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Title: The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R.

Author: Carole DeSanti

Narrator: Kate Reading

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-12

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 61 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Love and war converge in this lush, epic story of a young womans struggle with life and love during and after the Second Empire (1852 - 1871), an era that was absinthe-soaked, fueled by railway money and prostitution, and transformed by cataclysmic social upheaval.

Eugénie R., born in foie gras country, follows the man she loves to Paris but soon finds herself marooned. An outcast, she charts the treacherous waters of sexual commerce on a journey through artists ateliers and pawnshops, zinc bars and luxurious bordellos.

Giving birth to a daughter she is forced to abandon, Eugénie spends the next 10 years fighting to get her back, falling in love along the way with an artist, a woman, and a revolutionary. Then, as the gates of the city close on the eve of the Siege of Paris, Eugénie comes face to face with her past. Drawn into a net of desire and need, promises and lies, she must make a choice and find her way to a life that she can call her own.

The Unruly Passions of Eugénie R.is a testament to the power of love, friendship, and the art of self-creation.

Critic Reviews:

I lost myselfwholeheartedly in [Eugénies] story and would have followed her down any narrow alley into any candlelit room just to know what happened, to stay back there and to delay coming home. (Sarah Blake,New York Timesbest-selling author)

DeSantis debut novel paints an unflinching portrait of love and loss against a landscape of Parisian decadence. (Deborah Harkness,New York Timesbest-sellingauthor)

The Unruly Passionsis both sweeping in scope and painstaking in detail.Makes for wonderful, suspenseful reading. (Karen Joy Fowler, author of theThe Jane Austen Book Club)

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Titel: Das Erbe der Braumeisterin

Autor:: Charlotte Thomas

Erzähler: Rainer Fritzsche

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 16 hrs and 12 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-16-12

Herausgeber: Der Hörverlag

Bewertung: 5 von 5 von 2 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Köln, 1260: Die eigensinnige junge Madlen betreibt mit großer Begeisterung die vom Vater geerbte Brauerei. Seit früher Jugend hat sie alles gelernt, was es über das Bierbrauen zu wissen gibt. Nach dem unerwarteten Tod ihres Mannes steht jedoch ihre Zukunft auf dem Spiel: Als Witwe darf Madlen nach den Regeln der Zunft die Brauerei nur für ein Jahr allein weiterführen, danach droht ihr der Verlust des Braurechts und damit ihres ganzen Lebensinhalts - es sei denn, sie verheiratet sich wieder. Der ehemalige Kreuzritter Johann scheint kein allzu passender Kandidat zu sein, denn er hat eine dunkle Vergangenheit und hasst Bier. Aber Madlen kann nicht wählerisch sein...

©2012 Bastei Lübbe (P)2012 Der Hörverlag

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Title: Death at the Wedding Feast

Subtitle: John Rawlings, Apothecary

Author: Deryn Lake

Narrator: Michael Tudor Barnes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-07-12

Publisher: Soundings

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Apothecary John Rawlings has travelled to Devon to be by the side of his mistress, Elizabeth di Lorenzi, who is due to give birth to their child. Leaving his shop and his new carbonated water business in good hands, John is presented with a surprise on his arrival at Sidmouth House.

While Elizabeth is recuperating, he learns that Lady Sidmouth's daughter, Miranda, is to marry the elderly Earl of St. Austell, who is 54 years her senior and has a cruel reputation. As the wedding day approaches, John feels increasingly uneasy, and before too long his worst forebodings are realised....

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Title: Coral Glynn

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Peter Cameron

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-06-12

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Coral Glynn arrives at Hart House, an isolated manse in the English countryside, early in the very wet spring of 1950, to nurse the elderly Mrs. Hart. Hart House is also inhabited by a perpetually disgruntled housekeeper and Major Clement Hart, Mrs. Hart's war-ravaged son, who is struggling to come to terms with his latent homosexuality.

When a child's game goes violently awry in the woods surrounding Hart House, a great shadow - love, perhaps - descends upon its inhabitants. Like the misguided child's play, other seemingly random events propel Coral and Clement into the dark thicket of marriage. Coral Glynn explores how quickly need and desire can blossom into love, and just as quickly transform into something less categorical.

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Title: Clair de Lune

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Jetta Carleton

Narrator: Natalie Ross

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-06-12

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Complex and daring.... One of those books that readers wish had a sequel. -Jane Smiley on Jetta Carletons The Moonflower Vine

The time: 1941, at the cusp of Americas entry into World War II. The place: southwest Missouri, on the edge of the Ozark Mountains. A young single woman named Allen Liles has taken a job as a junior college teacher in a small town, although she dreams of living in New York City, of dancing at recitals, of absorbing the bohemian delights of the Village. Then she encounters two young men: George, a lanky, carefree spirit, and Toby, a dark-haired, searching soul with a wary look in his eyes. Soon the three strike up an after-school friendship, bantering and debating over letters, ethics, and philosophy - innocently at first, but soon in giddy flirtation - until Allen and one of the young men push things too far, and the quiet happiness she has struggled so hard to discover is thrown into jeopardy.

Critic Reviews:

Arriving nearly 50 years after her bestselling debut, The Moonflower Vine, Carletons second novel is a witty and romantic portrait of a young Midwestern woman coming to grips with adulthood and the responsibilities that come with it. (Publishers Weekly)

Evocative Fine and dry, with a faint flavor of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Carletons vignette of innocence and experience has a bright wit and perceptive charm, rendered all the more enjoyable by its retro feel. (Kirkus Reviews)

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Title: A Dark and Lonely Place

Author: Edna Buchanan

Narrator: Robertson Dean

Format: Unabridged

Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-17-11

Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A Dark and Lonely Place poses the question: can we change our destiny, or must our lives always end the same way?

In Miami, Police Detective Sgt. John Ashley hunts a woman linked to a murdered millionaire and finds she is the girl who's haunted his dreams since childhood.

A century ago on America's southern frontier, John Ashley's ancestor was wrongly accused of murder and went on the run with his sweetheart. The lovers became the most colorful, compelling, and heartbreaking figures in Florida's violent outlaw history.

Can the present-day couple break the tragic cycle imprinted on their DNA? The two stories entwine in this compelling, suspenseful tale of past and present renegade lovers.

Critic Reviews:

"Solidly written, journalistic.... Smooth prose." (Publishers Weekly)

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Title: A Dawn Like Thunder

Author: Douglas Reeman

Narrator: David Rintoul

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-17-11

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The human torpedo, or chariot, is the ultimate weapon in a war, and only men of extreme courage or recklessness volunteer for the special operations missions requiring its use. Reeman has also written 22 novels under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.

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Title: The Schoolmaster's Daughter

Subtitle: A Novel of the American Revolution

Author: John Smolens

Narrator: Elisabeth S. Rodgers

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-14-11

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

With the outbreak of the American Revolution, Abigail Lovell's family is torn apart - while her schoolmaster father is an outspoken loyalist and prominent figurehead in the community, she and her two brothers engage in acts of espionage to undermine the British forces in Boston. Her sickly older brother, James, operates the patriots' spy ring while Abigail acts as a courier, eluding increasingly aggressive British patrols.

Meanwhile, her younger brother, Benjamin, slips out of Boston to fight alongside Abigails love, Ezra, in the battles at Lexington and Concord. With the help of her friend, Rachel Revere, Abigail smuggles money and supplies out to Benjamin, Ezra, and other revolutionaries. But when a British sergeant is found murdered, Abigail stands accused, and she now must fight to save herself and those she loves. In the tradition of Sally Gunnings Bound and Diana Gabaldons Echo in the Bone, The Schoolmasters Daughter is the story of a family torn asunder - and of a determined young woman who must make courageous decisions if she is to aid in liberating her country.

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Title: The Secret Fate of Mary Watson

Author: Judy Johnson

Narrator: Eloise Oxer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-04-11

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 13 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

1879, Queensland. Fleeing her family home, 19-year-old Mary Oxnam has few prospects and no connections. Plain and penniless, she must rely on her audacious wit and fierce intelligence to survive. Mary soon finds work as a pianist in a Cooktown brothel, a cover for more lucrative employment as a spy into smuggling operations. Within a year she has moved to Lizard Island, locked into a marriage of convenience. It's a rough, isolated place, crawling with hidden enemies - and unexpected temptation.

Drawing on the little-known history of lawless Far North Queensland and based on the true story of a remarkable woman and her intriguing diary, The Secret Fate of Mary Watson is a thrilling tale of peril and intrigue, infused with a heady combination of beauty and foreboding.

Critic Reviews:

"Ripe with danger and intrigue... a compelling, impressive read." (Bookseller+Publisher)

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Title: The People's Princess

Subtitle: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation

Author: Shelagh Stephenson

Narrator: Alex Jennings, Rebecca Saire, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-07-11

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Limited

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A BBC Radio 4 play about the marriage of George, Prince of Wales, originally broadcast as the 'Afternoon Play' on 11 December 2008 (and repeated on 9 December 2010). Facing financial ruin, George was obliged by his father, George III, to marry his first cousin, Princess Caroline of Brunswick. But if he had been expecting a docile partner with whom he could maintain appearances, George had seriously underestimated his wife-to-be...

Starring Alex Jennings as George and Rebecca Saire as Caroline. Also featured amongst the cast are Julian Rhind-Tutt, Chris McHallem, Richard Howard, Mark Lambert, Jill Cardo and Nial Cusack. Written by Shelagh Stephenson and directed by Eoin O'Callaghan.

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