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En dramatisk og opslugende fortælling fra forfatteren til "Arven" og "En sang fra fortiden" om to stærke kvinder, som er villige til at risikere alt for at afsløre fortidens knusende og svigefulde løgne. Bath 1821: Dybt inde i Lansdown Cresent på et højdedrag med udsigt over byen rager et herskabshus op. Huset tilhører den velhavende og indflydelsesrige Alleyn-familie. Her har sønnen Jonathan isoleret sig bag, siden han kom tilbage fra Napoleonskrigene. Men tjenestepigen Starling tror ikke på, at det er krigens rædsler, der tærer på Jonathan.

Var det möjligt för en kvinna i 1870-talets England att bli läkare? Sophie Lackland bar på denna till synes omöjliga dröm, men när ett oväntat arv dök upp fick hon möjlighet att ta det sista steget. Hon kämpade ner alla hinder som omvärlden satt upp för henne, alla utom ett. Hennes kärlek till Gil - ett hinder som hon själv byggt upp ... Claire Rayners krönika över Lackland-släkten sträcker sig från början av 1800-talet till långt in på 1900-talet. Serien består av 12 delar som både kan läsas fristående och kronologiskt.

Welcome to Thorncliff Manor, where London's elite mix, mingle, and may even find their heart's desire . . . There are thousands of things Christopher, Viscount Spencer, would rather do than hunt for a bride, especially since experience has taught him that women are not to be trusted. Then he...

A woman with a shocking past… Branded a money-hungry con artist for marrying the elderly Duke of Tremaine days before his death, Viola Cartwright has found refuge in her work at St. Agatha’s Hospital. No one must know the painful reason behind her marriage. She steers clear of...

He is the next Marquess of Wolvington . . . She is a lady with nothing but beauty and wits . . . Together they share a forbidden kiss . Lady Rebecca is determined to find a husband on her own terms, rather than marry any of the aging suitors her greedy aunt and uncle foist upon her. Her chance...

An unexpected passion ignites as secrets are exposed in Sophie Barnes's captivating Regency-set romance Despite the diversions offered at Thorncliff Manor, former spy James, the Earl of Woodford, has one purpose in staying there. He must find an encoded book that exposes a conspiracy within the...

United in a common cause… Lady Juliette Matthews longs to be much more than just another pretty ornament in society. But using her recently acquired fortune to do some good is more complicated than she anticipated. Young ladies are not expected to risk their safety in helping the less...

Thorncliff Manor is the perfect setting for a masquerade ball . . . where the heart’s secret desires are about to be uncovered in this scintillating Regency romance from Sophie Barnes Richard Heartly has exiled himself from society since the war, plotting his revenge for a terrible betrayal. A...

She wished she might be able to keep him from an absolute declaration. That would be so very painful a conclusion of their present acquaintance! and yet, she could not help rather anticipating something decisive. She felt as if the spring would not pass without bringing a crisis, an event, a...

Brought to you by Penguin. A producer. A novelist. An actress. It is summer in 1968, the year of the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy. There are riots in Paris and the Vietnam War is out of control. While the world is reeling our three characters are involved in making a...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Mrs Osmond by John Banville, read by Amy Finegan. 'What was freedom, she thought, other than the right to exercise one's choices?' Isabel Osmond, a spirited, intelligent young heiress, flees to London after being betrayed by her husband, to be with her...

London, 1944: an atmosphere of unease pervades the city as the invasion of Europe looms. Meanwhile, John Fairfax, an American paratrooper, and Robbie Cochran, a New Zealand pilot in the RAF, are swept along by the urgency of the times as they meet and fall in love with two rather unexpected girls. Across the Channel, Walter Raus, an officer in the Waffen SS, prepares for the coming storm while his wife Inge, a devoted nurse, faces death at every turn thanks to the relentless Allied bombing.

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Edith Wharton’s 1913 satire of marriage and money in early-20th century American society. The play follows the beautiful Undine Spragg as she arrives in New York and sets her sights on Ralph Marvell, then travels to Paris where she meets a charming...