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Title: Eight for Eternity

Subtitle: A John the Lord Chamberlain Mystery

Author: Mary Reed, Eric Mayer

Narrator: Simon Prebble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-01-10

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In January 532, mobs rule Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire. Against a murderous backdrop lit by raging fires, John, chamberlain to Emperor Justinian, must find those seeking to use the Nika riots to dethrone the emperor.

Porphyrius, the most famous charioteer of his time, may know more than he tells about the mysterious disappearance of two men under imperial guard. What role is being played by a pair of brothers with a distant claim on the throne? Does a headstrong young girl hold the key to the mystery? With the fate of the empire at stake, will General Belisarius and his armed troops side with the rioters or remain loyal to Justinian?

To some, the riots portend the end of the empire; to others, the end of the world itself. John must untangle a web of intrigue in a city where death holds court at every corner.

Critic Reviews:

Excellent.Subtle, well-drawn characters, from the ascetic John to the capricious and enigmatic Justinian; deft descriptive detail revealing life in the late Roman Empire; and sharp dialogue make this another winner in this outstanding historical series." (Publishers Weekly)

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Title: The Widow and Her Hero

Author: Tom Keneally

Narrator: Beverley Dunn, David Tredinnick

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-06-10

Publisher: Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 104 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

But Leo never returned from a commando mission masterminded by his own hero figure, an eccentric and charismatic man who inspired total loyalty from those under his command. The world moved on to new alliances, leaving Grace, like so many widows, to bear the pain of losing the love of her life and wonder what it had all been for.

Sixty years on, Grace is still haunted by the tragedy of her doomed hero when the real story of his ill-fated secret mission is at last unearthed. As new fragments of her hero's story emerge, Grace is forced to keep revising her picture of what happened to Leo and his fellow commandoes - until she learns about the final piece in the jigsaw, and the ultimate betrayal.

As absorbing as it is moving, this timely novel reminds us of the terrible costs of war as it questions why men so willingly and fatally adopt the heroic code.

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Title: Lennox

Author: Craig Russell

Narrator: Seán Barrett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-04-10

Publisher: ISIS Audio Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Glasgow 1953: a hard city at a hard time. The war may be over but the battle for the streets is just beginning, and shady investigator Lennox is the man in the middle.

The McGahern twins were on the way up until Tam, the brains of the outfit, becomes the victim of a vicious contract killing. Tam's brother Frankie turns to Lennox to find out who killed his twin. Lennox refuses. Later that night, Frankie turns up dead, and Lennox finds himself in the frame for murder.

The only way of proving his innocence is to solve the crime - but he'll have to dodge men more deadly than Glasgow's crime bosses before he gets any answers.

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Title: Love's Pursuit

Author: Siri Mitchell

Narrator: Ali Ahn

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-08-09

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 37 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

While Susannah awaits an overdue marriage proposal, a powerful villager takes a fancy to her. But after a dashing military captain comes to town, she's unprepared for the sinister turn her life soon takes.

Critic Reviews:

"[This] flawlessly crafted novel is a quietly powerful tale of love, faith, and hope set in Puritan New England.With its brilliantly formed characters and vividly detailed setting, this tale combines the best elements of inspirational and historical fiction into a richly emotional, unforgettable story." (Booklist)

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Title: Billy Phelan's Greatest Game

Author: William Kennedy

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-11-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Billy Phelans's Greatest Game is the second in William Kennedy's brilliant cycle of novels known as the Albany Trilogy. Billy Phelan, a slightly tarnished poker player, pool hustler, and small-time bookie, moves through the lurid nighttime glare of a tough Depression-era town. A resourceful man full of Irish pluck, Billy works the fringes of Albany sporting life with his own particular style and private code of honor until he finds himself in the dangerous position of potential go-between in the kidnapping of a political boss's son.

As an added bonus, when you purchase our Audible Modern Vanguard production of William Kennedy's book, you'll also receive an exclusive Jim Atlas interview. This interview where James Atlas interviews Russell Banks about the life and work of William Kennedy begins as soon as the audiobook ends.

Critic Reviews:

"What James Joyce did for Dublin and Saul Bellow did for Chicago, William has done for Albany, New York....His cycle of Albany novels is one of the great resurrections of place in our literature." (Vogue)

"No one writing in America today has Kennedy's rich and fertile gift of gab; his pure verbal energy; his love of people." (Saturday Review)

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Título: El Laberinto de la Serpiente [The Labyrinth of the Snake (Texto Completo)]

Autor: Núria Masot

Narrador: Francisco Rivela

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 18 hrs and 39 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 04-09-09

Editor: Recorded Books

Calificaciones: 4 de 5 de 14 votos

Categorías: Fiction, Historical

Resumen del editor:

Un espía del Temple, eso es lo que era y lo que seguía siendopor mucho que se escondiera. Inmediatamente, la Orden le encargaque descubra qué ocurrió con Roger de Lot, un constructor desaparecidohace ya cien años que no dejó tras de sí más que su firma, Serpentarius, y un misterioso triánguloen el que hay grabada una inscripción: Cerca del Arca del Norte Duerme el Segundo Hermano. Despertadlo y Renovad su Antiguo Pacto.

Un tanto incrédulo, sin saber todavíacómo enfrentarse a este enigma, Guillem recibe un segundo encargo al que debe dar prioridad: resolver dos crímenes (el de un niña y el de un aristócrata) que podrían ser el comienzo de unaserie de asesinatos como los ocurridos tiempo atrás. Guillem y sus ayudantes deciden seguir laspistas de Serpentanus que curiosamente van surgiendo próximas a su ruta.Víctimas y verdugos van aflorando del enredo de pactos de silencio y secretos que un siglode historia ha tejido en torno a ellos, hasta desenmarañar toda trama criminal.

Respetar lo queignoramos, ése es el único camino. Simultáneamente, un triángulo tras otro, hasta cinco, conducena Guillem y sus compañeros a una serie de lugares en los que mecanismos fantásticos ybrillantes acertijos ponen a prueba su valor, al tiempo que descubren el de Serpentarius.

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Title: Written on Silk

Subtitle: Silk House Series, Book 2

Author: Linda Lee Chaikin

Narrator: Christine Rendel

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-09-09

Publisher: Zondervan

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Faith in Christ must uphold them, and all who stand alone, to escape the venom of Madame le Serpent.

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Title: Mother of Pearl

Author: Maureen Lee

Narrator: Nerys Hughes

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 22 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Pretty Amy Curran was just 18 years old when she met Barney Patterson, the love of her life, on Southport pier in 1939. Their romantic, passionate marriage was made in heaven, or so they both believed. But when Britain declared war on Germany, Barney volunteered to fight and the couple were eventually separated for five long years. When he returned to Liverpool after VE Day he wasn't the same person - and neither was Amy.

©2008 Maureen Lee; (P)2014 Audible, Inc.

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Title: The Trailor Murder Mystery

Author: Abraham Lincoln

Narrator: Jim Killavey

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-08

Publisher: Jimcin Recordings

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 34 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

When Lincoln was practicing law, it was common for lawyers to write summaries of their cases and present them as fiction. These crime stories were very popular and, at that time, no one saw any ethical problem with this. Lincoln based his story, originally titled, A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder, on a the case in which he defended the Trailor brothers in 1841. Lincoln was a great fan of Poe's mystery stories and may have been inspired by them or it may have simply been the strangeness of the case that inspired him to turn it into a story five years after it happened.

A Remarkable Case of Arrest for Murder first appeared on the front page of the Quincy Whig on April 15, 1846 and was described as, "A murder mystery by Abraham Lincoln." The editors also went so far as to add the following editorial note:

The following narrative has been handed us for publication by a member of the bar. There is no doubt of the truth of every fact stated; and the whole affair is of so extraordinary a character as to entitle it to publication, and commend it to the attention of those at present engaged in discussing reforms in criminal jurisprudence, and the abolition of capital punishment.

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Title: Orchard

Author: Larry Watson

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-24-08

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Acclaimed writer Larry Watson, author of the best-selling Montana 1948 and winner of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, is at the peak of his storytelling powers with this searing portrait of obsession and betrayal.

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