Genre: ‘Historical Fiction’
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The Poison Maiden
by Paul Doherty narrated by Patricia Gallimore
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2347 0 Reference: DIR2150
Duration: 11h (approx.) on 10 CDs
CD Edition
£24.99
It's 1308 and England hovers on the brink of civil war. Edward II, his wife Isabella and the royal favourite Peter Gaveston Earl of Cornwall, have been forced to retreat to the King's folly, as just an arrowshot away lie the Great Lords and Philip IV of France, who are demanding that the Earl of Cornwallbe chargedwith high... Read More »
Queens' Play
by Dorothy Dunnett narrated by Andrew Napier
ISBN: 978 1 40742 658 7 Reference: DIR2196
Duration: 20h (approx.) on 17 CDs
CD Edition
£29.99
This is the second book in the famous Lymond Chronicals by Dorothy Dunnett, exploring the intricacies of 16th century history through the exploits of the soldier Francis Crawford of Lymond. In Queens Play, Crawford is despatched to France and embarks on a nightmare game of hide and seek in the court of Henri II... Read More »
A Regimental Affair
by Allan Mallinson narrated by Errick Graham
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7033 7 Reference: DIR1442
Duration: 13h 30m (approx.) on 12 CDs
CD Edition
£24.99
Following his best-selling title, The Nizam's daughters, this is Mallinson's third novel in the acclaimed series combining accurate historical details, breath taking battles, and an involving plot. It is 1817, and Captain Matthew Hervey has returned from his bloody battles in India to find England in political and... Read More »
Rumours of War
by Allan Mallinson narrated by Errick Graham
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6253 0 Reference: DIR1159
Duration: 14h 30m (approx.) on 13 CDs
CD Edition
£24.99
1826: Napoleon Bonaparte is dead, the Congress of Vienna's work is done, and there is peace in Europe. However, in Portugal there is the scent of civil war in the air following the death of KingJohn VI. Newly returned from India, Matthew Hervey joins a party of officers sent to make an assessment and lend support to the... Read More »
The Sabre's Edge
by Allan Mallinson narrated by Errick Graham
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7788 6 Reference: DIR1709
Duration: 13h 30m (approx.) on 12 CDs
CD Edition
£24.99
1824, the Sixth Light Dragoons are still stationed in India, and the talk in the officers' mess is of war. The Burmese are increasingly challenging the Company's dominion, and skirmishes are becoming common on India's borders. A blaze looks set to flare, taking the surrounding provinces with it. With the threat of war on two... Read More »
Sovereign
by C J Sansom narrated by Steven Crossley
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2399 9 Reference: DIR2166
Duration: 21h (approx.) on 18 CDs
CD Edition
£29.99
Autumn 1541. Following the uncovering of a plot against his throne in Yorkshire, King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular progress to the North to overawe his rebellious subjects. Accompanied by a thousand soldiers, the cream of the nobility, and his fifth wife Catherine Howard, the King is to attend an extravagant... Read More »
Tipping the Velvet
by Sarah Waters narrated by Juanita McMahon
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6737 5 Reference: DIR1347
Duration: 19h 15m (approx.) on 17 CDs
CD Edition
£29.99
Nan, a poor oyster girl, is captivated by the music hall phenomenon that is Kitty Butler, a male impersonator extraordinaire treading the boards in Canterbury. Through a friend at the box office, Nan manages to visit all her shows and finally meet her heroine. Soon after, she becomes Kitty's dresser and the two head for... Read More »
A Very English Agent
by Julian Rathbone narrated by Paul Matthews
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7095 5 Reference: DIR1484
Duration: 16h 30m (approx.) on 14 CDs
CD Edition
£24.99
November 1852. Shortly after the very public funeral of the Duke of Wellington, Charlie Boylan tries to walk into the Palace of Westminster with a loaded gun. He claims he is owed a large sum of money by his erstwhile employers, a mysterious and secret adjunct of the Home Office specialising in espionage and subterfuge. He... Read More »
The Virgin's Lover
by Philippa Gregory narrated by Davina Porter
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7795 4 Reference: DIR1716
Duration: 17h 15m (approx.) on 15 CDs
CD Edition
Was: £29.99
Now: £20.99
Elizabeth I has acceded to the throne of England, a position she has waited and schemed for all her life. She is surrounded by advisers; all convinced that a young woman cannot form political judgements. Elizabeth feels that she can rely on just one man: her oldest friend, Robert Dudley. It is soon plain that he is more... Read More »
Voyage of Slaves
by Brian Jacques narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2298 5 Reference: DIR2107
Duration: 9h 45m (approx.) on 9 CDs
CD Edition
£19.99
Ben and his Labrador, Ned, castaways of the Flying Dutchman, are cursed by an angel to roam the earth and sail the seas for all eternity, never stopping in one place and never growing a single day older. Now adrift in the Mediterranean Sea, the boy and his dog fall into the clutches of the brutal Slave Lord, Al... Read More »
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