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Twelve Days
- John Milton, Book 14
- By: Mark Dawson
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
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John Milton hasn't seen Elijah Warriner for three years. The last time they met, Milton's efforts to keep the boy safe didn't go exactly to plan. Now Elijah is a promising boxer, preparing for the bout that will take him to the big time. Milton decides that he will spend the week before Christmas in London so that he can watch the fight. But Elijah's burgeoning fame has brought him to the attention of old acquaintances with long memories and grudges to bear.
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Superb..
- By AB on 12-03-19
- Twelve Days
- John Milton, Book 14
- By: Mark Dawson
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
The narrators accents were impeccable
Reviewed: 15-07-24
Good story well told. Describes gangland violence so well. The narrators accents were so well done! Worth a listen. Recommended.
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Never Let Me Go
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Kerry Fox
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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In one of the most acclaimed novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatizes her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world.
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Haunting and thought provoking
- By Stephibobz on 08-09-15
- Never Let Me Go
- By: Kazuo Ishiguro
- Narrated by: Kerry Fox
Intriguing
Reviewed: 13-07-24
The story is beautifully read. It weaves in and out slowly drawing the conclusions which are very unexpected.
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The Maiden
- By: Kate Foster
- Narrated by: Paula Masterton, Samara MacLaren, Angus King
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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Edinburgh, October 1679. Lady Christian Nimmo is arrested and charged with the murder of her lover, James Forrester. News of her imprisonment and subsequent trial is splashed across the broadsides, with headlines that leave little room for doubt: Adulteress. Whore. Murderess. Only a year before, Christian was leading a life of privilege and respectability. So, what led her to risk everything for an affair? And does that make her guilty of murder? She wasn't the only woman in Forrester's life, and certainly not the only one who might have had cause to wish him dead.
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Extraordinary story based on real events
- By Mrs. K. M. Bailey on 28-03-24
- The Maiden
- By: Kate Foster
- Narrated by: Paula Masterton, Samara MacLaren, Angus King
Fascinating Tale
Reviewed: 09-07-24
Fascinating tale of women from an earlier time. Twist and turns of women who had little power to direct their own lives and the consequences for them.
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The Last Tudor
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
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Jane Grey was Queen of England for nine days. Using her position as cousin to the deceased king, her father and his conspirators put her on the throne ahead of the king's half sister Mary, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her crown and locked Jane in the Tower. When Jane refused to betray her Protestant faith, Mary sent her to the executioner's block. There Jane turned her father's greedy, failed grab for power into her own brave and tragic martyrdom.
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Very typical Philippa Gregory, as in very average
- By Rosie on 23-10-17
- The Last Tudor
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
Vivid history
Reviewed: 06-07-24
This massive story of the history of a woman of her time is vivid and really well told. Fascinating to read how women of her era were treated.
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The King's Curse
- Cousins' War Book 6
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 24 hrs and 10 mins
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The riveting story of Margaret Pole, daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, and was one of the few surviving members of the Plantagenet dynasty after the Wars of the Roses. Plantagenet, once carried proudly by Margaret like a crown upon her head, is now, at the end of the 15th century, the most dangerous name in England...
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Irritating if you're english!
- By Janey de Nagle Costello on 21-01-15
- The King's Curse
- Cousins' War Book 6
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
A true story well told.
Reviewed: 01-07-24
I loved the narrator who had the right accent of grandeur for this story. The story well illustrates the fear, the horror and the pain life was in those times.
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The Ashes of London
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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London, September 1666. The Great Fire rages through the city, consuming everything in its path. Even the impregnable cathedral of St. Paul's is engulfed in flames and reduced to ruins. Among the crowds watching its destruction is James Marwood, son of a disgraced printer and reluctant government informer. In the aftermath of the fire, a semi-mummified body is discovered in the ashes of St. Paul's, in a tomb that should have been empty. The man's body has been mutilated, and his thumbs have been tied behind his back.
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Mystery and murder in 'the dunnest smoke of hell'
- By Rachel Redford on 27-04-16
- The Ashes of London
- By: Andrew Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
Great story
Reviewed: 06-05-24
Great story with historical fact woven with fiction very artfully. I recommend to any lover of historical fiction
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The Dentist
- DS Cross, Book 1
- By: Tim Sullivan
- Narrated by: John Heffernan
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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DS George Cross can be rude, difficult and awkward with people. But his unfailing logic and dogged pursuit of the truth means his conviction rate is the best on the force. So when his police colleagues dismiss the death of a man as a squabble among Bristol's homeless community, Detective Sergeant George Cross is not convinced.
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Enjoyable
- By S. E. Huxford on 15-09-21
- The Dentist
- DS Cross, Book 1
- By: Tim Sullivan
- Narrated by: John Heffernan
The portrayal of Asperger’s
Reviewed: 02-05-24
I enjoyed this story about a detective who is an Asperger’s sufferer. I imagine this is how people like him function in the world. Their unique talent was clearly portrayed in this twisty journey novel. very enjoyable.
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The Taming of the Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 18 hrs and 2 mins
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Why would a woman marry a serial killer? Because she cannot refuse.... Kateryn Parr, a 30-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father, who has buried four wives - King Henry VIII - commands her to marry him. Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted 16 months, the one before barely half a year.
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Really njoyable read but finishes too early
- By Mrs on 19-08-15
- The Taming of the Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
Outstanding
Reviewed: 17-04-24
Dramatised historical account of the life of a queen. Both breathtakingly exiting, horrific and astounding in equal measure. I couldn’t stop listening
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Clear and Present Danger
- Jack Ryan
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 30 hrs and 7 mins
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At what point does criminal activity threaten national security? When can a nation respond to it as to an enemy? These are the questions Jack Ryan must consider when he hears the awful news: Colombian drug lords, tired of being harassed by US law enforcement agents, have assassinated three high American officials, and that is just the beginning. The message is clear: Leave us alone. But they have pushed too far. Someone steps quietly over the line they have drawn, deploying covert-action teams in Colombia, intending to take the fight to the enemy.
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amazing book
- By mark on 24-04-15
- Clear and Present Danger
- Jack Ryan
- By: Tom Clancy
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
A very absorbing book
Reviewed: 27-03-24
I enjoyed the action, the bravery, the twists and turns, and the technical language. Fascinating.
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After You'd Gone
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Lesley Mackie
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
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A distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at Waverley Station that she gets on the next train back to London, where a traffic accident leaves her in a coma.'AfterYou'd Gone' follows Alice's mental journey into how she came to be this way, as she twists together threads of memory in a plot that grips from the outset.
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A memorable family saga
- By Kirstine on 11-06-13
- After You'd Gone
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Lesley Mackie
Beautiful story
Reviewed: 21-03-24
I’ve come to live Maggie’s books. Her stories are full of human emotion, tragedy, details, and the randomness of life. A satisfying ending
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