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Books narrated by Karoline Newman

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    The Pike

    Gabriele d’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

    Narrated by Karoline Newman ...

    Unabridged

    23 hours 53 min

    THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECADEWINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARThe story of Gabriele D’Annunzio, poet, daredevil – and Fascist.In September 1919 Gabriele D’Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern-day Croatia. His intention – to establish a ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

  • Peculiar Ground

    A Novel

    "Sophisticated and erudite. . . . Hughes-Hallett is a natural heir to A.S. Byatt, delivering a densely patterned novel that shimmers with human interest as it probes our cultural story."— Wall Street JournalThe Costa Award-winning author of The Pike makes her literary fiction debut with an extraordinary historical novel in the spirit of Wolf Hall and Atonement—a great English country house novel, ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Pike

    Gabriele d’Annunzio, Poet, Seducer and Preacher of War

    THE TIMES BIOGRAPHY OF THE DECADEWINNER OF THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONWINNER OF THE 2013 COSTA BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARThe story of Gabriele D’Annunzio, poet, daredevil – and Fascist.In September 1919 Gabriele D’Annunzio, successful poet and occasional politician, declared himself Commandante of the city of Fiume in modern day Croatia. His intention – to establish a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Scapegoat

    The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham

    Winner of the Plutarch AwardWinner of the Publishing Triangle's Randy Shilts Award for Gay NonfictionShortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper PrizeFrom the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary history of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham.As King James I’s favorite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, advisor and lover. Wh... ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Fabulous

    Stories

    From the author of the "sophisticated and erudite" Peculiar Ground (Boston Globe) comes a collection of classic, witty fables, elegantly updated for our modern times.It's in the nature of myth to be infinitely adaptable.Each of these startlingly original stories is set in modern Britain. Their characters include a people-trafficking gang-master and a prostitute, a migrant worker and a cocksure ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cleopatra

    Histories, Dreams and Distortions

    'Brilliant and discursive' Antonia Fraser, Sunday Times'Hughes-Hallett's exemplary reappraisal … throws a searching light on two thousand years of male erotic fantasy' Joan Smith, New StatesmanWinner of the FAWCETT PRIZE and EMILY TOTH AWARDIn the 2,000 years since her death, Cleopatra has been recreated over and over again by poets, artists and filmmakers, each time in a form that... ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    The Scapegoat

    The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham

    Narrated by Lucy Hughes-Hallett ...

    Unabridged

    25 hours 41 min

    From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary history of the meteoric rise and fall of George Villiers, the first Duke of Buckingham.As King James I’s favourite, Buckingham was also his confidant, gatekeeper, advisor and lover. When Charles I succeeded his father, he was similarly enthralled and made Buckingham his best friend and mentor. A dazzling figure on horseback and a ... Read more

    $66.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Fabulous

    Stories

    Unabridged

    5 hours 40 min

    From the author of the “sophisticated and erudite” Peculiar Ground (Boston Globe), comes a collection of classic, witty fables, elegantly updated for our modern times.It's in the nature of myth to be infinitely adaptable.Each of these startlingly original stories is set in modern Britain. Their characters include a people-trafficking gang-master and a prostitute, a migrant worker and a cocksure ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Peculiar Ground

    A Novel

    Unabridged

    17 hours 40 min

    “Sophisticated and erudite. . . . Hughes-Hallett is a natural heir to A.S. Byatt, delivering a densely patterned novel that shimmers with human interest as it probes our cultural story.”—Wall Street JournalThe Costa Award-winning author of The Pike makes her literary fiction debut with an extraordinary historical novel in the spirit of Wolf Hall and Atonement—a great English country house novel, ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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  • The Edges of the World

    At the margins of life, lands and history

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  • The Stones of Britain

    A History of Britain through its Geology

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    $15.99 CAD