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Agincourt 1415: The Archers' Story

The Archers' Story

by Anne Curry ...

'Attempts to see the conflict from the perspectives of those who fought.' – History TodayThe Battle of Agincourt still rings down through the centuries as a quite incredible victory by the outnumbered, happy few of England, enfeebled by disease and exhaustion, against the might of French chivalry. For many commentators then and now, it was the English archers who won the day for Henry V. This ... Read more

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'Attempts to see the conflict from the perspectives of those who fought.' – History TodayThe Battle of Agincourt still rings down through the centuries as a quite incredible victory by the outnumbered, happy few of England, enfeebled by disease and exhaustion, against the might of French chivalry. For many commentators then and now, it was the English archers who won the day for Henry V. This
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Colette: Gigi, Cheri and more

A BBC Radio Drama Collection

by Colette ...

Narrated by Melvyn Bragg, Lindsay Duncan, Joseph Millson, Frances Barber, Brigit Forsyth, Full Cast, Paul Ritter, Clare Higgins, Robert Hardy ...

Unabridged

8 hours 33 min

Writer Colette’s classic works brought to life in a unique audio collectionListen for the first time to this stunning collection of five of Colette’s most celebrated works, compiled and created by BBC Radio. French author and woman of letters, Colette is best known for her 1944 novella Gigi, which became the stage musical launching the career of Audrey Hepburn. Known for her frank, direct and ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Writer Colette’s classic works brought to life in a unique audio collectionListen for the first time to this stunning collection of five of Colette’s most celebrated works, compiled and created by BBC Radio. French author and woman of letters, Colette is best known for her 1944 novella Gigi, which became the stage musical launching the career of Audrey Hepburn. Known for her frank, direct and
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Vanity Fair

by William Makepeace Thackeray ...

Narrated by Robert Hardy ...

Series series The Penguin English Library
Abridged

4 hours 33 min

Penguin Classics presents William Makepeace Thackeray adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Robert Hardy.'Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?'No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky ... Read more

$13.99 USD

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Penguin Classics presents William Makepeace Thackeray adapted for audio and available as a digital download as part of the Penguin English Library series. Read by Robert Hardy.'Vanitas Vanitatum! Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?'No one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky
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Under the Greenwood Tree

by Thomas Hardy ...

Narrated by Robert Hardy ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy’s most charming novel using, as it does, the four seasons of the Wessex year as a backdrop for the delightful romance of the young Dick Dewy and Fancy Day, the local school mistress. The story of the ups and downs of their courtship is set alongside the story of the rustics who form the Mellstock church choir and their struggle against the introduction of a church ... Read more

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Under the Greenwood Tree is Hardy’s most charming novel using, as it does, the four seasons of the Wessex year as a backdrop for the delightful romance of the young Dick Dewy and Fancy Day, the local school mistress. The story of the ups and downs of their courtship is set alongside the story of the rustics who form the Mellstock church choir and their struggle against the introduction of a church
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101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die

Exploring the Multifaceted World of Mystery and Detective Fiction

by Jules Verne, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe, William Hope Hodgson, John Buchan, Anna Katharine Green, Bram Stoker, Charlotte Brontë, Anne Brontë, Emily Brontë, Arthur Conan Doyle, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Joseph Conrad, Algernon Blackwood, Guy de Maupassant, Ernest Bramah, Walter Scott, Thomas Hardy, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Daniel Defoe, Arthur Morrison, Agatha Christie, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Sax Rohmer, Alexandre Dumas, Washington Irving, Maurice Leblanc, Erskine Childers, Gaston Leroux, Wilkie Collins, Earl Derr Biggers, Marcel Allain, Richard Marsh, H. G. Wells, E. Phillips Oppenheim, J. S. Fletcher, R. Austin Freeman, E. W. Hornung, G. K. Chesterton, A. A. Milne, D. H. Lawrence, E. C. Bentley, H. P. Lovecraft, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy L. Sayers, Anton Chekhov, Robert William Chambers, Sheridan Le Fanu, Nikolai Gogol, Émile Gaboriau, Annie Haynes, Sapper, S. S. Van Dine ...

Dive into the captivating world of '101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die,' an anthology that expertly curates a wide spectrum of engaging tales from the annals of mystery and detective fiction. This remarkable collection showcases an impressive range of styles, from the cerebral puzzles of classic Victorian mysteries to the atmospheric noir tales that dominate American ... Read more

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Dive into the captivating world of '101 Mystery & Detective Classics You Should Read Before You Die,' an anthology that expertly curates a wide spectrum of engaging tales from the annals of mystery and detective fiction. This remarkable collection showcases an impressive range of styles, from the cerebral puzzles of classic Victorian mysteries to the atmospheric noir tales that dominate American
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Thornton Wilder: Our Town, The Bridge of San Luis Rey & More

A BBC Radio full-cast drama collection

by Thornton Wilder ...

Narrated by Full Cast, Robert Glenister, Annette Badland, Tom Goodman-Hill, Barbara Barnes, Helen McCrory, Robert Hardy, Sean Barrett, Elizabeth Proud ...

Unabridged

4 hours 32 min

Four of Thornton Wilder's most acclaimed works, adapted for BBC Radio - plus bonus material exploring his life and careerThornton Wilder is one of America's most important literary figures. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times - for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth - and is the only person to be awarded the Pulitzer for both fiction and drama. ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Four of Thornton Wilder's most acclaimed works, adapted for BBC Radio - plus bonus material exploring his life and careerThornton Wilder is one of America's most important literary figures. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times - for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth - and is the only person to be awarded the Pulitzer for both fiction and drama.
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A Curated Collection

by Arthur Conan Doyle ...

Narrated by Robert Hardy ...

Series series Argo Classics
Unabridged

10 hours 47 min

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.This curated collection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most beloved Sherlock Holmes tales is read by the incredible ... Read more

$27.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.This curated collection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most beloved Sherlock Holmes tales is read by the incredible
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The Lost World

by Arthur Conan Doyle ...

Narrated by Robert Hardy ...

Series series Argo Classics
Abridged

2 hours 42 min

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.The basis of modern science fiction and fantasy dinosaur adventures, The Lost World is Sir Arthur ... Read more

$16.99 USD

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William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.The basis of modern science fiction and fantasy dinosaur adventures, The Lost World is Sir Arthur
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His Master’s Voice

A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Comedy Drama

by Mark Tavener, Steve Punt ...

Narrated by Robert Hardy, Tony Gardner, Michael Maloney, Amelia Bullmore, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

1 hour 52 min

Robert Hardy stars in this political satire from the writer of Absolute Power and In the RedMedia mogul Lord Malan is the billionaire owner of The Blue Touch Paper, an old-fashioned, hard-right weekly magazine with traditional Conservative values. But the paper is so true blue, it’s losing its touch. Sales are falling and circulation is down – mainly because its core readers are either on the ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Robert Hardy stars in this political satire from the writer of Absolute Power and In the RedMedia mogul Lord Malan is the billionaire owner of The Blue Touch Paper, an old-fashioned, hard-right weekly magazine with traditional Conservative values. But the paper is so true blue, it’s losing its touch. Sales are falling and circulation is down – mainly because its core readers are either on the
... Read more
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The Great Poets Rudyard Kipling

by Rudyard Kipling ...

Narrated by Robert Glenister, Michael Maloney, Robert Hardy ...

Series series The Great Poets
Abridged

1 hour 12 min

This anthology contains many of Kipling’s most famous poems, If, Mandalay, Gunga Din. Though sometimes still regarded as a product of the colonial era, Kipling touches a very popular nerve in Britain’s literary tradition, and is regarded more generously now as a master of popular verse. It is often forgotten that he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907. ... Read more

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This anthology contains many of Kipling’s most famous poems, If, Mandalay, Gunga Din. Though sometimes still regarded as a product of the colonial era, Kipling touches a very popular nerve in Britain’s literary tradition, and is regarded more generously now as a master of popular verse. It is often forgotten that he won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907.
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Dark Christmas Collection: 30+ Supernatural Thrillers, Mysteries & Ghost Stories

The Story of the Goblins, The Box with the Iron Clamps , Wolverden Tower, The Ghost's Touch…

by Thomas Hardy, Robert Louis Stevenson, Arthur Conan Doyle, M. R. James, Saki, Sabine Baring-Gould, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Charles Dickens, Fergus Hume, John Kendrick Bangs, Jerome K. Jerome, Leonard Kip, Catherine Crowe, Lucie E. Jackson, William Douglas O'Connor, Frank R. Stockton, James Bowker, Grant Allen, Louisa M. Alcott, Florence Marryat, Katherine Rickford, J. M. Barrie, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, George MacDonald, Bithia Mary Croker, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Catherine L. Pirkis, E. F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood ...

The 'Dark Christmas Collection: 30+ Supernatural Thrillers, Mysteries & Ghost Stories' serves as a confluence of chilling narratives and spectral whispers that merge traditional yuletide themes with the eerie undertones of supernatural fiction. This anthology showcases a breadth of literary styles from the florid Victorian prose to the sharp, evocative narratives of the early 20th century. ... Read more

$1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

The 'Dark Christmas Collection: 30+ Supernatural Thrillers, Mysteries & Ghost Stories' serves as a confluence of chilling narratives and spectral whispers that merge traditional yuletide themes with the eerie undertones of supernatural fiction. This anthology showcases a breadth of literary styles from the florid Victorian prose to the sharp, evocative narratives of the early 20th century.
... Read more
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The Adventure of the Stockbroker’s Clerk

A Sherlock Holmes Adventure

by Arthur Conan Doyle ...

Narrated by Robert Hardy ...

Series series Argo Classics
Unabridged

38 min

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A clerk named Hall Pycroft approaches Holmes and Watson to voice his suspicions over a company that have offered ... Read more

$11.99 USD

William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.A clerk named Hall Pycroft approaches Holmes and Watson to voice his suspicions over a company that have offered
... Read more

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