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The Duke's Children is the sixth and final audiobook in the Palliser series. Plantagenet Palliser, the Duke of Omnium and former Prime Minister of England, is widowed and wracked by grief. Struggling to adapt to life without his beloved Lady Glencora, he works hard to guide and support his three adult children. Palliser soon discovers, however, that his own plans for them are very different from their desires. Sent down from university in disgrace, his two sons quickly begin to run up gambling debts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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For the saga-phile
- By Alicia Czechowski on 10-29-11
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Martin Chuzzlewit
- The Dickens Collection: An Audible Exclusive Series
- By: Charles Dickens, William Boyd - introduction
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi, William Boyd - introduction
- Length: 41 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4 out of 5 stars 12
Deeply distressed at thought of his singularly money-minded family circling around his inevitable death bed, when Old Martin Chuzzlewit comes across a young and kindly orphan girl, he immediately decides to take her into his employment. Offering her a comfortable living in exchange for her care and protection, Martin rests easy in the knowledge that her comfort will last only as long as he does; upon his death, Mary the orphan will find herself on the cold and dirty streets from whence she came.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Hard to hear
- By Kevin S Greenwood on 09-25-19
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Henrietta Who?
- By: Catherine Aird
- Narrated by: Robin Bailey
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 142
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Story4 out of 5 stars 142
Life for Henrietta Jenkins was a quiet, well-ordered affair - a home with her widowed mother and degree studies at university. But her life changed dramatically when, just before her 21st birthday, her mother’s body was found in a quiet road, apparently the victim of a hit-and-run driver. For not only did the simple case turn into a murder hunt, but the post mortem also revealed that Grace Jenkins had never had any children. In which case, who was Henrietta?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent police procedural; very British.
- By MidwestGeek on 09-07-11
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Parting Breath
- By: Catherine Aird
- Narrated by: Robin Bailey
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 85
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 66
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Story4 out of 5 stars 64
Detective Inspector C.D. Sloan knew there would be trouble when he was called in to the student sit-in at Calleshire University. The dons were nervous, the students excited - a clash of some kind seemed inevitable. But what did happen was totally unexpected. First was a most peculiar theft from a dormitory room and then the discovery of a man found clutching at one of the columns of the Tarsus cloister - bleeding slowly to death and able with his parting breath only to utter one enigmatic phrase.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Slow starter, hard to follow
- By Linda on 08-04-14
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An Infamous Army
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Claire Higgins
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 252
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 187
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Story4 out of 5 stars 186
In 1815, beneath the aegis of the Army of Occupation, Brussels is the gayest town in Europe. And the widow Lady Barbara Childe, renowned for being as outrageous as she is beautiful, is at the centre of all that is fashionable and light-hearted. When she meets Charles Audley, dashing aide-de-camp to the great Duke of Wellington himself, her joie de vivre knows no bounds - until the eve of the fateful Battle of Waterloo...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By Carol T. Carr on 01-08-07
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The Nonesuch
- By: Georgette Heyer
- Narrated by: Eve Matheson
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,188
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 954
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 954
Sir Waldo Hawkridge, wealthy, handsome, eligible, illustrious, and known as The Nonesuch for his athletic prowess, believes he is past the age of falling in love. But when he comes north to inspect his unusual inheritance at Broom Hall in the West Riding, his arrival leads to the most entertaining of ramifications.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Simple pleasure
- By Carl Smith on 10-28-09
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A Corpse at St Andrew's Chapel
- The Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeon, Book 2
- By: Mel Starr
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 27
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Alan, the beadle of the manor of Bampton, had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. When, the following morning, he had not returned home, his young wife Matilda had sought out Master Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of the manor. Two days later Alan’s corpse was discovered in the hedge, at the side of the track to St. Andrew’s Chapel. His throat had been torn out - his head was half severed from his body - and his face, hands, and forearms were lacerated with deep scratches.
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The Tale of Genji, Volume 1
- By: Murasaki Shikibu, Dennis Washburn - translator
- Narrated by: Brian Nishii
- Length: 35 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4 out of 5 stars 18
Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794-1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji, widely considered the world's first novel, during the early years of the 11th century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki's tale came to occupy a central place in Japan's remarkable history of artistic achievement and is now recognized as a masterpiece of world literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Masterful Performance by Brian Nishii
- By Anthony on 11-24-19
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Trade Wind
- By: M. M. Kaye
- Narrated by: Karen Chilton
- Length: 27 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 54
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 54
The scene is teeming Zanzibar just before the American Civil War, when the Isle of Cloves was a center of African slave trade. To it comes Hero Athena Hollis, a Boston bluestocking filled with self-righteousness and bent on good deeds. Then she meets Rory Frost, a cynical, wicked, shrewd and good-humored trader in slaves. What is Hero to make of him (and of her feelings for him)?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Epic historical novel.
- By D. D. Worden on 04-16-13
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Push Not the River
- By: James Conroyd Martin
- Narrated by: Dawn Harvey
- Length: 19 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 182
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 156
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Story4 out of 5 stars 159
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.
- By AMS on 10-22-15
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A Trail of Ink
- Hugh De Singleton’s Chronicles, Book 3
- By: Mel Starr
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 21
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Some valuable books have been stolen from Master John Wyclif, the well-known scholar and Bible translator. He calls upon his friend and former pupil, Hugh de Singleton, to investigate. Hugh’s investigation leads him to Oxford where he again encounters Kate, the only woman who has tempted him to leave bachelor life behind, but Kate has another serious suitor. As Hugh’s pursuit of Kate becomes more successful, mysterious accidents begin to occur. Are these accidents tied to the missing books, or to his pursuit of Kate?
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3 out of 5 stars
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A bit tedious!
- By AKowalczyk on 04-03-20
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Accepting the Lance
- Liaden Universe: Arc of the Covenants, Book 5
- By: Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
- Narrated by: Eileen Stevens
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 39
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Story5 out of 5 stars 32
Exiled from Liad after bombing a city to save it from The Department of the Interior’s infernal weapons and plans, Clan Korval has gone to ground on the back-water planet Surebleak, whose people are as untamed as its weather. The old Boss-controlled fiefdoms largely fell to Pat Rin yos’Phelium’s influence, but the world is restive, the influx of outworld lawyers, guns, and money a brewpot for armed dissatisfaction.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Adventure in the Liaden Universe
- By Elisabeth Carey on 12-16-19
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Sailing to Sarantium
- Book One of the Sarantine Mosaic
- By: Guy Gavriel Kay
- Narrated by: Berny Clark
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 399
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 372
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 374
Crispin is a mosaicist, a layer of bright tiles. Still grieving for the family he lost to the plaque, he lives only for his arcane craft. But an imperial summons from Valerius the Trakesian to Sarantium, the most magnificent place in the world, is difficult to resist. In a world half-wild and tangled with magic, a journey to Sarantium means a walk into destiny. Bearing with him a deadly secret and a Queen's seductive promise, guarded only by his own wits and a talisman from an alchemist's treasury, Crispin sets out for the fabled city. Along the way he will encounter a great beast.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Can't give a fair rating
- By Alyssa on 10-16-15
Publisher's Summary
In this fourth book in the legendary Lymond Chronicles, Francis Crawford of Lymond desperately searches the Ottoman empire for his kidnapped child.
Somewhere within the bejeweled labyrinth of the Ottoman empire, a child is hidden. Now his father, Francis Crawford of Lymond, soldier of fortune and the exiled heir of Scottish nobility, is searching for him while ostensibly engaged on a mission to the Turkish sultan. At stake is the political order of three continents, for Lymond's child is a pawn in a cutthroat game whose gambits include treason, enslavement, and murder. In that game's final move, which is played inside the harem of the Topkapi palace, Lymond will come face to face with his most implacable enemy and the dreadful ambiguities of his own nature.
With a foreword by the author.
Critic Reviews
“Exciting, dangerous, fascinating.”(The Boston Globe)
“[Dunnett’s] hero...is as polished and perceptive as Lord Peter Wimsey and as resourceful as James Bond.” (The New York Times Book Review)
“Vivid, engaging, densely plotted.... Dunnett is a master of suspense and misdirection.” (The New York Times)
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- Nina Berry
- 10-09-19
The best historical novelist meets the best voice
The Dunnett/Monteath (writer/narrator) killer duo continues in this jaw-droppingly great historical novel. Pawn in Frankincense (fourth in the Lymond Chronicles - it's best to read the books in order) will take you on a mind-boggling journey from the France of Henri II, along the Mediterranean to Turkey in the age of Suleiman the Magnificent. Then it'll rip your heart out and leave you glad that it did. This novel is a great one in any form, but listening to David Monteath's masterful narration brings new levels of understanding and suspense to the experience. Highest recommendation.
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- Eliza
- 08-07-19
Have you noticed the chess-themed titles?
Every volume in Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles is suspenseful, action-packed, and gorgeously described. Pawn in Frankincense, directly following events in the previous novel (The Disorderly Knights) follows an intense pursuit throughout the Mediterranean to Istanbul, with a diverse and quarrelsome cast of characters. Our hero (or antihero?) is brought to a breaking point, and Dunnett develops two--or three--remarkable female characters who will continue to play significant roles.
I can't say much more without spoilers, but a certain event in this novel caused at least one reader to stop reading and give up on the series. There will be tears. Please don't give up.
David Monteath continues to perform outstanding narration with distinctive characterization and accents.