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Pont Neuf
- By: Max Byrd
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
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Can a young war correspondent find herself and follow her heart? In this work of historical fiction, 20-something Annabella “Annie” March arrives in France in 1944 intending to write about the war. Soon, however, Annie begins to distance herself from her sometimes-mentor, sometimes-rival - the great Martha Gellhorn - and Gellhorn’s larger-than-life husband, the novelist Ernest Hemingway. She turns to photography in the hopes of making her own name and, to her delight, discovers that images come more easily than words.
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Emotional and horrific but pulls you in with hope…
- By Diane Leesmith on 15-10-25
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Pont Neuf
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 05-12-19
- Language: English
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The Blue Afternoon
- By: William Boyd
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall64
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Performance56
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Story55
Brought to you by Penguin. WINNER OF THE SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD A quest for secrets in the blue afternoon . . . Los Angeles, 1936. Kay Fischer, a young and ambitious architect, is being followed by an old man. When confronted, he explains that his name is Salvador Carriscant - and...
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Another excellent novel by William Boyd
- By Jo R on 06-08-21
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The Blue Afternoon
- Narrated by: Kate Handford
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 08-10-20
- Language: English
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The Girl From Liverpool
- By: Elizabeth Morton
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Morton
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Will the coming war divide them . . . ? For as long as she can remember Peggy O’Shea has been expected to work at the family dairy, look after her younger siblings, and eventually marry cow-keeper Martin Gallagher. And that’s the way it has predictably gone, apart from one glorious summer...
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loved this book
- By Zoe on 07-07-22
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The Girl From Liverpool
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Morton
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 07-07-22
- Language: English
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The English Führer
- By: Rory Clements
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall279
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Performance257
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Story256
Autumn 1945 - Off the east coast of England, a Japanese sub surfaces, unloads its mysterious cargo, then blows itself to pieces. Former spy Professor Tom Wilde is enjoying peacetime in Cambridge, settling back into teaching and family life. Until a call from senior MI5 boss Lord Templeman brings him out of retirement. A nearby village has been locked down by the military, its residents blighted by a deadly illness. No one is allowed in or out. There are rumours the Nazi machine is still operational, with links to Unit 731, a notorious Japanese biological warfare research laboratory.
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very enjoyable
- By cathy m on 04-02-23
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The English Führer
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Series: Tom Wilde, Book 7
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 19-01-23
- Language: English
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Only the Brave
- By: Danielle Steel
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance30
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In 1930s Berlin, dark days dawn under Hitler's Third Reich. For nineteen-year-old Sophia Alexander, life will never be the same. The daughter of a respected doctor, Sophia has always believed that her destiny is to look after others, and as the persecution of Jewish families begins, she joins a group of dissidents who are committed to helping them to safety.
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Great story
- By Mum 15 on 17-12-25
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Only the Brave
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 25-04-24
- Language: English
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Big Lies in a Small Town
- By: Diane Chamberlain
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall189
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Performance172
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Story171
‘Fans of Jodi Picoult’s style will love how Diane Chamberlain writes’ – Candis. Big Lies in a Small Town, by the internationally bestselling author Diane Chamberlain, is a sweeping novel about two women connected by a painting that holds many dark secrets. North Carolina, 2018: Morgan...
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Two timelines, both equally interesting
- By Ninaminacat on 23-10-20
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Big Lies in a Small Town
- Narrated by: Susan Bennett
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-02-20
- Language: English
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Secrets of the Chocolate Girls
- Chocolate Girls, Book 3
- By: Annie Murray
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance19
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From Annie Murray, the bestselling author of The Bells of Bournville Green, comes Secrets of the Chocolate Girls, another gritty family saga about love, war and chocolate . . . September 1940, Birmingham. While her husband and daughter work at Cadbury's Bournville factory, Ann Gilby has her...
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really lovely read
- By steve on 09-05-22
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Secrets of the Chocolate Girls
- Chocolate Girls, Book 3
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Series: Chocolate Girls, Book 3
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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Courage for the Clarks Factory Girls
- The Clarks Factory Girls, Book 2
- By: May Ellis
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance14
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Workers in the Clarks shoe factory, at the heart of the village, have left for the army in droves, and news from the Front seems to grow darker by the day. When lifelong friends Louisa, Jeannie and Kate receive the news they had been fearing, all hope seems lost. And Louisa’s world will be rocked further when she makes another discovery, one that will see her cast out by her family, changing her life forever.
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Courage for the Clarks Factory Girls
- The Clarks Factory Girls, Book 2
- Narrated by: Katherine Press
- Series: The Clarks Factory Girls, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 29-06-24
- Language: English
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New Beginnings at Rookery House
- By: Rosie Hendry
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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Great Plumstead is buzzing with news that the American GIs have arrived on the nearby aerodrome. However, when a serious accident forces Thea to step back from her work, she must focus her full attention on Rookery House. There is an impossible amount to get done - and a new arrival to accommodate. Will she manage to keep things afloat? Prue is as busy as ever, finding homes for evacuees while worrying about her sons, Jack and Edwin, who are involved in key Allied battles overseas...
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Another fantastic book from Rosie Hendry
- By SUSAN on 03-03-26
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New Beginnings at Rookery House
- Narrated by: Patience Tomlinson
- Series: Rookery House, Book 8
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 01-02-26
- Language: English
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The Codebreaker Girls
- By: Ellie Curzon
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance18
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It's 1944, and Rosie Sinclair is full of pride to be doing her bit for the war effort as a driver at Cottisbourne Park - the secret heart of Britain's fight against Germany, where a team of brilliant and eccentric codebreakers are battling to save the country. But when she's given a new mission to drive Major-General 'Bluff' Kingsley-Flynn down to Cottisbourne, Rosie finds herself on the frontline of a new battle - to uncover a possible spy at the Park who is jeopardising their vital work, and to resist her own growing attraction to the dashing Bluff himself....
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Good pacy story
- By Maureen on 20-11-25
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The Codebreaker Girls
- Narrated by: Polly Edsell
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-12-21
- Language: English
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Where the Sky Begins
- A Novel
- By: Rhys Bowen
- Narrated by: Emma Griffiths
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance40
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London, 1940. Bombs fall and Josie Banks’ world crumbles around her. Her overbearing husband, Stan, is unreachable, called to service. Her home, a ruin of rubble and ash. Josie’s beloved tearoom boss has been killed, and Josie herself is injured, with nothing left and nowhere to go. Evacuated to the English countryside, Josie ends up at the estate of the aristocratic Miss Harcourt, a reluctant host to the survivors of the Blitz. Now a threat looms larger than anyone imagined. And a dangerous secret is about to upend Josie’s life again.
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A very nice, very gentle, very predictable story
- By Marie on 15-11-23
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Where the Sky Begins
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Emma Griffiths
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 02-08-22
- Language: English
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Red Sky in the Morning
- A touching story of love and family in WW2 Lincolnshire
- By: Margaret Dickinson
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall62
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Performance60
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Red Sky in the Morning is an unputdownable historical story from Margaret Dickinson, richly evocative of the Lincolnshire landscape. A young girl stands alone in the cobbled market place of a small Lincolnshire town, bedraggled, soaked through and very afraid. Who is she? Where has she come from...
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Wonderful and far to addictive!
- By Christine Covey on 08-04-15
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Red Sky in the Morning
- A touching story of love and family in WW2 Lincolnshire
- Narrated by: Nicolette McKenzie
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-11-14
- Language: English
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The Listeners
- 'A beautiful love story, a fascinating glimpse into the horrors of history and a haunting tale of loyalty and courage' - Chris Whitaker
- By: Maggie Stiefvater
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance12
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A beguiling, powerful and heartbreaking novel from an exceptional voice in fiction, The Listeners is the story of ordinary people thrown together in extraordinary circumstances, and the things we do to survive. 'Cinematic and so very satisfying... a phenomenally immersive read' Claire Lombardo...
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Wonderful as expected
- By Freya on 10-09-25
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The Listeners
- 'A beautiful love story, a fascinating glimpse into the horrors of history and a haunting tale of loyalty and courage' - Chris Whitaker
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 03-06-25
- Language: English
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William - an Englishman
- By: Cicely Hamilton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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A satirical view of the suffragette movement and an unblinking yet compassionate story that chronicles the impact of the First World War on an ordinary young couple, William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton won the first Prix Femina-Vie Heureuse prize in 1919. Written in a hospital tent to...
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gentle and profound
- By Richy on 26-07-24
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William - an Englishman
- Narrated by: Stephanie Racine
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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With Promises to Keep
- The irresistible historical novel in the bestselling Cliffehaven series
- By: Ellie Dean
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance20
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Brought to you by Penguin. THE TWENTY-FIRST CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN The year of 1947 is almost upon them, and the community of Cliffehaven is still reeling from the tragic loss of Gracie, who left behind two young orphans. Polish refugee and nurse Danuta...
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Being part of this Family & the Love,
- By Gilly on 01-04-26
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With Promises to Keep
- The irresistible historical novel in the bestselling Cliffehaven series
- Narrated by: Julie Maisey
- Series: Cliffehaven, Book 21
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 13-03-25
- Language: English
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Dishonour in Denmark
- By: Andrew Wareham
- Narrated by: Paul Fox
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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The Royal Navy is larger than it has ever been—nearly eight hundred ships and one hundred and twenty thousand men—and it is too small for the tasks demanded of it if the war is to be won. British hardwood forests have been destroyed, with the exception of the untouchable New Forest. It is...
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Dishonour in Denmark
- Narrated by: Paul Fox
- Series: The Call of the Sea, Book 10
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 24-03-26
- Language: English
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Paris Requiem
- By: Chris Lloyd
- Narrated by: Tim Bentinck
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance13
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Paris, 1940. As the city adjusts to life under Nazi occupation, Detective Eddie Giral struggles to reconcile his job as a policeman with his new role enforcing a regime he cannot believe in but must work under. He's sacrificed so much in order to survive in this new world, but the past is not so easily forgotten. When an old friend and an old flame reappear, begging for his help, Eddie must decide how far he will go to help those he loves.
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Superb novel
- By Jane Shepherd on 07-07-25
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Paris Requiem
- Narrated by: Tim Bentinck
- Series: Detective Eddie Giral, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 30-03-23
- Language: English
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The Winter Ball
- A sweeping story of love and war from the bestselling author of the Buckingham hotel series
- By: Anton Du Beke
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Don't miss the dazzling new novel from the nation's favourite entertainer 'Heartbreaking, heartlifting and enchanting' CAROL KIRKWOOD 1942, London In the darkest times, hope lights the way... As the snow falls on Berkeley Square, the staff at the Buckingham Hotel are busy preparing for the...
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Unputdownable or audio equivalent
- By Kitty Kat on 11-03-26
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The Winter Ball
- A sweeping story of love and war from the bestselling author of the Buckingham hotel series
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 23-10-25
- Language: English
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A Nurse’s Tale
- By: Ola Awonubi
- Narrated by: Faith Alabi
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Born Nigerian royalty, Princess Adenrele Ademola trained as a nurse at Guy’s Hospital in London and stepped up to serve the people of Britain when war broke out – facing both the devastation of the Blitz and the prejudice of some of the people she was trying to help. 80 years later, Ade’s great niece Yemi arrives in London clutching the Princess’s precious diaries and longs to uncover the mysteries they hold.
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A story once lost
- By elle on 26-07-23
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A Nurse’s Tale
- Narrated by: Faith Alabi
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 20-07-23
- Language: English
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The Train That Took You Away
- By: Catherine Hokin
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Ever since the Nazis came to power, violence has spread through the city Esther Spielmann once called home. Each night she prays her family will be spared. But when her husband and father are murdered alongside fellow Jews during Kristallnacht, she has no choice but to send her beloved son, Sascha, to safety. Esther’s heart breaks as she watches his thin legs trembling in the cold as he is ushered with the other crying children towards the Kindertransport.
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The hardship of Jews
- By mrs v farmer on 13-04-25
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The Train That Took You Away
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 20-01-25
- Language: English
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