Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com

Titel: Das Geheimnis der Äbtissin (Die Äbtissin 1)

Autor:: Johanna Marie Jakob

Erzähler: Ulrike Kapfer

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 13 hrs and 13 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 02-12-15

Herausgeber: Audible Studios

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Anno 1156 auf der Burg Lare im Harz:

Die junge Grafentochter Judith steht in Diensten von Kaiser Friedrich I., um dessen junge Gemahlin sie sich liebevoll kümmert. Sie interessiert sich leidenschaftlich für Kräuter- und Heilkunde - und für Silas, den maurischen Leibarzt des Kaisers, der sie nicht nur als Mediziner fasziniert. Doch ihre Liebe scheint keine Zukunft zu haben, denn Judith ist eine Adlige und Silas in den Augen der Welt nur ein Sklave...

>> Diese ungekürzte Hörbuch-Fassung wird Ihnen exklusiv von Audible präsentiert und ist ausschließlich im Download erhältlich.

©2012 Droemersche Verlagsanstalt (P)2015 Audible GmbH

Kritik Bewertungen:

Ein spannender historischer Roman.

-- MuensterscheZeitung.de, 22.11.2012

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The King's List

Author: Peter Ransley

Narrator: Gordon Griffin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-11-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

What price betrayal? The bloody saga of revolution and republicanism reaches its climax in the final instalment of the Tom Neave trilogy.

1659. Tom Neave, now Lord Stonehouse and feared spymaster for the republic, must do what he can to maintain the reins of power. With Oliver Cromwell dead, a ruthless struggle for control of the country begins.

A Royalist rebellion is easily put down, but is of concern for Tom - his son Luke is among those imprisoned. Having been freed by his father and back with his family, Luke claims he is disillusioned with the Royalist cause. But can Tom trust him?

Pre-occupied by his son's uncertain allegiance, by the distant, manipulative behaviour of his beloved wife Anne, and by rumours of his treacherous father Richard, Tom is ill at ease. His own long-buried secrets threaten to erupt, with irrevocable consequences.

As the struggle for power in England becomes more urgent, rumours abound of the return of the exiled king. Copies of the King's List' are in circulation - the names of those who signed the death warrant of the late king, of which Tom is one. While an army marches on London, the fate of the nation - and that of Tom and his family - lies at stake.

Critic Reviews:

"Tom's search for his own identity is intimately connected with the seismic events tearing England apart in the 1640s. Ransley has a talent for melding dramatic historical detail with a strong story that could well give C. J. Sansom a run for his money." (Spectator)

"A gripping coming-of-age storyan enthralling mystery adventure." (Radio Times)

"There are some cracking [historical] writers out there. And Peter Ransley is certainly worthy of a place at the topa great tale that would sit well on the screen Ransley conveys not only the action, but also the self-doubt and blundering of a poorly-trained army daring to challenge its king If [the] second book] is as good as this one, then we are in for a real treat." (Eastern Daily Press) "An intelligent and imaginative tale of a pivotal year in English history." (Sunday Times)

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

excellent

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com

Titel: Ferner als der Horizont

Autor:: Melanie Brosowski

Erzähler: Juliane Ahlemeier

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 10 hrs and 45 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 02-10-15

Herausgeber: Action Verlag

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Irland im Jahre 1848. Die Große Hungersnot, auch "An Gorta Mór" genannt, hat die grüne und umkämpfte Insel fest im Griff. Täglich sterben tausende Menschen, ganze Landstriche sind entvölkert. Männer verlassen ihre Familien oder bringen sich um, weil sie das Leid nicht länger mehr mitansehen können. Frauen verkaufen ihre Körper, für ein schimmeliges Stück Brot oder einen fauligen Apfel.

Auch Caitlin O'Leary weiß nicht mehr, wie sie ihren Mann und ihre Kinder ernähren soll. Auf einem Schiff, zusammengepfercht auf engstem Raum mit über zweihundert anderen Auswanderern, bei sich nur einige wenige Habseligkeiten, geht es einer ungewissen Zukunft entgegen...

©2014 ACTION VERLAG (P)2014 ACTION VERLAG

Hören Sie sich dieses volle Hörbuch kostenlos bei https://hotaudiobook.com

Titel: Hendrickje Stoffels

Autor:: Peter Patzak

Erzähler: Peter Patzak

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 18 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 02-06-15

Herausgeber: Audio Media Digital

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

"Auch wenn niemand mehr deine Bilder will, du hast sie gemalt und ich habe sie gesehen."

Es ging mir relativ gut an diesem Julitag 1663. Ich war schwach, aber mein Geist bewegte sich. Rembrandt stieg mit kurzem Atem die Stufen zur Gasthofmansarde hinauf. Blieb einen Moment stehen. Rief nach unten: "Bring mir später Kerzen, irgendwelche Stumpen, ich muss fertig werden." Er betrat die kleine Kammer. Das war alles, was uns geblieben war. Ein Bett, ein Tisch, einige Spiegel, der Rest vollgestopft mit seinen Selbstporträts.

©2015 Audio Media Digital (P)2015 Audio Media Digital

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Thornfield Hall

Author: Jane Stubbs

Narrator: Anna Bentinck

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-05-15

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Thornfield Hall, 1821. Alice Fairfax takes up her role as housekeeper of the estate. But when Mr. Rochester presents her with a woman who is to be hidden on the third floor, she finds herself responsible for much more than the house.

This is the story Jane Eyre never knew--a narrative played out on the third floor and beneath the stairs, as the servants kept their master's secret safe and sound.

Members Reviews:

Original take on Jane Eyre

This novel is an original and compelling take on Jane Eyre. The author has captured the mood of the original Bronte novel, but has added wonderful twists to the plot that demand the reader never stops until the last page!

4.0 out of 5 stars Novel set in Yorkshire (âa tide of disasterâ)

(Read our review with caution if you are unfamiliar with the original story of Jane Eyre)

This book is a re-imagining of the story of Jane Eyre and Edward Rochester seen through the eyes of the servants, essentially Alice Fairfax, the housekeeper at Thornfield Hall. Such an interesting take on the original book by Charlotte Bront and (both) well worth the read.

The book starts off at a gentle pace as the reader gets to know the ways of life in the grand houses of very early Victorian England. The relationships between master and servants are established and explored as the characters are introduced. Etiquette and manners of the era are well researched and highlighted, and it is a pleasure to hear about the lives of people well over 150 years ago.

Mr Rochester, the owner of Thornfield Hall is often away on his travels and the staff members are left to get on with their lives; occasionally he returns on a whim. But one of his visits heralds the arrival of a deranged woman, who is to be housed secretly on the third floor of the house, only a couple of people are to know about her existence. There are few surprises in store as the plot has been mapped out in the original work, but it is nevertheless delightful to observe the storyline unfold with ease and precision.

A care programme for the mad woman in the attic is devised and gradually her histrionics subside â only to be inflamed when Mr Rochester happens upon her. Clearly there is some connection between the two people, which of course manifests as the book unfolds.

The house is a haven for waifs and strays and Alice Fairfax also soon arrives at Thornfield Hall, but again a question mark hangs over her head. What his her connection with Mr Rochester? Soon, Jane Eyre â âa woman with a âcentral core of tempered steelâ â is employed as her tutor and any encounters with her employer are well supervised, and yetâ.

Nuptials are soon announced, but all hell breaks loose and the story turns from a pleasing amble into a frantic gallop towards the end. The end can feel a little crowded and frantic, when suddenly, to crown everything, a fire changes the lives of many. Overall this is a good and engrossing read.

In the photo, we chose to set our copy of the book against the backdrop of The National Trust property Seaton Delaval Hall (its actual setting a little further North, in Northumberland) because that grand house, too, suffered a major fire in 1822, a date not far off the tragedy that took place in Thornfield Hall. It is here that one can imagine life above and below stairs as portrayed in the novel.

And finally to the cover of our copyâ.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Galleon

Author: Dudley Pope

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs

Language: English

Release date: 01-30-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

As England falls under a blanket of peace with the restoration of Charles II, in distant Jamaica all is not well. Though there is peace with Spain, there is no peace "beyond the line". It seems that the West Indies have become the private estate of the King of Spain. But Ned Yorke, Admiral of the Brethren and leader of the Buccaneers will not kowtow to the new Governor in Jamaica who is bent on weakening the Islands defences and destroying its currency. The Buccaneers must not remain idle. The third in a series set in the Caribbean, Dudley Pope reveals a masterful plot of subtle, seafaring lore wound around the tense excitement of adventure on the high seas.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Corsair

Author: Dudley Pope

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-30-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the 1660s Jamaica was an uneasy island, occupied by Spain but settled by the English and French. When Admiral of the Brethren, Ned Yorke, a brave, loyal Buccaneer, learns that Spain is mounting a Caribbean fleet perhaps to protect the treasures of Spanish ships, or carry an army to Jamaica, he vows to find out the truth. Yorkes audacious attacks on Spanish camps reveal all and the Buccaneers must fight a bloody, desperate battle to try and hinder them.

Members Reviews:

Great Series by the Author of "Ramage"

When reading the Ramage series I came on this offering and had to have them. For folks who only know what TV provides on the origin of the buccaneers of the Caribbean, these books are a super enjoyable learning tool! Be sure to get them in order!

This is the last of the Ned Yorke buccaneer series and not the best.

Kind of trite and predictable. Ned Yorke is not a Nicholas Ramage for sure. This is the last of the Ned Yorke buccaneer series and not the best.

accurate nautical historical fiction

Historical story of survival in early Caribbean settlement of the islands. Well told and enjoyable to read.

Great book!

A truly great read and worth every penny! I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys naval and historical fiction!

Four Stars

well crafted

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: The Story of Land and Sea

Author: Katy Simpson Smith

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A lyrical and spellbinding story of love, loss, and war from a standout new voice in fiction. Katy Simpson Smith has already been acclaimed as an "heir apparent to to Michael Ondaatje and Marilynne Robinson".

August 1793. On the hot, humid coast of North Carolina, nine-year-old Tabitha fills her pockets with fish bones and shells, to bring the ocean back to her room. The act, perhaps, of a child conceived at sea.

At night young Tab sits with her father by the shore to hear stories of her mother, Helen, the pull of the ocean born into them both. John longs to sail the sea as he did before the war but knows he must stay on steady land for his daughter. But when Tab catches yellow fever, John turns to what he knows and steals her onto a boat bound for Bermuda in the hope the sea air will cure her, as Tab's precious life hangs in the balance.

The same coast twenty years earlier, and Helen is given a slave girl for her tenth birthday. Moll's arrival is intended to teach Helen discipline, but soon the girls are confidantes, an unlikely alliance. It's an enduring friendship until the arrival of John, a pirate turned soldier. And as the town is threatened in the dying embers of the Revolution, Helen must decide between a life of security on the family plantation and a sea adventure with the man she loves.

Critic Reviews:

"Pure pleasurethe best novel I've read all year." (Anita Shreve)

"A wonderful novel of heartbreaking grief but also of redemptive hope. In high but warranted praise it very much evoked Marilynne Robinson's acclaimed GILEAD." (Chicago Tribune Editor's Pick)

"Poignant and intensely lyrical."

(New York Times Book Reviews)

"Smith's soulful language of loss is almost biblical, and the descriptions of her characters' sorrows are poetic and moving." (Publishers Weekly)

"From the start, Ms. Smith's spare, rhythmic prose captivates Her refusal to serve up false redemption is admirable." (New York Times)

"Smith has a real gift for describing both hope and despairshe is absolutely a writer to watch." (NPR)

"Among the most assured debut novels in recent memory, it heralds the birth of a major new talent." (Vogue)

"Astonishingly relatable characters" (Huffington Post)

Members Reviews:

Meh.

Read for a book club - rather boring and depressing. The end left one wondering about the rest of the story - not the same as eagerly awaiting the sequel.

As the love stories of Helen

At first there was a slow start that gave the book an undertone of hopelessness and despair. As the love stories of Helen, Moll, John and Asa emerge, the novel blooms and it is hard to put down. Each story entwines with the other into a tale of hope set against the background of a new country also trying to start again. The prose blends themes of loss, slavery, poverty and riches together with the unknown of the land and the mystery of the sea resulting on a story that leaves the reader pondering on its characters long after the book is read.

Almost too much so for my taste as the loss after loss of young life almost made it hard to enjoy the lilting prose

Magnificently written, but a harsh, harsh story. Almost too much so for my taste as the loss after loss of young life almost made it hard to enjoy the lilting prose.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Buccaneer

Author: Dudley Pope

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

It is the 1650s, and Spain considers the Caribbean its own private sea, but England, Holland, and France conspire to battle for freedom on the oceans. Set in days littered with the plunder of piracy, Ned Yorke, a loyal royalist living in Barbados, has a small vessel and devoted crew, and together they sail, hunted by roundheads and Spaniards, determined to pay whatever the price for freedom from tyranny. What transpires is a colorful, dramatic retelling of historical events surrounding the capture of Jamaica and the infamous raid on Santiago.

Members Reviews:

Great Series by the Author of "Ramage"

When reading the Ramage series I came on this offering and had to have them. For folks who only know what TV provides on the origin of the buccaneers of the Caribbean, these books are a super enjoyable learning tool! Be sure to get them in order!

Glad I found this book

Very enjoyable read. Obviously the author spent time researching the history of the era. I learned much of both England's history (Cromwell's attempted overthrow) and the Caribbean at the time. The author does a credible job of 'painting a picture' of the people, ships and circumstances.

There are a few rough spots. but they are thankfully short lived and don't distract from the overall story.

If you have any interest in that era (mid 1700's) and England or the Caribbean, you will enjoy this story.

Five Stars

Good transaction and a good book!

Great read, looking forward to reading the next three ...

Great read, looking forward to reading the next three books in the series. Dudley Pope is one of my favorite

Aurthors for great nautical adventures.

Great book!

A truly great read and worth every penny! I highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys naval and historical fiction!

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free.

Title: Far From Home: The sisters of Street Child (Street Child)

Author: Berlie Doherty

Narrator: Karina Fernandez

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-29-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The sisters of Street Child tell their story

A companion novel to the best-selling story of Victorian orphan Jim Jarvis, based on the founding of Dr. Barnardo's homes for children.

When Jim Jarvis is separated from his sisters, Lizzie and Emily, he thinks he will never see them again. Now for the first time, the best-selling author of Street Child reveals what happened to his orphaned sisters.

In Victorian London Lizzie and Emily are left in the care of a cook, but their story takes them to the mills of Northern England. There, under the keen eyes of the mill owners, the girls are made to work in harsh conditions, and any chance of escape is sorely tempting

An incredible new Street Child story based on the true experiences of Victorian mill girls.

Members Reviews:

amazing

Amazing brilliant exiting epic cool sad funny cliffhanger. Fabulous lovely gripping have to read it though it only has one main bit but still fab