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Anthony Powell
- Dancing to the Music of Time
- By: Hilary Spurling
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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The long-awaited portrait of a literary master from one of our generation's greatest biographers. Anthony Powell: the literary genius who gave us A Dance to the Music of Time, an undisputed classic of English literature. Spanning 12 spectacular volumes and written over 25 years, his comic masterpiece teems with idiosyncratic characters, capturing 20th-century Britain through war and peace. Drawing on Powell's letters and journals, and the memories of those who knew him, Hilary Spurling explores his life.
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Let down by an uncomprending narrator
- By E. Owen on 03-09-22
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Anthony Powell
- Dancing to the Music of Time
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 25-10-18
- Language: English
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On All Fronts
- The Education of a Journalist
- By: Clarissa Ward
- Narrated by: Clarissa Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance60
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Story60
“On All Fronts: The Education of a Journalist beautifully outlines . . . what it means to seek the truth. It gave me a new faith in the power of reporting.” —Oprah Winfrey The recipient of multiple Peabody and Murrow awards, Clarissa Ward is a world-renowned conflict reporter. In this...
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Love every moment
- By S on 27-08-21
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On All Fronts
- The Education of a Journalist
- Narrated by: Clarissa Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 08-09-20
- Language: English
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Freedom
- By: Sebastian Junger
- Narrated by: Sebastian Junger
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance79
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Story79
Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom. The two don’t coexist easily: we value individuality and self-reliance, yet are utterly dependent on community for our most basic needs. In this intricately crafted and thought-provoking book, Sebastian Junger examines this tension that lies at the heart of what it means to be human.
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Love this book…
- By Russell F on 18-03-22
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Freedom
- Narrated by: Sebastian Junger
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 18-05-21
- Language: English
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Lands of Lost Borders
- A Journey on the Silk Road
- By: Kate Harris
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance13
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Story13
Lands of Lost Borders carried me up into a state of openness and excitement I haven’t felt for years. It’s a modern classic." —Pico Iyer A brilliant, fierce writer makes her debut with this enthralling travelogue and memoir of her journey by bicycle along the Silk Road—an illuminating...
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The reader is awful
- By Anonymous on 30-09-22
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Lands of Lost Borders
- A Journey on the Silk Road
- Narrated by: Amy Landon
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 21-08-18
- Language: English
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Charlotte Brontë
- A Life
- By: Claire Harman
- Narrated by: Claire Harman
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall98
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Performance88
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Story89
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Charlotte Brontë: A Life written and read by Claire Harman. Raised motherless on remote Yorkshire moors, watching five beloved siblings sicken and die, haunted by unrequited love: Charlotte Brontë's life has all the drama and...
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Charlotte Bronte's true memoir
- By a.hopewell on 26-07-17
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Charlotte Brontë
- A Life
- Narrated by: Claire Harman
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 29-10-15
- Language: English
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Back in the Day
- The deeply affecting, first ever memoir by beloved national treasure Melvyn Bragg
- By: Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall112
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Performance102
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Story102
* AN OBSERVER AND DAILY MAIL "BOOKS OF 2022" PICK * Melvyn Bragg's first ever memoir - an elegiac, intimate account of growing up in post-war Cumbria, which lyrically evokes a vanished world. In this captivating memoir, Melvyn Bragg recalls growing up in the Cumbrian market town of Wigton, from...
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Fabulous!
- By Amazon Customer on 06-09-22
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Back in the Day
- The deeply affecting, first ever memoir by beloved national treasure Melvyn Bragg
- Narrated by: Melvyn Bragg
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 25-08-22
- Language: English
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Journey of a Lifetime
- By: Alan Whicker
- Narrated by: Alan Whicker
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall91
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Performance62
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Story63
This sumptuous book to accompany the major BBC TV series of the same name, is a glorious celebration of 50 years in front of the camera. For as long as most can remember, Whicker has roamed far and wide in search of the eccentric, the ludicrous and the socially-revealing aspects of everyday life as lived by some of the more colourful of the world's inhabitants.
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Entertaining and incisive
- By Kirstine on 23-11-14
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Journey of a Lifetime
- Narrated by: Alan Whicker
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 22-09-09
- Language: English
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North Face of Soho
- By: Clive James
- Narrated by: Clive James
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Abridged
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Overall134
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Performance107
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Story110
Read by the author, Clive James. From Fleet Street to the television, North Face of Soho is the fascinating and hilarious fourth volume of memoir from much-loved author, poet and broadcaster Clive James. '[James] delivers his gags with honed elegance' – Sunday Times It is 1968. Newly married...
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Clive James on Top Form. What More Could We Ask?
- By Dinah on 25-10-14
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North Face of Soho
- Narrated by: Clive James
- Length: 4 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-06-07
- Language: English
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The Long Voyage Home
- An Autobiography with 20 Sailboats
- By: Christian Williams
- Narrated by: Christian Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
“2500 nautical miles to go, plenty of time to tell the story,” says Christian Williams as he begins his inspiring and entertaining tale of evolution from a distracted schoolboy to Washington Post journalist, Hollywood writer-producer and long-distance singlehanded sailor with more than 10 million views on YouTube. With an infectious curiosity that ranges from bilge pump mechanics to issues of philosophy of identity, the author never flags in his quest to learn what makes every life distinctive and yet defined by its intersection with others.
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Honest, real and down to earth
- By Anonymous on 20-02-26
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The Long Voyage Home
- An Autobiography with 20 Sailboats
- Narrated by: Christian Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 11-12-25
- Language: English
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Abominations
- Selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction
- By: Lionel Shriver
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance30
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Story29
The first essay collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. ‘This trenchant, unrepentant collection reminds you that she’s a brilliant writer… Order a copy in case she’s cancelled by Christmas’ THE TIMES (Book of the Year) ‘You may disagree with Lionel Shriver’s...
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Vice-signalling
- By Graham G Grant on 14-02-23
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Abominations
- Selected essays from a career of courting self-destruction
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 15-09-22
- Language: English
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The Plague and I
- Common Reader Editions
- By: Betty MacDonald
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance21
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Story21
" The Plague and I" recounts MacDonald's experiences in a Seattle sanitarium, where the author spent almost a year (1938-39) battling tuberculosis. The White Plague was no laughing matter, but MacDonald nonetheless makes a sprightly tale of her brush with something deadly. "Anybody Can Do Anything" is a high-spirited, hilarious celebration of how "the warmth and loyalty and laughter of a big family" brightened their weathering of the Great Depression.
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the best
- By Sylvi on 01-03-25
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The Plague and I
- Common Reader Editions
- Narrated by: Heather Henderson
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 07-04-16
- Language: English
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The Bible
- A Biography: Books That Changed the World
- By: Karen Armstrong
- Narrated by: Josephine Bailey
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance38
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Story37
As the work at the heart of Christianity, the Bible is the spiritual guide for one out of every three people in the world. It is also the world's most widely distributed book, having been translated into over 2,000 languages, as well as the world's best-selling book, year after year. But the Bible is a complex work with a complicated and obscure history.
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Are the Ten Commandments Written in Stone?
- By Maolsheachlann on 11-12-08
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The Bible
- A Biography: Books That Changed the World
- Narrated by: Josephine Bailey
- Series: Books That Changed the World
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-11-07
- Language: English
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Naked Portrait
- A Memoir of my Father Lucian Freud
- By: Rose Boyt
- Narrated by: Rose Boyt
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Read by the author, Rose Boyt. ‘Hypnotic and propulsive’ - The Sunday Times ‘Thrilling’ - The TLS ‘Compulsive’ - The Observer In Naked Portrait Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, drawing on a diary she kept while sitting for him and...
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The chosen one
- By Rachel Redford on 27-07-24
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Naked Portrait
- A Memoir of my Father Lucian Freud
- Narrated by: Rose Boyt
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 30-05-24
- Language: English
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Wounds
- A Memoir of War and Love
- By: Fergal Keane
- Narrated by: David McFetridge
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall109
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Performance102
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Story101
A family story of blood and memory and the haunting power of the past. 2018 WINNER OF THE CHRISTOPHER EWART-BIGGS MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017 WINNER OF THE NON-FICTION IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER After nearly three decades reporting conflict from all over the world for the BBC...
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Ireland's revolution and civil war
- By Mister Peridot on 06-03-18
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Wounds
- A Memoir of War and Love
- Narrated by: David McFetridge
- Length: 10 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 21-09-17
- Language: English
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The Lives of the Artists
- By: Giorgio Vasari
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
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Overall31
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Performance25
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Story25
An Italian Mannerist architect and painter, Giorgio Vasari was acquainted with many of the most famous artists of his day. He is best-known today for his biographies of artists including Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian and Giotto. This recording is read with clarity and authority by Neville Jason.
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Tech issues
- By K dot H on 21-05-18
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The Lives of the Artists
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 28-07-09
- Language: English
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The Start
- 1904-1930
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance14
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Story14
William L. Shirer was a CBS foreign correspondent and renowned author of New York Times best-selling nonfiction about World War II, and this is the first part of his three-part autobiography. A renowned journalist and author of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, William L. Shirer chronicles his own life story in a personal history that parallels the greater historical events for which he served as a witness.
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The Start
- 1904-1930
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: Twentieth Century Journey, Book 1
- Length: 22 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 26-11-19
- Language: English
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Levels of Life
- By: Julian Barnes
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall247
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Performance221
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Story221
'You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed...' Julian Barnes's new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart. One of the judges who awarded him the 2011 Man Booker Prize described him as 'an unparalleled magus of the heart'. This book confirms that opinion.
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The tropics of grief
- By Paul S. Turner on 20-07-14
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Levels of Life
- Narrated by: Julian Barnes
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-04-13
- Language: English
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Tolkien and the Great War
- The Threshold of Middle-earth
- By: John Garth
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance32
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Story31
A new biography exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s wartime experiences and their impact on his life and his writing of The Lord of The Rings. “To be caught in youth by 1914 was no less hideous an experience than in 1939 … by 1918 all but one of my close friends were dead.” So J.R.R. Tolkien...
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I cannot rate this book highly enough.
- By mr a thomson on 15-08-19
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Tolkien and the Great War
- The Threshold of Middle-earth
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 28-04-11
- Language: English
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The Oak and The Larch
- A Forest History of Russia and its Empires
- By: Sophie Pinkham
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin-Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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‘A towering achievement’ MERVE EMRE NYT Best New Books of 2026 A majestic cultural and environmental history that reveals how forests have made – and resisted – Russia’s many empires. From the Baltic to the Pacific, from the Arctic to the Steppes of Central Asia, Russia’s forests...
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Fantastically interesting
- By i macdonald on 09-04-26
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The Oak and The Larch
- A Forest History of Russia and its Empires
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin-Hussey
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 29-01-26
- Language: English
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Her Husband
- Hughes and Plath, A Marriage
- By: Diane Middlebrook
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 11 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance31
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Story31
Ted Hughes married Sylvia Plath in 1956, at the outset of their brilliant careers. Plath's suicide six-and-a-half years later, for which many held Hughes accountable, changed his life, his closest relationships, his standing in the literary world, and brought new significance to his poetry.
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Wonderful
- By Mary on 16-02-10
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Her Husband
- Hughes and Plath, A Marriage
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release date: 19-03-04
- Language: English
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