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This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Marseille, autumn 1942. The Mediterranean light is as bright as ever, but the city has gone quiet the way a room goes quiet when someone is listening. Odette Marchand has made gloves in the old Panier quarter since she was a girl, and she is good at the...

SUN RISE, SUNSET AND YET! Set in 1912 Ireland, this book will take you from the deepest sorrow to a wonderful collection of Dickensian characters. Jimmy Kenny, a twelve-year-old boy, is thrown into an orphanage by a cruel father after losing his mother. After suffering terrible abuse, he manages...

Bloomsbury presents The Canary Keeper by Clare Carson, read by Sarah Cullum. 'Historical fiction at its very best' ELLY GRIFFITHS. A Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month. They will see me hang for this. London, 1855. In the grey mist of the early morning a body is dumped on the shore of...

Wartime secrets. A modern killer. In Pamplona, you can’t outrun the past. In this pulse-pounding sequel to the award-winning Born of Bombs and Bullets, FBI psychologist Aaron Thornton returns to Europe to help British and Spanish authorities stop a terror attack. An informant has learned...

A wall to divide a country and spur it on to war! Felix Appius Julianus is brought to Britain in the wake of the disastrous loss of the Ninth Legion Hispana, to command its replacement, the Sixth Legion Victrix. Centurion Valerius Silvanus, posted to the doomed Ninth and arriving only in time to...

In the 1850 Gold Rush, San Francisco was a city filled with chaos and greed. Aidan OReilly, an enterprising Irishman, poses as an undertaker to bury the secrets of the upper class fraudulent contracts, incriminating letters, and even murder victims. His caskets and mausoleums also contain his...

Teil 2 der Erfolgsgeschichte »Die Tagebücher der Apothekerin« als Hörbuch – eine gewitzte Apothekerin, ein mysteriöser Eunuch und spannende höfische Intrigen! Maomao wurde aus ihrem Dienst im Inneren Palast entlassen. Nun soll sie als Angestellte dem Eunuchen Jinshi mit ihren...

A cidade de vapor é o tributo de Zafón a seus milhões de leitores. Composto por onze contos, o livro póstumo do autor espanhol mais lido depois de Cervantes conduz o leitor por uma extraordinária jornada de mistério gótico, consagrada na tetralogia O Cemitério dos Livros Esquecidos...

Bloomsbury presents Medici ~ Ascendancy by Matteo Strukul, read by Saul Reichlin. Florence, 1429 Giovanni de' Medici is dead. A lifetime of shrewd investment, strategic alliance and sly manipulation saw Giovanni climb from mere money-lender to the top echelon of Florentine society. But success...

Winter, 1952. Henry Volkov spends his nights alone at a remote listening station, monitoring Soviet radio traffic as the Cold War settles over the world. When Henry stumbles upon an unused frequency carrying a young woman's nightly readings from a Russian play, an impossible friendship begins...

Ein Mönch, der auszog, die Welt zu verändern. Europa im Spätmittelalter: Andersdenkende werden verfolgt, es gibt blutige Auseinandersetzungen. Ein junger Mann, der als "Meister Eckhart" in die Geschichte eingehen wird, wagt ein kühnes und ungeheuerliches Abenteuer: Er sucht die Erkenntnis, will mehr Wissen als erlaubt ist.

It's 1811. Wellington has finally driven Napoleon's armies from Portugal, but the cost has been high. Fearing a French counter-attack, the British must rally their tired men and go on the offensive. Lieutenant Hamish Williams of the 106th Foot relishes the call to action. Spurred on by the...

A wall to divide a country and spur it on to war! Felix Appius Julianus is brought to Britain in the wake of the disastrous loss of the Ninth Legion Hispana, to command its replacement, the Sixth Legion Victrix. Centurion Valerius Silvanus, posted to the doomed Ninth and arriving only in time to...

'Cooke is known for her ability to craft spellbinding tales filled with dread and terror, but also beauty' Scots Magazine Three women. Seven centuries. One unbreakable blood curse… It began in fire… Paris, 1307. When eleven-year-old Princess Isabella of France watches four men burn at the...

Praise for The Imperial Alchemist “Wang fuses authentic history with genuine momentum—Georgia Lee is a heroine worth following, and this is a confident, fast-moving debut.” —Gary McAvoy, bestselling author of the Vatican Secret Archive Thrillers Some discoveries rewrite history. Others...

Impossible d'oublier le Dr John Archibald Cuthbert une fois qu'on l'a rencontré. Grand, raffiné, brillant mais tourmenté, ce médecin légiste écossais est le meilleur que Scotland Yard ait jamais connu. Durant l'hiver 1928, deux corps sont retrouvés sous la terre d'un parc londonien. Pour le légiste, chaque découverte dans la salle carrelée de la morgue menace de fissurer le masque du professionnel et de réveiller le soldat traumatisé enfoui en lui.

Start a BRAND NEW wartime series, inspired by the true story of the 1st Special Service Force, from Patrick Larsimont Silent as shadows, deadly in the dark In the darkest days of World War II, a top-secret experiment unites the toughest outdoorsmen: lumberjacks, cowboys, prospectors and hunters...

När Ebba Beckman kämpar med sina studier i Göteborg gör hon en märklig upptäckt på vinden i farföräldrarnas hus – en upptäckt som förändrar allt. Plötsligt dras hon in i en historia som varit begravd i familjen i decennier. En gammal inskription leder henne tillbaka till farfar Thore, frukthandlaren som under kriget påstås ha levt ett dubbelliv. Var han en kollaboratör med kopplingar till tyskarna – eller en hjälte inom den norska motståndsrörelsen? Ju mer Ebba gräver i familjens förflutna, desto fler frågor väcks om lojalitet, skuld och svek.

”… enkelt och följsamt språk som är smakfullt anpassat efter tiden den utspelar sig i. Karaktärerna är konsekventa och trovärdiga.” Helhetsbetyg: 4. BTJ Stockholm 1898. Liket av en sjuårig pojke flyter upp i Riddarholmskanalen. Ingen saknar honom, ingen vet vem han är. Ellen Bergman, som med hjälp av före detta ligaflickan Rakel driver Damernas juridikbyrå, börjar intressera sig för pojkens tragiska öde. Samtidigt gräver detektivkonstapel Johan Rådig i fallet trots att hans överordnade, den djupt korrupte kommissarie Berg, säger åt honom att avsluta ärendet.

June 1944: One weather forecast will determine if D-Day succeeds—or becomes history's greatest military disaster. USAAF Captain Andy Lockhart stands at the heart of history's most pivotal operation, providing the meteorological intelligence that will guide Eisenhower's decision to send 150,000...