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Thou Savage Woman

Female Killers in Early Modern Britain

by Blessin Adams ...

A Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year'Popular history at its best' Spectator'Boisterous… replete with stabbings, bashing and thumping' Daily Mail'A cocktail of brutal, tragic, and fascinating true crime from the era of the Tudors and Stuarts. This dark history at its best, narrated with empathy and precision' Gareth RussellLADY KILLERS AND FEMM... ... Read more

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A Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year'Popular history at its best' Spectator'Boisterous… replete with stabbings, bashing and thumping' Daily Mail'A cocktail of brutal, tragic, and fascinating true crime from the era of the Tudors and Stuarts. This dark history at its best, narrated with empathy and precision' Gareth RussellLADY KILLERS AND FEMM...
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Great and Horrible News

Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

by Blessin Adams ...

‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily MailNINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with noisome spectators. Executions were public proceedings which promised not only gore, but desperate confessions and the grandest, most righteous human drama. Bookshops saw grisly stories of crime and death ... Read more

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‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily MailNINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with noisome spectators. Executions were public proceedings which promised not only gore, but desperate confessions and the grandest, most righteous human drama. Bookshops saw grisly stories of crime and death
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Great and Horrible News

Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain

by Blessin Adams ...

Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

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7 hours 40 min

‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily MailNINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with noisome spectators. Executions were public proceedings which promised not only gore, but desperate confessions and the grandest, most righteous human drama. Bookshops saw grisly stories of crime and death ... Read more

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‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily MailNINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with noisome spectators. Executions were public proceedings which promised not only gore, but desperate confessions and the grandest, most righteous human drama. Bookshops saw grisly stories of crime and death
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Thou Savage Woman

Female Killers in Early Modern Britain

by Blessin Adams ...

Narrated by Blessin Adams ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

A Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year'Popular history at its best' Spectator'Boisterous… replete with stabbings, bashing and thumping' Daily Mail'A cocktail of brutal, tragic, and fascinating true crime from the era of the Tudors and Stuarts. This dark history at its best, narrated with empathy and precision' Gareth RussellLADY KILLERS AND FEMM... ... Read more

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A Daily Telegraph and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year'Popular history at its best' Spectator'Boisterous… replete with stabbings, bashing and thumping' Daily Mail'A cocktail of brutal, tragic, and fascinating true crime from the era of the Tudors and Stuarts. This dark history at its best, narrated with empathy and precision' Gareth RussellLADY KILLERS AND FEMM...
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Lionessheart

The Life and Times of Joanna Plantagenet

by Catherine Hanley ...

Narrated by Ruth Urquhart ...

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7 hours 25 min

Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine are two of the most recognizable figures of the Middle Ages, and almost certainly the best-known couple. The lives of their sons have been examined in detail many times, but their daughters are barely known despite the influence they exerted on the world around them. Joanna, the youngest daughter, led an extraordinary life full of travel, adventure, danger, and ... Read more

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Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine are two of the most recognizable figures of the Middle Ages, and almost certainly the best-known couple. The lives of their sons have been examined in detail many times, but their daughters are barely known despite the influence they exerted on the world around them. Joanna, the youngest daughter, led an extraordinary life full of travel, adventure, danger, and
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Victoria in Love

The Private Passion of a Queen

by Fern Riddell ...

Narrated by Fern Riddell ...

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12 hours 55 min

From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion, her fierce protector, and her right-hand man: their friendship immortalized in print and later onscreen. But what if there was more to their relationship than we know? And what has history been hiding from us?Rumors have swirled around this relationship for years ... Read more

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From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion, her fierce protector, and her right-hand man: their friendship immortalized in print and later onscreen. But what if there was more to their relationship than we know? And what has history been hiding from us?Rumors have swirled around this relationship for years
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My Family And Other Spies

A gripping MI6 memoir of espionage, secrecy, and a son uncovering his father’s past

by Alistair Wood ...

Narrated by David Rintoul ...

Unabridged

10 hours 34 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.The unforgettable memoir of life in a family like no other, and their extraordinary, eccentric part in half a century of espionage . . .**‘It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father …’As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service – or MI6 – training camp, ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.The unforgettable memoir of life in a family like no other, and their extraordinary, eccentric part in half a century of espionage . . .**‘It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father …’As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service – or MI6 – training camp,
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The Rebel Romanov

Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had

by Helen Rappaport ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

10 hours 38 min

In 1795, Catherine the Great of Russia was in search of a bride for her grandson Constantine, who stood third in line to her throne. In an eerie echo of her own story, Catherine selected an innocent young German princess, Julie of Saxe-Coburg, aunt of the future Queen Victoria. Though Julie had everything a young bride could wish for, she was alone in a court dominated by an aging empress and ... Read more

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In 1795, Catherine the Great of Russia was in search of a bride for her grandson Constantine, who stood third in line to her throne. In an eerie echo of her own story, Catherine selected an innocent young German princess, Julie of Saxe-Coburg, aunt of the future Queen Victoria. Though Julie had everything a young bride could wish for, she was alone in a court dominated by an aging empress and
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Sycorax

A Novel

by Nydia Hetherington ...

Narrated by Nydia Hetherington ...

Unabridged

11 hours 55 min

A captivating reimagining of the life lived by the powerful witch Sycorax before her banishment to the island in William Shakespeare's The TempestBorn of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told...They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress.Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature. ... Read more

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A captivating reimagining of the life lived by the powerful witch Sycorax before her banishment to the island in William Shakespeare's The TempestBorn of the sun and moon, shaped by fire and malady, comes a young woman whose story has never been told...They call her Sycorax. Seer. Sage. Sorceress.Outcast by society and all alone in the world, Sycorax must find a way to understand her true nature.
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The Lost Boy

The Book Behind the Major BBC Series ‘The Moors Murders: A Search for Justice’

by Duncan Staff ...

Narrated by Duncan Staff ...

Unabridged

10 hours 46 min

Brought to you by Penguin.New access to court documents and to Ian Brady's private files, shines new light on these crimes and the police investigation.Detailing full story of the Moors Murders, and the search for Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's fifth victim, Keith Bennett, whose grave has never been found, this new edition of The Lost Boy sets out the proof that the police always knew there were ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.New access to court documents and to Ian Brady's private files, shines new light on these crimes and the police investigation.Detailing full story of the Moors Murders, and the search for Ian Brady and Myra Hindley's fifth victim, Keith Bennett, whose grave has never been found, this new edition of The Lost Boy sets out the proof that the police always knew there were
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No Women Were Harmed

A darkly gothic historical fiction debut set in a Victorian asylum - but is our heroine the victim or the villain?

by Heather Mottershead ...

Narrated by Catrin Walker-Booth ...

Unabridged

9 hours 50 min

And so, I am mad after all...The shackles gouge my wrists, disturbing the scars of Strangeways Prison's fetters. But no matter; if I bleed, I will not die: I am already dead.Named after the funeral flower, Lily has walked hand-in-hand with death for as long as she can remember.But the fact that death has chosen to follow her through life can hardly be conceived as her fault.Certainly she cannot be ... Read more

$31.99 USD

And so, I am mad after all...The shackles gouge my wrists, disturbing the scars of Strangeways Prison's fetters. But no matter; if I bleed, I will not die: I am already dead.Named after the funeral flower, Lily has walked hand-in-hand with death for as long as she can remember.But the fact that death has chosen to follow her through life can hardly be conceived as her fault.Certainly she cannot be
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Ghostland

In Search of a Haunted Country

by Edward Parnell ...

Narrated by Sam Woolf ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow CountryIn his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the ghost stories that obsessed him as a boy, and to the writers through the ages who have attempted to confront what ... Read more

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‘A uniquely strange and wonderful work of literature’ Philip Hoare‘An exciting new voice’ Mark Cocker, author of Crow CountryIn his late thirties, Edward Parnell found himself trapped in the recurring nightmare of a family tragedy. For comfort, he turned to his bookshelves, back to the ghost stories that obsessed him as a boy, and to the writers through the ages who have attempted to confront what
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