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Cloud Cuckoo Land
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story of resilience, hope - and a book....
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What a load of waffle!
- By miss sally-ann ninian on 30-09-2021
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The Evening and the Morning
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
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International number-one best seller Ken Follett returns with The Evening and the Morning, a thrilling and addictive novel from the master of historical fiction....
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Enjoyed this prequel to the Pillars of the Earth
- By Leesa F on 28-09-2020
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The Good Wife of Bath
- A (Mostly) True Story
- By: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Fran Burgoyne
- Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
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When married off aged 12 to an elderly farmer, Eleanor Cornfed, who's constantly told to seek redemption for her many sins, quickly realizes it won't matter what she says or does, God is not on her side—or any poor woman's for that matter....
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A very well written and beautifully read story.
- By MM on 29-04-2022
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The Crystal Cave
- Arthurian Saga, Book 1
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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This is what happened. I saw it, and it is a true tale. So begins the story of Merlin, born the illegitimate son of a Welsh princess in fifth-century Britain, a world ravaged by war....
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A different Merlin
- By Louise Hobson on 21-05-2022
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Cloud Cuckoo Land
- By: Anthony Doerr
- Narrated by: Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 52 mins
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of All the Light We Cannot See comes a triumph of imagination and compassion, a soaring story of resilience, hope - and a book....
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What a load of waffle!
- By miss sally-ann ninian on 30-09-2021
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The Evening and the Morning
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 24 hrs and 19 mins
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International number-one best seller Ken Follett returns with The Evening and the Morning, a thrilling and addictive novel from the master of historical fiction....
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Enjoyed this prequel to the Pillars of the Earth
- By Leesa F on 28-09-2020
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The Good Wife of Bath
- A (Mostly) True Story
- By: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Fran Burgoyne
- Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
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When married off aged 12 to an elderly farmer, Eleanor Cornfed, who's constantly told to seek redemption for her many sins, quickly realizes it won't matter what she says or does, God is not on her side—or any poor woman's for that matter....
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A very well written and beautifully read story.
- By MM on 29-04-2022
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The Crystal Cave
- Arthurian Saga, Book 1
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 16 hrs and 51 mins
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This is what happened. I saw it, and it is a true tale. So begins the story of Merlin, born the illegitimate son of a Welsh princess in fifth-century Britain, a world ravaged by war....
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A different Merlin
- By Louise Hobson on 21-05-2022
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A Time for Swords
- A Time for Swords, Book 1
- By: Matthew Harffy
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 17 hrs and 11 mins
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Lindisfarne, AD 793. There had been portents - famine, whirlwinds, lightning from clear skies, serpents seen flying through the air. But when the raiders came, no one was prepared....
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The Adventures of Brother Cadfael
- A Collection of Chronicles
- By: Ellis Peters
- Narrated by: Sir Derek Jacobi
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
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This collection of recordings about Brother Cadfael—a Benedictine monk and amateur sleuth in the 12th century—are performed here by the ideal actor....
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Knight of the Empress
- The Anarchy Series, Book 2
- By: Griff Hosker
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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Alfraed of Norton is given the task of protecting the Empress Matilda back to the emperor, her husband. He and his men have to fight enemies, bandits and treachery from within as they battle thorough an empire that is a nest of treachery and political ambition....
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Shadow of the Hawk
- Master of War, Book 7
- By: David Gilman
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
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Winter, 1364. Sir Thomas Blackstone, Edward III's Master of War, has travelled to France to secure Brittany for England. In the throes of battle, he rescues a Castilian boy, Lazaro, who just witnessed the murder of the young queen....
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Things don’t always get better with age.
- By Anonymous User on 29-04-2021
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For Lord and Land
- The Bernicia Chronicles, Book 8
- By: Matthew Harffy
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
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Greed and ambition threaten to tear the north apart. War rages between the two kingdoms of Northumbria. Kin is pitted against kin, and friend becomes foe as ambitious kings vie for supremacy....
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Northern Knight
- The Anarchy, Book 3
- By: Griff Hosker
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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The Emperor Henry of the Holy Roman Empire is dying, and his wife, the Empress Matilda, is in danger from those who would use her to gain the title and the power. King Henry of England sends Alfraed of Norton to rescue her and avoid a war....
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Dunstan
- One Man Will Change the Fate of England
- By: Conn Iggulden
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Beevers
- Length: 16 hrs and 38 mins
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The year is 937. England is a nation divided, ruled by minor kings and Viking lords. Each vies for land and power....
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Historical Fantasy
- By IanKH on 26-11-2020
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The Historian
- By: Elizabeth Kostova
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre, Paul Michael
- Length: 26 hrs and 5 mins
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Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters addressed ominously to 'My dear and unfortunate successor'....
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Very enjoyable
- By Katie B on 27-06-2022
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A Deadly Brew
- The Fourth Matthew Bartholomew Chronicle
- By: Susanna Gregory
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 16 hrs and 36 mins
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The fourth chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew continues the adventures of the 14th-century Cambridge physician when he is called to attend to two deaths from poisoned wine....
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The Great Cause
- Lord Edward's Archer Series, Book 5
- By: Griff Hosker
- Narrated by: Owen Frost
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Having fought valiantly for Lord–now King–Edward, Gerald Warbow has settled into the life of a country gentleman. He has a comfortable life with a wife he loves and three growing–if occasionally irritating–children....
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Not a fan of this one
- By Ragnar Ragnarson on 20-04-2022
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Daughter of Time: A Time Travel Romance
- After Cilmeri, Book 0.5
- By: Sarah Woodbury
- Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
- Length: 8 hrs and 41 mins
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Time travel to Medieval Wales...A medieval man with an uncertain destiny, Llywelyn, the Prince of Wales, faces treachery and deceit at the hands of friends and foes alike...A modern woman with a troubled past, Meg's life is in tatters when she slips through time and into medieval Wales....
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King
- By: Ben Kane
- Narrated by: Philip Stevens
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
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Autumn 1192. With Jerusalem still in the Saracens' hands, and a peace treaty agreed with their leader Saladin, Richard the Lionheart is free at last to travel back to his strife-ridden kingdom....
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love it
- By Anonymous User on 13-07-2022
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The Heretic Wind
- The Life of Mary Tudor, Queen of England
- By: Judith Arnopp
- Narrated by: Alex Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins
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Adored by her parents and pampered by the court, the infant Princess Mary’s life changes suddenly and drastically when her father’s eye is taken by the enigmatic Anne Boleyn....
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Sword for Hire
- Border Knight, Book 1
- By: Griff Hosker
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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When his father is killed at Arsuf protecting King Richard, Thomas is knighted. His hopes of inheriting his family's manor are dashed when Prince John takes power in his brother's absence. With a handful of men, Sir Thomas is forced to travel to Sweden....
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Warriors of God
- The second book in the Hussite Trilogy, from the internationally bestselling author of The Witcher
- By: Andrzej Sapkowski
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 21 hrs and 25 mins
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Warriors of God, the second volume of the Hussite Trilogy by Andrzej Sapkowski, author of the best-selling Witcher series, depicts the adventures of Reynevan and his friends in the years 1427-28 as war erupts across Europe....
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solid second book
- By Brendan on 09-07-2022
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Viking Blood and Blade
- By: Peter Gibbons
- Narrated by: Nicholas Jordan
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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AD 865. The fierce Vikings stormed onto Saxon soil hungry for spoils, conquest, and vengeance for the death of Ragnar Lothbrok. Hundr, a Northman with a dog's name...a crew of battle hardened warriors...and Ivar the Boneless....
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To Lie with Lions
- The House of Niccolo, Book 6
- By: Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 28 hrs and 29 mins
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Merchant-banker Nicholas de Fleury, having wrested his infant son from the boy's formidable mother, pauses en route to the land of golden light to set in train a deception that will ensnare nations in the triumphant ruin of his enemies....
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Gemini
- House of Niccolo, Book 8
- By: Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 31 hrs and 47 mins
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Gemini represents the final appearance of Nicholas de Fleury, who opened this series as a carefree, clumsy 18-year-old apprentice in Flanders. Now he is in his 30s....
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Wonderful conclusion to an extraordinary series
- By Nicole on 20-11-2019
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Caprice and Rondo
- House of Niccolo, Book 7
- By: Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 26 hrs and 41 mins
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January 1474, in the deep cold of an ice-bound Danzig: a man is spending a frivolous winter not facing up to his responsibilities....
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Lion of Ireland
- By: Morgan Llywelyn
- Narrated by: Mil Nicholson
- Length: 22 hrs and 48 mins
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King. Warrior. Lover. Brian Boru was stronger, braver, and wiser than all other men-the greatest king Ireland has ever known. Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, he merged to lead his people to the peak of their golden era....
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A Corpse at St Andrew's Chapel
- The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, Book 2
- By: Mel Starr
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
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Alan, the beadle of the manor of Bampton, had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. When, the following morning, he had not returned home, his young wife Matilda had sought out Master Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of the manor....
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Old school but old favouriite!
- By Anonymous User on 18-05-2020
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Axes for Valhalla
- Viking Blood and Blade Saga, Book 3
- By: Peter Gibbons
- Narrated by: Nicholas Jordan
- Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
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873 AD. The Viking Age grips Northern Europe. Seven years have passed since the ferocious sea battle with Ivar the Boneless, and Hundr is now a Viking war leader of reputation and wealth. A voice from the past calls to Hundr for aid....
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The Last Enchantment
- Arthurian Saga, Book 3
- By: Mary Stewart
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 18 hrs
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By land and water shall it go home, and lie hidden in the floating stone until by fire it shall be raised again....
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Loved it
- By Gavin on 05-07-2019
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Joan
- By: Katherine J. Chen
- Narrated by: Hannah Morrish
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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France is mired in a losing war against England. Its people are starving. Its king is in hiding. And out of the chaos, an unlikely heroine is emerging....