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Title: The King's Exile: (Thomas Hill 2)

Series: #2 of Thomas Hill Novels

Author: Andrew Swanston

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 46 minutes

Release date: June 18, 2015

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Spring, 1648. When Thomas Hill, a bookseller living in rural Hampshire, publishes a political pamphlet he has little idea of the trouble that will follow. He is quickly arrested, forced on a boat to Barbados and condemned to life as a slave to two of the island’s most notoriously violent brothers. In England war has erupted again, with London under threat of attack. When news of the king’s execution reaches the island, political stability is threatened and a fleet commanded by Sir George Ayscue arrives to take control of the island for Cromwell. The threat of violence increases. Thomas finds himself witness to abuse, poison, rape and savage brutality. When a coded message from Ayscue to a sympathiser on the island is intercepted, Thomas is asked to decipher it. A disastrous battle seems inevitable. But nothing turns out as planned. And as the death toll mounts, the escape Thomas has been relying on seems ever more unlikely…

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Title: The King's Spy: (Thomas Hill 1)

Series: #1 of Thomas Hill Novels

Author: Andrew Swanston

Narrator: David Thorpe

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 30 minutes

Release date: June 18, 2015

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Summer, 1643 England is at war with itself. King Charles I has fled London, his negotiations with Parliament in tatters. The country is consumed by bloodshed. For Thomas Hill, a man of letters quietly running a bookshop in the rural town of Romsey, knowledge of the war is limited to the rumours that reach the local inn. When a stranger knocks on his door one night and informs him that the king's cryptographer has died, everything changes. Aware of Thomas's background as a mathematician and his expertise in codes and ciphers, the king has summoned him to his court in Oxford. On arrival, Thomas soon discovers that nothing at court is straightforward. There is evidence of a traitor in their midst. Brutal murder follows brutal murder. And when a vital message encrypted with a notoriously unbreakable code is intercepted, he must decipher it to reveal the king's betrayer and prevent the violent death that failure will surely bring.

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Title: A God in Ruins

Series: #2 of Todd Family

Author: Kate Atkinson

Narrator: Alex Jennings

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 16 hours 25 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2015

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.2 of Total 5

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Kate Atkinson’s dazzling Life After Life, one of the top selling adult books of 2014, explored the possibility of infinite chances, as Ursula Todd lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. In A God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula’s beloved younger brother Teddy – would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband and father – as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. A God in Ruins is a masterful companion to Life After Life, and will prove once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.

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Title: The Silversmith's Wife

Author: Sophia Tobin

Narrator: Christine Mackie

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Release date: April 23, 2015

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Stunning historical fiction, perfect for fans of Tracy Chevalier. The year is 1792 and it's winter in Berkeley Square. As the city sleeps, the night-watchman keeps a cautious eye over the streets and another eye in the back doors of the great and the good. Then one fateful night he comes across the body of Pierre Renard, the eponymous silversmith, lying dead, his throat cut and his valuables missing. It could be common theft, committed by one of the many villains who stalk the square, but as news of the murder spreads, it soon becomes clear that Renard had more than a few enemies, all with their own secrets to hide. At the centre of this web is Mary, the silversmith's wife. Ostensibly theirs was an excellent pairing, but behind closed doors their relationship was a dark and at times sadistic one and when we meet her, Mary is withdrawn and weak, haunted by her past and near-mad with guilt. Will she attain the redemption she seeks and what, exactly, does she need redemption for…? Rich, intricate and beautifully told, this is a story of murder, love and buried secrets.

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Title: Eagles at War

Series: #1 of Eagles of Rome

Author: Ben Kane

Narrator: David Rintoul

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 13 hours 59 minutes

Release date: April 23, 2015

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.71 of Total 14

Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 6

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

BASED ON REAL HISTORICAL EVENTS A TIME FOR VENGEANCE AD 9, German frontier: Close to the Rhine, a Roman centurion, Lucius Tullus, prepares to take his soldiers on patrol. On the opposite side of the river, German tribes are resentful of the harsh taxes about to be imposed upon them. Suspicious that there might be unrest, Tullus knows that his men's survival will be determined not just by their training and discipline, but by his leadership. A TIME FOR WAR What neither Tullus nor his commander, Governor Varus, realise is that ranged against them is the charismatic chieftain and trusted ally of Rome, Arminius, who has long been plotting to drive the Romans from the tribal lands east of the Rhine. A TIME TO DIE As Varus’ legions prepare to leave their summer encampment, thousands of warriors – directed by Arminius – are massing nearby. Eager to throw off the Roman yoke, the tribesmen prepare a deadly ambush. Only the gods can save the Romans now...

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Title: Burger’s Daughter

Author: Nadine Gordimer

Narrator: Wanda McCaddon

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Release date: March 24, 2015

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

In Burger's Daughter, Nobel Prize winner Nadine Gordimer uses a coming-of-age story to explore the complicated political circumstances of modern South Africa. Rosa Burger is a white South African woman in her early twenties trying to uphold the political heritage handed on by her martyred parents while carving out a sense of self. Cast in the revolutionary mold, the only survivor of a family known for their anti-apartheid beliefs and practices, Rosa is under the watch of the government and the rebels alike, all of whom seem to have great expectations of her. A quiet, private person, Rosa herself is more concerned with introspection and with trying to understand her identity and her political climate in her own way. Through her journey, the journey of a nation comes to light.

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Title: A Place Called Home

Author: Dilly Court

Narrator: Willow Nash

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 12 hours 8 minutes

Release date: March 19, 2015

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The wonderfully nostalgic and heartwarming new novel from the Sunday Times Top Ten bestselling author of The Beggar Maid. Born out of wedlock when her mother was only fourteen, Lucy Pocket has spent all her life in the care of her disreputable but charming grandmother, Eva. They dodge from one poor lodging house to another, always in debt and resorting to theft in order to exist. Until her wealthy paternal grandfather buys her from Eva, determined to bring Lucy up to be a lady. When her grandfather dies, his despicable nephew cheats Lucy out of her inheritance, except for a run-down lodging house in Whitechapel, where she is forced to look after his three illegitimate children. Jilted by her would-be fiancé, Lucy is determined to make a life for herself and the children, and to search for her long lost grandmother, creating the family she has always longed for.

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Title: Hellfire: (Jack Tanner: book 4): an all-action, guns-blazing action thriller set at the height of WW2

Series: #4 of Jack Tanner

Author: James Holland

Narrator: Saul Reichlin

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 17 hours 51 minutes

Release date: January 15, 2015

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.67 of Total 3

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

This rip-roaring, high-octane wartime thriller from bestselling author and historian James Holland will keep you on the edge of your seat from first to last. Perfect for fans of Robert Harris, Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett. 'Has all the pace of the previous three, and is bang on form' -- Daily Mail 'A 'cannot put down' read which is thoroughly enjoyable' -- ***** Reader review 'Gripping' -- ***** Reader review 'What a terrific read!' -- ***** Reader review 'A perfect bit of escapism, couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************** North Africa, 1942: THE DESERT FOX IS SET TO CRUSH THE ALLIES... The desert war hangs in the balance. When the commander of the Eighth Army, General Gott, is killed, it's clear that foul play is at work. An impenetrable Axis spy circuit is compromising any hope the Allies have of stemming the Nazi tide. After a period recovering from wounds in a Cairo hospital, Jack Tanner and his trusty sidekick Sykes are recruited to work behind the Axis lines in a desperate attempt to fight back. But the murky world of deceit and murder they find themselves in is a million miles away from the certainties of the battlefield. Somehow they must discover who they can trust in the cat-and-mouse world of counter-espionage before it's too late... Jack Tanner's adventures conclude in The Devil's Pact.

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Title: Sanctuary

Author: Robert Edric

Narrator: Mark Meadows

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 55 minutes

Release date: December 4, 2014

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Haworth, West Yorkshire, 1848. Branwell Brontë - unexhibited artist, unacknowledged writer, sacked railwayman, disgraced tutor and spurned lover -finds himself unhappily back in Haworth Parsonage, to face the crushing disappointment of his father and his three sisters, whose own pseudonymous successes - allegedly kept secret from him – are only just becoming apparent. With his health failing rapidly, his literary aspirations abandoned and his once loyal circle of friends shrinking fast, Branwell lives in a world of secrets, conspiracies and seemingly endless betrayals. To restore himself to a creative and fulfilling existence in the face of an increasingly claustrophobic environment, he returns to the drugs, alcohol and the morbid self-delusion which have already played such a large part in his unhappy life. Sanctuary is a lacerating and moving portrait of self-destruction. In it, Robert Edric has reimagined the final months of one of the great bystanders of literary history, and, in so doing, has shone a penetrating light on one of the most celebrated and perennially fascinating families in our creative history.

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Title: A Loving Family

Author: Dilly Court

Narrator: Penelope Freeman

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 11 hours 54 minutes

Release date: November 6, 2014

Genres: Historical

Publisher's Summary:

She longed to be reunited with her family. The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Workhouse Girl. Eleven-year-old Stella Barry is forced into service when her family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister behind, Stella goes to a big country house outside London. When she returns home one Sunday, she discovers they have disappeared. Thrown out of their lodgings, no one knows where they have gone. Seven years later it looks likely Stella will soon become Cook. But circumstances compel her to flee with no references and only a few personal possessions to her name. She has never forgotten her loving family and is determined to find out what happened to them – once and for all.