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Exclusively from Audible. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.' So begins Charles Dickens' most famous historical drama: a gripping tale of war, social injustice and the choice between darkness and light. After being unjustly imprisoned for 18 years, French doctor Manette is released from the Bastille jail in Paris and embarks upon a journey to London in the hope of finding the daughter he never met.

Un amor de juventud, un embarazo inesperado, un título nobiliario que llega antes de lo deseado… Amor, desamor, soledad, trabajo, amistad, aventuras, éxito, solidaridad, celos, pasión… En Las tres vidas de la duquesa de Grosvencer, Violet, una mujer fuerte y decidida, lucha contra el qué dirán de la alta sociedad en la que le ha tocado nacer y decide que la vida en soledad es mejor que las fingidas apariencias de la vorágine londinense. Ni la fabulosa casa donde vive, ni el pertenecer a la nobleza cambian su original manera de ser, con la que aprende a sufrir tanto como a disfrutar.

Rodhry Dunford, figlio del Barone Brecon, è un giovane avvocato che il Reggente ha assunto tra i suoi agenti governativi e insieme al suo migliore amico, il Conte Damian Mersey viene inviato in Austria per infiltrarsi tra la nobiltà delle ambasciate europee per scovare alcuni ricercati dalla Corona Britannica, spie e assassini. Mersey, osservatore per conto del Reggente, dovrà occuparsi degli intrighi politici che rallentano le operazioni del Congresso di Vienna.

Six shipwrecked Vikings. An island of isolated women. Six strapping warriors are determined to lay down the law. The women who claim them as mates might think they have the upper hand, but they’re about to discover what it means to be loved by a Viking.

Electra Poole has spent much of her life hiding her abilities, fearing the same fate as her mother, who was labeled mad and locked away. But in order to survive on her own, she plays into London's obsession with spiritualism, offering carefully crafted séances to those desperate for answers. Yet when she foresees the death of a wealthy noblewoman and chooses to stay silent, the guilt is suffocating, and the danger is very real.

The alliance of humans and renegade Fhrey is fragile—and about to be tested as never before. Persephone keeps the human clans from turning on one another through her iron will and a compassionate heart. The arrogant Fhrey are barely held in check by their leader, Nyphron, who seeks to advance his own nefarious agenda through a loveless marriage that will result in the betrayal of the person Persephone loves most: Raithe, the God Killer.

It's 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. She's been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. But Matthew Corbett, young clerk to the traveling magistrate summoned to Fount Royal to weigh the accusations, soon finds himself persuaded in favor of the beguiling young widow.

"Honor is the true measure of a man." On this principle, I built a powerful empire, united disparate lands, and destroyed the greatest threat to our world. I died as a true warrior should: in battle. But instead of being granted a well-earned rest, I awoke on the border of a foreign kingdom, in the body of a noble-born outcast—with a noose around my neck.

Winter 1925. Eleanor and Hugh are decking the halls for their first married Christmas together when butler Clifford arrives with a mysterious telegram. A lucrative case awaits their new detective agency… but in the most remote county in England. The note insists they must be there by midnight to accept the job. After a snowy journey, they arrive at the tiny hamlet of Yorelow to find their client, Osmund Unwin, dead in the churchyard as midnight mass ends.

En 1582, la guerra de sucesión portuguesa ofreció a Francia la oportunidad de disputar el dominio español del Atlántico. El control extranjero de las Azores habría supuesto el fin del comercio seguro con las Indias, la caída del imperio americano y la quiebra absoluta de la hacienda española. Cuando don Álvaro de Bazán, héroe de Lepanto, Orán y Malta, llega a la isla de Tercera, no solo sabe todo esto, sino que es consciente de que el enemigo le dobla en número.

In early 1900s New York, former ballerina Petronille De Villier makes an unconventional choice: Marry struggling sculptor Arkady Kamenev. For her, it’s an escape from her family’s unsavory legacy. For him, the De Villier name promises the patronage his art desperately needs. It should be a simple arrangement. But beneath their marriage of convenience lurks a darker recognition. In each other, they see a reflection of their own dangerous appetites. As buried secrets surface and bodies begin disappearing, Petronille and Arkady discover their union runs deeper than social advantage.

Tomorrow, the War is a sweeping historical epic that follows the intertwined lives of Jed Stokes, a restless wanderer shaped by violence, and Raleigh, a once-enslaved man seeking justice. After fleeing his troubled Jewish family in Virginia, Jed is drawn into the Mexican-American War before becoming a drifter, outlaw, and buffalo hunter in the untamed West.

The story follows Edmond Dantès, a young merchant sailor who is wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. After escaping from a notorious prison and discovering a hidden fortune, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo and sets out to exact revenge on those who wronged him. With themes of justice, revenge, and forgiveness, this timeless adventure delves into the complexities of human emotions and the consequences of actions.

A leleményes Odüsszeusz Trójától Ithakáig tíz esztendőn át tartó hazaútja az egyik legnagyobb történet, amelyet valaha is elmondtak. A lótuszevőktől a szirénekig, Kirkétől a küklopszokig ez a história izgalmas kalandokról, ravasz menekülésekről és a kitartó odaadásról szól. Kövessük hát Odüsszeusz útját, miután elhagyja Trója elesett, feldúlt, porig rombolt városát, és tíz hosszú, keserves, drámai év alatt – megküzdve szörnyekkel, istennők, nimfák szirének kísértéseivel és Poszeidón átkával – hazatér feleségéhez, Pénelopéhoz, fiához, Télemakhoszhoz és ithakai királyságához.

The first in a new series of classic detective stories from the vaults of HarperCollins is the world’s first locked-room mystery, a seemingly impossible crime story as powerful as any that have copied the scenario since. “The Detective Story Club”, launched by Collins in 1929, was a...

September, 1930. Fearless detective Miss Clara Vale is bound for Berlin, but this trip is all about la mode - not murder. Clara is set to walk the runway at Berlin Fashion Week, as a favour to her designer friend Juju, with her assistant Bella in tow. Elections loom in Germany, and among Juju's friends, the Spieglers, all the talk is of the National Socialists. But trouble brews closer to home, when a shocking murder at their clothing factory points the finger at the Jewish couple's brilliant young son.

Wuthering Heights is a fierce and haunting tale of love, vengeance, and the wild forces that shape the human heart. Set against the storm-lashed moors of northern England, the story follows the doomed and unforgettable bond between Heathcliff, a brooding foundling of mysterious origin, and Catherine Earnshaw, the restless young woman who becomes both his salvation and his torment.

Sons and Lovers, Lawrence's third published novel, was written by the author at the height of his literary powers. The story of class differences (the relationship between a middle-class woman and a miner) in the tough world of coal mining brought a refreshing realism to literature. It remains a challenging text and is studied widely. It is particularly effective on audiobook in the hands of Nottinghamshire reader Paul Slack.

Wenn das eigene Herz die größte Gefahr birgt. Gefahr, Kunst und Krieg … diese Romansammlung von Barbara Cartland lässt jedes Leserherz höherschlagen. Dieser Sammelband ist perfekt für Histo-Fans von Emmi West oder Julia Quinn und enthält die Geschichten Weiße Lilie, Die Brigantenbraut, Liebe unterm Tropenmond, Das Mädchen und der Maler und Geheimnis um Virginia.

По берегам рек, соединяющих Балтийское море с проходами к самой Византии, издавна живут и умирают, воюют и торгуют люди из самых разных племен: скандинавы, балты, финны и славяне. Древние верования, сказания и первобытные обряды создают захватывающую атмосферу, на фоне которой разыгрывается драма Ингигерд, дочери конунга, в одночасье потерявшей все: после захвата викингами торгового города Алдейгьи и убийства отца, девушка, чудом избежавшая плена, горит жаждой мести и ждет момента, чтобы осуществить возмездие.