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Titolo: Ben Hur

Autore: Lewis Wallace

Narratore: Silvia Cecchini

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 21 hrs and 14 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 05-12-16

Editore: Collina d'oro

Categoria: Fiction, Historical

Riepilogo Editore:

Questo romanzo storico scritto nel 1880 fu tradotto in varie lingue e pubblicato in tutto il mondo, finendo col vendere più di cinquanta milione di copie. L'autore, che nasce come giornalista e senatore dell'Indiana, scrisse poi due soli libri, raggiungendo con questo, un successo inaudito. Il libro ha ispirato un famoso colossal cinematografico. Traduzione di Monsignor Enrico Salvadori.

Cornice musicale: la colonna sonora del film del 1959.

© Dominio pubblico (P)2016 Silvia Cecchini

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Title: Madonna of the Seven Hills

Author: Jean Plaidy

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-01-16

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In a castle in the mountains outside Rome, Lucrezia Borgia is born into history's most notorious family. Her father, who is to become Pope Alexander VI, receives his first daughter warmly, and her brothers, Cesare and Giovanni, are devoted to her.

As Lucrezia matures into a beautiful young woman, her brothers are ever more protective and become fierce rivals for her attention. Amid glorious celebrations, their father becomes Pope, and shortly after Lucrezia is married - but as Borgias, the lives of the Pope's children are destined to be marred by scandal and tragedy, and it's a fate that Lucrezia cannot hope to escape....

Members Reviews:

Charming and Pleasant

Poor Lucrezia! Born into such a strong male-domineering Borgia family, she didn't stand a chance. To add insult to injury, she was saddled with the undeserved label of an incestuous poisoner. Before we discuss this book, "Madonna of the Seven Hills", it is helpful to know in advance that it is only the first book of a two books series about Lucrezia.

The author wisely warned us altri tempi, altri costumi: different times, different customs. Renaissance Vatican was notorious for being corrupt. Shortly after Alexander VI and Julius II, Leo X famously proclaimed upon being elected Pope in 1513, "God has given us the papacy. Let us enjoy it." It is a miracle that the Church survived.

All stories about the Borgia family must center around Rodrigo, Pope Alexander VI. As Cesare said, "All blessings flowed from him." As it was a very close-knit family, all their stories were interlinked. You can't talk about one without talking about the rest of them. So, even though this story is supposed to be about Lucrezia, it is really about the entire Borgia family. I am glad the author chose to stick closely to the already juicy history and resisted the temptation to show off her creativity by reinventing a new saga.

Rodrigo was a shrewd politician. He rose to the papacy by careful plotting and long term planning. As a Spaniard in a sea of Italians, he could trust only his family. Fortunately, being a priest and having children were not mutually exclusive at the time, and nepotism was the norm in any circle. He forced his oldest son Cesare to join the Church because he knew that's the source of real power (that's why every powerful family had a son in the Church) and appointed his middle son Giovanni to lead the papal army because even power needs military support. His daughter Lucrezia and youngest son Goffredo were pawns for political alliances to be married off as needs arose. Unfortunately, brilliant fathers always beget foolish sons. Giovanni got himself murdered after he humiliated himself at his one and only battle and Cesare left a promising career in the Church to become a mere condottieri. Sure enough, after Alexander died, without a powerful patron in the Church, the Borgia family fortune soon came crashing down.

As hygiene and food safety were unknown but sickness was rampant, poison was the generally accepted cause for any unexpected death, that's why anyone who's anyone always had a taster. A dagger in a dark alley was the easiest way to dispose of an enemy, that's why you had an entourage and bodyguards following you wherever you went. Bribery was how you do business and simony was the most convenient charge leveled at your enemies. Only a handful of popes were not tainted by it.

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Title: The Queen of the Night

Author: Alexander Chee

Narrator: Rachel Bavidge

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-28-16

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Queen of the Night by Alexander Chee, read by Rachel Bavidge.

Lilliet Berne is a sensation of the Paris Opera, a legendary soprano with every accolade except an original role. When one is finally offered to her, she realizes with alarm that the libretto is based on a hidden piece of her past.

Only four could have betrayed her: one is dead, one loves her still, one wants only to own her. And one, she hopes, never thinks of her at all.

As Lilliet mines her memories for clues, she recalls her life as an orphan who left the American frontier for Europe and was swept up into the glitzy, gritty world of Second Empire Paris. In order to survive, she transformed herself from circus rider to courtesan, from empress' maid to stage ingénue, all the while weaving a web of passion and intrigue. Will the truth secure Lillet's fate - or destroy her with the secrets it reveals?

Alexander Chee won a Whiting Award for his first novel, Edinburgh, and is a recipient of the NEA Fellowship in Fiction and residencies from the MacDowell Colony, Ledig House and Civitella Ranieri. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Book Review, Tin House and Slate and on NPR, among others, and he is a contributing editor at The New Republic. He lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews:

"Epic, gorgeous, haunting." (Hanya Yanagihara, Man Booker shortlisted author of A Little Life)

"Astonishing." (Karen Russell, New York Times best-selling author of Swamplandia)

"Luminous." (J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times best-selling author of Maine)

"Glittering." (Wall Street Journal)

"Epic." (Vogue)

"Lush and sweeping." (Publishers Weekly)

"Plotted like a fine embroidery." (NPR)

"Completely engrossing." (Library Journal)

"Richly researched, ornately plotted." (Kirkus)

"Dramatic, audacious and extravagant." (Chicago Review of Books)

Members Reviews:

Its a bit of a slog...

I went to this book thinking it would be exactly up my street being a fan of historical fiction in 1800's but... this was a disappointment. A lot of work and reasearch went in to the novel but all goes to waste when the plot is bland mellowdrama with an under developed cast of characters particular the protagonist who has no personality what so ever and 'The Tenor' who comes of a mustache twirling villian. Too long to be enjoyable fluff either.

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Title: Julian Fellowes's Belgravia Episode 2

Subtitle: A Chance Encounter

Author: Julian Fellowes

Narrator: Juliet Stevenson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 24 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-16

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

An invitation to afternoon tea results in some startling revelations.

Julian Fellowes's Belgravia is a story in 11 episodes published week by week in the tradition of Charles Dickens. Belgravia is the story of a secret. A secret that unravels behind the porticoed doors of London's grandest postcode. The story behind the secret will be revealed in weekly bite-sized instalments complete with twists and turns and cliffhanger endings.

Set in the 1840s, when the upper echelons of society began to rub shoulders with the emerging industrial nouveau riche, Belgravia is peopled by a rich cast of characters. But the story begins on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the Duchess of Richmond's now legendary ball, one family's life will change forever....

You can pre-order the full Belgravia series as a single audiobook.

Members Reviews:

Wonderful detailed story

Looking forward to more episodes and being Julian Fellows I'm sure they won't disappoint. Detailed and interesting characters.

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Title: Good Day for a Hanging

Subtitle: The Western Serial Killer Series 2

Author: Rita Hestand

Narrator: Todd Waites

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-14-16

Publisher: Rita Hestand

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

There'd been several killings in Melville. Unusual killings, no witnesses, no clues, and no suspects. Sheriff Jim Bonner was having a time trying to narrow his search down. He had no idea where to look, or what he might be looking for. The murder was so gruesome, so unexpected, neither him nor his deputy, Smitty Younger, knew where to start looking. Whoever was doing this to his peaceful town was clever and covered his tracks. So Jim set about setting a trap for the villain, because he had an eerie feeling this wouldn't be the last killing.

Members Reviews:

Much better than Book#1 & is written more in the Vaughan tradition...

I had a feeling when I read the first of the Remington books, "Red River Revenge" that it was just to whet your appetite as you get acquainted with Ned Remington. So right! Ned Remington is a U.S. Deputy Marshal under Judge Samuel Parkhurst Barnstall. Remington has Leroy Switcher under arrest for murder, rape & robbery & he's taking him back to Galena, Missouri after running him to ground in the Choctaw Nations. The two men who ran off with Switcher had vamoosed when Remington snagged Switcher & now Remington has an itch that won't quit. There's more than one way to skin a cat & these two cats have now used up their nine lives & are on their way to meet their maker thanks to Remington & much to the surprise of Switcher. Afterwards, Remington lets Switcher know in his own unique way that if there was any doubt about the outcome he would have blown Switcher's brains out before he would allow him to escape which quickly made a believer of Switcher & they proceed unmolested to Galena & Switcher's appointment with a hangman's noose & Remington's next assignment.

But it is never the end for Remington...until he finds the man or men who took the life of his beloved wife, Mary & thrust his daughter Katy into a world of silence, Ned Remington will go on searching & along the way, with Judge Barnstall's help, he will get justice for other innocents of the evil men in this world.

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Title: The Translation of Love

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Lynne Kutsukake

Narrator: Nancy Wu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-05-16

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

An emotionally gripping portrait of postwar Japan, where a newly repatriated girl must help a classmate find her missing sister.

Born and raised in Vancouver, 13-year-old Aya Shimamura is released from a Canadian internment camp only to be repatriated to Japan with her father, who was faced with an unsettling choice: move east of the Rocky Mountains or go back to Japan. With no hope of restitution and grieving the loss of Aya's mother during internment, her father feels there's nothing left for them in Canada and signs a form that enables the government to deport him.

But life in Tokyo is not much better. Aya's father struggles to find work, compromising his morals and toiling long hours. Aya, meanwhile, is something of a pariah at her school, bullied for being foreign and paralyzed when asked to communicate in Japanese. Aya's alienation is eventually mitigated by one of her principal tormentors, a willful girl named Fumi Tanaka, whose older sister has mysteriously disappeared.

When a rumor surfaces that Douglas MacArthur, who is overseeing the Allied occupation of Japan, sometimes helps citizens in need, Fumi enlists Aya to compose a letter asking the general to find her beloved sister. The letter is delivered into the reluctant hands of Corporal Matt Matsumoto, a Japanese American serving with the Allied forces, whose endless job is translating the thousands of letters MacArthur receives each week. Matt feels an affinity toward Fumi but is largely powerless, and the girls decide to take matters into their own hands, venturing into the dark and dangerous world of Tokyo's red-light district.

Told through rich, interlocking storylines, The Translation of Love mines a turbulent period to show how war irrevocably shapes the lives of the conquered - and yet the novel also allows for a poignant spark of resilience, friendship, and love that translates across cultures and borders to stunning effect.

Members Reviews:

A Beautifully Written And Moving Story

When I saw the title and read the blurb (back of the book), I immediately wanted to read it. I tend to be drawn to stories that focus on the human struggle and emotion, along with personal growth, and I believe this story illustrated that.

Though the story could be described as a collection of short stories intertwined with each other, the book had a common plot and theme, which was to find Fumiâs, one of the young school age girls in the story, older sister.

As Fumiâs mission became the focal point of the story, I began to understand how life in post war Japan had transformed peopleâs motivations. I also began to see the frustrations, many, especially the older generation, had due to a loss of culture and life before the war.

As others, such as Matt, the Japanese American soldier, and Kondo, Ayaâs and Fumiâs teacher, joined in the effort to locate Fumiâs sister, I learned about their struggles to relate to a changed world and make sense of it. I ended the book with the feeling of knowing that in the end, we as humans are all in the fight of life, the struggle of life, together, and though our backgrounds may differ, we share the commonality of wanted to make sense and survive in the world we live in.

I have no strong negatives for this story, other than there were a couple instances where I felt the story dragged a little.

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Titel: Die Siedler von Catan

Autor:: Rebecca Gablé

Erzähler: Detlef Bierstedt

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 7 hrs and 46 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 03-11-16

Herausgeber: Lübbe Audio

Bewertung: 4.5 von 5 von 2 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Nach Piratenüberfällen, einem Hungerwinter und einer gefahrvollen Überfahrt findet eine Dorfgemeinschaft aus dem hohen Norden auf Catan, der sagenhaften Insel ihres Göttervaters Odin, eine neue Heimat. Doch die veränderten Lebensverhältnisse führen zu Unfrieden; ein neuer Gott fordert die alte Ordnung heraus, und schließlich droht ein blutiger Bruderkrieg die Gemeinschaft zu entzweien...

©2016 Bastei Lübbe (P)2016 Lübbe Audio

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Title: Esther

Author: Norah Lofts

Narrator: Julia Franklin

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-01-16

Publisher: Soundings

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Ataxerxes, king of Persia, needed a wife. This powerful warrior lord picked the one girl who would have given anything to have been passed over - a Jewish scholar, Esther, from the back streets of his capital, Shushan.

To a king bored by the chattering of women wreathed in musky scents, this changeling was a breath of fresh air. But the new queen of Persia was lost in a world of protocol and soon lost her husband's favour. Esther's only hope to avert a holocaust was to risk her own life and go, uninvited, before a king who had already disposed of one unpopular wife.

Members Reviews:

Up to my 'Lofty' expectations

I love Norah Lofts books. They never leave accounts to the figment of one's imagination but there appears much research and credibility. I turned each page with interest and enjoyment knowing there is more excitement awaiting around the corner. Esther is a compelling biblical story and the ending was in accord with beliefs and left me feeling happy and inspired. Celine from Australia

fair

Rather slow-moving story, with bland characters. I enjoy other of Norah Lofts' books but not this one. Try Lovers All Untrue or The King's Concubine for, in my opinion, a better read by this author .

Excellent Story

I love everything I've ever read by Ms. Lofts. Well-researched and well developed characters and always a feminine take on history.

great Bible story/novel

Wonderfully written as only Nora Lofts can write. My second favorite to "How Far To Bethlehem" which I have read EVERY year at Christmas time for the last 20 years.

Very interesting book

Norah Lofts is the best storyteller I have ever read. This book, while not as good as How Far to Bethlem, is a great interpretation of a little known Bible story. Holds the interest of the read on every page.

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Title: The Last Raider

Author: Spencer Anderson

Narrator: Spencer Anderson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 02-25-16

Publisher: Spencer Anderson

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

It's 1994, and a downed navy pilot is held captive by a ruthless Serbian colonel. The White House will not authorize a rescue mission. The young pilot's grandfather, Carl Bridger, and three of his WWII bomber crew must fly Carl's restored and modified B-25 into enemy territory in a desperate all-out attempt to rescue his grandson.

Members Reviews:

Climb in the cockpit for ride of extraction

This book had a great interest to me because my late father flew behind the lines although never in great danger. This is a story of one man, his plane, friends and family coming together to do what our government refused to do. All for the sake of politics our government refused to go behind the lines to save the crew of a shot down plane, which included the man's son.

Entertaining and creative yet realistic!

Wow! That was fun to read. Exciting book from the first chapter. It was difficult to set down. Author used a "souped up" WW II AC as a focal point. into the early 90's. Thanks!

The book has a good, credible plot with interesting characters

The author is quite knowledgeable about aviation. The book has a good, credible plot with interesting characters. He describes scenes very well. Being a woman, it's not my genre, but most men will love this book, especially those who are older and know about WWII.

This is one great book

If you are a pilot, a vet, a father or grandfather, you must tread this book. One of the best adventure Stories of all time. I can't wait to see the movie. If you liked iron eagle, you will love Spencer Anderson's the last raider.

Loved this story!

A great story of dedication to family and American values. I enjoyed the characters and the writing. A really good read.

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Titre: L'inconnu du pont Notre-Dame (Les enquêtes de Nicolas Le Floch 13)

Auteur: Jean-François Parot

Narrateur: François d'Aubigny

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 10 hrs and 50 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 02-17-16

Éditeur: Audiolib

Evaluation: 4 sur 5 sur 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Une nouvelle aventure de Nicolas le Floch, très attendue! Avec sa maîtrise coutumière, Jean-François Parot conduit son héros au travers du dédale des pièges anglais montés contre Louis XVI mais aussi au cœur de son secret le plus intime : la révolution imminente n'est pas seulement celle qu'on connait.

1786. Le procès de l'affaire du collier touche à sa fin et déconsidère la reine. Le déficit du royaume exacerbe les rivalités politiques. Nicolas Le Floch est saisi par Le Noir, nouveau directeur de la Bibliothèque du roi, de la disparition d'un conservateur au cabinet des médailles. Quelle est l'identité du cadavre décapité découvert dans une maison démolie du Pont Notre-Dame ? Qu'augurent les informations concernant un complot anglais visant Louis XVI ?

Nicolas Le Floch éprouvera aussi le bouleversement de l'effarante révélation de ses origines. D'autres meurtres suivront au cours d'une minutieuse enquête qui conduira le commissaire au Châtelet dans le Paris des receleurs et des maisons de jeu et jusqu'à la rade de Cherbourg.

©2015 Éditions Jean-Claude Lattès (P)2015 Audiolib

Avis des membres:

Revolution is coming

I would have given the book five stars but the confession at the end was unrealistic. I am probably being too critical but the scientific part of my brain finds it unrealistic and implausible otherwise I thoroughly enjoyed this book as well as the entire collection.