Showing results by publisher "W. F. Howes Ltd" in Historical Fiction
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The Petticoat Men
- By: Barbara Ewing
- Narrated by: Barbara Ewing
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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The Victorian gossipmongers called them The Petticoat Men. But to Mattie Stacey, they are Freddie and Ernest, her gentlemen lodgers. She admires their sparkling gowns, and laughs at their stories of attending society balls dressed up as the glamorous 'Fanny' and 'Stella'. But one fateful night Fanny and Stella are arrested. Outraged, Mattie is determined to save her friends and expose the establishment's hypocrisy…
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The Petticoat Men
- Narrated by: Barbara Ewing
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 06-11-2014
- Language: English
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The Deadliest Sin
- By: The Medieval Murderers
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
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In the spring of 1348, tales begin of poisonous clouds fast approaching, which have overwhelmed whole cities, with scarcely a human being left. While some pray earnestly, there are those who hope that God's wrath might be averted by pilgrimage. When a group of pilgrims are forced to shelter at an inn, their host encourages them to tell their stories of sin, so that it might emerge which one is the best. And the worst...
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The Deadliest Sin
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Series: The Medieval Murderers, Book 10
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 31-07-2014
- Language: English
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Finisterre
- Wars Within, Book 1
- By: Graham Hurley
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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October, 1944: For the 1000 Year Reich, time is running out. Desperate to avoid the humiliation of unconditional surrender, German intelligence launch Operation Finisterre: a last-ditch plan to enable Hitler to deny the savage logic of a war on two fronts.Success depends on two individuals: Stefan Portisch, a German naval officer washed ashore after the loss of his U-boat and Hector Gomez, who was planted at the American atomic bomb complex.
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Finisterre
- Wars Within, Book 1
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Series: The Spoils of War, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 15-12-2016
- Language: English
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The Observations
- By: Jane Harris
- Narrated by: Jane Harris
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction, 2007.
In this novel, set in Scotland in 1863, Bessy Buckley attempts to escape her past by taking a job as a maid in a big house outside of Edinburgh, where she works for the beautiful Arabella. Bessy is intrigued by her new employer, but puzzled by her increasingly strange requests.-
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EVERYTHING
- By Dee L on 26-05-2024
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The Observations
- Narrated by: Jane Harris
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 03-04-2007
- Language: English
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Little Exiles
- By: Robert Dinsdale
- Narrated by: William Rycroft
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
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When one evening in December 1948, Jon Heather's mother leaves him at Chapeltown Boys' Home of the Children's Crusade, he is certain she will come back. But just weeks later, he finds himself on a boat set for Australia. Promised paradise, Jon soon realises the reality of the vast Australian outback is very different. So begins an odyssey that will last a lifetime, as Jon and his group of unlikely friends battle to make their way back home.
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Little Exiles
- Narrated by: William Rycroft
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 05-12-2013
- Language: English
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The Cornish Captive
- By: Nicola Pryce
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
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Imprisoned on false pretences, Madeleine Pelligrew, former mistress of Pendenning Hall, has spent the last 14 years shuttled between increasingly destitute and decrepit mad houses. When a strange man appears out of the blue to release her, she can't quite believe that her freedom comes without a price. Hiding her identity, Madeleine determines to discover the truth about what happened all those years ago.
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The Cornish Captive
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Series: Cornish Saga, Book 6
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 06-01-2022
- Language: English
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Tears of the Dragon
- By: Jean Moran
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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One sultry evening in Kowloon, Dr Rowena Rossiter and Sister Alice Huntley are off-duty and in search of fun - little knowing that their world is on the brink of collapse. That night, Rowena will meet two men who will fight for her heart for the next four years. Connor O'Connor, the rebellious Irish soldier, who will woo and then lose her, and Kim Pheloung. Immensely rich and the most beautiful man Rowena has ever seen, he is also the most ruthless, with a sinister need to possess and control.
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Tears of the Dragon
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 11-07-2019
- Language: English
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The Man in Black
- The Charles Maddox Mysteries, Book 2
- By: Lynn Shepherd
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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Private investigator Charles Maddox is surprised when he is approached by Edward Tulkinghorn for help. The feared and shadowy attorney offers Charles a handsome price he can't refuse to do some sleuthing for a client. Charles learns that Sir Julius Cremorne has been receiving threatening letters, and now Tulkinghorn wants him to find and stop whoever is responsible. But what starts as a simple open-and-shut case swiftly escalates into something bigger and much darker. As he cascades toward a collision with powerful forces, Charles will need all the assistance he can get…
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The Man in Black
- The Charles Maddox Mysteries, Book 2
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi
- Series: The Charles Maddox Mysteries, Book 2
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 22-03-2023
- Language: English
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Mary Kate
- Tarabeg, Book 2
- By: Nadine Dorries
- Narrated by: Avena Wallace
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Liverpool, 1963. Mary Kate Malone is 17 and bitterly unhappy that her father has married again after the death of her mother. On her last day at school, she decides to leave home in Tarabeg and head for Liverpool to find her mother's sister. But nothing goes to plan. Within hours of disembarking, she finds herself penniless and alone, with no place to stay and no idea how she will survive. Meanwhile, back in Ireland, a long-buried secret is about to come to light and a day of reckoning, in the shape of a stranger from America, will set an unstoppable chain of events in motion.
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Mary Kate
- Tarabeg, Book 2
- Narrated by: Avena Wallace
- Series: The Tarabeg Series, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 11-07-2019
- Language: English
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Crowner Royal
- By: Bernard Knight
- Narrated by: Paul Matthews
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
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London, 1196. At the command of Richard the Lionheart, Sir John de Wolfe has left his beloved West Country for the Palace of Westminster, where he has been appointed Coroner of the Verge. But with the king overseas, embroiled in a costly war against King Philip of France, Sir John is dismayed to discover that the English court is a hotbed of greed, corruption and petty in-fighting.
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entertainment
- By jackie trenbath on 23-04-2021
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Crowner Royal
- Narrated by: Paul Matthews
- Series: Crowner John Series, Book 13
- Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 12-11-2009
- Language: English
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The Dead Men
- Fiskardo's War, Book 2
- By: J. C. Harvey
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
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Summer 1630. The Swedish army is fighting its way down through Germany, with Jack Fiskardo and his company of scouts, or 'discoverers', fighting the guerrilla war ahead of the main advance. There are new allies to be made, new perils to overcome, new enemies to outwit and new adventures to pursue; but there is also a fortune for the taking, a mystery to be solved, and a destiny to fulfil—one that will see Jack brought face-to-face at last with his sworn enemy, Carlo Fantom.
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The Dead Men
- Fiskardo's War, Book 2
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Series: Fiskardo's War, Book 2
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 02-02-2023
- Language: English
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Murder at St Paul's Cathedral
- By: Jim Eldridge
- Narrated by: Alan Turton
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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May 1941. One of the senior choristers of St Paul's Cathedral choir, Dr Edwin Roberts, is found beaten to death in the crypt of the Cathedral. Coburg and Lampson are called in to investigate, and when they get there, Coburg is pleasantly surprised to be greeted there by Arthur Waterson, now sporting a dog collar, someone he was at Eton with many years before. Waterson believes that there may be a connection between the very precious books that are houses in the Crypt and Dr Roberts' work at Bletchley Park.
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Murder at St Paul's Cathedral
- Narrated by: Alan Turton
- Series: Cathedral Mysteries, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 17-04-2025
- Language: English
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Pirate King
- By: Laurie R. King
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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In England’s silent-film industry, Randolph Fflytte is king. Mary Russell is dispatched to investigate the criminal activities that surround Fflytte’s movie studio, but nothing seems amiss until the company starts rehearsals in Lisbon. There the 13 blonde-haired, blue-eyed actresses whom Mary is bemusedly chaperoning meet the swarm of real buccaneers Fflytte has recruited to provide authenticity. As movie make-believe becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may experience a final fade-out.
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Pirate King
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Series: Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes, Book 11
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 20-03-2018
- Language: English
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The French Wife
- By: Diney Costeloe
- Narrated by: Gerogia Maguire
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
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As the St Clair family prepare for the wedding of their daughter, Clarice, at the great country house of Montmichel, trouble is brewing. Their younger daughter, Helene, became friends with orphaned Annette during the terrible events of the 1871 siege of Paris. Now they are reunited, with Annette working below stairs for Helene's parents. But Annette is hiding a dangerous secret, which Helene has promised to keep at all costs.
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A great read
- By sally reeve on 31-03-2024
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The French Wife
- Narrated by: Gerogia Maguire
- Series: Children of the Siege, Book 2
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2020
- Language: English
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A Ration Book Victory
- East End Ration
- By: Jean Fullerton
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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Queenie Brogan wasn't always an East End matriarch. Many years ago, before she married Fergus, she was Philomena Dooley, a daughter of Irish Travellers, planning to wed her childhood sweetheart, Patrick. But when tragedy struck and his narrow-minded sister, Nora, intervened, the lovers were torn apart. Fate can be cruel, and when Queenie arrives in London she finds that Patrick Mahon is her parish priest, and that the love she had tried to suppress flares again in her heart. But now in the final months of WW2, Queenie discovers Father Mahon is dying and must face losing him forever.
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the rationbook victory
- By Anonymous on 06-08-2024
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A Ration Book Victory
- East End Ration
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: East End Ration, Book 8
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 05-07-2022
- Language: English
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The Velvet Ribbon
- Tarabeg Series, Book 3
- By: Nadine Dorries
- Narrated by: Avena Wallace
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Mary Kate Malone has come to Liverpool from Ireland to seek her fortune, but from the very beginning things have gone wrong. Now she is living secretly with her great love, Dr Nicholas Marcus, while his wife, Lavinia, mother of his two sons, plots her revenge on the girl she believes has destroyed her marriage. When disaster strikes, Mary Kate's first instinct is to flee to her family in Ireland. But back in Tarabeg, a charismatic American stranger has set the village by the ears, and it isn't the place Mary Kate remembers any more.
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The Velvet Ribbon
- Tarabeg Series, Book 3
- Narrated by: Avena Wallace
- Series: The Tarabeg Series, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 09-01-2020
- Language: English
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All About Love
- By: Stephanie Laurens
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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Alasdair Cynster, known to his intimates as Lucifer, decides to rusticate in the country before the matchmaking skills of London's mamas become firmly focused on him. But an escape to Devon leads him straight to his destiny in the irresistible form of Phyllida Tallent, a wilful, independent beauty who brings all his masterful Cynster instincts rioting to the fore. Lucifer tries to deny the desire Phyllida evokes, but destiny intervenes....
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Murder, mystery and love.
- By Jane on 27-12-2023
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All About Love
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Series: Cynster, Book 6
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 01-03-2018
- Language: English
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Ravenscroft's Last Case
- Inspector Ravenscroft Detective Mysteries, Book 10
- By: Kerry Tombs
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Worcester, April 1893. Detective Inspector Ravenscroft receives a strange note from a lonely old woman fearing for her life. But when he visits her, she is already dead. Did Miss Maud Fincher's heart give out or was she scared to death? Maud Fincher was part of a group of locals trying to speak to their deceased loved ones through the medium of séance. Ravenscroft thinks this is harmless nonsense . . . until the old lady's last surviving heir is murdered.
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Ravenscroft's Last Case
- Inspector Ravenscroft Detective Mysteries, Book 10
- Narrated by: Andrew Cullum
- Series: Inspector Ravenscroft Detective Mysteries, Book 10
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 27-04-2023
- Language: English
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Snow Angels
- The Lovely Lane, Book 5
- By: Nadine Dorries
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
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The nurses of St Angelus Hospital face the hardship of another winter in this heartbreaking story by million-copy best seller Nadine Dorries. In 1950s Liverpool, five very different girls begin their training at St Angelus Hospital, in Lovely Lane. The nurses are known locally as the Angels. They are Dana, Victoria, Beth, Celia and Pammy, and at St Angelus they learn quickly about life in all its richness and its sorrow. The Angels must battle through the snow to save Victoria's baby, and young doctor Teddy Davenport begins to make some serious mistakes....
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I have just finished listening for the second time
- By Fly London Lover on 17-07-2021
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Snow Angels
- The Lovely Lane, Book 5
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire
- Series: The Lovely Lane Series, Book 5
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 14-11-2019
- Language: English
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Empires of Bronze: Dawn of War
- Dawn of War
- By: Gordon Doherty
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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1294 BC: The fragile accord between the Hittite and Egyptian empires is crumbling. The ancient world braces itself for war on an unprecedented scale. Prince Hattu, the greatest of the Hittite generals, suffers dreams of terrible consequences–conjured by the Goddess Ishtar. But Hattu refuses to accept her prophecies, adamant that there is one last chance for peace. This fragile hope lies in the borderlands of the east, where the two rival empires touch. Hattu gathers a chosen band and sets out for this distant, blistering desert land, determined and defiant.
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second time was far better
- By Sweetheart1 on 02-07-2024
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Empires of Bronze: Dawn of War
- Dawn of War
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Series: Empires of Bronze, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 30-04-2020
- Language: English
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