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De: Sarah Dunant
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The Boleyn King
- Boleyn Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Laura Andersen
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 330
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 292
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 291
Just seventeen years old, Henry IX, known as William, is a king bound by the restraints of the regency yet anxious to prove himself. With the French threatening battle and the Catholics sowing the seeds of rebellion at home, William trusts only three people: his older sister Elizabeth; his best friend and loyal counselor, Dominic; and Minuette, a young orphan raised as a royal ward by William’s mother, Anne Boleyn.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Great idea, bad story
- De S. D. Ristick en 09-22-14
De: Laura Andersen
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The Agincourt Bride
- De: Joanna Hickson
- Narrado por: Catherine Harvey
- Duración: 16 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 301
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 300
When her own first child is tragically still-born, the young Mette is pressed into service as a wet-nurse at the court of the mad king, Charles VI of France. Her young charge is the princess, Catherine de Valois, caught up in the turbulence and chaos of life at court. Mette and the child forge a bond, one that transcends Mette’s lowly position. But as Catherine approaches womanhood, her unique position seals her fate as a pawn between two powerful dynasties.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Michelle en 02-16-13
De: Joanna Hickson
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Mademoiselle Boleyn
- De: Robin Maxwell
- Narrado por: Suzan Crowley
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 86
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 78
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 78
When her father is assigned the task of spying on the French Court, the charming and sweetly innocent Anne Boleyn is delighted by the thought of a new adventure. And she is not to be disappointed, for her beautiful sister, Mary, has been handed a mission: to let herself be seduced by the King of France in order to uncover his secrets. Mesmerized by the thrilling passion, intrigue, and betrayal that unfolds, Anne discovers the power of being a woman who catches the eye of a powerful king.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing
- De Anonymous User en 11-10-18
De: Robin Maxwell
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Push Not the River
- De: James Conroyd Martin
- Narrado por: Dawn Harvey
- Duración: 19 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 200
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 174
Push Not the River is the rich story of Poland in the late 1700's - a time of heartache and turmoil as the country's once peaceful people are torn apart by neighboring countries and divided loyalties. It is then, at the young and vulnerable age of seventeen, that Lady Anna Maria Berezowska loses both of her parents and must leave the only home she has ever known.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Save your time; buy something else.
- De AMS en 10-22-15
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Quatrain
- Twelve Houses, Book 0.5
- De: Sharon Shinn
- Narrado por: Eva Wilhelm
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 13
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 13
Sharon Shinn's Twelve Houses books have fascinated fans and critics alike with their irresistible blend of fantasy, romance, and adventure. Now in Quatrain, she weaves compelling stories in four of the worlds that fans love in "Flight", "Blood", "Gold", and "Flame".
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lovely set of novellas, description needs updated
- De Lindsay C. en 09-25-20
De: Sharon Shinn
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Green Darkness
- De: Anya Seton
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 23 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 268
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 237
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 239
The marriage of the Englishman Richard Marsdon and his young American wife, Celia, slowly turns tragic as Richard withdraws into himself and Celia suffers a debilitating emotional breakdown. A wise mystic realizes that Celia can escape her past only by reliving it. She journeys back four hundred years to her former life as the servant girl Celia de Bohun during the reign of Edward VI - and to her doomed love affair with the chaplain Stephen Marsdon.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A different narrator would have made all the difference.
- De J en 06-04-15
De: Anya Seton
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Reign of Madness
- De: Lynn Cullen
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 13 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Juana of Castile, third child of the Spanish monarchs Isabel and Fernando, grows up with no hope of inheriting her parents' crowns, but as a princess knows her duty: to further her family's ambitions through marriage. Yet stories of courtly love, and of her parents' own legendary romance, surround her. When she weds the Duke of Burgundy, a young man so beautiful that he is known as Philippe the Handsome, she dares to hope that she might have both love and crowns.
De: Lynn Cullen
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While Beauty Slept
- De: Elizabeth Blackwell
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 12 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 319
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 293
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 293
I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told.And so begins Elise Dalriss's story. When she hears her great-granddaughter recount a minstrel's tale about a beautiful princess asleep in a tower, it pushes open a door to the past, a door Elise has long kept locked. For Elise was the companion to the real princess who slumbered-and she is the only one left who knows what actually happened so many years ago. Her story unveils a labyrinth where secrets connect to an inconceivable evil. As only Elise understands all too well, the truth is no fairy tale...
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5 out of 5 stars
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EVIL THOUGHTS TAKE STRENGTH IN THE DARK,
- De Jim "The Impatient" en 02-08-15
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The Serpent Garden
- De: Judith Merkle Riley
- Narrado por: Alison Larkin
- Duración: 18 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
Susanna Dallet is the daughter of a Flemish painter and wife to a philandering husband, living in the court of Henry VIII. When her husband is murdered, Susanna is suddenly left with a household to provide for and nothing to her name. Her days of anonymity are over when Susanna finds that guild rules preventing women from working do not apply at the king’s court, and she manages to secure a position as a miniature-portrait painter. Before long, she has not only made a name for herself, she is close to those who surround Princess Mary. But even in this lofty company, Susanna is not safe....
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3 out of 5 stars
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DON'T FALL FOR THE PRINT VERSION AMAZON REVIEWS
- De The Louligan en 03-06-14
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The Memoirs of Mary, Queen of Scots
- De: Carolly Erickson
- Narrado por: Rebekah Germain
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 44
Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fiction being the key word
- De Bonnie-Ann B en 09-25-09
De: Carolly Erickson
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Isabella: Braveheart of France
- De: Colin Falconer
- Narrado por: Anne Johnstonbrown
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 178
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 155
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 153
12-year-old Isabella, a French princess marries the King of England - only to discover he has a terrible secret. Ten long years later she is in utter despair - does she submit to a lifetime of solitude and a spiritual death - or seize her destiny and take the throne of England for herself? Isabella is just twelve years old when she marries Edward II of England. For the young princess it is love at first sight - but Edward has a terrible secret that threatens to tear their marriage - and England apart.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Bizarre "Reader's Digest" Version of History...
- De Sara en 01-06-15
De: Colin Falconer
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Knight of Desire: All The King's Men Series, Book 1
- De: Margaret Mallory
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 593
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 553
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 553
His surcoat still bloody from battle, William FitzAlan comes to claim the strategic borderlands granted to him by the king. One last prize awaits him at the castle gates: the lovely Lady Catherine Rayburn. Catherine risked everything to spy for the crown. Her reward? Her lands are declared forfeit and she is given this choice: marry FitzAlan or be taken to the Tower. Catherine agrees to give her handsome new husband her body, but she's keeping secrets, and dare not give him her heart.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Stong Heroine.
- De 🌸DARA en 12-07-13
De: Margaret Mallory
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A Shadow in Summer
- Long Price Quartet, Book 1
- De: Daniel Abraham
- Narrado por: Neil Shah
- Duración: 14 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 296
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 263
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 260
The powerful city-state of Saraykeht is a bastion of peace and culture, a major center of commerce and trade. Its economy depends on the power of the captive spirit Seedless, an and at bound to the poet-sorcerer Heshai for life. Enter the Galts, an empire committed to laying waste to all lands with their ferocious army. Saraykeht has always been too strong for the Galts to attack, but now they see an opportunity.
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4 out of 5 stars
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REALLY Hard to Rate!
- De Trip Williams en 04-27-15
De: Daniel Abraham
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The Winthrop Woman
- De: Anya Seton
- Narrado por: Corrie James
- Duración: 27 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 871
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 786
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 783
In 1631 Elizabeth Winthrop, newly widowed with an infant daughter, set sail for the New World. Against a background of rigidity and conformity she dared to befriend Anne Hutchinson at the moment of her banishment from the Massachusetts Bay Colony; dared to challenge a determined army captain bent on the massacre of her friends, the Siwanoy Indians; and, above all, dared to love a man as her heart and her whole being commanded.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Historical Fiction that Aged Very Well
- De Lulu en 11-26-14
De: Anya Seton
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Tremontaine, Season One
- 13 Book Series, Box Set
- De: Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Malinda Lo, y otros
- Narrado por: Katherine Kellgren, Nick Sullivan, Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Duración: 22 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
In a city that never was, sex, scandal, and swordplay combine in a melodrama of manners that takes listeners to a world inspired by Elizabethan London, 18th century Paris, and 1980s New York City. Sexuality is fluid, politics is everything, and outcasts are the tastemakers. Intrigue is afoot when a Duchess, a scholar, a swordswoman, and a genius, are brought together by long-buried lies and truths that cannot be denied.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful story, flawed narration
- De Kristin en 05-25-18
De: Ellen Kushner, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Figures in Silk
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Total4 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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Historia4 out of 5 stars
- Bird Lady 147
- 02-21-21
Performance is good
...But the audio quality of some of these older books isn’t very good. I listened to this many years ago and I don’t remember the audio annoying me as much. This may be due to not having much to compare it to back then? I find now I can no longer listen to even slightly distorted audio I really like clean clear crisp audio. However I do remember liking this story at the time. Who knows sorry I know my reviews are useless.
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Total2 out of 5 stars
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Ejecución4 out of 5 stars
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Historia2 out of 5 stars
- Kristina
- 08-18-21
Thank goodness for the fast forward button
I can’t figure out what this books wants to be…but it isn’t good. At the beginning I thought it might be a religious story, but these two teenage girls “sold” into marriage by their father appear to enjoy sex too much for that. Then it’s going to be about the intrepid heroine becoming an empowered businesswoman (hardly likely in the 1400s). I did have hopes that I might learn something about the silk industry, but that storyline is really just background texture. Nope, this story is about a weak woman masquerading as a strong woman who is desperate to stay the mistress of an evil tyrant who doesn’t even seem to care about her. Maybe it all comes together in the end, but I just can't get there with this book.
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