Bestsellers
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The Familiar
- A Novel
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age....
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The performance was superior!
- By anonymous2812 on 04-14-24
By: Leigh Bardugo
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The Glassmaker
- A Novel
- By: Tracy Chevalier
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling historical novelist comes a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to present day....
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A beautiful and well written tale building the ongoing human history of Glass in Venice and on Murano.
- By Laura Simone on 09-19-24
By: Tracy Chevalier
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Wolf Hall
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 25 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him....
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Superb narration, but keep a character index at hand
- By Oculus on 12-27-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Marriage Portrait
- A Novel
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt, Maggie O'Farrell
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the breakout New York Times best seller Hamnet—winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—an electrifying new novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de Medici....
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If You Love Alternate Histories, Get This
- By Jim on 09-26-22
By: Maggie O'Farrell
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The Lady of the Rivers
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight....
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Philippa back on track
- By Bonnie-Ann on 11-26-11
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Mirror & the Light
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 38 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors....
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Ben Miles is not as good a reader...
- By EllenP on 03-13-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Familiar
- A Novel
- By: Leigh Bardugo
- Narrated by: Lauren Fortgang
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age....
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The performance was superior!
- By anonymous2812 on 04-14-24
By: Leigh Bardugo
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The Glassmaker
- A Novel
- By: Tracy Chevalier
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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From the bestselling historical novelist comes a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glassmakers from the height of Renaissance-era Italy to present day....
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A beautiful and well written tale building the ongoing human history of Glass in Venice and on Murano.
- By Laura Simone on 09-19-24
By: Tracy Chevalier
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Wolf Hall
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 25 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of 20 years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him....
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Superb narration, but keep a character index at hand
- By Oculus on 12-27-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Marriage Portrait
- A Novel
- By: Maggie O'Farrell
- Narrated by: Genevieve Gaunt, Maggie O'Farrell
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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From the author of the breakout New York Times best seller Hamnet—winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—an electrifying new novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de Medici....
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If You Love Alternate Histories, Get This
- By Jim on 09-26-22
By: Maggie O'Farrell
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The Lady of the Rivers
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta always has had the gift of second sight....
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Philippa back on track
- By Bonnie-Ann on 11-26-11
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Mirror & the Light
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 38 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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The story begins in May 1536: Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Cromwell breakfasts with the victors....
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Ben Miles is not as good a reader...
- By EllenP on 03-13-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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White Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Susan Lyons
- Length: 15 hrs
- Unabridged
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Brother turns on brother. The throne of England is at stake. The deadly Wars of the Roses have begun....
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Your ambition will be your curse....
- By Theodore on 12-15-12
By: Philippa Gregory
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Bring Up the Bodies
- A Novel
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 16 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son, and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England....
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Ben is a great narrator
- By J. Mar on 07-22-20
By: Hilary Mantel
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The King's Pleasure
- A Novel of Henry VIII
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 23 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author of the Six Tudor Queens series explores the private side of the legendary king Henry VIII and his dramatic and violent reign in this extraordinary historical novel....
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Love this author
- By Amanda on 06-17-23
By: Alison Weir
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The Red Queen
- A Novel
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her house is the true ruler of England and that she has a great destiny before her....
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Good book, unsympathetic heroine
- By Karin on 09-12-10
By: Philippa Gregory
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The White Princess
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 19 hrs
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The newest novel from #1 New York Times best-selling author and "queen of royal fiction" ( USA Today) Philippa Gregory tells the passionate story of Elizabeth of York....
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
- By FanB14 on 08-05-13
By: Philippa Gregory
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Wolf Hall
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Simon Slater
- Length: 24 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In the ruthless arena of King Henry VIII's court, only one man dares to gamble his life....
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Divorced, beheaded, died...
- By Tim on 09-30-11
By: Hilary Mantel
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The Constant Princess
- The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Karina Fernandez
- Length: 17 hrs and 55 mins
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Daughter of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain, Katherine has been fated her whole life to marry Prince Arthur of England. But tragically, aged only 15, Arthur falls ill and extracts from his 16-year-old bride a deathbed promise to marry his brother, Henry....
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Excellent narration, bad book
- By Amanda on 04-09-19
By: Philippa Gregory
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Three Sisters, Three Queens
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 21 hrs and 9 mins
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As sisters they share an everlasting bond; As queens they can break each other's hearts....
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Wonderful
- By I like to shop on 10-05-16
By: Philippa Gregory
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The King's Curse
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 24 hrs and 12 mins
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Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors....
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A DISAPPOINTING ENDING TO AN GOOD SERIES
- By The Louligan on 09-14-14
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Kingmaker's Daughter
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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The Kingmaker's Daughter is the gripping and ultimately tragic story of the daughters of the man known as the "Kingmaker", the most powerful magnate in England through the Cousins' Wars....
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The story is starting to wear thin
- By Dawn M. Irvin on 10-23-13
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Other Boleyn Girl
- The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Vanessa Kirby
- Length: 22 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of 14, she catches the eye of the handsome and charming Henry VIII. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family’s ambitious plots as the king’s interest begins to wane....
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Okay
- By #amazoncustomer on 10-20-19
By: Philippa Gregory
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Tombland
- By: C.J. Sansom
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 37 hrs and 41 mins
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The nominal king, Edward VI, is 11 years old. His uncle, Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Edward's regent and Protector. In the kingdom, radical Protestants are driving the old religion into extinction, while the Protector's prolonged war with Scotland has led to hyperinflation....
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Great book- download in parts
- By Oh Good Grief on 02-11-19
By: C.J. Sansom
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Sword of Justice
- Chivalry, Book 4
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
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Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle.
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The Mapmaker's Daughter
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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When thirty-six-year-old Robyn Willoughby discovers a blood-stained Tudor map in her father’s antique map shop, desperate for a distraction from her problems, she decides to investigate. But as Robyn delves into the mystery, she finds herself caught up in a centuries-old secret....
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Freida the Fighter
- By Kathlen Love on 07-27-24
By: Clare Marchant
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The Taming of the Queen
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Bianca Amato
- Length: 18 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Kateryn Parr, a 30-year-old widow, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - King Henry VIII - commands her to marry him....
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NEEDS EDITING - DESPERATELY!
- By The Louligan on 08-31-15
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Virgin's Lover
- The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, Book 3
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Perdita Weeks
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
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A riveting and scandalous love triangle between a young woman on the brink of greatness, a young man whose ambition far exceeds his means, and the wife who cannot forgive them....
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Why doesn’t Bianca Amata narrate all of the books?
- By m.nguyen on 06-15-20
By: Philippa Gregory
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Disobedient
- By: Elizabeth Fremantle
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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Great narrator to match a great story
- By Anonymous User on 06-15-24
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A Daughter of Fair Verona
- By: Christina Dodd
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Once upon a time a young couple met and fell in love. You probably know that story, and how it ended (hint: badly). Only here’s the thing: That’s not how it ended at all. Romeo and Juliet are alive and well and the parents of seven kids. I’m the oldest.
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Loved it
- By S. Kauchis on 08-18-24
By: Christina Dodd
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The Boleyn Inheritance
- A Novel (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Georgia Maguire, Pippa Bennett-Warner, Cathleen McCarron
- Length: 17 hrs and 12 mins
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After the death of his third wife, Jane Seymour, King Henry VIII of England decides to take a new wife, but this time, not for love. The Boleyn Inheritance follows three women whose lives are forever changed because of the king’s decision....
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Good But With Surprising Historical Inaccuracies
- By lv on 04-04-20
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Queen's Fool
- A Novel (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 21 hrs
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Pursued by the Inquisition, Hannah Green, a 14-year-old Jewish girl, is forced to flee with her father from their home in Spain. But Hannah is no ordinary refugee; she has the gift of “Sight”, the ability to foresee the future, priceless in the troubled times of the Tudor court....
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A narrator to remember
- By R. L. Carter on 12-30-20
By: Philippa Gregory
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The Other Queen
- A Novel (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels)
- By: Philippa Gregory
- Narrated by: Richard Armitage, Alex Kingston, Madeleine Leslay
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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Fleeing violent rebellions in Scotland, Mary looks to Queen Elizabeth of England for sanctuary. Though promised protection, Mary, perceived as a serious threat to the English crown, is soon imprisoned by her former friend as a “guest” in the house of George Talbot, earl of Shrewsbury....
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My new favorite Phillippa Gregory book!
- By G BARE on 07-11-19
By: Philippa Gregory
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Race of Scorpions
- House of Niccolò Series, Book 3
- By: Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 26 hrs and 54 mins
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In 1462, Nicholas is a wealthy twenty-one-year-old. His beloved wife has died. His stepchildren have locked him out of the family business. He and his private army are the target of multiple conspiracies....
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Love Dorothy Dunnett
- By June Huggins on 01-08-24
By: Dorothy Dunnett
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Midnight Blue
- A Novel
- By: Simone van der Vlugt
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Following the sudden death of her husband, 25-year-old Catrin leaves her small village and takes a job as a housekeeper to the successful Van Nulandt merchant family....
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Beach or trip read
- By CSL on 07-17-23
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The Stolen Lady
- A Novel of World War II and the Mona Lisa
- By: Laura Morelli
- Narrated by: Lisa Flanagan, Caroline Hewitt, Paul Woodson
- Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins
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From the acclaimed author of The Night Portrait comes a stunning historical novel about two women, separated by 500 years, who each hide Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa - with unintended consequences....
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hard to finish
- By jeannetteW on 01-05-22
By: Laura Morelli