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A Mortal Bane
- By: Roberta Gellis
- Narrated by: Nadia May
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 227
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 223
Magdalene la Batarde is the madam of the Old Priory Guesthouse in Southwark. She and her women are expected to engage in a number of sinful activities, but bloody murder isn't one of them until Baldassare, the messenger, dies. Though Baldassare isn't a regular client of the Old Priory Guesthouse, Magdalene and her women refuse to allow his death to go unavenged. Of course, their efforts aren't completely altruistic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Really Good Listen
- By Mrs on 23-12-12
- A Mortal Bane
- By: Roberta Gellis
- Narrated by: Nadia May
Love the performance more than the story
Reviewed: 23-02-23
The story is refreshing, However, I must agree with previous reviewers in that 1) such brothel seems unrealistic (at least very hard to believe that M selects women who “enjoy” this way of life); 2) details about taking guest make one uncomfortable. Otherwise I enjoyed the performance very much. The narrator is good at differentiating character voices.
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Falco: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Five Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Lindsey Davis
- Narrated by: Anna Madeley, Anton Lesser, Ben Crowe, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 593
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 531
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Story5 out of 5 stars 527
Full-cast BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of the first five Falco novels by Lindsey Davis, starring Anton Lesser as Marcus Didius Falco.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great adaptations - shame about the sound quality
- By rcwApr10 on 30-10-18
- Falco: The Complete BBC Radio Collection
- Five Full-Cast Dramatisations
- By: Lindsey Davis
- Narrated by: Anna Madeley, Anton Lesser, Ben Crowe, Frances Jeater, Fritha Goodey, full cast, Jonathan Keeble, Michael Tudor Barnes, Trevor Peacock
How I love this Falco!
Reviewed: 25-09-22
As a Roman historian, I find most historical novels set against a Roman background unbearable. This series, however, is exceptional. The “modernization” of historical concepts and terms is unobtrusive. Marcus and Helena are compassionate, lovely souls, while remaining products of their time (and class, sadly). Due to the same reason I find Anton Lesser’s portrayal of Falco is much superior than, say, Christian Rodska’s.
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Mrs. Wickham
- By: Sarah Page
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 3 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,729
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2,530
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,515
Imagine if you made one little mistake when you were young and were punished for it for the rest of your life. Well, that’s what happened to Lydia (yes, that Lydia, the youngest Bennet sister from Pride and Prejudice), and she’s here to set the record straight. Hold on to your teacups and get ready for sophisticated (and a little bit naughty) hot takes and witty banter that’ll make you laugh—and think. We meet Lydia just as she is denounced by her family, exiled miles from home, and married to the rogue George Wickham, who seems to love all women...except his own wife.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful short story
- By Sarah-Jayne Gall on 09-09-22
- Mrs. Wickham
- By: Sarah Page
- Narrated by: Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, full cast
An interesting journey
Reviewed: 11-09-22
Lydia is a real star. Her laugh is spreadable and she has a fierce, vibrant life in her. Wickham, albeit reformed/redeemed, is still a shallow character.
In turns of romance (for it is it’s genre) it is not a particularly well-written one. The “rake reformed” trope is cheesy and at times laughable. Johnny Flynn, nevertheless, portrays Wickham’s wicked charm well.
The sub-plot regarding the other “fallen woman” is a bit too predictable and the little mystery obvious—whoever has read P&P can guess how it will turn out. Still, on the whole a rather surprisingly interesting listen.
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The Muscovy Chain
- Thomas the Falconer, Book 7
- By: John Pilkington
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 7 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 211
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 194
1596. Sir Robert Vicary is to host an important guest, Grigori Stanic, the ambassador of distant Muscovy, and Thomas the Falconer is called on to entertain the Russian party. The ambassador is to make a magnificent gift to Boris Godunov, brother-in-law to the feeble Tsar Feodor: A priceless gold chain. But no sooner has it arrived than it is stolen. So begins Thomas hunt for The Muscovy Chain...
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved them all, hope they release more
- By Anonymous User on 31-01-23
- The Muscovy Chain
- Thomas the Falconer, Book 7
- By: John Pilkington
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
Listen good, mystery lacking
Reviewed: 09-09-22
I enjoy the setting of the story, the writer’s style? and the characters. However, the ending/solving of the mystery is simply unsatisfactory. I did enjoy it as a historical novel, just not as a good mystery novel.
The narrator did well.
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The Highlander’s Choice
- A Marriage Mart Mayhem Novel
- By: Callie Hutton
- Narrated by: Sienna Frances
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 59
Lady Sybil Lacey is every inch an English woman. She’s horrified her best friend is wedding a barbarian Scot. For aren’t Scots naught but brutish, whiskey-swilling lechers? So to find herself secretly attracted to the tall and devastatingly handsome Scottish laird of Bedlay Castle is quite disconcerting.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Don’t miss this one!!
- By My Introvert BookishLife on 25-04-22
- The Highlander’s Choice
- A Marriage Mart Mayhem Novel
- By: Callie Hutton
- Narrated by: Sienna Frances
No depth whatsoever
Reviewed: 17-08-22
A very bland story with shallow, uninteresting characters. No development of character, no plot to speak of.
Narration is okay but unremarkable (the author should probably take the blame).
The title ‘Duke of Manchester’ sounds particularly jarring.
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Persuasion
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,465
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,282
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,281
Persuasion, Jane Austen's last novel, is a tale of love and marriage told with irony and insight. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth have met and seperated years before. Their reunion, after the passage or irrecoverable years of their youth, forces a recognition of the false values that drove them apart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A More Adult Love Affair
- By Chloe on 25-01-15
- Persuasion
- By: Jane Austen
- Narrated by: Greta Scacchi
Excellent narration of an old favorite
Reviewed: 04-08-22
My only criticism is that intervals between two chapters are often too long (and make one wonder whether the audio has stopped automatically). Otherwise a wonderful listen.
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Casting the Runes
- By: M. R. James
- Narrated by: David Suchet
- Length: 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 484
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 422
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 416
The tale of a man who unwittingly angers a sorcerer, who is assumed by some Monty scholars to be based on the self-styled 'Great Beast,' occultist Aleister Crowley. Montague Rhodes James was a noted British mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918) and of Eton College (1918–1936). He is best remembered for his ghost stories which are widely regarded as among the finest in English literature.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An encounter with evil
- By Kaggy on 07-12-14
- Casting the Runes
- By: M. R. James
- Narrated by: David Suchet
Classic occult story
Reviewed: 20-07-22
David Suchet’s voices for the particular genre and era is perfect. I enjoyed the listen very much.
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Three Nights
- By: Debra Mullins
- Narrated by: Kitty Mule
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 104
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 93
With a turn of the cards, her father is ruined - and innocent Aveline Stoddard is lost. To honor the gambling debt, she agrees to submit for three nights to Lucien DuFeron's every desire, three nights of blistering sensuality and unparalleled ecstasy in the arms of the dashing, dark rogue they call "Lucifer." But the time passes all too quickly...and when the debt is paid, the handsome devil vanishes.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Meh!
- By Mo Bass on 05-11-21
- Three Nights
- By: Debra Mullins
- Narrated by: Kitty Mule
Passably good overall
Reviewed: 13-07-22
This is really a book in two parts. The first part, the actual “three nights”, is wonderfully written, sensual and heartfelt. The second part is somewhat mediocre, no strong conflicts but “tying the loose ends”. I suppose far more dramatic and conflicting scenes under the same plot structure one can read/listen to Laura Kinsale’s The Dream Hunter, but the present one is not bad, just…a bit boring in the second half.
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Flowers from the Storm
- By: Laura Kinsale
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 18 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 106
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 106
He's a duke. He's a mathematical genius. He can't talk and he's locked in a lunatic asylum. Only a modest Quaker girl can reach him, but when she helps him to escape, she's swept into his glittering aristocratic world, her life torn apart by his desperate attempt to save himself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A favourite book now made even BETTER
- By Caz on 08-06-13
- Flowers from the Storm
- By: Laura Kinsale
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
A most extraordinary book
Reviewed: 13-07-22
The book is Laura Kinsale at her best: a journey with wonderfully complicated, flawed characters, a quest of faith and truth, a book with plot so unusual and exciting that you cannot put down.
I agree that as a narrator, Nicholas Boulton is in a class of his own, although the voice he adopts for Maddy gives me just a tinge of uncomfortableness.
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Think of England
- By: KJ Charles
- Narrated by: Tom Carter
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 105
England, 1904. Two years ago, Captain Archie Curtis lost his friends, fingers, and future to a terrible military accident. Alone, purposeless, and angry, Curtis is determined to discover if he and his comrades were the victims of fate, or of sabotage. Curtis's search takes him to an isolated, ultra-modern country house, where he meets and instantly clashes with fellow guest Daniel da Silva. Effete, decadent, foreign, and all-too-obviously queer, the sophisticated poet is everything the straightforward British officer fears and distrusts.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Story is amazing....the narration not so much.
- By BevS on 19-11-17
- Think of England
- By: KJ Charles
- Narrated by: Tom Carter
Enjoyable listen
Reviewed: 13-07-22
This is one of my favorite M/M stories: exciting plot with refreshing characters, enough seriousness and tenderness with just a tinge of light-heartedness. The narration is not always perfect, especially when it comes to the pronunciation of some words, but I like the voices adopted for the main characters. Overall a very enjoyable listen.
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