Showing results by publisher "Audible Originals" in 20th Century

Mrs Beatrice Dark, the wife of powerful cabinet minister, Joseph Dark, enters the office of a tabloid newspaper and shoots her husband’s enemy, the editor of the tabloid on the eve of World War Two. A sensational murder trial occurs, with its unfolding secrets, lies and sex scandals, mesmerising the nation, with those who believe she should be acquitted and those who think she should hang. But what is the real reason she killed Steven Hood, the editor?

Recruited as a codebreaker of enemy ciphers, ex-debutante Osla Kendall spends her days translating Axis military messages and her nights reading mystery novels. When Osla gets her hands on Agatha Christie's most recent work, N or M?, a mysterious signal within its pages catches her eye, and she and her eccentric book club get in touch with the famous but reclusive writer. Osla's outreach is a welcome distraction for Agatha, who feels restless and underestimated toiling away in a London pharmacy.

Can a young war correspondent find herself and follow her heart? In this work of historical fiction, 20-something Annabella “Annie” March arrives in France in 1944 intending to write about the war. Soon, however, Annie begins to distance herself from her sometimes-mentor, sometimes-rival - the great Martha Gellhorn - and Gellhorn’s larger-than-life husband, the novelist Ernest Hemingway. She turns to photography in the hopes of making her own name and, to her delight, discovers that images come more easily than words.

It’s July 1946, and after a decade of Depression and war, life in America is returning to normal. But for Charlotte and Mary Oswald, one tumultuous summer will unearth all their secrets and upend their world, once again. Charlotte Oswald’s life is dictated by rules. Where she can go. Whom she can speak to. How she can spend her long, dull summer days. It’s a small, closeted existence, but necessary to protect Charlotte, who has suffered from debilitating fits since childhood.

Berlin, 1929: Während der Eröffnung des Kreditkaufhauses Jonass in der Torstraße 1 kommt Elsa zur Welt. Das Kaufhaus wird zu einem zweiten Zuhause für sie, wie auch für Bernhard, der zur selben Stunde geboren wurde. Sein Vater hat das Haus mitgebaut und stand Elsas Mutter bei der Geburt zur Seite. Während die beiden Kinder in inniger Freundschaft aufwachsen, wird das Gebäude zum Spiegel der Zeit. Sie müssen mitansehen, wie die jüdischen Besitzer vertrieben werden, wie das Gebäude zur Zentrale der Hitlerjugend wird und nach dem Krieg die riesengroßen Konterfeis von Marx, Engels, Lenin und Stalin darauf prangen.