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Elizabeth: The Forgotten Years , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1036min

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Elizabeth I: The Forgotten Years by John Guy, read by Alex Jennings. History has pictured Elizabeth I as Gloriana, an icon of strength and power - and has focused on the early years of her reign. But in 1583, when Elizabeth is 50, there is relentless plotting among her courtiers - and still to come is the Spanish Armada and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. We have not, until now, had the full picture. This gripping and vivid portrait of her life and times - often told in her own words (and including details such as her love of chess and marzipan) - reveals a woman who was insecure, human ('You know I am no morning woman'), and unpopular even with the men who fought for her. This is the real Elizabeth, for the first time. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Jennings. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/pauk/000781/bk_pauk_000781_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Elizabeth I , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 221min

England's first Queen Elizabeth gave her name to an age. Inheriting a bankrupt, famished, and powerless country, she healed its religious rifts, replenished its treasury, redefined diplomatic guile, defeated the Spanish Armada, and inspired a new flowering of English culture. Her father, Henry VIII, beheaded her mother, Anne Boleyn, and Elizabeth was declared a bastard. As Henry kept marrying and discarding wives, she had to be adroit and canny to avoid being snared in the schemes of courtiers plotting to win the crown. And when at last she ascended the throne, her councilors told her she could survive only by marrying. But she reigned for 44 years as Glorianna, the "Virgin Queen" whose wit, evasions, and towering intellect frustrated enemies both within and outside her island kingdom. The more we know about Elizabeth's endless complexity, the more remains to be learned. Here's a beginning. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sarah Nichols. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009832/bk_blak_009832_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Love's Labor's Lost: The Arkangel Shakespeare, Hörbuch, Digital, 146min

A play replete with puns and double-entendres, this is one of Shakespeare's earliest and most lighthearted. The young king of Navarre and three of his courtiers have vowed to lock themselves away for three years of study and fasting, and to forswear the company of women for this period. No sooner is their vow made than it is tested, however, as the princess of France and three of her ladies arrive in Navarre on a diplomatic mission. The young men fall instantly and hopelessly in love, and the tension between their vow and their passion forms the subject of this charming and sparkling early comedy. Berowne is played by Alex Jennings and Rosaline by Emma Fielding. Samantha Bond is the princess, and Greg Wise the king of Navarre. Alan Howard plays Don Armado. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Jennings, Emma Fielding, Samantha Bond, Greg Wise, Alan Howard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/006632/bk_blak_006632_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Fifth Queen: And How She Came to Court , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1125min

The Fifth Queen is Ford Maddox Ford’s masterful trilogy of historical fiction centered on Katharine Howard, a young girl of a proud, noble, and impoverished family who catches the jaded eye of Henry VIII and becomes his controversial fifth Queen.In this first volume, Katherine arrives at the King's court to find its dimly lit corridors vibrating with corruption and fear, as unscrupulous courtiers hungry for power maneuver for advantage. Clever, beautiful, and outspoken, Katherine soon becomes caught in a web of intrigue and romance as she fights for political and religious change.Ford saw the past as an integral part of the present experience and understanding. His sharply etched vision of the court of Henry VIII, first published in 1908, echoes aspects of Edwardian England as it explores the pervading influence of power, lies, fear, and anxiety on people’s lives. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ralph Cosham. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004426/bk_blak_004426_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Empire of Shadows , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 746min

I'm a bodyguard. Not a Spy, Mara said. The noble girl raised her eyebrows. "We'll see." Cast out of her family three years ago, Mara turned to the only place that would take her - a school where students train to protect others. But Mara is stunned when guarding a noble girl in the Empire's capital turns out to be more dangerous than she could've imagined. More shocking still, she finds the boy she thought she had lost forever outside the gates of her new home. Mara knew the dizzying Imperial city would hold dangers. How could she have known that her heart, as well as her life, would be at stake? Empire of Shadows will take listeners on a spellbinding journey into the world Miriam Forster first introduced in City of a Thousand Dolls - a world with a divided society, deadly courtiers, heroic traitors, and deeply laid conspiracies ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca Gibel. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/004198/bk_harp_004198_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Forever Amber , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 2531min

Abandoned pregnant and penniless on the teeming streets of London, 16-year-old Amber St. Clare manages, by using her wits, beauty, and courage, to climb to the highest position a woman could achieve in Restoration England - that of favorite mistress of the Merry Monarch, Charles II. From whores and highwaymen to courtiers and noblemen, from events such as the Great Plague and the Fire of London to the intimate passions of ordinary - and extraordinary - men and women, Amber experiences it all. But throughout her trials and escapades, she remains, in her heart, true to the one man she really loves, the one man she can never have. Frequently compared to Gone with the Wind, Forever Amber is the other great historical romance, outselling every other American novel of the 1940s - despite being banned in Boston for its sheer sexiness. A book to listen to again and again, this edition brings back to print an unforgettable romance and a timeless masterpiece. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/054648/bk_adbl_054648_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Faking Perfection : Royal Factions, Book 4 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 361min

Some chains are meant to be broken...When Elise makes a fateful decision, her world is changed forever. Now she and her friends find themselves trapped with a deadly secret and they're running out of time.The clock is ticking. The palace is on the brink of a royal wedding and courtiers have journeyed from every corner of the realm. Torn between a life of servitude and the threat of capture, the friends are faced with a sudden decision, and once they make it, there will be no turning back.Will they stay in the palace or make a desperate bid for freedom? Is it really freedom if they're living on the run? How far can they go before their sins catch up with them?Most importantly...can they ever escape the weight of the crown?Royal Factions SeriesBook 1: The Price for PeaceBook 2: The Cost for SurvivingBook 3: The Punishment for DeceptionBook 4: Faking PerfectionBook 5: The Most CherishedBook 6: The Strength to Endure ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Graham Mack. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/228796/bk_acx0_228796_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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The Zone of Interest , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 603min

From one of England's most renowned authors, an unforgettable new novel that provides a searing portrait of life - and, shockingly, love - in a concentration camp. Once upon a time there was a king, and the king commissioned his favorite wizard to create a magic mirror. This mirror didn't show you your reflection. It showed you your soul - it showed you who you really were. The wizard couldn't look at it without turning away. The king couldn't look at it. The courtiers couldn't look at it. A chestful of treasure was offered to anyone who could look at it for 60 seconds without turning away. And no one could. The Zone of Interest is a love story with a violently unromantic setting. Can love survive the mirror? Can we even meet each other's eye, after we have seen who we really are? In a novel powered by both wit and pathos, Martin Amis excavates the depths and contradictions of the human soul. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Sean Barrett. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/008071/bk_reco_008071_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Sleeping Beauty , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 20min

Sleeping Beauty has enchanted generations, young and old alike. The king and queen have a fervent wish; to bear a son or daughter. Their wish is answered when a beautiful princess is born. Unfortunately, at the banquet to celebrate the daughter's birth, an evil fairy places a curse on the child, when she is 15 she will be pricked by a spinning wheel and fall into a deep slumber. But such is the joy of the occasion that the curse is forgotten and seldom recalled as the child grows up. But indeed the evil fairy was speaking the truth, and upon her 15th birthday, the princess, along with the king and queen, and courtiers, fall into a deep century long sleep. But all is not as it seems and salvation may be at hand!This version of the timeless tale will inspire and delight. Perfect for all those who wish to see good triumph over evil! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Magdalena Alexander. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/002514/bk_acx0_002514_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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Seal of the Sand Dweller: The Servant Ruler, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 739min

Famine threatens the kingdom while neither priest nor sage can decipher the king's Horus dream. The slave drawn from the garrison is a sand dweller, a vile Asiatic from beyond the Northern borders of Egypt. His interpretation seems, at first, a desperate snatch at freedom, but when his words prove true, he is raised to inconceivable heights. The courtiers of the king's house are fascinated with the god-kissed Asiatic. But when Yoseph's astute sense of order reveals extortion, the king must check the integrity of his administrators or remain a pawn of his own government. Yoseph has paid the price for integrity. The first of heavy fines were exacted by jealous brothers, the next by his master's lascivious wife. As vizier, he confronts corruption with the authority of a king's seal. And this time, integrity might cost him everything. Enter the columned halls of the king's house for the retelling of the biblical story of Joseph as you've never heard it before. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: R. Rushing. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/139724/bk_acx0_139724_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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