Bestsellers
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The Familiar
- A Novel
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age....
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The performance was superior!
- By anonymous2812 on 04-14-24
By: Leigh Bardugo
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Wolf Hall
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 25 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him....
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Superb narration, but keep a character index at hand
- By Oculus on 12-27-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Marriage Portrait
- A Novel
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt, Maggie O'Farrell
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the breakout New York Times best seller Hamnet—winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—an electrifying new novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de Medici....
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If You Love Alternate Histories, Get This
- By Jim on 09-26-22
By: Maggie O'Farrell
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The Glassmaker
- A Novel
- By: Tracy Chevalier
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling historical novelist comes a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to present day....
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Fascinating "time-travel" concept
- By Sollidrampen on 07-23-24
By: Tracy Chevalier
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The Mirror & the Light
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 38 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors....
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Ben Miles is not as good a reader...
- By EllenP on 03-13-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Lady of the Rivers
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight....
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Philippa back on track
- By Bonnie-Ann on 11-26-11
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Familiar
- A Novel
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age....
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The performance was superior!
- By anonymous2812 on 04-14-24
By: Leigh Bardugo
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Wolf Hall
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 25 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him....
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Superb narration, but keep a character index at hand
- By Oculus on 12-27-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Marriage Portrait
- A Novel
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt, Maggie O'Farrell
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the breakout New York Times best seller Hamnet—winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—an electrifying new novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de Medici....
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If You Love Alternate Histories, Get This
- By Jim on 09-26-22
By: Maggie O'Farrell
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The Glassmaker
- A Novel
- By: Tracy Chevalier
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling historical novelist comes a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to present day....
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Fascinating "time-travel" concept
- By Sollidrampen on 07-23-24
By: Tracy Chevalier
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The Mirror & the Light
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 38 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors....
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Ben Miles is not as good a reader...
- By EllenP on 03-13-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Lady of the Rivers
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight....
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Philippa back on track
- By Bonnie-Ann on 11-26-11
By: Philippa Gregory
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Bring Up the Bodies
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son, and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England....
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Ben is a great narrator
- By J. Mar on 07-22-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Constant Princess
- The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Karina Fernandez
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. But tragically, aged only 15, Arthur falls ill and extracts from his 16-year-old bride a deathbed promise to marry his brother, Henry....
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Excellent narration, bad book
- By Amanda on 04-09-19
By: Philippa Gregory
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White Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Brother turns on brother. The throne of England is at stake. The deadly Wars of the Roses have begun....
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Your ambition will be your curse....
- By Theodore on 12-15-12
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Last Tudor
- Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, Book 13
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Jane Grey was queen of England for nine days. Her father and his allies crowned her instead of the dead king's half sister, Mary Tudor, who quickly mustered an army....
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Maybe I'm Easily Impressed...
- By Mel on 08-16-17
By: Philippa Gregory
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Wolf Hall
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 24 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life....
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Divorced, beheaded, died...
- By Tim on 09-30-11
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Other Boleyn Girl
- The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby
- Length: 22 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of 14, she catches the eye of the handsome and charming Henry VIII. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family’s ambitious plots as the king’s interest begins to wane....
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Okay
- By #amazoncustomer on 10-20-19
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Queen's Fool
- A Novel (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 21 hrs
- Unabridged
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Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a 14-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee with her father from their home in Spain. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee; she has the gift of “Sight”, the ability to foresee the future, priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court....
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A narrator to remember
- By R. L. Carter on 12-30-20
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Virgin's Lover
- The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, Book 3
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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A riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition far exceeds his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them....
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Why doesn’t Bianca Amata narrate all of the books?
- By m.nguyen on 06-15-20
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Boleyn Inheritance
- A Novel (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII of England decides to take a new wife, but this time, not for love. The Boleyn Inheritance follows three women whose lives are forever changed because of the king’s decision....
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Good But With Surprising Historical Inaccuracies
- By lv on 04-04-20
By: Philippa Gregory
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The King's Curse
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 24 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors....
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A DISAPPOINTING ENDING TO AN GOOD SERIES
- By The Louligan on 09-14-14
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Red Queen
- A Novel
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her house is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before her....
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Good book, unsympathetic heroine
- By Karin on 09-12-10
By: Philippa Gregory
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A Daughter of Fair Verona
- By: Christina Dodd
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Once upon a time a young couple met and fell in love. You probably know that story, and how it ended (hint: badly). Only here’s the thing: That’s not how it ended at all. Romeo and Juliet are alive and well and the parents of seven kids. I’m the oldest.
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thoroughly enjoyable
- By Mario on 12-22-24
By: Christina Dodd