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Title: The Girl with the Red Hair

Author: Buzzy Jackson

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 59 minutes

Release date: May 11, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. The greatest hero of the Second World War ... is a girl you've never heard of. A blazing debut novel based on the unsung true story of Hannie Schaft, a young-woman-turned-Dutch-Resistance-fighter in Nazi-occupied Netherlands. 1940, Amsterdam. You're nineteen years old. You have dreams of your own. You never trained to be a soldier. But your dreams died in wartime, and your country is under siege. What do you do when the people you love are no longer safe? Hiding them is not enough. Will you stand aside as the menace of Nazi evil tightens its grip on your homeland? Or do you unleash your fury, joining forces with your enemies' enemies, plotting to strike? Because if not you, then who? You're drawn deep into a web of plots, disguises and assassinations. The Resistance trained you for this. You flash your enemies a smile and beckon them closer. Little do they know you've grown used to the weight of a gun in your hand... Underestimating you is their fatal mistake. Whispers spread like wildfire amongst enemies and friends alike. They will know your name. You're 'the Girl with the Red Hair.' A match for any Nazi soldier, a true threat, a target. A tale of formidable defiance told through the eyes of a young heroine so notorious that Hitler himself personally ordered for her capture. Buzzy Jackson's debut is an unputdownable novel of love, loyalty, and the limits we confront when our deepest values are tested. 'Inspiring, empowering, and timely, compellingly detailed and impressively researched, but better still, it's an immersive story of a terrifying warren of history through which our guide is the sort of hero we all need right now: relatable and resolute and absolutely right' Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author of THIS IS HOW IT ALWAYS IS ©2023 Buzzy Jackson (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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Title: The Poacher's Daughter

Author: Margaret Dickinson

Narrator: Willow Nash

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Release date: May 11, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A poacher's daughter meets the heir to a country estate – as their destinies intertwine, their lives will never be the same. The Poacher's Daughter is a story of love and fate from bestselling historical saga author Margaret Dickinson. It is 1910 in the Lincolnshire Wolds. Young Rosie Waterhouse lives with her father, Sam, well known as the local poacher, in a cottage on the Thornsby estate. The land is owned by a harsh and heartless man who is determined his only son, Byron, should marry well and produce an heir. Rosie is quick to learn the tricks of her father’s trade and it’s when she’s poaching fish from the estate’s stream that she meets Byron. They continue to meet in secret over the coming months and, as their friendship blossoms, they recognize that, despite their vastly different backgrounds, they are destined to be together. When Byron's father learns of their bond, he stops at nothing to ensure that they never meet again. As the years pass, the threat of war becomes a reality, Sam is involved in a tragic incident that will affect both his and Rosie’s lives more than they could ever have imagined. Life will never be the same in Thornsby, but will Rosie find the happiness she yearns for?

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Title: The Midnight News: A novel

Author: Jo Baker

Narrator: Katherine Manners

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 33 minutes

Release date: May 2, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From the best-selling author of Longbourn, a gripping novel of one young woman’s unraveling during the Blitz—a story of World War II intrigue, love, and danger •  “[A] thrilling novel…atmospheric and memorable.” —Emma Donoghue, best-selling author of Haven It is 1940 and twenty-year-old Charlotte Richmond watches from her attic window as enemy planes fly over London. Still grieving her beloved brother, who never returned from France, she is trying to keep herself out of trouble: holding down a typist job at the Ministry of Information, sharing gin and confidences with her best friend, Elena, and dodging her overbearing father. On her way to work she often sees the boy who feeds the birds—a source of unexpected joy amid the rubble of the Blitz. But every day brings new scenes of devastation, and after yet another heartbreaking loss Charlotte has an uncanny sense of foreboding. Someone is stalking the darkness, targeting her friends. And now he’s following her. As grief and suspicion consume her, Charlotte’s nerves become increasingly frayed. She no longer knows whom to trust. She can’t even trust herself . . . Utterly riveting and hypnotic, The Midnight News is a love story, a war story, and an unforgettable journey into the fragile mind and fierce heart of an extraordinary young woman.

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Title: A Hidden Affair: A Novel

Author: Pam Jenoff

Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Release date: April 25, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan's Tale, a breathtaking and thrilling follow-up to Almost Home—ten years after the tragedy that forever changed her life, Jordan Weiss uncovers a betrayal that leaves her reeling and sets her off on a journey searching for answers. Ten years ago, U.S. State Department intelligence officer Jordan Weiss’s life was turned upside down when she was told her college boyfriend, Jared, drowned in the River Cam. In a shocking discovery, though, she realizes that things weren’t as they seemed and that she had been lied to and betrayed by those closest to her. Reeling from the shock—and the knowledge that Jared is still alive—Jordan resigns her State Department post and sets off in search of answers. Traveling to Jared’s last known whereabouts on the French Riviera, she encounters Nicole, a mysterious woman who flees after refusing to disclose what she knows about Jared. Following Nicole across Europe, Jordan soon discovers that she is not alone in her pursuit—Aaron, a handsome and enigmatic Israeli, is chasing Nicole for his own cryptic reasons. Though distrustful of each other, Jordan and Aaron join forces on a journey that takes them half a world away, and only steps ahead of grave peril. As Jordan draws closer to finding the answers that have eluded her for a decade, larger questions remain: Can she reconcile her attraction to Aaron with her unresolved feelings for Jared, the only man she ever loved? Will the truth be too devastating to handle or finally set her free? Will she have a chance at happiness at last? Thrilling, romantic, and impossible to put down, A Hidden Affair gives us a brave and relentless heroine who never gives up on her search for the truth.

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Title: Mother Country: A Novel

Author: Jacinda Townsend

Narrator: Kellye A. Saunders

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 49 minutes

Release date: April 25, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A transnational feminist novel about human trafficking and motherhood from an award-winning author. Saddled with student loans, medical debt, and the sudden news of her infertility after a major car accident, Shannon, an African American woman, follows her boyfriend to Morocco in search of relief. There, in the cobblestoned medina of Marrakech, she finds a toddler in a pink jacket whose face mirrors her own. With the help of her boyfriend and a bribed official, Shannon makes the fateful decision to adopt and raise the girl in Louisville, Kentucky. But the girl already has a mother: Souria, an undocumented Mauritanian woman who was trafficked as a teen, and who managed to escape to Morocco to build another life. In rendering Souria's separation from her family across vast stretches of desert and Shannon's alienation from her mother under the same roof, Jacinda Townsend brilliantly stages cycles of intergenerational trauma and healing. Linked by the girl who has been a daughter to them both, these unforgettable protagonists move toward their inevitable reckoning. Mother Country is a bone-deep and unsparing portrayal of the ethical and emotional claims we make upon one another in the name of survival, in the name of love.

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Title: Flint: A Novel

Author: Louis L'Amour

Narrator: Macleod Andrews

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 38 minutes

Release date: April 25, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 6

Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 4

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

He left the West at the age of seventeen, leaving behind a rootless past and a bloody trail of violence. In the East he became one of the wealthiest financiers in America—and one of the most feared and hated. Now, suffering from incurable cancer, he has come back to New Mexico to die alone. But when an all-out range war erupts, Flint chooses to help Nancy Kerrigan, a local rancher. A cold-eyed speculator is setting up the land swindle of a lifetime, and Buckdun, a notorious assassin, is there to back his play. Flint alone can help Nancy save her ranch…with his cash, his connections—and his gun. He still has his legendary will to fight. All he needs is time, and that’s fast running out….

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Title: The Vienna Writers Circle: A compelling story of love, heartbreak and survival

Author: J. C. Maetis

Narrator: Michael Crouch, Charles Constant

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 23 minutes

Release date: April 13, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEXT WORDS HE WRITES COULD BE HIS LAST . . . Austria, 1938: The Vienna Writers Circle meets at Café Mozart to share hopeful stories during a hopeless time. But when the Nazis take over, everything changes. With their Jewish families' now under threat, the writers hide using false identities, their stories becoming their only salvation. Then a local policeman begins a dangerous mission to help them. But he faces conflicts of his own: having declared his love for a beautiful Romani-gypsy girl, Deya Reynes, he fears that she too will be sent to her death. When all they have left is courage, will they survive? 'Darkly compelling, evoking the constant dread of life in wartime Austria' Fiona Valpy, The Dressmaker's Gift 'Enticing, terrifying and heart-breaking' Mandy Robotham, The Resistance Girl 'A gripping, intriguing and moving read' Anna Stuart, The Midwife of Auschwitz ©2023 J. C. Maetis (P)2023 Penguin Audio

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Title: [Spanish] - La vida, después. Premio Nobel de Literatura 2021

Author: Abdulrazak Gurnah

Narrator: Rafael King

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Release date: April 13, 2023

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

La última novela del Premio Nobel de Literatura 2021, inédita en España. Una conmovedora historia de amor con la guerra y el colonialismo como telón de fondo. Cuando todavía era un niño, Ilyas les fue arrebatado a sus padres por las tropas coloniales alemanas; tras años de ausencia y de batalla contra su propio pueblo, regresa a la ciudad de su infancia, donde sus padres han desaparecido y su hermana Afiya ha sido dada en adopción. Otro joven regresa al mismo tiempo: a Hamza no lo robaron para que combatiera, sino que lo vendieron. Con tan sólo sus ropas a la espalda, se limita a buscar trabajo y seguridad... y el amor de la hermosa Afiya. Apenas acaba de comenzar el siglo XX y alemanes, británicos, franceses y demás países se han repartido el continente africano. A medida que estos jóvenes supervivientes intentan rehacer sus vidas, la sombra de una nueva guerra en otro continente amenaza con llevárselos de nuevo. La crítica ha dicho: «Fascinante y desgarradora [...]. Una novela convincente, que abraza a todos aquellos destinados al olvido, y rechaza su anulación.» The Guardian «Pocas veces en la vida se puede abrir un libro y descubrir que su lectura encierra las cualidades encantadoras de una relación amorosa... uno apenas se atreve a respirar mientras lo lee por miedo a romper el encanto.» The Times «Una evocación poética y vívida sobre el continente africano y el inquietante poder de lo desconocido.» Independent on Sunday «Un archivo resonante de una África desaparecida, que cobra vida de forma sorprendente. En él, un mundo perdido es recuperado de manera fascinante.» Sunday Times «Un libro brillante y revelador de un escritor asombroso.» New Statesman «Una novela vibrante y vívida que muestra a los seres humanos en toda su generosidad y codicia, mezquindad y nobleza, de modo que incluso los personajes menores parecen capaces de cargar con novelas enteras por sí mismos.» Herald «Desde las primeras páginas de La vida, después, un libro de tranquila belleza y tragedia, está claro que uno está en manos de un maestro de la narración.» Financial Times «Un tierno relato sobre lo extraordinario de las vidas ordinarias, La vida, después combina una narración fascinante con una escritura cuya exquisita precisión emocional confirma el lugar de Gurnah entre los destacados estilistas de la prosa inglesa moderna. Al igual que sus predecesoras, ésta es una novela que exige ser leída y releída, por su humor, su generosidad de espíritu y su clarividente visión de las infinitas contradicciones de la naturaleza humana.» Evening Standard «Con una prosa limpia y mesurada, Gurnah inspecciona los actos individuales de violencia... y los actos inesperados de bondad. Conmovedor en su ordinariez, La vida, después es una convincente exploración de la necesidad de encontrar lugares de refugio.» Daily Telegraph «Abdulrazak Gurnah es un maestro de su oficio ... Una novela intrincada y delicada, vitalmente necesaria.» New Internationalist

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Title: Dear Mr Spectator: A BBC Radio full-cast drama inspired by the anonymous writings of the famous social commentator

Author: Joseph Addison, Richard Steele

Narrator: Bryan Dick, Jemma Redgrave, Richard Lumsden, David Schofield, Claire Rushbrook, Sam Troughton, Benjamin Whitrow, Full Cast

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Release date: April 6, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The complete Series 1 and 2 of the drama based on the publications of the real-life Lady Whistledown - the anonymous 18th Century columnist, 'Mr Spectator' 'Wonderfully droll' The Spectator London, 1710. Enigmatic man of letters Mr Spectator moves like a shadow through the city's streets and coffee-houses, observing the manners, morals and misdemeanours of his fellow men. He has his finger on the pulse of all the latest news and fashions, and shares his wit and wisdom in his daily news-sheet - which is avidly perused by readers from all stations of society, from the humble to the highest in the land. In these two radio series, we meet his greatest fans, who look to him to solve their problems and determine their futures... Series 1 centres around Gilbert Mowbray, a clockmaker who is fast approaching his 40th birthday - and is not handling it well. Neglecting his workshop and his customers, he spends his time glued to Mr Spectator's musings - much to his wife Kitty's exasperation. As his midlife crisis deepens, can the nation's favourite agony uncle help Gilbert reassess his life? In Series 2, Britain is nine million pounds in debt - but Chancellor of the Exchequer Robert Harley has a plan to generate the necessary income: a little idea called the South Sea Company. However, to get his Bill through Parliament, he needs someone the public trusts to speak out in favour of the scheme. Enlisting the aid of Palace paper-boy Ned Dempsey, Harley determines to track down Mr Spectator - but can Ned unmask the elusive scribbler before time, and Harley's patience, run out? Adapted by Elizabeth Kuti from Joseph Addison and Richard Steele's Spectator essays, this wry, whimsical drama stars Benjamin Whitrow (Pride and Prejudice) as Mr Spectator, the anonymous oracle who, like his fictional counterpart Lady Whistledown, hid behind a nom de plume to stoke controversy. Among the supporting cast are Richard Lumsden, Sam Troughton, Bryan Dick, David Schofield, Jemma Redgrave and Claire Rushbrook. Production credits Inspired by and dramatised from Joseph Addison and Richard Steele's 18th-century Spectator essays by Elizabeth Kuti Produced and directed by Heather Larmour Violin played by Paddy O'Flaherty Cast Mr Spectator - Benjamin Whitrow Gilbert - Richard Lumsden Kitty - Amy Marston Jonathan - Sam Troughton Coffee-boy - Samuel Barnett Lady - Fo Cullen Gentlemen- Miche Doherty/Richard Dormer/Chris McHallem/Mark Lambert Stockjobbers - Miche Doherty/Mark Lambert Disgruntled man/Freddie/Lion - Richard Dormer Wife/Leticia - Sarah Kants Spectacle inventor/Gravedigger - Chris McHallem Signor Niccolini - Miche Docherty Isabel - Emma Bolger Jacob - Daniel Walsh Aggie - Laura Conway Ned Dempsey - Bryan Dick Harley - David Schofield Abigail - Christina Cole Queen Anne - Jemma Redgrave Anne Baldwin - Claire Rushbrook Defoe - Sam Dale Aunt Maude - Stella McCusker Opera Singer - David Revels With Seainin Brennan, Niall Cusack, Paul Kennedy, Marty Maguire and Charlie Niblock-Hamill First broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 12-16 January 2009 (Series 1), 16-20 August 2010 (Series 2) © 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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Title: Misunderstanding in Moscow

Author: Simone de Beauvoir

Narrator: Rachel Bavidge

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 43 minutes

Release date: April 6, 2023

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Brought to you by Penguin. A captivating novella by one of the most important thinkers, writers and feminists of the twentieth century, Simone de Beauvoir. Nicole and André, a retired French couple, take a summer holiday to Russia. It is the 1960s and Russia is a beautiful, complicated place. Their guide is Macha, André's daughter from a previous relationship - a woman they both love. Adventure, inspiration, good food and good vodka are promised. Once thrilled by their romance, Nicole and André have now become too used to each other. Both harbour a growing feeling of not being fully understood - of being alone. Father and daughter engage in the grand debates of East-West relations, nationalism and socialism. But getting older, long-term relationships and how to enjoy life turn out to be the more pressing issues. ©2023 Simone de Beauvoir (P)2023 Penguin Audio