator Diana Bishop
Duration 45m
Despite his Mum's insistence, Sam doesn't want to be friends with Davey; he thinks Davey's a first class, grade A, top of the dung-heap moron. But one day Davey saves Sam's life and a bond is formed between them. Sam is still embarrassed to be seen with Davey, but little by little he has to admit, when it's just the two of them, Davey is a lot of f...
View BookAuthor: Patricia Wentworth
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Author Patricia Wentworth
Narrator Diana Bishop
Duration 8h 30m
Nothing much ever seemed to happen in the sleepy village of Hazel Green apart from the occasional tea-party, spiced with local gossip. Until Maggie Bell went out one evening for a breath of fresh air and never came back. Could Maggie's disappearance be linked to security leaks at the nearby Air Ministry? Or is a sinister scheme being hatched closer...
View BookAuthor: Patricia Wentworth
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Author Patricia Wentworth
Narrator Diana Bishop
Duration 8h 55m
There are bitter scenes in the Brand family when Martin Brand dies and leaves his large estate not to his widowed sister-in-law but to Marion, his young niece whom he had only met once in his life. For Marion, the prospect of sharing her new home with Martin's predatory relations is not a happy one, and when a battered body wearing her coat is foun...
View BookAuthor: Patricia Wentworth
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Author Patricia Wentworth
Narrator Diana Bishop
Duration 6h 45m
Anne Jocelyn was beautiful, wealthy, charming and spoilt to the core. She was also killed on a beach in Brittany early in the war. Her estranged husband inherited her money and, three years later, is planning marriage once again. So when Anne arrives at the family home unannounced, having at last escaped Nazi-occupied France, it is a terrible shock...
View BookMistress of the Art of Death Series Book 2: The Death Maze
Author: Ariana Franklin
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Author Ariana Franklin
Narrator Diana Bishop
SeriesMistress of the Art of Death, Book 2
Duration 11h 50m
Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II, has died an agonizing death by poison - and the king's estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is the prime suspect. Henry suspects that Rosamund's murder is probably the first move in Eleanor's long-simmering plot to overthrow him. If Eleanor is guilty, the result could be civil war. The king must o...
View BookThe Mistress of the Art of Death
Author: Ariana Franklin
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Author Ariana Franklin
Narrator Diana Bishop
SeriesMistress of the Art of Death, Book 1
Duration 12h 52m
In Cambridge a child has been hideously murdered and other children have disappeared. The Jews, made scapegoats by the all-powerful Christian clergy, have been forced to retreat into the castle to avoid slaughter by angry townspeople. Henry, King of England, is displeased. The Jews provide a large part of his revenue and therefore the real killer m...
View BookAuthor: Anonymous
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Author Anonymous
Narrator Diana Bishop
Duration 9h 40m
From April 20th, 1945, the day when Berlin first saw the face of war, until June 22nd, when it was sacked by the Russian Army, the anonymous author of 'A Woman in Berlin' captured the stark reality of life within the falling city. Fending off the boredom and deprivation of hiding, the author recorded her experiences, observations and meditations in...
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