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The Girl from the Workhouse
- By: Lynn Johnson
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Staffordshire, 1911. Money is in short supply for Ginnie Jones’ family, and she is sent to Haddon Workhouse. When she meets Clara and Sam, she hopes that she has made friends for life...until tragedy strikes. Three years later, Ginnie finds work as a mouldrunner at the Potteries, but never stops thinking about her friends. When Sam and Ginnie are reunited, their bond is as strong as ever, until Sam is sent to fight in the war. Can Ginnie find the joy that she’s never had?
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lovely story
- By jean c. Great book. i couldnt put it down. 5 stars on 25-07-21
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The Girl from the Workhouse
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Series: The Potteries Girls, Book 1
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 21-09-20
- Language: English
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Wartime Blues for the Harpers Girls
- Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 5
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall267
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Performance249
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London 1917. As the Americans enter the war, there is renewed energy in the war effort. With husbands and sons fighting for freedom, the women of Harpers are left to tackle the day-to-day affairs at home and work. With Ben Harper away, Sally fears she is being followed by a mysterious woman. Who is she, and what does she want? Maggie Gibbs collapses seriously ill in the frontline hospitals and is brought back to England close to death. Can she be saved, and what does the future hold for her and her broken heart?
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Great continuation of the Harper’s girls story
- By JB on 17-09-21
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Wartime Blues for the Harpers Girls
- Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 5
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Series: Welcome to Harpers Emporium, Book 5
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-07-21
- Language: English
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Weeping, Sad and Lonely
- The Cruellest War, Book 1
- By: Andrew Wareham
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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War is coming to Europe. After a century of peace, the drums are beating again and the young man may seek honor and glory in service of his King and country. General Griffin's sons welcome the chance to leave the tedium of Oxford to pursue a manly existence for a few months—not for too long, the war will be over by Christmas.
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Weeping, Sad and Lonely
- The Cruellest War, Book 1
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Series: Cruellest War, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 03-02-26
- Language: English
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The Girl Who Dared to Dream
- By: Diney Costeloe
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall65
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Performance60
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It is two years before the outbreak of World War 1, and the Oakley family are typical of their time. Andrew has been clerk at a City solicitors for twenty years. Alice, his wife, keeps the home fires burning. Their sons plan on becoming skilled apprentices. And Mabel, their daughter, says she would rather die than go into domestic service like her cousin. She is going to go to train as a secretary. Andrew Oakley little imagines, as he sets off for work one February morning, that their lives are about to change in the most dramatic and tragic fashion.
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Adored this book
- By ellen hovstø on 18-01-23
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The Girl Who Dared to Dream
- Narrated by: Bea Holland
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 29-10-22
- Language: English
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The Invincible Miss Cust
- A Novel
- By: Penny Haw
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Aleen Cust has big dreams. And no one―not her family, society, or the law―will stop her. Born in Ireland in 1868 to an aristocratic English family, Aleen knows she is destined to work with animals, even if her family is appalled by the idea of a woman pursuing a veterinary career. Going against their wishes but with the encouragement of the guardian assigned to her upon her father’s death, Aleen attends the New Veterinary College in Edinburgh, enrolling as A. I. Custance to spare her family the humiliation they fear.
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Outstanding writing
- By S A MACKENZIE on 22-08-25
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The Invincible Miss Cust
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 04-10-22
- Language: English
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A Wartime Marriage
- By: Mary Jane Staples
- Narrated by: Christopher Bonwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance13
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1918: the Kaiser's empire is about to fall and Captain Harry Phillips, a prisoner of war in a Romanian hospital, has had a very hard time of it. Then, out of the blue, comes an offer he can't refuse: a ticket home to his beloved England and to the arms of his much missed fiancée Elizabeth.
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the romance
- By VAL PARSONS on 07-12-24
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A Wartime Marriage
- Narrated by: Christopher Bonwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-03-21
- Language: English
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Aux portes de l'éternité
- Le siècle 3
- By: Ken Follett
- Narrated by: Vincent Violette
- Length: 45 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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De l'édification du mur de Berlin à l'effondrement de l'Union soviétique, la grande aventure du XXe siècle telle que personne ne l'a jamais racontée. 1961. Les Allemands de l'Est ferment l'accès à Berlin-Ouest. La tension entre les États-Unis et l'Union soviétique s'exacerbe pour atteindre un point culminant l'année suivante avec la crise des missiles de Cuba. Le monde scindé en deux blocs se livre une guerre froide qui risque de devenir une guerre nucléaire.
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Aux portes de l'éternité
- Le siècle 3
- Narrated by: Vincent Violette
- Series: Le siècle, Book 3
- Length: 45 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 22-12-16
- Language: French
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The Pilot's Girl
- The Pilot's Girl, Book 1
- By: Fenella J. Miller
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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As war rages, Barbara Sinclair is desperate to escape her unhappy home life. And with the threat of German bombs ever present, Barbara reluctantly agrees to marry John, her childhood friend, who is leaving to join the RAF. But an encounter with Alex Everton, a dashing Spitfire pilot, complicates matters for Barbara. With emotions running high, she begins to question whether she has made a terrible mistake. With the constant threat of death all around her, Barbara must try to find a way to deal with the complexities of her difficult home life and her emotional relationships, too.
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The Pilot's Girl
- The Pilot's Girl, Book 1
- Narrated by: Emma Powell
- Series: The Pilot's Girl, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 13-12-23
- Language: English
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Sarah's Choice
- Trenwith, Book 1
- By: Rosie Clarke
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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Overall10
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Hampshire, 1913. Amidst the glitz and glamour of England’s High Society, Sarah Trenwith is more of a wallflower living in the shadow of her beautiful sister Marianne. But as the war approaches Sarah will have to step out of the place society and her family have assigned her if she’s to do her part and claim the love she always dreamed of from afar.
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Stoicism and love
- By Mo Bass on 04-02-24
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Sarah's Choice
- Trenwith, Book 1
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Series: Trenwith, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-12-23
- Language: English
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Despised and Rejected
- By: Rose Allatini
- Narrated by: Robyn Holdaway
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In the year leading up to the First World War, four people’s lives intertwine, only to be pulled apart. A landmark of gay and pacifist literature, Rose Allatini’s story foregrounding conscientious objectors and queer love amidst wartime turmoil was banned months after its publication. At a...
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Despised and Rejected
- Narrated by: Robyn Holdaway
- Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 16-10-25
- Language: English
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The Fortune Tellers' Secret
- By: Maggie Mason
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance14
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Blackpool, 1922. Martha and Trisha may have escaped poverty, but their fortunes have yet to turn. Happy on her wedding day, Trisha's new fairy-tale romance soon darkens as her husband, Walter, keeps her at arms length. Between his secrecy, and her mother-in-law's coldness, Trisha feels a stranger in her own home, and lonelier than ever. Meanwhile a spectre from Martha's past threatens the happiness she has found with Joshua and Bonnie. When she is called to help in her past love's hour of need, she must decide whether to risk exposing a secret that could cost her the trust of her daughter.
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The fortune tellers secret.
- By Sakazoke on 20-11-23
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The Fortune Tellers' Secret
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Series: Fortune Tellers, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: English
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The World and All That It Holds
- By: Aleksandar Hemon
- Narrated by: Aleksander Mikic
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon’s masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas The epic, cross-continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself. As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914...
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A rather weird realist fable of tenderness in a rough world
- By Angus Jenkinson on 01-10-24
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The World and All That It Holds
- Narrated by: Aleksander Mikic
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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The Abandoned Daughter
- By: Mary Wood
- Narrated by: Becky Hindley
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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Set amidst the turbulence of WW1, Mary Wood’s evocative historical saga The Abandoned Daughter follows Ella, a voluntary nurse tormented by soldiers' cries and the wound of a shattered trust. As her friendships teeter, exacerbated by the strains of war, Ella's isolation deepens. Within the...
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Brilliant author. Fantastic narrators.
- By Jon on 10-07-19
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The Abandoned Daughter
- Narrated by: Becky Hindley
- Series: The Girls Who Went To War
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 16-05-19
- Language: English
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Driving in the Dark
- By: Deborah Moggach
- Narrated by: Rory Barnett
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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Overall2
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Desmond never did have much luck with women – except in getting them through their driving tests. Now a coach driver, he is at the most crucial crossroads of his life. His wife has thrown him out. The crisis serves only to deepen his despair over another failed liaison – until he elects to steer his coach on a spectacularly reckless quest for the son he has never seen.
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Great story
- By Paula Puddephatt on 13-07-25
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Driving in the Dark
- Narrated by: Rory Barnett
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 01-07-25
- Language: English
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All Our Shimmering Skies
- By: Trent Dalton
- Narrated by: Ruby Rees
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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1942 - Japanese bombs rain down in Darwin, Australia. Motherless Molly Hook, the gravedigger’s daughter, turns to the road, seeking the deep-country sorcerer who put a curse on her family. By her side are the most unlikely travelling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a fallen Japanese fighter pilot. As they journey from the vine forests to Australia’s wild and magical monsoon lands, they will encounter grave danger and discover true love.
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It’s enormous and everything
- By Miss s. on 03-07-25
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All Our Shimmering Skies
- Narrated by: Ruby Rees
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 13-05-21
- Language: English
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The Nurses of St Croix
- By: Diney Costeloe
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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1921. In the sleepy village of Charlton Ambrose, eight ash trees stand as a timeless memorial to the men killed in the Great War. On a dark and chilly night, a ninth tree appears. Who planted it and why? And who was 'the unknown soldier' for whom it is marked? 2001. Eighty years later, the memorial is under threat from developers. Local reporter, Rachel Elliott, is determined to save it, and to solve the mystery of the ninth tree. The trail will take her into the dark heart of her own family history; to a tragic, love; and to a secret that has been kept since the war to end all wars.
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slow start
- By Julie Clifford on 09-09-24
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The Nurses of St Croix
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 27-07-23
- Language: English
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The Wonder of It All
- The House of Falconer, Book 3
- By: Barbara Taylor Bradford
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The Somme, 1916. James Falconer, once a barrow boy on a London market, stands in the trenches, awaiting the command to go over the top. Away from his business empire in London, he is simply a soldier, war the great leveller. But, unlike his men, and unknown to them, deep down, Falconer doesn’t care if he lives or dies. When a face from the past offers James the chance to repair his fractured relationship with his estranged daughter, Leonie, he must decide if he can hold different things dear – and make space in his life for love.
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A beautiful culmination
- By Ms J Ritchie on 21-01-24
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The Wonder of It All
- The House of Falconer, Book 3
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Series: The House of Falconer, Book 3
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-11-23
- Language: English
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A Christmas Wish
- By: Lizzie Lane
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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Ten-year-old Magda Brodie’s world is torn apart when her mother dies in the workhouse two weeks before Christmas. Her wastrel father arranges for her sisters to be sent to their grandparents in Ireland and for her younger brother to be adopted, leaving Magda distraught with worry as her family are scattered far and wide. Magda, as the eldest girl, is sent to live with her Aunt Bridget who, for whatever reason, holds a bitter resentment towards Magda. But adversity makes Magda strong and determined.
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wonderful.
- By Anonymous on 04-03-23
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A Christmas Wish
- Narrated by: Penelope Freeman
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 22-08-22
- Language: English
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Masters of Atlantis
- By: Charles Portis
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Lamar Jimmerson is the leader of the Gnomon Society, the international fraternal order dedicated to preserving the arcane wisdom of the lost city of Atlantis. Stationed in France in 1917, Jimmerson comes across a little book crammed with Atlantean puzzles, Egyptian riddles, and extended alchemical metaphors. It's the Codex Pappus—the sacred Gnomon text. Soon he is basking in the lore of lost Atlantis, convinced that his mission on earth is to administer to and extend the ranks of the noble brotherhood.
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Tripe
- By Jason W. on 13-09-23
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Masters of Atlantis
- Narrated by: Jefferson Mays
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 10-05-22
- Language: English
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Martha's Journey
- By: Maureen Lee
- Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Liverpool, 1915. Martha Rossi lives in a tenement with her husband and their five children. Despite working all the hours she can, the family doesn't have much money. So when Martha’s 14-year-old son, Joe, proudly enlists to fight for his country just to earn his mother an extra shilling, Martha is horrified. Despite her pleas and protests, Joe is dispatched to France within weeks. Unbeknown to them all, Joe’s act of selfless heroism will have huge implications for Martha and all the family.
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Another excellent book by Maureen Lee
- By Zoe on 29-04-11
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Martha's Journey
- Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-11-10
- Language: English
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