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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 305
Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in 19th-century London, where her strong will and progressive views have rendered her unmarriageable. Still single at 23, she is treated like a child and feels stifled in her controlling father's house. When Benjamin Hopkins, an ambitious employee of her father's trading company, shows an interest in her, she realizes marriage is her only chance to escape.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Lioness o Morocco
- De MM en 06-23-17
De: Julia Drosten, y otros
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The Architect's Apprentice
- De: Elif Shafak
- Narrado por: Piter Marek
- Duración: 16 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 340
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 301
In 1540, 12-year-old Jahan arrives in Istanbul. As an animal tamer in the sultan's menagerie, he looks after the exceptionally smart elephant Chota and befriends (and falls for) the sultan's beautiful daughter Princess Mihrimah. A palace education leads Jahan to Mimar Sinan, the empire's chief architect, who takes Jahan under his wing as they construct (with Chota's help) some of the most magnificent buildings in history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I feel like I should like it more than I do
- De nyog en 04-19-17
De: Elif Shafak
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The Painter's Apprentice
- Venetian Artisans
- De: Laura Morelli
- Narrado por: Anna Butterworth
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28
Venice, 1510. Maria Bartolini wants nothing more than to carry on her father's legacy as a master gilder. Instead, her father has sent her away from the only home she's ever known to train as an apprentice to Master Trevisan, a renowned painter. Maria arranges to leave the painter's workshop to return to her family workshop and to a secret lover waiting for her back home. But the encroaching Black Death foils her plans.... When the painter's servants uncover the real reason why Maria has been sent away to train with Master Trevisan, they threaten to reveal a secret.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Decent book if you can overlook a few quirks
- De Laurie S en 01-27-19
De: Laura Morelli
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Jerusalem Maiden
- De: Talia Carner
- Narrado por: Lise Bruneau
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 70
In the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, a young Orthodox Jewish woman in the holy city of Jerusalem is expected to marry and produce many sons to help hasten the Messiah's arrival. While the feisty Esther Kaminsky understands her obligations, her artistic talent inspires her to secretly explore worlds outside her religion, to dream of studying in Paris - and to believe that God has a special destiny for her. When tragedy strikes her family, Esther views it as a warning from an angry God....
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4 out of 5 stars
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No dreaming, No painting, No thinking . . .
- De Debbie en 04-18-15
De: Talia Carner
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All the Ever Afters
- The Untold Story of Cinderella’s Stepmother
- De: Danielle Teller
- Narrado por: Jane Copland
- Duración: 10 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 255
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 220
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 222
In the vein of Wicked, The Woodcutter, and Boy, Snow, Bird, a luminous re-imagining of a classic tale, told from the perspective of Agnes, Cinderella’s "evil" stepmother. We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we? As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, who knows all too well about hardship, privately records the true story...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not what I was expecting...
- De IonyWinter en 07-15-19
De: Danielle Teller
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Luck in the Shadows
- Nightrunner, Book 1
- De: Lynn Flewelling
- Narrado por: Raymond Todd
- Duración: 18 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,065
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 681
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 685
Spy, rogue, thief, and noble, Seregil of Rhiminee is many things, none of them predictable. And when he offers to take on Alec as his apprentice, things may never be the same for either of them. Soon Alec is traveling roads he never knew existed, toward a war he never suspected was brewing. Before long he and Seregil are embroiled in a sinister plot that runs deeper than either can imagine and that may cost them far more than their lives if they fail. But fortune is as unpredictable as Alec's new mentor.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic Series! Homophobes, shut up!
- De Ted en 09-23-11
De: Lynn Flewelling
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The Janissary Tree
- A Novel
- De: Jason Goodwin
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 413
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 285
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 288
It is 1836. Europe is modernizing, and the Ottoman Empire must follow suit. But just before the sultan announces sweeping changes, a wave of murders threatens the balance of power in his court. Who is behind them? Only one intelligence agent can be trusted to find out: Yashim Togalu, a man both brilliant and near-invisible in this world. You see, Yashim is a eunuch.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Interesting premise, annoying narrator
- De Phillipa Somerville en 09-18-07
De: Jason Goodwin
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The Irishman's Daughter
- De: V.S. Alexander
- Narrado por: Lucy Rayner
- Duración: 16 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 118
Ireland, 1845. To Briana Walsh, no place on earth is more beautiful than Carrowteige, County Mayo. The small farms that surround the centuries-old Lear House are managed by her father, agent to the wealthy, reckless Sir Thomas Blakely. Tenant farmers sell the oats and rye they grow to pay rent to Sir Thomas, surviving on the potatoes that flourish in the remaining scraps of land. But when the potato crop falls prey to a devastating blight, families Briana has known all her life are left with no food, no resources, and no mercy from the English landowner.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Wasted a credit
- De Emily Coonce en 05-26-19
De: V.S. Alexander
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The Gondola Maker
- De: Laura Morelli
- Narrado por: Edoardo Camponeschi
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
Venetian gondola-maker Luca Vianello considers his whole life arranged. His father charted a course for his eldest son from the day he was born, and Luca is positioned to inherit one of the city's most esteemed boatyards. But when Luca experiences an unexpected tragedy in the boatyard, he believes that his destiny lies elsewhere. Soon, he finds himself drawn to restore an antique gondola with the dream of taking a girl for a ride.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent narration
- De The computer lady en 03-29-17
De: Laura Morelli
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The School of Mirrors
- A Novel
- De: Eva Stachniak
- Narrado por: Ell Potter
- Duración: 16 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 80
During the reign of Louis XV, impoverished but lovely teenage girls from all over France are sent to a discreet villa in the town of Versailles. Overseen by the King’s favorite mistress, Madame de Pompadour, they will be trained as potential courtesans for the King. When the time is right, each girl is smuggled into the palace of Versailles, with its legendary Hall of Mirrors.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and Heartbreaking
- De HistoryNerd en 08-21-22
De: Eva Stachniak
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Henna House
- De: Nomi Eve
- Narrado por: Hillary Huber
- Duración: 13 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 186
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 166
Yemen in 1920: After passage of the Orphan's Decree, any unbetrothed Jewish child left orphaned will be instantly adopted by the local Muslim community. With her parents' health failing, and no spousal prospects in sight, Adela Damari's situation looks dire until her uncle arrives from a faraway city, bringing with him a cousin and aunt who introduce Adela to the powerful rituals of henna tattooing.
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2 out of 5 stars
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historical fiction, read like an autobiography.
- De Anonymous User en 02-11-19
De: Nomi Eve
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The Spymaster's Lady
- De: Joanna Bourne
- Narrado por: Kirsten Potter
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 703
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 500
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 494
She's braved battlefields. She's stolen dispatches from under the noses of heads of state. She's played the worldly courtesan, the naive virgin, the refined British lady, even a Gypsy boy. But Annique Villiers, the elusive spy known as the Fox Cub, has finally met the one man she can't outwit... British spymaster Robert Grey must enter France and bring back the brilliant, beautiful - and dangerous - Fox Cub. His duty is to capture her and her secrets for England.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Highly enjoyable; Audiobook is fantastic
- De Emily London en 12-28-10
De: Joanna Bourne
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Pirates
- De: Linda Lael Miller
- Narrado por: Jeanine Bartel
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 56
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 55
Phoebe Turlow needs to get out of Seattle and forget about the man she just divorced, her dwindling finances, and the lonely nights that stretch ahead of her. But she can't foresee what awaits her on Paradise Island. Duncan Rourke is known to historians as "the pirate patriot". He's been dead for two centuries - or at least he's supposed to be, until Phoebe Turlow steps out of a van, into a run-down island hotel, and into his world.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Spoiled An Interesting Story
- De twocats en 06-04-20
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Bury the Living
- The Revolutionary Series, Book 1
- De: Jodi McIsaac
- Narrado por: Alana Kerr Collins
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 102
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
Rebellion has always been in the O'Reilly family's blood. So when faced with the tragic death of her brother during Northern Ireland's infamous Troubles, a teenage Nora joined the IRA to fight for her country's freedom. Now, more than a decade later, Nora is haunted by both her past and vivid dreams of a man she has never met. When she is given a relic belonging to Brigid of Kildare, patron saint of Ireland, the mystical artifact transports her back eighty years - to the height of Ireland's brutal civil war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Narrator
- De Sandra en 09-29-22
De: Jodi McIsaac
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The Passion of Artemisia
- De: Susan Vreeland
- Narrado por: Gigi Bermingham
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 193
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 128
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 130
Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, and Genoa, and Naples, peopled with historical characters and filled with the details of the life of a 17th-century painter, The Passion of Artemisia is the story of Gentileschi's struggle to find love, forgiveness, and wholeness through her art.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Kay en 05-21-03
De: Susan Vreeland
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Shadow Spinner
- De: Susan Fletcher
- Narrado por: Suzanne Toren
- Duración: 6 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 115
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Marjan is a poor, crippled orphan girl, but she is happy living with her aunt and uncle in the sultan's city. Her hero is the beautiful Shahrazad, who has bewitched the sultan with her nightly tales and thus keeps him from killing other wives. Marjan wonders what Shahrazad's life is like in the silken rooms of the palace. She will soon find out. Taken to the palace to help Shahrazad find new tales, Marjan realizes that the lovely woman is a prisoner of the cycle of stories.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing
- De Barbie Spear en 10-09-23
De: Susan Fletcher
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Sea of Poppies
- Ibis Trilogy, Book 1
- De: Amitav Ghosh
- Narrado por: Phil Gigante
- Duración: 18 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 750
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 514
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 515
At the heart of this vibrant saga is an immense ship, the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its purpose to fight China's vicious 19th-century Opium Wars. As for the crew, they are a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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ignorance may be bliss
- De Evelyn M Kloepper en 07-27-09
De: Amitav Ghosh
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Midwife of Venice
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- R. Solomon
- 02-03-16
An enjoyable read
I really enjoyed this book. As I read I could imagine all the characters in Venice just as I had imagined when I was in the Jewish ghetto last year. It was well written & researched. I look forward to other books by Roberta Rich!
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- Mat
- 03-04-23
Mesmerizing
I couldn't stop. I think A second book would be ideal. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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- Melissa
- 10-23-12
Wanted More Complexity from the Story and Narratio
The narrator read the story like she was talking to a two year old which made the story seem even simpler than it was. The story lacked complexity and depth. I just couldn't wait for it to be over. I loved The Birthhouse and The Red Tent and this book was a real let down. :(
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