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A Good Deliverance
- By: Toby Clements
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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Warwick, 1468. One drowsy summer afternoon, Sir Thomas Malory – politician, courtier, outlaw, renowned author of Le Morte D'Arthur – is seized from his garden and dragged to Newgate Prison for reasons unknown. Shivering in his foul-smelling, filthy old cell, Malory mourns his misspent life as he awaits the execution bell. But when the locking bar lifts, he is greeted by a boy of about 12 winters: the gaoler's son. Giddy with relief, Malory seizes the opportunity to recount his deeds to an audience.
By: Toby Clements
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The Betrayal of Thomas True
- By: A. J. West
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London's hidden back streets, he finds himself drawn into the outrageous underworld of the molly houses. Meanwhile, carpenter Gabriel Griffin struggles to hide his double life as Lotty, the mollie's silent guard. When the queen of all 'he-harlots', Mother Clap, confides in him about a deadly threat, he realises his friends are facing imminent execution. To the horror of all mollies, there is a rat amongst them.
By: A. J. West
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Atonement
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
By: Ian McEwan
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Dark Frontier
- By: Matthew Harffy
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
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1890. Lieutenant Gabriel Stokes of the British Army left behind the horrors of war in Afghanistan for a role in the Metropolitan Police. Though he rose quickly through the ranks, the squalid violence of London’s East End proved just as dark and oppressive as the battlefield. With his life falling apart, and longing for peace and meaning, Gabriel leaves the grime of London behind and heads for the wilderness and wide open spaces of the American West.
By: Matthew Harffy
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Babylonia
- By: Costanza Casati
- Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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You are SEMIRAMIS. You are orphaned and raised on the outskirts of an empire, born into a life of toil and anonymity. But dreams of power and potential course through your veins. You're strong, cunning and quick... and hungry for more. If you want the world to know your name, you will have to chart your path from your village of shadows and dust to the hallowed halls your emperors walk. Legend has it you will rise from nothing to rule kingdoms and command armies. But how far will you go to claim a throne no one promised you? And what are you prepared to sacrifice along the way?
By: Costanza Casati
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Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop
- The Wartime Bookshop, Book 4
- By: Lesley Eames
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Victoria is looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for herself and two orphaned children. Her search takes her to Churchwood in Hertfordshire which looks ideal, but the village residents are already dealing with their own problems . . .With so much trouble and uncertainty in the village, can Victoria and her little family find the safe haven they crave?
By: Lesley Eames
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A Good Deliverance
- By: Toby Clements
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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Warwick, 1468. One drowsy summer afternoon, Sir Thomas Malory – politician, courtier, outlaw, renowned author of Le Morte D'Arthur – is seized from his garden and dragged to Newgate Prison for reasons unknown. Shivering in his foul-smelling, filthy old cell, Malory mourns his misspent life as he awaits the execution bell. But when the locking bar lifts, he is greeted by a boy of about 12 winters: the gaoler's son. Giddy with relief, Malory seizes the opportunity to recount his deeds to an audience.
By: Toby Clements
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The Betrayal of Thomas True
- By: A. J. West
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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It is the year 1715, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One night, lost amongst the squalor of London's hidden back streets, he finds himself drawn into the outrageous underworld of the molly houses. Meanwhile, carpenter Gabriel Griffin struggles to hide his double life as Lotty, the mollie's silent guard. When the queen of all 'he-harlots', Mother Clap, confides in him about a deadly threat, he realises his friends are facing imminent execution. To the horror of all mollies, there is a rat amongst them.
By: A. J. West
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Atonement
- By: Ian McEwan
- Narrated by: Harriet Walter
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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Watching her too is Robbie Turner who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and Cecilia will have crossed a boundary they had not even imagined at its start. Briony will have witnessed mysteries, and committed a crime for which she will spend the rest of her life trying to atone.
By: Ian McEwan
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Dark Frontier
- By: Matthew Harffy
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
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1890. Lieutenant Gabriel Stokes of the British Army left behind the horrors of war in Afghanistan for a role in the Metropolitan Police. Though he rose quickly through the ranks, the squalid violence of London’s East End proved just as dark and oppressive as the battlefield. With his life falling apart, and longing for peace and meaning, Gabriel leaves the grime of London behind and heads for the wilderness and wide open spaces of the American West.
By: Matthew Harffy
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Babylonia
- By: Costanza Casati
- Narrated by: Ayesha Antoine
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
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You are SEMIRAMIS. You are orphaned and raised on the outskirts of an empire, born into a life of toil and anonymity. But dreams of power and potential course through your veins. You're strong, cunning and quick... and hungry for more. If you want the world to know your name, you will have to chart your path from your village of shadows and dust to the hallowed halls your emperors walk. Legend has it you will rise from nothing to rule kingdoms and command armies. But how far will you go to claim a throne no one promised you? And what are you prepared to sacrifice along the way?
By: Costanza Casati
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Evacuees at the Wartime Bookshop
- The Wartime Bookshop, Book 4
- By: Lesley Eames
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Victoria is looking for a life away from the dangers of wartime London for herself and two orphaned children. Her search takes her to Churchwood in Hertfordshire which looks ideal, but the village residents are already dealing with their own problems . . .With so much trouble and uncertainty in the village, can Victoria and her little family find the safe haven they crave?
By: Lesley Eames
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Masquerade
- By: O.O. Sangoyomi
- Narrated by: Ariel Blake
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
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Loosely based on the myth of Persephone, O.O. Sangoyomi's Masquerade takes you on a journey of epic power struggles and political intrigue that turn an entire region on its head.
By: O.O. Sangoyomi
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A Song of Courage
- By: Rachel Wesson
- Narrated by: Harrie Dobby
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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Connie Fitzwalter never imagined that her passion for music would lead her into a world of danger and intrigue. When her old family friend, Stephen, who works for the foreign office, tells Connie the true scale of the violence against Jewish people in Germany and Austria, she can stand aside no longer. Together, Stephen and Connie devise a daring mission to help families escape the clutches of Nazi persecution. Under their cover as music enthusiasts traveling to high-society concerts in Europe, Connie and her sister Dottie begin by smuggling money and valuables for families over the border.
By: Rachel Wesson
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Dead Ground
- Wars Within, Book 9
- By: Graham Hurley
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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1936. Anglo-Breton translator Annie Wrenne is working in Madrid when the Spanish Civil War breaks out. Annie becomes a nurse on the front line, but after falling in love with a patient, she ends up pregnant - and abandoned - by a man she thought she knew. Annie passes the rest of the war in a haze, her only consolation her relationship with mysterious Republican fighter Carlos Ortega. Annie finds herself caught up in Ortega’s world, a web of intrigue, which leads to her recruitment into MI5.
By: Graham Hurley
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Caesar's General
- Mark Antony Book 2
- By: Alex Gough
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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In the throes of crisis, Rome braces for change. Caesar, Rome’s greatest general and conqueror of Gaul, now faces being stripped of his command and dragged back to Italy for prosecution by his enemies. His former ally, Pompey, has sided with his opponents in the Senate and frustrates all efforts to find peace. With no alternatives, Caesar crosses the Rubicon and spearheads an invasion of Rome with Mark Antony at his side, throwing the empire into civil war. Will Antony rise to the heights of power or be executed as a traitor?
By: Alex Gough
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The Paris Muse
- By: Louisa Treger
- Narrated by: Amy Noble
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
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Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar, a talented French photographer, painter and poet, is introduced to Pablo Picasso, she is mesmerized by his dark and intense stare. Drawn to his volcanic creativity, it isn't long before she embarks on a passionate relationship with the Spanish artist that sometimes includes sadism and masochism, and ultimately pushes her to the edge. The Paris Muse is the fictionalized retelling of this disturbing love story, as we follow Dora on her journey of self-discovery and expression.
By: Louisa Treger
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Dr. Spilsbury and the Cursed Bride
- By: D.L. Douglas
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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September 1920. A young bride is discovered dead at a country house on her wedding day. Has she fallen victim to the deadly Withington curse, which strikes down any woman who marries into the family? Forensic Pathologist Dr Bernard Spilsbury doesn't believe in such superstitions, and suspects a more earthly reason for Theodora Tupper's death. But as he and his trusty assistant Violet investigate, they soon discover that there are indeed ghosts at Withington Hall. And they, too, have a story to tell.
By: D.L. Douglas
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Horse and Pistol
- English Mercenary, Book 1
- By: Griff Hosker
- Narrated by: Nicholas Camm
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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An only child of Anglo-French descent, young James Bretherton has known a life of privilege; well-educated and mild mannered, his path is filled with promise. But when James suddenly finds himself orphaned and penniless, his future looks decidedly bleak. It is only when Fate intervenes in the guise of two English mercenaries, that James is given hope. Embarking on a new life as a soldier, he soon becomes embroiled in the religious war between Catholics and Protestants, The Empire and the German States; the war that was known as The Thirty Years war.
By: Griff Hosker
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Wartime in the Dales
- By: Diane Allen
- Narrated by: Mira Dovreni
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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September 1939. Friends Maggie Shaunessy and Lizzie Taylor are heartbroken to be evacuated from their Liverpool homes to rural Yorkshire. Lizzie is sent to live with a vicar in the village of Gargrave while Maggie finds herself delivered by chauffeur to Hawith Hall and Lady and Lord Bradley. Both the hall and the vicarage are far different to what the girls are used to – and both are very homesick. Though Maggie finds friendship too in the form of Alice, a young servant at the hall who takes her under her wing. But change is coming to the Dales too.
By: Diane Allen
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Yorùbá Boy Running
- By: Biyi Bandele
- Narrated by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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1821: Thirteen-year-old Àjàyí is snatched from the Nigerian village of Òsogùn by slave raiders who burn the town and enslave its people. Shackled and taken to Lagos, he is certain he will never see his family again. Freed by English warships, Àjàyí is put in the care of the Church Missionary Society and baptised Samuel Crowther. Quickly rising through the ranks of the church, Crowther never forgets the driving passion of his life: to end the slave trade, by any means necessary.
By: Biyi Bandele
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A Woman of Opinion
- By: Sean Lusk
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall, Anna Burnett, Rachel Bavidge, and others
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu longs for adventure, freedom and love, believing that only by truly living can she ever escape the stalking crow of Death. An aristocratic woman in 18th century England is expected to act in certain ways. But Mary has never let society's expectations stifle her: she writes celebrated poetry and articles advocating for equality, as well as endless, often scandalous, letters to her many powerful friends. However, Mary wants more from the world. Using her charm and connections, she engineers a job offer for her husband as ambassador to the Ottoman Empire.
By: Sean Lusk
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A Daughter's Promise
- The Shaw Family in Liverpool, Book 3
- By: Judy Summers
- Narrated by: Annabelle Dowler
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Annie Shaw longs to be taken seriously. At 14, she's fed up of being babied by her big sister Delilah. It's true that Delilah has been the closest thing to a mother that Annie or any of her siblings have ever known, but she's secretive about the past and won't let her little sister out of her sight. When Annie's old friend Clara visits with tales of the good money that can be made at the cotton mill outside Ormskirk, she sees her chance at adventure and runs away. The work is gruelling and Annie is shocked to witness children as young as eight working long days around dangerous machinery.
By: Judy Summers
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Under a Lightning Sky
- By: Pam Lecky
- Narrated by: Allie Croker
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
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The Luftwaffe has been bombing London continuously since September 1940. During a bombing raid, Madeline Fairfax is caught in her kitchen whilst cooking for her husband and children. She becomes trapped in the rear of her home, but regains consciousness just in time to see a familiar face, offering hope of rescue. But instead, Madeline is tragically strangled to death. As a dangerous murderer uses the Blitz to cover their crime, local detective Jamie Barton enlists the help of Madeline’s sister and volunteer firefighter, Penny Fairfax to help.
By: Pam Lecky
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Catarina de Bragança [Catherine of Bragança]
- A coragem de uma infanta portuguesa que se tornou rainha de Inglaterra [The Courage of a Portuguese Infanta Who Became Queen of England]
- By: Isabel Stilwell
- Narrated by: Ana Stilwell
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
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Com 23 anos, a infanta Catarina de Bragança, filha de D. Luísa de Gusmão e de D. João IV, deixou para trás tudo o que lhe era querido e próximo para navegar rumo a uma vida nova. No coração, um misto de tristeza e alegria. Saudades da sua Lisboa, de Vila Viçosa, do cheiro a laranjas, dos seus irmãos que já haviam partido deste mundo e dos que ficavam em Portugal a lutar pelo poder. Mas os seus olhos escuros deixavam perceber o entusiasmo pelo casamento com o homem dos seus sonhos, Charles de Inglaterra, um príncipe encantado que Catarina amava perdidamente ainda antes de o conhecer.
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D. Amélia (Portuguese Edition)
- A rainha exilada que deixou o coração em Portugal [The Exiled Queen Who Left Her Heart in Portugal]
- By: Isabel Stilwell
- Narrated by: Ana Stilwell
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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Última rainha de Portugal, D. Amélia viveu durante 24 anos num país que amou como seu, apesar de nele ter deixado enterrados uma filha prematura que morreu à nascença, o seu primogénito D. Luís Filipe, herdeiro do trono, e o marido D. Carlos assassinados em pleno Terreiro do Paço a tiro de carabina e pistola.
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おやごころ
- By: 畠中 恵
- Narrated by: 桑原 敬一
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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お気楽者の麻之助、ついに父に――!妻のお和歌が子を宿した麻之助。子どもの名前を考えながら、今日も町の揉め事に立ち向かう! 大好評「まんまこと」シリーズ第9弾。
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Marco Polo: Bis ans Ende der Welt
- By: Oliver Plaschka
- Narrated by: Wolfgang Wagner
- Length: 25 hrs and 24 mins
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Ein heldenhafter Abenteurer? Ein geistreicher Berater der Mächtigen? Oder doch nur ein einfacher Betrüger? Die einzige Romanbiografie über eine der schillernsten Figuren des Mittelalters: Marco Polo. Ist dieser Mann ein Held, ein Genie oder nur ein Lügner? Diese Fragen gehen dem Geschichtenerzähler Rustichello durch den Kopf, als er der Erzählung seines Mitgefangenen Marco Polo lauscht. Hat dieser Marco es wirklich bis an den Hof des Kublai Khan geschafft?
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Catarina de Bragança [Catherine of Bragança]
- A coragem de uma infanta portuguesa que se tornou rainha de Inglaterra [The Courage of a Portuguese Infanta Who Became Queen of England]
- By: Isabel Stilwell
- Narrated by: Ana Stilwell
- Length: 20 hrs and 34 mins
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Com 23 anos, a infanta Catarina de Bragança, filha de D. Luísa de Gusmão e de D. João IV, deixou para trás tudo o que lhe era querido e próximo para navegar rumo a uma vida nova. No coração, um misto de tristeza e alegria. Saudades da sua Lisboa, de Vila Viçosa, do cheiro a laranjas, dos seus irmãos que já haviam partido deste mundo e dos que ficavam em Portugal a lutar pelo poder. Mas os seus olhos escuros deixavam perceber o entusiasmo pelo casamento com o homem dos seus sonhos, Charles de Inglaterra, um príncipe encantado que Catarina amava perdidamente ainda antes de o conhecer.
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D. Amélia (Portuguese Edition)
- A rainha exilada que deixou o coração em Portugal [The Exiled Queen Who Left Her Heart in Portugal]
- By: Isabel Stilwell
- Narrated by: Ana Stilwell
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
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Última rainha de Portugal, D. Amélia viveu durante 24 anos num país que amou como seu, apesar de nele ter deixado enterrados uma filha prematura que morreu à nascença, o seu primogénito D. Luís Filipe, herdeiro do trono, e o marido D. Carlos assassinados em pleno Terreiro do Paço a tiro de carabina e pistola.
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おやごころ
- By: 畠中 恵
- Narrated by: 桑原 敬一
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
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お気楽者の麻之助、ついに父に――!妻のお和歌が子を宿した麻之助。子どもの名前を考えながら、今日も町の揉め事に立ち向かう! 大好評「まんまこと」シリーズ第9弾。
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Marco Polo: Bis ans Ende der Welt
- By: Oliver Plaschka
- Narrated by: Wolfgang Wagner
- Length: 25 hrs and 24 mins
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Ein heldenhafter Abenteurer? Ein geistreicher Berater der Mächtigen? Oder doch nur ein einfacher Betrüger? Die einzige Romanbiografie über eine der schillernsten Figuren des Mittelalters: Marco Polo. Ist dieser Mann ein Held, ein Genie oder nur ein Lügner? Diese Fragen gehen dem Geschichtenerzähler Rustichello durch den Kopf, als er der Erzählung seines Mitgefangenen Marco Polo lauscht. Hat dieser Marco es wirklich bis an den Hof des Kublai Khan geschafft?
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しのぶ彼岸花~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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葉茶屋・青陽堂の嫁として初めての新年を迎えた律。若おかみの務めと上絵師の仕事――その両立に励む折り、懐妊の兆しに気づく。喜びと不安に揺れる律に、女形の役者から着物の仕事が舞い込んだ。
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落ちぬ椿~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Narrated by: 岸本 百恵
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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辻斬りで母を亡くし、上絵師の父も失意のうちに死んだ。律は、幼い弟のためにも、父の跡を継ぎ、布に家紋や絵を描く上絵師としての独り立ちを目指していた。
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雪華燃ゆ~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Narrated by: 岸本 百恵
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
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上絵師として、初めて着物を手がけることになった律。粋人として名を馳せる雪永が親しい女に贈るものだ。張り切って下描きを仕上げる律だが、なかなか良い返事がもらえない。
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駆ける百合~上絵師 律の似面絵帖~
- By: 知野 みさき
- Narrated by: 岸本 百恵
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
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涼太と祝言を挙げ、青陽堂の嫁としての新たな生活を迎えた律は、息抜きに出かけた先で、同じく嫁いだばかりの女たちと知り合う。悩みを打ち明け合える知己を得て心強く思う律だった。
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黙: 介錯人別所龍玄始末
- By: 辻堂 魁
- Narrated by: 安部 憲人
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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牢屋敷の首打役と刀の試し斬り御用を生業にする浪人、別所龍玄。ときに切腹の介錯を務めることもある。ある日首を打った僧侶の末期の声を聞いた龍玄は、幼い頃父親と訪ねた母子の店のことを思い出す(「妻恋坂」)。
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鬼を待つ
- By: あさの あつこ
- Narrated by: 長谷川 俊介
- Length: 11 hrs and 9 mins
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飲み屋で男二人が喧嘩をした。一人は大怪我、殴った男は遁走の果てに首を吊った。町方にすれば“些末な”事件のはずだった。
Featured article: Witches in fiction: 12 historical fiction books to listen to this Halloween
Throughout history, women have been branded as witches by people scared of their power, confidence and independence. In days past, accusations of being a witch – thrown at women for everything from being talented at working with herbs to being in the vicinity of a death – could result in banishment or even death. These 12 audiobooks, perfect for the longer nights, colder weather and the Halloween season, tell the stories of women through history, from goddesses to regular women, through a mix of horror, fantasy and historical fiction.