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The House of Beaufort
- The Bastard Line That Captured the Crown
- By: Nathen Amin
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The Wars of the Roses were a tumultuous period in English history, with family fighting family over the greatest prize in the kingdom—the throne of England. But what gave the eventual victor of these brutal and complex wars, Henry Tudor, the right to claim the crown? What made his Beaufort mother the great heiress of medieval England, and how exactly did an illegitimate line come to challenge the English monarchy? This book uncovers the rise of the Beauforts and tracks their fall during the 1460s and 1470s.
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Too many "ashumptions" for me...
- By Vicki Patterson on 12-11-23
- The House of Beaufort
- The Bastard Line That Captured the Crown
- By: Nathen Amin
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
Fabulous book, minutely researched
Reviewed: 07-27-24
The narrator was awful. He mis-read and mispronounced English words, what he did with the pronunciation of French names was criminal.
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era—and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation. In a gripping narrative bursting with big names—from St Augustine and Attila the Hun to the Prophet Muhammad and Eleanor of Aquitaine—Dan Jones charges through the history of the Middle Ages. Powers and Thrones takes listeners on a journey through an emerging Europe, the great capitals of late Antiquity, as well as the influential cities of the Islamic West.
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Hard to take a break from it!
- By Mariano's Music on 12-09-21
- Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
Fantastic
Reviewed: 01-13-24
Amazing author and narrator.
Easy to follow, flashes of humour and comparisons to modern day.
Fabulous book.
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Penhallow
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Ulli Birvé
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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Hated for his cruel and vicious nature, ruling his family with an iron hand from his sickbed, tyrannical patriarch Adam Penhallow is found murdered the day before his birthday. His entire family had assembled for his birthday celebration, and every one of them had the ways and means to commit the crime. As accusations and suspicion turn in one direction and then another, the claws and backstabbing come out, and no one is exempt from the coming implosion.
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Not typical of Georgette Heyer
- By Townsend on 06-01-15
- Penhallow
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Ulli Birvé
Terrible
Reviewed: 03-28-23
Awful narration, boring story. I managed three hours and then quit. Wish I could return it!
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A Tapping at My Door
- By: David Jackson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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From the best-selling author of Cry Baby, the beginning of a brilliant and gripping police procedural series set in Liverpool, perfect for fans of Peter James and Mark Billingham. A woman at home in Liverpool is disturbed by a persistent tapping at her back door. She's disturbed to discover the culprit is a raven and tries to shoo it away. Which is when the killer strikes. DS Nathan Cody, still bearing the scars of an undercover mission that went horrifyingly wrong, is put on the case.
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Surprised by how Good It Was
- By L. O. Pardue on 04-12-16
- A Tapping at My Door
- By: David Jackson
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
Oh, just open the wretched door
Reviewed: 12-19-21
How long can he drag out the opening. I was so irritated it didn’t even put me to sleep.
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The Mirror & the Light
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 38 hrs and 12 mins
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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. The blacksmith’s son from Putney emerges from the spring’s bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen, Jane Seymour.
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Ben Miles is not as good a reader...
- By EllenP on 03-13-20
- The Mirror & the Light
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
Spellbinding
Reviewed: 07-07-20
These books are incredible, and the narration faultless.
I can not recommend it highly enough.
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See Me
- By: Nicholas Sparks
- Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. At 28, he's focused only on walking a straight line - getting his teaching degree, working out at the gym religiously, and avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive in his earlier life. The last thing he's looking for is a serious relationship. But when Maria Sanchez crosses paths with him on a rainswept night in North Carolina, his plans are upended in a way that will rattle the foundations of his carefully structured life.
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Best Book Nicholas Sparks Has Ever Written!
- By Wendi on 01-07-16
- See Me
- By: Nicholas Sparks
- Narrated by: Christopher Ryan Grant
Tortuous
Reviewed: 12-12-19
While the narrator did the best he could, this book was rather absurd. It could have been an hour shorter had the author not indulged himself with every emotion known to man, and basically thrown the kitchen sink in there for good measure.
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A Banquet of Consequences
- A Lynley Novel
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 34 mins
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The number one New York Times best-selling author’s award-winning series returns with another stunning crime drama featuring Scotland Yard members Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. As Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the London angle of an ever more darkly disturbing case, his partner, Barbara Havers, is looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceit.
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Great Addition to the Series
- By 'houla on 11-11-15
- A Banquet of Consequences
- A Lynley Novel
- By: Elizabeth George
- Narrated by: John Lee
A marathon
Reviewed: 08-05-19
This is a terribly long winded, drawn out odyssey, and the narrator made me cross with his pedantic rather mocking tone.
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West Cork
- By: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
- Narrated by: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Two days before Christmas 1996, the broken, battered body of Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found outside her vacation home in West Cork, a serene region on Ireland’s idyllic southern coast. Decades later, no one has been charged with the murder, but the aggrieved inhabitants of West Cork are convinced they know who did it - and he still lives among them.
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This is a Podcast not a book.
- By Sara Lopez on 02-09-18
- West Cork
- By: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
- Narrated by: Sam Bungey, Jennifer Forde
Enthralling
Reviewed: 02-11-18
Would you listen to West Cork again? Why?
This was totally engrossing. I don’t usually listen to real crime, so this took me by surprise. One of those books you can’t stop listening to, then hate when it ends.
What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?
I had not heard of this crime, despite living in the UK at the time. It was utterly compelling to hear the people involved speaking; voices can tell you so much about a person.
What about the narrator’s performance did you like?
Factual, impassive, yet involved and concerned.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Who do you believe?
Any additional comments?
Thank you Audible for making this available. Best book I’ve listened to for a while.
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