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Title: A Dead Man in Deptford

Author: Anthony Burgess

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 8 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A Dead Man in Deptford re-imagines the riotous life and suspicious death of Christopher Marlowe.

Poet, lover, and spy, Marlowe must negotiate the pressures placed upon him by theatre, Queen, and country.

Burgess brings this dazzling figure to life and pungently evokes Elizabethan England.

Critic Reviews:

"One of the most productive, imaginative and risk-taking of writers... It is a clever, sexually explicit, fast-moving, full blooded yarn" (Irish Times)

Members Reviews:

Dull and uninspiring

This book is without interest. From the start it fails to engage. The characterisation and construction are poor and very amateurish.

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Title: Always and Forever

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Cynthia Freeman

Narrator: Analysa Gregory

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-19-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

This luminous novel by New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Freeman weaves a vivid tapestry of war, family, and a love that transcends the ravages of time.

When Brooklyn-born Barnard graduate Kathy Ross travels to post-World War II Berlin to help displaced refugees, she never expects to fall instantly, irrevocably in love. But David Kohn, a young American physician, is tormented by the deaths of his parents in the Holocaust, and uncertain about the future. Kathy impulsively marries David's cousin Phil - a decision that will have far-reaching consequences for everyone involved. The charismatic heir apparent to a fur empire, Phil gives Kathy everything she could ever want, including a cherished son. But through the years - even as she forges her own career - Kathy is haunted by her yearning for the one man she can't forget.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

I love all Cynthia Freeman's books, she is definitely my favorite author

Good read

The book had a little bit of everything...history, relationships, business, and women's issues of the 1950s. It was a nice mixture and ell written.

Five Stars

Love her writing and her books.

Always and Forever

Very enjoyable reading. It has a few very clever twists and it was very easy to immerse yourself in the story. I highly recommend it.

They are an excellent family saga

Although the author died many years ago, her books will live on. They are an excellent family saga, makes you think your own family is pretty much OK.

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Titel: Der Schamane (Familie Cole 2)

Autor:: Noah Gordon

Erzähler: Frank Arnold

Format: Unabridged

Spieldauer: 23 hrs and 52 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 11-08-14

Herausgeber: Random House Audio, Deutschland

Bewertung: 4.5 von 5 von 6 Stimmen

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Robert Jeremy Cole, der Nachfahre des legendären Medicus, findet in der Neuen Welt als Schafzüchter und Arzt sein Glück, doch er lernt auch die Schattenseiten des jungen Amerika kennen: Indianerhass, Sklavenwirtschaft und Bürgerkrieg. Als er vom Stamm der Sauks Land kauft, lernt er die Priesterin und Medizinfrau Makwa-ikwa kennen. Sie weiht ihn in das wertvolle Wissen über die heilenden Kräfte der Natur ein und wird ihm eine unentbehrliche Helferin. Bald jedoch fällt sie einem grässlichen Verbrechen zum Opfer und der beginnende Bürgerkrieg bedroht das geordnete Leben Coles.

Nach den Erfolgen von "Der Medicus" und "Der Medicus von Saragossa" nun das dritte große Historiengemälde von Noah Gordon als Hörbuch.

©2014 Heyne TB. Übersetzung von Klaus Berr (P)2014 Random House Audio

Mitglieder Bewertungen:

A very interesting historical novel about an immigrant doctor to the US during the era of the Civil War

Noah Gordon has written at least two books about the Doctors Cole. "Der Medicus" was the first one. He seems to base their knowledge of medicine to fit the era in which they were living. I love how he weaves the story line into the historical events of the time. I have this book twice, "Der Medicus" three times. There is always something new to learn, enjoy, think about, which is my way of rating a book that I like.

Spitzenbuch

Ich liebe die Bücher von Noah Gordon. Eine Trilogie und man sollte sie alle lesen! Spannend von der ersten bis zur letzten Seite. Man wird in eine andere Welt transportiert, lernt viel über andere Zivilisationen und Religion. Dieses Buch verzaubert.

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Title: Heartstone

Subtitle: Shardlake, Book 5

Author: C. J. Sansom

Narrator: Steven Crossley

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-23-14

Publisher: Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Shardlake goes to war...

Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel . . .Meanwhile, Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr.

Asked to investigate claims of monstrous wrongs' committed against his young ward, Hugh Curteys, by Sir Nicholas Hobbey, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth. There, Shardlake also intends to investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. Once in Portsmouth, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in a city preparing for war.

The mysteries surrounding the Hobbey family and the events that destroyed Ellen's family nineteen years before, involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend and an old enemy close to the throne. Soon events will converge on board one of the king's great warships gathered in Portsmouth harbour, waiting to sail out and confront the approaching French fleet. . .

Members Reviews:

A Dark and Enthralling blend of fact and fiction

What did you like most about Heartstone?

This is another of the Shardlake tales with its mixture of fiction set against a background of actual events that are blended seamlessly and engagingly.

This installment in the saga deals with gender issues and one of the great tragedies of British naval history: the loss of the Mary Rose. The account of the final hours of the vessel are harrowing and the reader feels there with Shardlake aboard the doomed vessel and her crew.Several narrative threads are brought together by the end of the novel and the story of Ellen, the woman confined in Bedlam is resolved.

While there is happiness for some characters there is deep tragedy for others and Matthew Shardlake finds himself confronting the seemingly invulnerable Richard Rich yet again.

The characters are fully rounded and the pace never falters. Highly recommended to lovers of fine fiction.

Have you listened to any of Steven Crossleys other performances? How does this one compare?

Steven Crossley's narration is excellent as he captures the male characters superbly, however, his attempts with the female characters are less successful, but perhaps it is setting expectations too high.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The book kept me enthralled from start to finish.

Any additional comments?

I can't wait to hear the next installment!

Stubborn Shardlake

I felt like shouting at Shardlake with this story (I've read them all) because he's so exasperating in his pursuit of an historic truth relating to a woman in Bedlam who thinks she loves him. Yeah, I know...sounds flimsy.

A few more things get thrown into the pot during this long tale but it does rather drag in places. Steven Crossley does his usual good job of narration but should, in my opinion, consult his dentist about the clacking sounds he makes from time to time. It's distracting but could be fixed.

I enjoy the escapist side of reading the Shardlake stories and the background historical detail is extremely good, but this isn't his best.

In fact, if you want the best of C.J.

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Title: A Painted House

Author: John Grisham

Narrator: David Lansbury

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-13-14

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September, 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless.

The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a "good crop".

Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that's never been painted. The Chandlers farm 80 acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it.

For six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and, sometimes, one another. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever.

A Painted House is a moving story of one boy's journey from innocence to experience.

Critic Reviews:

"...prose as clean and strong as any Grisham has yet laid downand a drop-dead evocation of a time and place that mark this novel as a classic slice of Americana." (Publishers Weekly)

Members Reviews:

did not enjoy the narrator

struggled to finish this book, not one of Gresham 's best and the narrator does it no good.

Great writer with great characters

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. Grisham is one of few great modern writers who maintains quality writing with many varied themes. Not just legal jurist themes but baseball, Italy or in this case a poor cotton farming family struggling through the picking season, divergent migrant and local hired hands and family differences. Many modern writers seem to get lazy with their success in writing-following old themes, well worn characters and shorter novels

What other book might you compare A Painted House to, and why?

Grapes of Wrath. Patiently builds characters of interest and depth to whom you have a genuine sympathy

Which character as performed by David Lansbury was your favourite?

The boy protagonist

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No - too big and rich-enjoyed coming back to it like an old friend

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Title: 1917 - A Short Story

Subtitle: In the Shadows

Author: Basil Sands

Narrator: Basil Sands

Format: Unabridged

Length: 29 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-26-14

Publisher: Sandman Production Studios of Alaska

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 3 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In the summer of 1914, the world erupted in what was at the time called The Great War. Machine guns, multi-ton bombs, poison gas, changed the face what war had been like for thousands of years. Rendered it a hell like nothing the world had ever seen. In a single battle, The Somme 1916, over a million soldiers were killed or wounded. By the time it ended four years and four months later more than 16 million people lay dead, empires collapsed and national borders had been realigned. It was thought that after such inhumane cruelty and barbarity as was seen on the battlefields of France, Belgium, Turkey, and other lands spanning the globe, that the world had come its senses. That humanity had finally fought The War to End All Wars. A short generation later The War to End All Wars was renamed, World War One. Because mankind had apparently learned nothing.

This short story is not a history. It is not a precise representation of facts, places, dates, or large-scale events. It is merely the story of the First World War through the eyes of an innocent 19-year-old Canadian boy from the prairies of Alberta. He and the youthful soldiers with him had no concept of the scale of what they were involved in, no clue as to what lay in the heads of the generals and politicians that sent the orders down. He didn't read the newspapers, didn't philosophize on the meaning of it all. He had no "big picture" as the history books paint for us today. All he understood was that he had to obey his orders and stop the Hun. The only picture he saw was one of mud and sweat and rats and blood. He was a soldier whose orders had called his unit out of the comforts of Paris, and sent them to a field near a little Belgian town called Paschendale.

Members Reviews:

Heavy-hitting, yet very moving

What made the experience of listening to 1917 - A Short Story the most enjoyable?

Hearing the first-person perspective of the nameless soldier, recounting his terrifying experience on the front-line. This grounded the story and made it so real for the listener.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The nameless soldier, simply because he was the central character, and that we could relate to him.

Which character as performed by Basil Sands was your favorite?

Again, the nameless soldier. Basil's first-person narrative made him so engaging and he was very well portrayed.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes.

Any additional comments?

Very well-written and performed, yet it did have a tendency to go overboard at times. Not for the fainthearted this story, yet it pays its respects to the fallen heroes in moving fashion. Recommended.

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Title: Song of the Shank

Author: Jeffery Renard Allen

Narrator: Kevin R. Free

Format: Unabridged

Length: 21 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-30-14

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 11 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Song of the Shank is a novel loosely based on the life of Thomas Greene Wiggins, a 19th-century African American piano virtuoso and composer who performed under the stage name Blind Tom. Told through the eyes and minds of people who try to manipulate or use Tom for one reason or another, the novel is an imaginative meditation on issues of blindness, race, and the role and importance of art and critical thinking in our world today.

Members Reviews:

Superb reading of an awesome book.

Jeffery Renard Allen is a remarkably eloquent writer and his novel Blind Tom involves vivid characters in the chaotic times surrounding the Civil War. I, however, found his book hard to read because he didn't use quotation marks. But Kevin Free's reading was so well done, with excellent voices for the many colorful characters. This was a great partnership of a great writer and a great reader.

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Title: Lookout Hill

Subtitle: Ralph Cotton Western Series, Book 27

Author: Ralph Cotton

Narrator: George Guidall

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-30-14

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 14 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

One bad turn deserves another. Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack is deep in Old Mexico, tracking two of the most heinous outlaws it' s ever been his bad luck to track. Hodding "Hot Aces" Siebert and Bobby Hugh Bellibar have nine bank robberies, three train hijackings, and more than a dozen payroll raids to their names. And they' ve left an undertaker' s fortune in dead bodies all along the border country. But there is no honor among thieves. When the pair is caught in a tight spot, Bellibar turns on his old pal Siebert like a snake, sparking a blood feud that makes it even more dangerous for Burrack to bring them in - and nearly impossible for him to get out alive.

Members Reviews:

George Guidall is great story teller.

Enjoyed the story line. Believable without too much gore. Glad I listened to it. Ralph Cotton is one of my favorites

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Title: Gladiator

Subtitle: Sword of Rome, Book 3

Author: Richard Foreman

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 55 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Rome, 51 BC: The centurion Lucius Oppius has left the battlefields of Gaul to venture to Rome. But he is about to discover the capital of the Empire can be every bit as dangerous as its provinces.

Under orders from Caesar to secure an item of intelligence that will help him become a Consul again, Oppius is manipulated into taking part in a gladiatorial contest. The soldier must not only fight his enemies in the arena however. Marcus Porcius Cato warns "Caesars Champion" that victory inside the arena will bring death outside of it. Oppius soon discovers that while in Gaul your enemies stand before you in a shield wall, in Rome they stab you in the back.

Sword of Rome: Gladiator is an action-packed novella that takes you into the heart of Rome and into the crucible of gladiatorial combat. As well as facing death and treachery, Oppius and his legionaries will also encounter a young Octavius Caesar and Pompey the Great.

The Sword of Rome series brings together history and adventure in stories that will appeal to fans of both Simon Scarrow and Bernard Cornwell.

Members Reviews:

I just like to read a wide genre of a diverse

I am not a book critic or reviewer,I just like to read a wide genre of a diverse types

Three Stars

His poor grammar is very distracting. The story is okay, maybe a bit predictable.

Two Stars

ok story

Good read

This book was very entertaining.i enjoyed the action and the history.I found the story line dealing with the main characters very interesting.

A good quick read

As someone familiar with the general flow of Simon Scarrow's characters this is a pleasant if not short read. However does feel like a magazine short story that has been dressed up.

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Title: Rubicon

Subtitle: Sword of Rome, Book 4

Author: Richard Foreman

Narrator: Ric Jerrom

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 07-11-14

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Ravenna, 50 BC: Caesars forces stand upon the borders of Gaul and Italy. The prospect of a civil war grows ever likelier each day. But for the veteran soldier Lucius Oppius, this may be one conflict too far. With a new lover, he is tempted to end his long military career - and start a new life. But can any man truly be free of his past and who he is?

In Rome, Cicero attempts to secure a peace. Against him, a powerful faction in the Senate is bent upon destroying Caesar, for personal and political reasons. War hinges upon the will of Pompey, the only man capable of stopping Caesar. Caesar stands upon the banks of the Rubicon, an enemy of the state.

The die is cast. An empire will now be at war, spearheaded by the two great men of the age. And Lucius Oppius will be caught in the middle, unable to escape his fate.

Members Reviews:

Nice work

If you enjoy reading Roman history mixed with a great story you're going to like this book. Mr. Foreman has a touch and style that is easily amoung the best of the current field of established writers. The books have a very subtle way of pullig you into the story and before you know it you've read the whole book. Make sure you turn off the phone as when you begin reading you won't stop. A rare quality indeed.

JBG

Top stuff, as usual.

For a good look into the Roman military establishment and

Roman culture this can be highly recommended. Get it today, you won't be disappointed.

Very Tepid

This is a craftsman like product that fails to display what should be the hallmark of a historical novel and that it is that makes you "feel" the world you are entering. This could have occurred in any era, just change the names. Not bad, not exceptional just ok.

fantastic read for escape readers

The story line was very entertaining. I cant wait to read the rest of the series.. I recommend the book to any one who likes Caeser and Roman History.

couldn't hold my interest

I love Roman stories but this one couldn't hold my interest