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Gathering Storm, The

by Winston Churchill ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Series Audiobook 1 - History of the Second World War
Abridged

2 hours 46 min

Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 1 – The Gathering Storm. In the Second World War every bond between man and man was to perish. Crimes were committed by the Hitler regime which find no equal in scale and wickedness with any that have darkened the human record. It was a simple policy to keep Germany disarmed after the struggle of the First World War and the Victors ... Read more

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Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 1 – The Gathering Storm. In the Second World War every bond between man and man was to perish. Crimes were committed by the Hitler regime which find no equal in scale and wickedness with any that have darkened the human record. It was a simple policy to keep Germany disarmed after the struggle of the First World War and the Victors
... Read more

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Fatherland

by Robert Harris ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Unabridged

11 hours 25 min

The New York Times bestselling classic of alternate history, a murder mystery set in a world where the Nazis won World War II—for fans of The Plot Against America and The Man in the High CastleBerlin, 1964. The Greater German Reich stretches from the Rhine to the Urals, and keeps an uneasy peace with its nuclear rival, the United States. As the Fatherland prepares for a grand celebration honoring ... Read more

$20.99 USD

The New York Times bestselling classic of alternate history, a murder mystery set in a world where the Nazis won World War II—for fans of The Plot Against America and The Man in the High CastleBerlin, 1964. The Greater German Reich stretches from the Rhine to the Urals, and keeps an uneasy peace with its nuclear rival, the United States. As the Fatherland prepares for a grand celebration honoring
... Read more
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Hinge of Fate, The

by Winston Churchill ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Series Audiobook 4 - History of the Second World War
Abridged

2 hours 44 min

Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 4 – The Hinge Of Fate. Although The Grand Alliance was now in place Churchill knew that it would take precious time before it would be able to effectively engage and subdue the enemy. Disaster was upon him almost at once. With the entrance of Japan into the global conflict our Far East possessions were under immediate threat. ... Read more

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Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 4 – The Hinge Of Fate. Although The Grand Alliance was now in place Churchill knew that it would take precious time before it would be able to effectively engage and subdue the enemy. Disaster was upon him almost at once. With the entrance of Japan into the global conflict our Far East possessions were under immediate threat.
... Read more

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Their Finest Hour

by Winston Churchill ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Series Audiobook 2 - History of the Second World War
Abridged

2 hours 46 min

Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 2 – Their Finest Hour. In this short and intense period of the war Churchill’s sense of history is profound. ‘If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say this was its finest hour’. In this second volume Britain stands alone in combat against the mortal threat posed to civilisation, ... Read more

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Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 2 – Their Finest Hour. In this short and intense period of the war Churchill’s sense of history is profound. ‘If the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say this was its finest hour’. In this second volume Britain stands alone in combat against the mortal threat posed to civilisation,
... Read more
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Les Miserables

by Victor Hugo ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Abridged

2 hours 24 min

Les Miserables is part thrilling narrative and part social document of life in early 19th-century France. With Valjean, the reader descends into a human hell where suffering and injustice are a way of life. Through his characters, Hugo graphically details the plight of the wretched and the vulnerable. He writes with insight and passion, like that equally great 19th-century commentator and novelist ... Read more

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Les Miserables is part thrilling narrative and part social document of life in early 19th-century France. With Valjean, the reader descends into a human hell where suffering and injustice are a way of life. Through his characters, Hugo graphically details the plight of the wretched and the vulnerable. He writes with insight and passion, like that equally great 19th-century commentator and novelist
... Read more

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Triumph & Tragedy

by Winston Churchill ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Series Audiobook 6 - History of the Second World War
Abridged

2 hours 46 min

Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 6 – Triumph & Tragedy. With the beach landings of June 6th in the greatest amphibious assault ever seen the final phase of the war had begun. Churchill could survey his task with an easier mind. His relationship with Stalin was becoming increasingly more difficult as Stalin’s moves replaced one terror with another. Churchill was ... Read more

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Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 6 – Triumph & Tragedy. With the beach landings of June 6th in the greatest amphibious assault ever seen the final phase of the war had begun. Churchill could survey his task with an easier mind. His relationship with Stalin was becoming increasingly more difficult as Stalin’s moves replaced one terror with another. Churchill was
... Read more

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The Devonshires

The Story of a Family and a Nation

by Roy Hattersley ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Unabridged

21 hours 44 min

The story of the Cavendish family and the first eight Dukes of Devonshire is the story of England. From 1381 – when Sir John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England, was killed during the Peasant’s Revolt – to 1906, when the Duke of Devonshire’s resignation brought down the Tory government: the family’s fortunes (and misfortunes) mirrored the life of the nation. The Devonshires is also the story ... Read more

$17.99 USD

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The story of the Cavendish family and the first eight Dukes of Devonshire is the story of England. From 1381 – when Sir John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England, was killed during the Peasant’s Revolt – to 1906, when the Duke of Devonshire’s resignation brought down the Tory government: the family’s fortunes (and misfortunes) mirrored the life of the nation. The Devonshires is also the story
... Read more

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Grand Alliance, The

by Winston Churchill ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Series Audiobook 3 - History of the Second World War
Abridged

2 hours 45 min

Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 3 – The Grand Alliance. The Blitz continued to rain down on the shell and morale of the Nation’s defences. In the cold grey waters of the North Atlantic wolfpacks of enemy U boats hunted down with ruthless efficiency the supply lines that could keep Britain in the war. Through the year the enemy produced many of their grandest ... Read more

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Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 3 – The Grand Alliance. The Blitz continued to rain down on the shell and morale of the Nation’s defences. In the cold grey waters of the North Atlantic wolfpacks of enemy U boats hunted down with ruthless efficiency the supply lines that could keep Britain in the war. Through the year the enemy produced many of their grandest
... Read more

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Their Finest Hour

by English Chamber Theatre ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston, Bob Sherman ...

Unabridged

2 hours 2 min

Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt communicated by letter from 1939 to 1945 on a direct and personal basis. Their letters chart the events of the war as they unfold and also their attempts to influence and overcome the great tyranny of Nazism. Interspersed throughout are readings from a selection of letters written by the men on the front line, charged with carrying out the decisions made by ... Read more

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Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt communicated by letter from 1939 to 1945 on a direct and personal basis. Their letters chart the events of the war as they unfold and also their attempts to influence and overcome the great tyranny of Nazism. Interspersed throughout are readings from a selection of letters written by the men on the front line, charged with carrying out the decisions made by
... Read more
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Closing the Ring

by Winston Churchill ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Series Audiobook 5 - History of the Second World War
Abridged

2 hours 40 min

Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 5 – Closing The Ring. As the Allies prepared for the Normandy invasion many war councils were held. At Teheran, the first of the Big Three conferences, decisive steps were taken to ensure this. Discussion was opened as to what shape and form the world would take after the defeat of the enemy. But with 185 divisions ranged against ... Read more

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Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 5 – Closing The Ring. As the Allies prepared for the Normandy invasion many war councils were held. At Teheran, the first of the Big Three conferences, decisive steps were taken to ensure this. Discussion was opened as to what shape and form the world would take after the defeat of the enemy. But with 185 divisions ranged against
... Read more

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The Constant Gardener

by John le Carre ...

Narrated by Michael Jayston ...

Unabridged

17 hours 6 min

A magnificent exploration of the new world order from New York Times bestselling author John le Carré, one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time.When Tessa Quayle—a young, beautiful woman and Justin’s beloved wife—is gruesomely murder in northern Kenya, Justin sets out on a personal odyssey to uncover the mystery of her death. But what he finds could make him not only a ... Read more

$29.99 USD

A magnificent exploration of the new world order from New York Times bestselling author John le Carré, one of the most compelling and elegant storytellers of our time.When Tessa Quayle—a young, beautiful woman and Justin’s beloved wife—is gruesomely murder in northern Kenya, Justin sets out on a personal odyssey to uncover the mystery of her death. But what he finds could make him not only a
... Read more
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Chimera & other thrillers

Eight Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramas

by Stephen Gallagher ...

Narrated by Brian Glover, Shaun Prendergast, Mick Ford, Kim Wall, Gareth Armstrong, John Rowe, Michael Jayston, Nicholas Murchie, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Patrick Mower, Edward de Souza, Stephen Rashbrook, Terence Edmond, Full Cast, Catherine Kessler ...

Unabridged

8 hours 51 min

A collection of suspense-filled thrillers from master of the genre Stephen GallagherA listening treat for fans of gripping drama: eight thrillers, plus a bonus story, from ‘the finest British writer of bestselling popular fiction since Le Carré’. Full of suspense and utterly immersive with full-cast production values, this collection is not to be missed.In sci-fi thriller Chimera, there are ... Read more

$19.11 USD

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A collection of suspense-filled thrillers from master of the genre Stephen GallagherA listening treat for fans of gripping drama: eight thrillers, plus a bonus story, from ‘the finest British writer of bestselling popular fiction since Le Carré’. Full of suspense and utterly immersive with full-cast production values, this collection is not to be missed.In sci-fi thriller Chimera, there are
... Read more