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Title: De edsvorne

Author: Robert Low

Narrator: Torben Sekov

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-25-15

Publisher: AV Forlaget

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

ret er 965. Rygtet om en prgtig skat, der engang har tilhrt hunnerkongen Attila, er kommet den berygtede bestning - De Edsvorne - p skibet Fjordelgen for re. Med om bord er den unge Orm Bjrnedrber, der har svoret en ed for livet og nu str over for sit livs eventyr, da de drager af sted for at finde skatten.

Togtet udvikler sig til et nervepirrende kaplb med tiden, da Kong Harald og en skruppells katolsk munk ogs kaster sig ind i jagten. Munken er dog ikke ude efter selve skatten, men derimod Attilas magiske svrd, der iflge sagaerne blev smedet af det spyd, der drbte Den Hvide Kristus.

Sejlene er sat til et livsfarligt togt, der leder vikingerne ud p den dybe og forrderiske hvalvej mod hunnerkongen Attilas forbandede skat.

©2011 Cicero / Robert Low (P)2014 AV Forlaget

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Titel: Worte in meiner Hand

Autor:: Guinevere Glasfurd

Erzähler: Julia Nachtmann

Format: Abridged

Spieldauer: 8 hrs and 35 mins

Sprache: Deutsch

Veröffentlichungsdatum: 08-07-15

Herausgeber: HörbucHHamburg HHV GmbH

Kategorien: Fiction, Historical

Zusammenfassung des Herausgebers:

Amsterdam, 1640er Jahre. Helena Jans van der Strom arbeitet als Magd bei einem Buchhändler. Ein großes Glück für sie, denn sie kann lesen und schreiben.

Der neue Hausgast ihres Herrn fasziniert sie: Er arbeitet ununterbrochen und zieht viele Besucher an. Sein Name ist René Descartes und sie ist zu neugierig, um Distanz zu wahren.

Helenas Charme und ihr Wissensdurst beeindrucken ihn. Und so geschieht, was nicht sein darf: Sie verlieben sich - sie, Calvinistin und nur eine einfache Magd, er, Katholik und Europas aufstrebender Philosoph. Doch beide lassen sich vom vorherrschenden Standesdünkel des Goldenen Zeitalters in Holland nicht aufhalten.

©2015 Ullstein Buchverlage GmbH, Berlin. Übersetzung von Marion Balkenhol (P)2015 Hörbuch Hamburg HHV GmvH, Hamburg

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Title: Keane's Charge

Author: Iain Gale

Narrator: David Timson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-05-15

Publisher: Quercus

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The intrepid band of warriors, led by Captain James Keane, have been given their toughest job yet by Wellington.

Both the British and French armies have retreated from the old university city of Coimbra, leaving it in ruins, the inhabitants destitute and the houses full of wounded from all sides. Infiltrating the streets are the Spanish guerrilla fighters who may support either side, the local Portuguese determined to avenge the horrors inflicted upon their city and the rival spies and intelligence agents determined to find the book of ciphers, hidden in the famous library of Coimbra, guarded by a dissident Jesuit group.

James Keane and his men are sent into the midst of this not only to prevent the book falling into enemy hands but also to discover which of the guerrilla groups are to be trusted and supported by the British. But does this mean following their own plans, mostly concentrated on finding Massena's gold, over Wellington's orders?

James Keane and his band of brothers are a great creation and the story of a city in a warzone with no frontiers has remarkable echoes of other times.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

another great book.

A Gripping Historical Charge!

This delightful book is the 3rd volume of the excellent James Keane series.

The book contains a well documented historical note at the end of the book, with quite some clear explanations about certain military decisions and actions, while at the beginning of the book you'll find a well-drawn map of Portugal into which this story refers to.

Storytelling is of a very good quality, for the author has made it possible to let the tale flow in an exciting and enjoyable manner, while at the same time his characters are very believable and they come wonderful to life within this excellent story.

The tale itself is set in the year AD 1810, during the Peninsular War that was fought between Britain and France of the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

In this period of war General Wellington has to fight not only factions and in-fighting in Whitehall, but he has also a formidable enemy in Marshal Massena, who Wellington has to defeat if he wants to achieve his goal on Portuguese soil and fame in England and its Government.

Within this turmoil of this particular war, James Keane and his men have to infiltrate behind the lines of the enemy, before being able to supply General Wellington of the necessary intelligence to ensure him of the chance of that important victory over the French, while at the same time having to search and locate an invaluable book of ciphers in Coimbra.

And so James Keane and his men not only have to fight off different kind of factions, from either within or without, but also of layers of deceit and deceptions, whether they are spies or local fighters if they want to succeed in their mission by finding that invaluable book of ciphers without also getting distracted and involved by the trail of Massena's gold.

Surely recommended, for this book is really "A Gripping Historical Charge"!

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Title: Flaunting, Extravagant Queen

Author: Jean Plaidy

Narrator: Jilly Bond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-01-15

Publisher: Isis Publishing Ltd

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

At the age of 15, Marie Antoinette, beautiful and charming bride to the impotent Dauphin, is plunged into the intrigue of Versailles.

Frivolous and reckless, she flouts the strict and demanding etiquette of the glittering court and discovers the true nature of love, hate and jealousy. But the clouds of revolution are overhead, and Marie Antoinette, who wishes only to enjoy life, learns too late that the price of her enjoyment is very high...

Members Reviews:

i totally enjoyed this book.

Jean Plaidy should be famous. She's a fantastic writer. I've read 72 of her books so far. Yes, I am counting and blogging about it - http://bit.ly/18svseH .

It's not high brow literature but it's not trash either. It's probably on a high school reading level. As a middle aged urbanite with a graduate degree who reads The New Yorker, i thoroughly enjoyed it. It's gossip-y and drama-packed. A page turner. It kept me up all night 2 nights in a row - it messed with my sleeping schedule - because I could not stop reading it.

I confess that I never studied the french revolution in school. This book and the 2 before it in Plaidy's FR series have sparked my interest in it and I am doing some self-education on it.

Vive la France!

A great little read - and one more reason British authoress ...

A great little read - and one more reason British authoress Eleanor Hibbert (writing here as Jean Plaidy) sold over 100 million books in 20 languages.

Five Stars

Good book!

Are the most tragic figures the only ones remembered?

Poor Marie Antoinette! She was the wrong person in the wrong place in the wrong time. She grew up in the virtuous court of the Hapsburgs and married into that of scandalous France. There, she found a shy husband, admirers, but mostly enemies. Eventually, the King died, and she and Louis became rulers of France. The people were ready to admire the new king and queen, especially when the new rulers declared France would be great. Fueled by power hungry men and women, the people's love soon turned to hate as the people' became poorer and the aristocracy followed Marie Antoinette's lead and became more extravagant. She didn't understand how her foolishness would lead to downfall until it was too late. Things spiraled out of control, and before they knew it, the royal family was prisoners in the hands of their own subjects. And everyone knows the fate of Marie Antoinette after this: the guillotine.

While I was reading this book, I was impatient to finish it, because I wanted to read another one. Even under these circumstances, Jean Plaidy's work never ceased to lose its richness. She is a great author, even to the impatient reader.

Good!

This historical novel about Marie Antoinette is very enjoyable. I picked up the book being interested in Marie Antoinette and looking to find out more about her life. The book follows her from the time her wedding to Louis XVI is announced to her death. It is well written with a good pace. It shows well the different sides of her personality and how while she was obviously disconnected from the reality, at the end of her life she remained a humble yet proud person.

I recommend this book to anyone wanting to familiarize themselves with the life of Marie Antoinette and who look for a historically acurate yet enterntaining account of her life.

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Title: Den rde dronning

Author: Philippa Gregory

Narrator: Jette Mechlenburg

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-31-15

Publisher: AV Forlaget

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Som trettenrig, enke og mor til en lille dreng er Margaret Beaufort af huset Lancaster fast besluttet p at vende sit ensomme liv til triumf. Med koldhjertet beslutsomhed infiltrerer hun mod huset York for at underminere kongen og sikre, at hendes eneste sn, Henrik Tudor, kan indtage tronen som Englands konge. En urokkelig tro p, at huset Lancaster af Gud er bestemt til at bre kronen, og en stlsat vilje skal fre hende til sejr.

Philippa Gregory bringer i dette andet bind om Rosekrigene endnu en strk, passioneret og kynisk kvinde til live. En kvinde, der insisterer p sin plads i historien og sin gudfrygtige ret til at forme den til egen slgts vinding.

©2011 Cicero / Philippa Gregory (P)2014 AV Forlaget

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Title: Daughter of the House

Author: Rosie Thomas

Narrator: Lucy Price-Lewis

Format: Unabridged

Length: 14 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-30-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The sequel to the stunning novel The Illusionists, from the best-selling author of The Kashmir Shawl.

Born into a theatrical background, Nancy Wix is not a woman to be held back by family or class. At a young age, she discovers clairvoyant abilities that will change her whole life - from a boating accident that leaves three strangers dead to visions of the Great War to come, Nancy strives to change her fate.

When she meets an enigmatic and handsome young man, an opportunity arises to escape the life she seems destined to lead - but can she rely on a man who leads a double life, or must she look inside herself to break free?

Daughter of the House is a superb slice of early 20th-century life, from prewar suffragette movement through the shell-shocked suffering of post-war Britain through the age of spiritualism, the roaring '20s and beyond.

Members Reviews:

A strange blend of genres

Daughter of the House continues the tale of Devil and Eliza, stage illusionists and owners of the illustrious Palmyra theatre in turn of the century London (the first part of their story can be found in The Illusionists). Daughter of the House focuses on the life of their daughter Nancy, as she grows up on the outskirts of polite society due to the family profession, sought after by men of means as a partner due to her wit and character, but never as a wife.

Although Nancy's love interests are a main focus of the novel, in a similar way to The Illusionists the book seems to straddle several genres - romance, period piece, supernatural. It is the last aspect which is developed far more in this novel than the first, where Devil dismisses mediums and spirits as trickery. In this novel, Nancy is found to have the gift, and uses this to become a successful stage medium, though sometimes with tragic consequences.

The novel begins with a shocking accident which impacts on events throughout the rest of the novel and threatens to cause great harm to the protagonist as those affected seek to use Nancy to reach out to their lost loved ones. Alongside these sinister events, Nancy's relationships provide the other main story strand.

Although I enjoyed the novel, there was a definite feeling at the end that the story was unfinished, leaving the listener a little dissatisfied. Neither aspect of Nancy's life feels resolved, so I assume a third novel will be forthcoming!

Fabulous!

I have read everything written by Rosie Thomas and have not been disappointed by her two latest novels - read The Illusionists before Daughter of the House as they are sequential. The setting of late nineteenth and early twentieth century theatrical London is absolutely authentic and the characters interesting and engaging. I hope there may be a third story to come! (The narrator is superb too!)

entertaining and well written

the story drew you in and the characters were generally well drawn. the uncanny was represented well without hyperbole. an unusual novel.

The reluctant medium

Set in the early part of the 20th century - starting before WWI and ending prior WW2 this is a book that explores the disappearing world of variety (something that I've always found somewhat sad), emerging women's rights and spiritualism. I found it quite hard to get involved with the story at the very beginning but by the time chapter 2 came I was hooked - and was very sad to have to say goodbye to the characters at the end.

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Title: At The Ruin of the World

Author: John Henry Clay

Narrator: Lee Maxwell Simpson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-15

Publisher: Whole Story AudioBooks

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

AD 448. The Roman Empire is crumbling. The Emperor is weak. Politicians scheme, and ambitious generals vie for power. Then, from the depths of Germany arises an even darker threat: Attila, King of the Huns, determined to crush Rome once and for all.

In a time of danger and deception, three young people dream that Rome can be made great once more. But they find themselves forced to survive in a world more deadly than any of them could have imagined.

Members Reviews:

Entertaining and slightly educational

Any additional comments?

This is a historical novel set mostly in Gaul in the fifth century when the western empire of Rome was collapsing. It gives a very good feel for the politics of the decline. It also feels authentic in the details of Roman life as well as the wider historical context.

The dialogue at times has a hint of juvenility about it, the characters are largely black and white, and the behaviour of the leaders and generals is driven rather more by talk of "honour" than I suspect one would have seen in real Romans. All of this creates a feeling of a teenage or young adult novel. Taking it in that spirit, I read with enthusiasm and enjoyed it from beginning to end.

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Title: The Fugitive

Author: Robert L. Fish

Narrator: Joel Richards

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 hrs and 54 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-20-15

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A Holocaust survivor fights a Nazi conspiracy in the jungles of Brazil. In 1939, Erick Von Roesler was spreading Hitler's gospel in Brazil when duty to the Reich called him home. He distinguished himself during the war, organizing slave labor camps, overseeing executions, and manning the gas chambers of Buchenwald, but in 1945 he felt it necessary to leave the land of his birth. His enthusiasm for the German cause undimmed, he returned to South America to remake the continent in the image of the fallen Reich. For help, he called on Hans Busch, a master propagandist who came south from New York with $2 million earmarked for the Nazi revival. But this squat, unkempt, little man was not the Nazi he claimed to be. Hans Busch was merely a nom de guerre for Holocaust survivor Ari Schoenberg, who had come to take his revenge. With the help of Interpol's José Da Silva, he would dismantle the new Reich from the inside out.

Members Reviews:

A richly imagined and suspenseful tale by one of our masters...

Many Nazis escaped following World War II â but where? South America seemed like a good bet â Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil â and there the Nazis, feeling safe, began planning the rise of their Nazi party.

But how to find them? A secret Jewish organization has created a anti-Semitic propagandist â really, a former death camp inmate, and thinking that the main part of the soon to be new Nazi party was based in Brazil, sent him there with â supposedly â two million dollars â money the Nazis needed to make their cause known.

Ari, the former death camp inmate, arrives in Brazil, and there follows, as only Robert Fish could imagine, a complicated set of adventures shadowed by Captain Jose da Silva.

This is a richly imagined and suspenseful tale based on the Nazi hunters following the Second World War â a tale not to be missed â and a warning to those who think they can escape from their brutal past.

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Title: The Lion of Mistra

Author: James Heneage

Narrator: Lee Maxwell Simpson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 16 hrs and 10 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-17-15

Publisher: Quercus

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

The Lion of Mistra is the third in this epic historical series, shaped by the quest for a powerful relic which could save the endangered Byzantine Empire. It's a different world.

Bayezid, leader of the Ottomans, is dead; his heirs, Suleyman and Mehmed, are at war with each other; and the dread Tamerlane, who was on the brink of invading China, is also dead. Luke is now pushed into the role of protector of Mistra. He is determined to create a strong defence for his remaining region of Byzantium and so decides to build a great wall across the land.

For this he will need to utilise the fighting skills of his Varangians, both as the base for his army but even more to become a money-raising mercenary troop. And funds for the great wall will drive Luke to at last discover and use the power of the legendary and long-hidden Varangian treasure.

Members Reviews:

Five Stars

Excellent !

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Title: The Double Life of Mistress Kit Kavanagh

Author: Marina Fiorato

Narrator: Deirdre O'Connell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-16-15

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Of all the dangers that she faced, the greatest was discovery.

Dublin 1702....and Irish beauty Kit Kavanagh has everything she could want in life. Newly married, she runs a successful alehouse with her beloved husband, Richard. The wars that rage in Europe over the Spanish throne seem a world away. But everything changes on the night that Richard simply disappears.

Finding the queen's shilling at the bottom of Richard's tankard, Kit realizes that her husband has been taken for a soldier. Kit follows Richard's trail across the battlefields of Italy in the duke of Marlborough's regiment. Living as a man, risking her life in battle, she forms a close bond with her wry and handsome commanding officer, Captain Ross. When she is forced to flee the regiment following a duel, she evades capture by dressing once more as a woman.

But the war is not over for Kit. Her beauty catches the eye of the scheming duke of Ormonde, who recruits her to spy upon the French. In her finery she meets Captain Ross once again, who seems just as drawn to the woman as he was to the soldier. Torn between Captain Ross and her loyalty to her husband, and under the orders of the English Crown, Kit finds that her life is in more danger now than on the battlefield.

Members Reviews:

Another Winner

She is one of my favorite authors and this book is right up there with the rest. The story sounds impossible - but it is based on a real life person and events. Marina then weaves her magic and you feel you are right there with kit reliving every step of her adventure.

So far I'm loving it! Marina Fiorato is a ...

So far I'm loving it! Marina Fiorato is a gem of a writer and I look forward to more of her work! She brings history to life and doesn't hold back!

Five Stars

Great book, enjoyed it immensely

Great read

I loved it because it was different fast paced and informative!