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Battered, Broken, Healed
- The true story of a mother separated from her daughter. Only a painful truth can bring them back together
- By: Maggie Hartley
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall136
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Performance119
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Story119
When six-week-old Jasmine is placed in her care, foster mother Maggie Hartley is delighted to have a baby in the house again. Maggie's been given temporary custody of Jasmine after social services were concerned that the baby was failing to thrive and develop. With Maggie's love and care, Jasmine soon flourishes into a healthy, happy baby - but it is clear that all is not quite as it seems with her mum, Hailey.
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Fantastic!
- By Helen on 07-07-18
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Battered, Broken, Healed
- The true story of a mother separated from her daughter. Only a painful truth can bring them back together
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: A Maggie Hartley Foster Carer Story
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 03-05-18
- Language: English
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
- Volume II: 1664 - 1666
- By: Samuel Pepys
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 37 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall87
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Performance80
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Story76
The Diary of Samuel Pepys is one of the most entertaining documents in English history. Written between 1660 and 1669, as Pepys was establishing himself as a key administrator in the naval office, it is an intimate portrait of life in seventeenth-century England, covering his professional and personal activities, including, famously, his love of music, theatre, food, and wine and his peccadilloes.
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2nd time of reading!
- By lady-yeah on 22-03-17
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
- Volume II: 1664 - 1666
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Series: The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Book 2
- Length: 37 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 20-02-15
- Language: English
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Once upon a Tyne
- By: Ant McPartlin, Dec Donnelly
- Narrated by: Ant McPartlin, Dec Donnelly
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,397
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Performance2,132
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Story2,122
From their modest beginnings in Byker Grove through to their 'unique' time as pop stars and an award-laden TV career, those three decades have flown by in the blink of an eye. They've also featured an incredible cast of supporting characters, including their first scriptwriter - (an unknown comedian called David Walliams), Saturday night fun and games with countless Hollywood A-listers and celebrities they torture - sorry, work with - every year in the jungle.
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Aw Ant & Dec Made My Day
- By Miss T. A. Scott on 03-09-20
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Once upon a Tyne
- Narrated by: Ant McPartlin, Dec Donnelly
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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Going on the Turn
- By: Danny Baker
- Narrated by: Danny Baker
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall888
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Performance806
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Story800
Danny Baker is a national treasure with a well-documented and colourful life. For over a quarter of a century, he has amused and entertained audiences on both radio and television. Beginning his career at the age of 15 in a small record shop in London's West End, Danny went on to become an acclaimed music journalist and started his radio career on BBC GLR in 1989. With a unique take on life and a lot to say, Danny's latest book is full of his trademark warmth, wit and insight.
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Glorious glorious Candyman
- By SallyB on 31-10-17
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Going on the Turn
- Narrated by: Danny Baker
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 05-10-17
- Language: English
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The Way of the Hermit
- My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness
- By: Ken Smith, Will Millard
- Narrated by: Dean Williamson
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall225
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Performance217
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Story217
The International Bestseller 'A love story to the mountains in the mist, the pulsating northern lights and the red deer at dawn. And to independence' – The Washington Post 'A Thoreauvian account of solitary life in the Scottish Highlands . . . delightful' – Kirkus Reviews 'Ken Smith’s...
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Life affirming
- By MR W. on 06-08-23
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The Way of the Hermit
- My 40 years in the Scottish Wilderness
- Narrated by: Dean Williamson
- Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 29-06-23
- Language: English
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Twelve from Hell 2
- The Ultimate True Crime Case Collection
- By: Ryan Green
- Narrated by: Steve White
- Length: 48 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance19
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Story19
This Ultimate True Crime Case Collection contains disturbing accounts of some of the most brutal and bizarre true crime stories in history. Told from the killer’s perspective, Green’s riveting narratives draw the listener into the real-live horror experienced by the victims with all the elements of a classic thriller.
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Thank you
- By Happy Customer....A lot of the time!!! on 14-12-22
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Twelve from Hell 2
- The Ultimate True Crime Case Collection
- Narrated by: Steve White
- Series: The Ryan Green True Crime Collection
- Length: 48 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 28-11-22
- Language: English
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What Does This Button Do?
- By: Bruce Dickinson
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,018
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Performance1,852
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Story1,846
‘I was spotty, wore an anorak, had biro-engraved flared blue jeans with “purple” and “Sabbath” written on the thighs, and rode an ear-splittingly uncool moped. Oh yes, and I wanted to be a drummer…’ Bruce Dickinson – Iron Maiden’s legendary front man – is one of the world’s...
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Scream for me Audible
- By Neil Pardoe on 19-10-17
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What Does This Button Do?
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 19-10-17
- Language: English
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Receipts From the Bookshop
- A Bookseller's Year
- By: Katie Clapham
- Narrated by: Amy Drake
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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'ABSOLUTE HEAVEN' INDIA KNIGHT 'WARM AND UPLIFTING' AJ PEARCE 'THE PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO THE WORLD RIGHT NOW' JENNIE GODFREY Many of us dream of owning a bookshop, but for Katie Clapham it happened by accident, when she moved back to the seaside town she grew up in and went into business with her...
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Receipts From the Bookshop
- A Bookseller's Year
- Narrated by: Amy Drake
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 04-06-26
- Language: English
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Life and Laughing
- My Story
- By: Michael McIntyre
- Narrated by: Michael McIntyre
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6,161
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Performance4,432
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Story4,414
The riveting, poignant and remarkably honest biography from Britain's biggest comedy star, Michael McIntyre, brought to you by Penguin. His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time. Now he hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy...
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An absolute pleasure from start to finish
- By Mr. John Richards on 28-04-11
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Life and Laughing
- My Story
- Narrated by: Michael McIntyre
- Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 14-10-10
- Language: English
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How Could She? The Shocking Story of a Mother’s Betrayal and a Daughter’s Survival
- By: Dana Fowley
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
At just five years old, Dana learned that there was no one she could trust. Most devastating of all, even her own mother betrayed her and in the most unimaginable way. For years, Dana and her younger sister suffered at the hands of one of Britain's largest ever-known paedophile rings. And their mother did nothing to protect them. Only now is Dana's nightmare coming to an end as she crusades to put her abusers behind bars. In June 2007 the truth was finally exposed. Dana bravely testified against her own mother.
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What in the hell
- By super gran on 24-01-26
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How Could She? The Shocking Story of a Mother’s Betrayal and a Daughter’s Survival
- Narrated by: Helen McAlpine
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 25-02-25
- Language: English
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Boris Johnson
- The Gambler
- By: Tom Bower
- Narrated by: Harry Lloyd
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall224
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Performance196
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Story195
As divisive as he is beguiling, as misunderstood as he is scrutinised, Boris Johnson is a singular figure. Many of us think we know his story well. His ruthless ambition was evident from his insistence, as a three-year-old, that he would one day be 'world king'. Eton and Oxford prepared him well for a frantic career straddling the dog-eat-dog worlds of journalism and politics. His transformation from bumbling stooge on Have I Got News for You to a triumphant mayor of London was overshadowed only by his colourful personal life, brimming with affairs, scandals and transgressions.
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Not insightful or objective
- By Amazon Customer on 21-10-20
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Boris Johnson
- The Gambler
- Narrated by: Harry Lloyd
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 15-10-20
- Language: English
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Down the Rabbit Hole
- Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
- By: Holly Madison
- Narrated by: Holly Madison
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall845
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Performance756
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Story757
The real, untold, and unvarnished story of life inside the legendary Playboy Mansion—and the man who holds the key—from the woman who was Hef’s #1 girlfriend and star of The Girls Next Door. Read by Holly Madison herself! A spontaneous decision at age twenty-one transformed small-town...
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A predator hidden amongst the glamour...
- By Silvergin on 05-08-21
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Down the Rabbit Hole
- Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny
- Narrated by: Holly Madison
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 23-06-15
- Language: English
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Painting the Sand
- By: Kim Hughes
- Narrated by: Oliver Hemsbrough
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,223
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Performance2,031
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Story2,026
Kim Hughes is the most highly decorated bomb disposal operator serving in the British Army. He was awarded the George Cross in 2009 following a gruelling six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, during which he defused 119 improvised explosive devices, survived numerous Taliban ambushes and endured a close encounter with the Secretary of State for Defence.
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A truly great read!
- By D. J. Craig on 31-10-17
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Painting the Sand
- Narrated by: Oliver Hemsbrough
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 24-10-17
- Language: English
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The Snakehead
- A powerful investigative account of organised crime in New York's Chinatown, from the bestselling author of London Falling
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance48
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Story48
**Patrick Radden Keefe's new book, London Falling, is on sale now** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION ‘Reads like a mashup of The Godfather and Chinatown, complete with gun battles, a ruthless kingpin and a mountain of cash. Except that it’s all true’ – Time In this...
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A masterpiece
- By Maria on 22-11-23
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The Snakehead
- A powerful investigative account of organised crime in New York's Chinatown, from the bestselling author of London Falling
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 16-02-23
- Language: English
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Remember When
- My life with Alzheimer's
- By: Fiona Phillips
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey, Martin Frizell
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall334
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Performance327
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Story327
This audiobook is narrated by Julie Maisey and Fiona's husband, Martin Frizell. 'I hope this book can show people a little about what it is like to live with Alzheimer’s. How frightening and confusing it is. But also how much life can still bring joy and be valued.' Much-loved broadcaster...
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Beautifully written.
- By Abbie on 28-07-25
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Remember When
- My life with Alzheimer's
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey, Martin Frizell
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 17-07-25
- Language: English
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How to be Champion
- An Autobiography
- By: Sarah Millican
- Narrated by: Sarah Millican
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4,135
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Performance3,707
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Story3,690
Part autobiography, part self-help, part confession, part celebration of being a common-or-garden woman, part collection of synonyms for nunny, Sarah Millican's debut audiobook delves into her super normal life with daft stories, funny tales and proper advice on how to get past life's blips - like being good at school but not good at friends, the excitement of IBS and how to blossom postdivorce.
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Im a 20 year old man.
- By Mark McCormack on 01-12-17
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How to be Champion
- An Autobiography
- Narrated by: Sarah Millican
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 05-10-17
- Language: English
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Things I Told My Notes App
- The Funny And Candid Guide To Living Your Best Life From A Self-Proclaimed Oversharer
- By: Milly Goldsmith
- Narrated by: Milly Goldsmith
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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A relatable, honest and inspiring collection of inside thoughts about love, life, and personal growth – the good, the bad, the laugh-out-loud funny – from viral storyteller and queen of oversharing, Milly Goldsmith. Milly has captured the online hearts of her community through her single...
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Things I Told My Notes App
- The Funny And Candid Guide To Living Your Best Life From A Self-Proclaimed Oversharer
- Narrated by: Milly Goldsmith
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 25-06-26
- Language: English
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Roots
- By: Alex Haley
- Narrated by: Avery Brooks
- Length: 30 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall572
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Performance516
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Story515
Tracing his ancestory through six generations - slaves and freedmen, farmers and blacksmiths, lawyers and architects - back to Africa, Alex Haley discovered a sixteen-year-old youth, Kunta Kinte. It was this young man, who had been torn from his homeland and and in torment and anguish brought to the slave markets of the New World, who held the key to Haley's deep and distant past.
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amazing
- By tru.gough on 23-12-12
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Roots
- Narrated by: Avery Brooks
- Length: 30 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 10-01-12
- Language: English
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SAS: Duty Before Glory
- The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings
- By: Anthony Rushmer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall60
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Performance60
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Starting at the very bottom of the ranks, SAS Original Reg Seekings was a farm labourer's son who climbed from private to squadron sergeant-major and became one of the British Army's most highly decorated non-commissioned officers of the Second World War. In short, Seekings was an ordinary man who did extraordinary things. His is a remarkable story–one of fierce ambition, camaraderie, inner strength and heroism as he transcended humble beginnings in the Fen fields of Cambridgeshire. And he was there from the very first day of the SAS, which was born in the late summer of 1941.
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Reg Seekings
- By R.wall on 08-01-26
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SAS: Duty Before Glory
- The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg Seekings
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 24-10-24
- Language: English
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Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance86
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Story85
The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe - these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill.
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Eleanor of aquitaine
- By grannie on 23-07-21
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Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and her Successors
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Series: England's Medieval Queens, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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