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Paul Arrowsmith
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When Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint The Last Supper, he believes it will seal his reputation as the finest artist in Italy.
Yet all does not go as planned. The notorious Papal emissary, Father Rodrigo of Salamanca accuses him of blasphemy over his decision to choose a lowly peasant, Alessandro, to be his model for Jesus.
To Leonardo’s horror, Alessandro takes on quasi-religious significance for the populace of Milan, dragging both into a journey of political and religious upheaval, violence and scandal, which eventually leads to their climactic confrontation.
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Cathedral
- De: Ben Hopkins
- Narrado por: Malk Williams, Sophie Roberts
- Duración: 19 h y 32 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 69
A sweeping story about obsession, mysticism, art and earthly desire. At the centre of this story is the Cathedral. Its design and construction in the 13th and 14th centuries in the fictional town of Hagenburg unites a vast array of unforgettable characters whose fortunes are inseparable from the shifting political factions and economic interests vying for supremacy. From the bishop to his treasurer, from local merchants to lowly stonecutters, the fate of everyone, both Gentile and Jew, is affected by the slow rise of Hagenburg’s cathedral.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting description of life in the Middle Ages
- De leongork en 06-30-21
De: Ben Hopkins
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The King's Witch
- A Novel
- De: Tracy Borman
- Narrado por: Esther Wane
- Duración: 14 h y 35 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 369
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 330
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 329
In March of 1603, as she helps to nurse the dying Queen Elizabeth of England, Frances Gorges dreams of her parents’ country estate, where she has learned to use flowers and herbs to become a much-loved healer. She is happy to stay at home when King James of Scotland succeeds to the throne. His court may be shockingly decadent, but his intolerant Puritanism sees witchcraft in many of the old customs - punishable by death.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I’ve read hundreds of historical fiction books....
- De K&T en 08-03-18
De: Tracy Borman
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The Rose of York
- Love and War
- De: Sandra Worth
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
- Duración: 10 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 59
Set in Malory's England during the Wars of the Roses, this acclaimed winner of a remarkable nine awards tells the true story of two star-crossed lovers - Richard of Gloucester and Lady Anne Neville - before they become King and Queen of England. A stirring tale of romance and intrigue.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Marvelous.
- De Cinders en 11-07-13
De: Sandra Worth
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Dragon's Child
- The King Arthur Trilogy, Book 1
- De: M. K. Hume
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 18 h y 25 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 91
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
The future of Britain is at stake. In the turbulent times of the Dark Ages, the despotic Uther Pendragon, High King of Celtic Britain, is nearing death, and his kingdom is being torn apart by the squabbling of minor kings. But only one man can bring the Celts together as a nation and restore peace - King Arthur. Artorex (Arthur) doesn't yet seem like the great man he will grow into. We meet him as a shy, subservient twelve-year-old living in the foster home of Lord Ector, who took in Artorex as a babe to protect him from murderous kin.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A Dry, Dull Tale, Marred in "Realism"
- De Steven en 09-21-15
De: M. K. Hume
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The Black Rose
- De: Thomas B. Costain
- Narrado por: David Case
- Duración: 17 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Walter of Gurnie, bastard son of an English peer, is forced to flee from Oxford for his part in the university riots of 1273. Inspired by Friar Bacon, he determines to travel to China. With his friend Tristam, he fights his way to the heart of the fabulous Mongol Empire and returns famous, to find that he must choose between the first love he thought lost and the exotic flower that he found in the East.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De Jean en 03-09-13
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Dreamers
- Legacies of the Ancient River, Book 1
- De: Angela Hunt
- Narrado por: Stina Nielsen
- Duración: 13 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 98
In the land of Pharaoh, Tuya has always been a slave. As a little girl, she was sold as a playmate to a wealthy child who became her best friend. But as she approaches womanhood, beautiful Tuya is betrayed and cast out. Now she belongs to Potiphar, captain of Pharaoh's guard. Yet her heart is owned by handsome Joseph, sold into slavery by his own brothers. Proud, arrogant Joseph dreams of freedom, of his own household, of Tuya as his queen.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I was so immersed in the story I couldn’t sleep until done.
- De Micah70 en 05-17-23
De: Angela Hunt
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A Vision of Light
- A Margaret of Ashbury Novel, Book 1
- De: Judith Merkle Riley
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 120
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 119
Margaret of Ashbury wants to write her life story. However, like most women in 14th-century England, she is illiterate. Three clerics contemptuously decline to be Margaret’s scribe, and only the threat of starvation persuades Brother Gregory, a Carthusian friar with a mysterious past, to take on the task. As she narrates her life, we discover a woman of startling resourcefulness.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Old fashioned heroine
- De Margaret en 06-22-13
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Battle of Kings
- De: M. K. Hume
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 17 h y 31 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 80
In the town of Segontium a wild storm washes a fugitive ashore. He brutally rapes the granddaughter of the ruler of the Deceangli tribe, leaving her to bear his son, Myrddion Merlinus (Merlin). Spurned as a demon seed, the child is raised by his grandmother and, as soon as he turns nine, he is apprenticed to a skilled alchemist who hones the boy’s remarkable gift of prophecy. Meanwhile, the High King of the Britons, Vortigern, is rebuilding the ancient fortress at Dinas Emrys.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Underrated book author and narrator!
- De Brittany en 04-15-22
De: M. K. Hume
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Of Love and Other Demons
- De: Gabriel García Márquez
- Narrado por: Christopher Salazar
- Duración: 5 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 46
On her 12th birthday, Sierva Maria - the only child of a decaying noble family in an 18th-century South American seaport - is bitten by a rabid dog. Believed to be possessed, she is brought to a convent for observation. And into her cell stumbles Father Cayetano Delaura, who has already dreamed about a girl with hair trailing after her like a bridal train. As he tends to her with holy water and sacramental oils, Delaura feels something shocking begin to occur.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Love/Religion/Family: Making people nuts for years
- De Darwin8u en 09-04-23
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In the Name of the Family
- A Novel
- De: Sarah Dunant
- Narrado por: Nicholas Boulton
- Duración: 14 h y 11 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 360
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 329
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 327
It is 1502, and Rodrigo Borgia, a self-confessed womanizer and master of political corruption, is now on the papal throne as Alexander VI. His daughter Lucrezia, age 22 - already three times married and a pawn in her father's plans - is discovering her own power. And then there is his son Cesare Borgia, brilliant, ruthless, and increasingly unstable; it is his relationship with Machiavelli that gives the Florentine diplomat a master class in the dark arts of power and politics.
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4 out of 5 stars
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One of the best historical fiction novels
- De GrandmaNurseHeather en 04-13-17
De: Sarah Dunant
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The Wild Child
- De: Mary Jo Putney
- Narrado por: Barbara Rosenblat
- Duración: 13 h y 56 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 84
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 84
More pagan than lady, Meriel spends her days running barefoot through her English estate, cultivating her flowers and her mystical connection to nature. She is mute and, according to most people, mad. But handsome Dominic Renbourne, who has been sent by his twin to court her, senses in Meriel a kindred spirit. He manages to inspire her trust, and against his better judgement, her passion.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Where is China Bride, the 2nd book?
- De KaitlynRAH en 10-24-18
De: Mary Jo Putney
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The Memoirs of Mary, Queen of Scots
- De: Carolly Erickson
- Narrado por: Rebekah Germain
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 60
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 46
Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Fiction being the key word
- De Bonnie-Ann B en 09-25-09
De: Carolly Erickson
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Year of the Reaper
- De: Makiia Lucier
- Narrado por: Jonathan Myles
- Duración: 9 h y 48 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 57
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 57
Three years ago, young Lord Cassia disappeared in the midst of war. Since then, a devastating illness has swept the land, leaving countless dead and a kingdom forever altered. Having survived war and plague, Cas, now 18, wants only to return to his home in the mountains and forget past horrors. But home is not what he remembers.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Narrator Really Isn't My Cup of Tea...
- De Kallie en 12-03-21
De: Makiia Lucier
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The Book of Longings
- A Novel
- De: Sue Monk Kidd
- Narrado por: Mozhan Marnò, Sue Monk Kidd
- Duración: 13 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5,955
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,211
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,181
In her mesmerizing fourth work of fiction, Sue Monk Kidd takes an audacious approach to history and brings her acclaimed narrative gifts to imagine the story of a young woman named Ana. Raised in a wealthy family with ties to the ruler of Galilee, she is rebellious and ambitious, with a brilliant mind and a daring spirit. She engages in furtive scholarly pursuits and writes narratives about neglected and silenced women. Ana is expected to marry an older widower, a prospect that horrifies her. An encounter with 18-year-old Jesus changes everything.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Made me cringe
- De Joan en 05-08-20
De: Sue Monk Kidd
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The Iron King
- The Accursed Kings, Book 1
- De: Maurice Druon
- Narrado por: Peter Joyce
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 675
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 618
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 617
From the publishers that brought you A Game of Thrones comes the series that inspired George R.R. Martin’s epic work. France became a great nation under Philip the Fair - but it was a greatness achieved at the expense of her people, for his was a reign characterised by violence, the scandalous adulteries of his daughters-in-law, and the triumph of royal authority.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Historical Goodie
- De Syd Young en 08-03-13
De: Maurice Druon
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The Secret History
- A Novel of Empress Theodora
- De: Stephanie Marie Thornton
- Narrado por: Patricia Santomasso
- Duración: 13 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
In sixth-century Constantinople, one woman, Theodora, defied every convention and all the odds and rose from common theater tart to empress of a great kingdom - the most powerful woman the Roman Empire would ever know. The woman whose image was later immortalized in glittering mosaic was a scrappy, clever, conniving, flesh-and-blood woman full of sensuality and spirit whose real story is as surprising as any ever told....
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3 out of 5 stars
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How very hard to sympathize with a narcissist
- De DrBon en 03-15-22
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Some Enchanted Evening
- Lost Princesses, Book 1
- De: Christina Dodd
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 23
One of Scotland's most dangerous men, Robert MacKenzie is dazzled by the enchanting beauty who rides into the town he is sworn to defend. Though he is wary of the exquisite stranger, Clarice stirs emotions within him that Robert buried deeply years before. And now he must have her at any cost, vowing to gain her trust through the powers of his sensuous seduction. Torn between her need to protect her secrets and her aching desire for the dark, tormented earl of Hepburn, Clarice is pulled into Robert's glamorous world . . . and into his perilous plan for justice and revenge.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dodd! So glad she put in audible!
- De darlingdeb en 10-15-21
De: Christina Dodd