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- Paul Chevasse, Book 1
- De: Jack Higgins
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 4 h y 17 m
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Special Agent Paul Chavasee is about to start a much-deserved holiday when he is abruptly pulled back to active duty. He knows that if he's being called into action, a job has gone bad - and it's about to get a lot worse. As Hitler's private secretary - and an influential member of the Third Reich - Martin Bormann was one of those rare Nazis who managed to simply disappear at the end of World War II. But the terrible secrets Bormann carried into oblivion are about to be revealed to the world. A manuscript that exposes former Nazis, who are now in hiding, is up for grabs, and there are those in power who have much to lose with its discovery.
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Good but not great
- De Randy P. Borges en 05-01-24
De: Jack Higgins
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Lost in Translation
- De: Nicole Mones
- Narrado por: Angela Lin
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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A novel of searing intelligence and startling originality, Lost in Translation heralds the debut of a unique new voice on the literary landscape. Nicole Mones creates an unforgettable story of love and desire, of family ties and human conflict, and of one woman's struggle to lose herself in a foreign land - only to discover her home, her heart, herself.
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Absolutely fascinating!
- De Brendan en 10-16-10
De: Nicole Mones
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The Eyre Affair
- A Thursday Next Novel
- De: Jasper Fforde
- Narrado por: Susan Duerden
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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In Jasper Fforde's Great Britain, circa 1985, time travel is routine, cloning is a reality (dodos are the resurrected pet of choice), and literature is taken very, very seriously. England is a virtual police state where an aunt can get lost (literally) in a Wordsworth poem and forging Byronic verse is a punishable offense. All this is business as usual for Thursday Next, renowned Special Operative in literary detection.
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A Worthy Read
- De chicagoalum en 01-21-10
De: Jasper Fforde
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Three Comrades
- De: Erich Maria Remarque, Arthur Wesley Wheen - translator
- Narrado por: Michael Braun
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
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The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can have never imagined.
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Love and friendship in a dying world.
- De Tarquin en 03-18-19
De: Erich Maria Remarque, y otros
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A Perfect Spy
- A Novel
- De: John le Carré
- Narrado por: Michael Jayston
- Duración: 20 h y 53 m
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Over the course of his seemingly irreproachable life, Magnus Pym has been all things to all people: a devoted family man, a trusted colleague, a loyal friend - and the perfect spy. But in the wake of his estranged father's death, Magnus vanishes, and the British Secret Service is up in arms. Is it grief, or is the reason for his disappearance more sinister? And who is the mysterious man with the sad moustache who also seems to be looking for Magnus? In A Perfect Spy, John le Carré has crafted one of his crowning masterpieces.
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Remembrances of loyalties past
- De Darwin8u en 04-13-13
De: John le Carré
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An Orphan in the Snow
- De: Molly Green
- Narrado por: Karen Cass
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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Liverpool, 1941. Troubled by a dark family history and the pain of seeing her country torn apart by war, young June Lavender finds new hope when she takes a job at the Dr Barnardo's children's home. There she meets Lizzie McRae, a little girl who is the spitting image of June's sister, who died tragically years before. Against the matron's wishes, the two girls form an unexpected bond as June tries to get the traumatised orphan to speak.
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The title doesn't fit the story
- De mrsmlbj en 11-23-22
De: Molly Green
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Lights Out Liverpool
- De: Maureen Lee
- Narrado por: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Duración: 13 h y 59 m
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As Britain stands alone against a monstrous enemy, the inhabitants of Pearl Street face hardship and heartbreak with courage and humour. The war touches each of them in a different way: for Annie Poulson, a widow, it means never-ending worry when her twin boys are called up and sent to France; Sheila Reilly's husband, Cal, faces the terror of U-Boat attacks; Eileen Costello is liberated from a bitter, loveless marriage when her husband is sent to Egypt.
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Wonderful
- De Tansy Adderley en 10-03-18
De: Maureen Lee
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The Forgotten Village
- De: Lorna Cook
- Narrado por: Beth Eyre
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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1943: the world is at war, and the villagers of Tyneham are being asked to make one more sacrifice: to give their homes over to the British army. But on the eve of their departure, a terrible act will cause three of them to disappear forever. 2018: Melissa had hoped a break on the coast of Dorset would rekindle her stagnant relationship, but despite the idyllic scenery, it’s pushing her and Liam to the brink.
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Ridiculous
- De christina en 06-06-23
De: Lorna Cook
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Goodnight from London
- A Novel
- De: Jennifer Robson
- Narrado por: Saskia Maarleveld
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
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In the summer of 1940, ambitious young American journalist Ruby Sutton gets her big break: the chance to report on the European war as a staff writer for Picture Weekly newsmagazine in London. She jumps at the chance, for it's an opportunity not only to prove herself, but also to start fresh in a city and country that know nothing of her humble origins. But life in besieged Britain tests Ruby in ways she never imagined.
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Light story
- De Bev Holdgate en 08-10-17
De: Jennifer Robson
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The Splendour Falls
- De: Susanna Kearsley
- Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat
- Duración: 12 h y 5 m
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Emily Braden has stopped believing in fairy tales and happy endings. When her fascinating but unreliable cousin Harry invites her on a holiday to explore the legendary town of Chinon, and promptly disappears - well, that's Harry for you. As Emily makes the acquaintance of Chinon and its people, she begins to uncover dark secrets beneath the charm.
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Odd story with a worse narration
- De MV en 01-18-14
De: Susanna Kearsley
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Dominion
- De: C.J. Sansom
- Narrado por: Daniel Weyman
- Duración: 20 h y 47 m
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1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany. The global economy strains against the weight of the long German war against Russia still raging in the east. The British people find themselves under increasingly authoritarian rule - the press, radio, and television tightly controlled, the British Jews facing ever greater constraints.
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Weak Tale Marred by Bias & Prejudice
- De Bill en 09-15-14
De: C.J. Sansom
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- De: CJ Sansom
- Narrado por: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, y otros
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: Set during the reign of Henry VIII, these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers.
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Can’t wait for the last one!
- De Julie L. Smith en 05-05-22
De: CJ Sansom
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Shardlake: Dissolution
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- De: C. J. Sansom
- Narrado por: Jason Watkins, Mark Bonnar
- Duración: 2 h y 14 m
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A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel. Winter, 1537. Henry VIII has declared himself Supreme Head of the Church and instructed his Chief Minister, Thomas Cromwell, to dissolve England's religious houses and seize their wealth. But Cromwell's plot to bring down the abbeys has hit a snag - one of the King's Commissioners has been found brutally murdered in Scarnsea monastery, on the south coast of Kent.
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Enjoyable mystery
- De Amazon Customer en 06-05-17
De: C. J. Sansom
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Heresy
- De: S. J. Parris
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
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Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a compelling murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.
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I love Historical fiction
- De Bonnie en 09-20-10
De: S. J. Parris
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Shardlake: Dark Fire
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- De: C. J. Sansom
- Narrado por: Full Cast, Justin Salinger, Robert Glenister
- Duración: 2 h y 13 m
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A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on the second novel in C. J. Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime series. Summer, 1540. It has been three years since the terrible events at Scarnsea monastery, and lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is living a quiet life in London - until a summons from Cromwell sees him embarking on another dangerous secret assignment.
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The Time In Between
- A Novel
- De: Maria Duenas
- Narrado por: Zilah Mendoza
- Duración: 21 h y 44 m
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The thrilling, internationally bestselling novel about a haute couture seamstress who becomes an undercover spy for the British Secret Service during World War II. #1 bestseller in Spain with more than 1.5 million copies sold, The Time In Between has taken readers by storm with its unforgettable tale of adventure, tragedy, love, and war. Readers will fall in love with MarÍa DueÑas’s dazzlingly inspiring heroine, Sira Quiroga.
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terrible narration
- De Sarah A. Peyronnin en 05-18-12
De: Maria Duenas
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Dominion
- De: C.J. Sansom
- Narrado por: Daniel Weyman
- Duración: 20 h y 47 m
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1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany. The global economy strains against the weight of the long German war against Russia still raging in the east. The British people find themselves under increasingly authoritarian rule - the press, radio, and television tightly controlled, the British Jews facing ever greater constraints.
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Weak Tale Marred by Bias & Prejudice
- De Bill en 09-15-14
De: C.J. Sansom
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Shardlake: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Six BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisations
- De: CJ Sansom
- Narrado por: full cast, Jason Watkins, Justin Salinger, y otros
- Duración: 13 h y 32 m
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The complete collected dramatisations of C. J. Sansom's historical mystery series: Set during the reign of Henry VIII, these six stunning dramas follow the adventures of hunchbacked lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake as he navigates the dangerous world of Tudor England, solving crimes and seeking out murderers.
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Can’t wait for the last one!
- De Julie L. Smith en 05-05-22
De: CJ Sansom
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Shardlake: Dissolution
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- De: C. J. Sansom
- Narrado por: Jason Watkins, Mark Bonnar
- Duración: 2 h y 14 m
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A thrilling BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on CJ Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime novel. Winter, 1537. Henry VIII has declared himself Supreme Head of the Church and instructed his Chief Minister, Thomas Cromwell, to dissolve England's religious houses and seize their wealth. But Cromwell's plot to bring down the abbeys has hit a snag - one of the King's Commissioners has been found brutally murdered in Scarnsea monastery, on the south coast of Kent.
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Enjoyable mystery
- De Amazon Customer en 06-05-17
De: C. J. Sansom
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Heresy
- De: S. J. Parris
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 10 m
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Masterfully blending true events with fiction, this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a compelling murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus.
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I love Historical fiction
- De Bonnie en 09-20-10
De: S. J. Parris
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Shardlake: Dark Fire
- BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation
- De: C. J. Sansom
- Narrado por: Full Cast, Justin Salinger, Robert Glenister
- Duración: 2 h y 13 m
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A gripping BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation based on the second novel in C. J. Sansom's best-selling Tudor crime series. Summer, 1540. It has been three years since the terrible events at Scarnsea monastery, and lawyer-detective Matthew Shardlake is living a quiet life in London - until a summons from Cromwell sees him embarking on another dangerous secret assignment.
De: C. J. Sansom
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The Time In Between
- A Novel
- De: Maria Duenas
- Narrado por: Zilah Mendoza
- Duración: 21 h y 44 m
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The thrilling, internationally bestselling novel about a haute couture seamstress who becomes an undercover spy for the British Secret Service during World War II. #1 bestseller in Spain with more than 1.5 million copies sold, The Time In Between has taken readers by storm with its unforgettable tale of adventure, tragedy, love, and war. Readers will fall in love with MarÍa DueÑas’s dazzlingly inspiring heroine, Sira Quiroga.
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terrible narration
- De Sarah A. Peyronnin en 05-18-12
De: Maria Duenas
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The Tea Rose
- De: Jennifer Donnelly
- Narrado por: Jill Tanner
- Duración: 28 h y 31 m
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East London, 1888 - a city apart. A place of shadow and light where thieves, whores, and dreamers mingle, where children play in the cobbled streets by day and a killer stalks at night, where bright hopes meet the darkest truths. Here, by the whispering waters of the Thames, Fiona Finnegan, a worker in a tea factory, hopes to own a shop one day, together with her lifelong love, Joe Bristow, a costermonger's son. With nothing but their faith in each other to spur them on, Fiona and Joe struggle, save, and sacrifice to achieve their dreams.
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Wow. Wow wow wow!
- De I like to shop en 04-26-16
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Every Man Dies Alone
- De: Hans Fallada, Michael Hofman - translator
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 20 h y 15 m
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Hans Fallada wrote this stunning novel in only 24 days - just after being released from a Nazi insane asylum. Based on a true story, Every Man Dies Alone tells of a German couple who try to start an uprising by distributing anti-fascist postcards during World War II. But their dream ultimately proves perilous under the tyranny that dominates every corner of Hitler’s Germany.
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a difficult masterpiece
- De h and l en 04-06-10
De: Hans Fallada, y otros
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Red Widow
- De: Alma Katsu
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò
- Duración: 10 h y 10 m
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Lyndsey was once a top handler in the Moscow Field Station, where she was known as the "human lie detector" and praised for recruiting some of the most senior Russian officials. But now, three Russian assets have been exposed - including one of her own - and the CIA is convinced there's a mole in the department. With years of work in question and lives on the line, Lyndsey is thrown back into life at the agency, this time tracing the steps of those closest to her.
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Somewhat disappointed- no spoilers
- De Stephen en 04-04-21
De: Alma Katsu
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When Christ and His Saints Slept
- Plantagenets, Book 1
- De: Sharon Kay Penman
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 36 h y 36 m
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In When Christ and His Saints Slept, the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, master storyteller and historian Sharon Kay Penman illuminates one of the less known but fascinating periods of English history. It begins with the death of King Henry I, son of William the Conqueror and father of Maude, his only living legitimate offspring.
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Please release Pt 2!
- De BVerité en 06-08-19
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Cathedral of the Sea
- De: Ildefonso Falcones
- Narrado por: Paul Michael
- Duración: 22 h y 55 m
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At last: The international best seller - which has already sold nearly 2 million copies worldwide - comes to America! Cathedral of the Sea follows the fortunes of the Estanyol family, from their peasant roots to a son, Arnau, who flees the land only to realize spectacular wealth and devastating problems.
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Very good historical novel.
- De Joseph en 01-31-10
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The Bookseller of Florence
- The Story of the Manuscripts That Illuminated the Renaissance
- De: Ross King
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 18 h y 20 m
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The Renaissance in Florence conjures images of beautiful frescoes and elegant buildings - the dazzling handiwork of the city's skilled artists and architects. But equally important for the centuries to follow were geniuses of a different sort: Florence's manuscript hunters, scribes, scholars, and booksellers, who blew the dust off a thousand years of history and, through the discovery and diffusion of ancient knowledge, imagined a new and enlightened world.
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Great book, Horrible narrator
- De Sergio Remon en 07-01-21
De: Ross King
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The Fountains of Silence
- De: Ruta Sepetys
- Narrado por: Ruta Sepetys, Maite Jáuregui, Richard Ferrone, y otros
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Madrid, 1957. Under the fascist dictatorship of General Francisco Franco, Spain is hiding a dark secret. Meanwhile, tourists and foreign businessmen flood into Spain under the welcoming promise of sunshine and wine. Among them is 18-year-old Daniel Matheson, the son of an oil tycoon, who arrives in Madrid with his parents hoping to connect with the country of his mother's birth through the lens of his camera. Photography - and fate - introduce him to Ana, whose family's interweaving obstacles reveal the lingering grasp of the Spanish Civil War.
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Fantastic listen!
- De Jen en 04-07-20
De: Ruta Sepetys
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Munich
- A Novel
- De: Robert Harris
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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Hugh Legat is a rising star of the British diplomatic service, serving at 10 Downing Street as a private secretary to the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain. Paul von Hartmann is on the staff of the German Foreign Office - and secretly a member of the anti-Hitler resistance. The two men were friends at Oxford in the 1920s, but have not been in contact since. Now, when Hugh flies with Chamberlain from London to Munich, and Hartmann travels on Hitler's train overnight from Berlin, their paths are set on a disastrous collision course.
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Gripping
- De Jean en 01-29-18
De: Robert Harris
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Homage to Catalonia
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
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In 1936, George Orwell went to Spain to report on the civil war and instead joined the P.O.U.M. militia to fight against the Fascists. In this now justly famous account of his experience, he describes both the bleak and the comic aspects of trench warfare on the Aragon front, the Barcelona uprising in May 1937, his nearly fatal wounding just two weeks later, and his escape from Barcelona into France after the P.O.U.M. was suppressed.
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Excellent book, marred by narration
- De Kirby en 02-02-13
De: George Orwell
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The Bookseller's Tale
- Oxford Medieval Mysteries, Book 1
- De: Ann Swinfen
- Narrado por: Philip Battley
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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Oxford, Spring 1353. When young bookseller Nicholas Elyot discovers the body of student William Farringdon floating in the river Cherwell, it looks like a drowning. Soon, however, Nicholas finds evidence of murder. Who could have wanted to kill this promising student? As Nicholas and his scholar friend Jordain try to unravel what lies behind William's death, they learn that he was innocently caught up in a criminal plot.
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Held my interest, excellent historical background
- De Marcheta en 04-07-17
De: Ann Swinfen
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The Unquiet Bones
- De: Mel Starr
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
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Hugh of Singleton, fourth son of a minor knight, has been educated as a clerk, usually a prelude to taking holy orders. However, feeling no certain calling despite a lively faith, he turns to the profession of surgeon, training in Paris and then hanging out his sign in Oxford. A local lord asks him to track the killer of a young woman whose bones have been found in the castle cesspit. She is identified as the impetuous missing daughter of a local blacksmith, and her young man, whom she had provoked very publicly, is in due course arrested and sentenced at the Oxford assizes.
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Wonderful!!!
- De AKowalczyk en 01-05-20
De: Mel Starr
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Ghosts of Spain
- Travels Through Spain and Its Silent Past
- De: Giles Tremlett
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 19 h y 59 m
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The appearance, more than 60 years after the Spanish Civil War ended, of mass graves containing victims of Francisco Franco's death squads finally broke what Spaniards call "the pact of forgetting" - the unwritten understanding that their recent, painful past was best left unexplored. At this charged moment, Giles Tremlett embarked on a journey around the country and through its history to discover why some of Europe's most voluble people have kept silent so long.
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Spain at 2005
- De J. H. Robinson en 04-07-21
De: Giles Tremlett
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Winter in Madrid
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- Allen E Feltzin
- 09-23-12
war weary and bleak
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
If I were only interested in the Spanish Civil War it would have been fantastic fiction. I thought that I was reading about espionage. This was more political than espionage. Worn torn Spain was the main character. If I had known that I would not have listenened to the book.
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
I hated it but understood it.
Have you listened to any of Gordon Gordon’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
He was excellent.
Did Winter in Madrid inspire you to do anything?
to be more careful in what I listen too. Mr Sansom's other series was fantastic. I liked espionage and thought that was what I was getting. I feel misled.
Any additional comments?
The main characters, two out of three, were weak and not that interesting. This is a book about the atrocity that was the Spanish Civil War. As a historical document it is probably excellent.
I was looking for escapist fiction and clearly picked the wrong novel.
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- Richard
- 12-17-12
Shardlake fans will be disappointed
The very negative reviews of this book might well be the result of the jarring difference in style, tone, and narrative from the Shardlake series. Winter in Madrid is written in a literary style" with a weak plot, third person narration, flashbacks, and a generally bleak mood. As a fan of the Shardlake series I was unpleasantly surprised by all of the above. I wouldn't consider Winter in Madrid to be a failure or a bad novel, but it was neither what I expected or enjoyed. For anyone interested in the Spanish Civil War I would recommend Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.
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- Tom
- 06-23-16
should have bought it sooner
I had this on my wish list for years because I'm a big fan of the Matthew Shardlake series. I wanted to listen to a book about Spain and Franco, but a review or two had some negative comments leading me to hesitate. I now forget what those reviewers' gripes were, but I found the book to be wonderful. A good story, interesting characters, and well performed.
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- Sarah
- 05-12-13
Not Sansom's Best
Any additional comments?
I bought this because I like Sansom's Matthew Shardlake stories. This is not as good. Alan Furst does this genre much better.
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- Annie
- 10-04-09
realistic characters in historical context
I have read all of CJ Sansom's mysteries set in/around the reign of Henry VIII and the establishment of the Church of England. i enjoyed the historical context and mystery plot. I was a bit hesitant to purchase Winter in Madrid as I did not know what to expect in terms of treatment of the very diverse and violent political movements of the time. I found the book to be quite enjoyable because of Sansom's creation of characters who are not perfect, but are wrestling either with post-war apathy or their pre-conceived notions of the "right" political stance. the story does not have a nice, "happy ever after ending", but this too is in keeping with the times. I enjoyed learning more about Spain's history both pre and post WWII as part of the plot development, and it has prompted me to take on some non-fiction reading of Franco and England's and France's role in keeping an authoritarian, rightist regime in power at the expense of the less wealthy/connected members of the society. Morally questionable?, that's for each person to decide, but pragmatically - it almost always comes back to kick you in the teeth (Shah- Iran; Allende-Chile...the list goes on). an enjoyable, and thoughtful read.
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- Adrian
- 08-26-17
historical mystery/thriller at its best.
Fascinsting period of Spanish history often overshadowed by the events of ww1 and ww2. Well written with a carefully constructed suspensful climax with many surprises. I enjoyed this book immensely.
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- Jeff
- 02-11-13
Grim is an understatement
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would not recommend this book to anyone who I considered a friend without giving them the contact information for the local suicide hotline. The story was extremely depressing and really didn't need to be.
What was most disappointing about C. J. Sansom’s story?
The ending was unreasonably sad. The main character had a bittersweet life which continued to sour. Sansom could have let him have some happiness at least.
Have you listened to any of Gordon Gordon’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I don't think I have heard him perform before, but he was magnificent.
Did Winter in Madrid inspire you to do anything?
Yes. It inspired me to not read Dominion. If Sansom writes another Shardlake mystery, however, I will give it a shot. I have listened to all of those--that's the only reason I bothered with Winter in Madrid.
Any additional comments?
Sansom is a skilled writer whose ability to paint with words is marvelous. If I were to see any of his characters on the street I feel sure I would recognize them--they seem that clear and that real. His works are exceptionally well researched and very true to the period and events he tries to capture. The plots are excellent, including the one for this book. This book starts a little slow, but there was a lot of groundwork to lay. The pace picks up at the end of part one and he builds suspense steadily until the end. I just hated to see the story end with such despair and lack of hope, especially for Harry--I couldn't help but feel that he might have been better off to have died at Dunkirk.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-03-21
Atmospheric
Winter in Madrid is a surprisingly feel-good story set in the climactic world of post-revolution Russia. Very enjoyable.
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- Patricia McIntosh
- 02-01-10
A good "listen.
"Winter in Madrid (Unabridged)" is a thoughtful and interesting novel set in a period not well known by many. I found it absorbing and enlightening. I recommend it.
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- Justin
- 10-18-16
It's no Shardlake, but still a solid listen
As usual, Swanson writes great complex characters into a rich and engrossing time and place. This story however seemed to drag on at times as it continued to build the relationship between two of the main characters. I definitely recommend this book though. There is so much good Sansom writing in it and the performance is excellent.
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