Discover the Best Audio Stories in Fiction, Historical

• The Citadel: Series 1-6: A BBC Radio full-cast drama by AJ Cronin

  https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/380098 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Citadel: Series 1-6: A BBC Radio full-cast drama Author: AJ Cronin Narrator: Richard Fleeshman, George Blagden, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 18, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.67 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4.67 of Total 3 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: An epic BBC radio drama series set in the Welsh valleys, about medical life before the NHS Based on AJ Cronin’s award-winning 1937 novel of the same name, which partly inspired Nye Bevan to create the NHS, this gripping dramatisation centres on Andrew Manson, a newly trained GP in 1920s Wales. Young and idealistic, he is full of enthusiasm when he first arrives in the small mining village of Drineffy, where he is to work as assistant to the elderly Dr Page. But he soon encounters corruption, apathy and appalling medical practices, and becomes determined to storm the citadel of the medical establishment and make a difference. In these six series, he befriends the cynical Dr Denny and helps him to deal with a typhoid epidemic; meets the love of his life, Christine; performs a remarkable doctoring feat in a crisis; takes a new job in a larger town; becomes caught up in the 1926 miners’ strike – and makes a desperate attempt to save the life of someone close to him… Adapted by well-known scriptwriter Christopher Reason, this compelling drama about a dedicated doctor developing his career and family life against the backdrop of a country undergoing significant change stars Richard Fleeshman (Coronation Street, Call the Midwife) and George Blagden (Versailles, Vikings). Written by AJ Cronin Dramatised by Christopher Reason Produced by Gary Brown and Pauline Harris Directed by Gary Brown First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 30 October-3 November 2017 (Series 1) 5-9 March 2018 (Series 2), 9-13 July 2018 (Series 3), 17-21 September 2018 (Series 4), 15-19 April 2019 (Series 5), 7-11 October 2019 (Series 6)

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• Promised Land by Robert Whitlow

  https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/375013 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Promised Land Series: #2 of A Chosen People Novel Author: Robert Whitlow Narrator: Liz Hill Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 47 minutes Release date: January 14, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Bestselling author Robert Whitlow explores the meaning of family and home—and how faith forms the identity of both—in this breathtaking sequel to Chosen People. Despite their Israeli citizenship, Hana and Daud cannot safely return to their homeland because a dangerous terrorist ring is threatening Daud. Hana is perfectly fine remaining in the United States, working for a law firm in Atlanta, especially when she learns she’s pregnant. But Daud can’t shake the draw to return home to Israel, even if it makes him a walking target. Hana is helping her boss plan a huge summit in Atlanta when Jakob Brodsky, her old friend and former co-litigator, asks for her help with a case. His client is attempting to recover ancient artifacts stolen from his Jewish great-grandfather at the end of World War II. Because the case crosses several national borders, he needs Hana’s knowledge and skill to get to the bottom of what happened to these precious artifacts. Meanwhile, Daud is called in to help a US intelligence agency extract a Ukrainian doctor from a dangerous situation in Egypt. While overseas, he can’t resist the call of Jerusalem and thus sets off a series of events that puts thousands of people in danger, including his wife and unborn child. With historical mysteries, religious intrigue, and political danger, Promised Land asks one momentous question: What if your calling puts you—and your family—in the crosshairs? Praise for Promised Land: “Promised Land is a book about coming home. Of becoming settled in your spirit and your relationships. With layers of intensity, thanks to international intrigue, moments of legal wrangling, and pages of sweet relationships, this book is rich and complex. A wonderful read.” —Cara Putman, author of Flight Risk - Second and final book in the Chosen People series - Full-length, Christian fiction novel

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• The Biggest Secret: A BBC Radio 4 Drama by Mike Walker

  https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/379618 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Biggest Secret: A BBC Radio 4 Drama Author: Mike Walker Narrator: Claudia Harrison, Benedict Cumberbatch, Full Cast, Juliet Stevenson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 43 minutes Release date: December 19, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: In the early hours of 5 June 1944, Captain Rob Collins, who is languishing in hospital, receives a call that will take him on a journey through England that will change his life. Mike Walker's play is an epic journey across England poised on the edge of a historical moment: D-Day. It is set on June 5th, the day before the invasion that will change the course of history - but an invasion only a very few know is about happen... Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Juliet Stevenson, and Claudia Harrison. Credits Narrator...Juliet Stevenson Capt Collins...Benedict Cumberbatch Cpl Cunningham...Claudia Harrison Jack Harris...Danny Webb Gloria Harris...Kaye Wragge Ray Harris...Joseph Tremain Tim...Ben Tibber Gen Eisenhower...Colin Stinton Flt Lt Paul Parker...Bertie Carvel Lilly...Emily Chennery Eddie...Ricci Harnett Lancaster Skipper...Jamie Glover Lancaster Crew...Carl Prekopp/Simon Nehan Warders...Chris MacDonnell/John Rowe Rosie...Alice Hart Sea Captain...David Leonard 1st Lieutenant RN...Andrew Mackintosh G.I....John Guerrasio Monty...Philip Fox Nursing Sister...Joanna McCallum Directed by Jeremy Howe First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 5 June 2004

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• The German House by Annette Hess

  https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/374751 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The German House Author: Annette Hess Narrator: Nina Franoszek Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 55 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Set against the Frankfurt Auschwitz Trials of 1963, Annette Hess’s international bestseller is a harrowing yet ultimately uplifting coming-of-age story about a young female translator—caught between societal and familial expectations and her unique ability to speak truth to power—as she fights to expose the dark truths of her nation’s past. If everything your family told you was a lie, how far would you go to uncover the truth? For twenty-four-year-old Eva Bruhns, World War II is a foggy childhood memory. At the war’s end, Frankfurt was a smoldering ruin, severely damaged by the Allied bombings. But that was two decades ago. Now it is 1963, and the city’s streets, once cratered are smooth and paved. Shiny new stores replace scorched rubble. Eager for her wealthy suitor, Jürgen Schoormann, to propose, Eva dreams of starting a new life away from her parents and sister. But Eva’s plans are turned upside down when a fiery investigator, David Miller, hires her as a translator for a war crimes trial. As she becomes more deeply involved in the Frankfurt Trials, Eva begins to question her family’s silence on the war and her future. Why do her parents refuse to talk about what happened? What are they hiding? Does she really love Jürgen and will she be happy as a housewife? Though it means going against the wishes of her family and her lover, Eva, propelled by her own conscience , joins a team of fiery prosecutors determined to bring the Nazis to justice—a decision that will help change the present and the past of her nation.

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• Gertrude and Claudius: A Novel by John Updike

  https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/373927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Gertrude and Claudius: A Novel Author: John Updike Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 6 hours 24 minutes Release date: December 3, 2019 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: Gertrude and Claudius are the “villains” of Hamlet: he the killer of Hamlet’s father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consort, who marries Claudius before her late husband’s body is cold. But in this imaginative “prequel” to the play, John Updike makes a case for the royal couple that Shakespeare only hinted at. Gertrude and Claudius are seen afresh against a background of fond intentions and family dysfunction, on a stage darkened by the ominous shadow of a sullen, erratic, disaffected prince. “I hoped to keep the texture light,” Updike said of this novel, “to move from the mists of Scandinavian legend into the daylight atmosphere of the Globe. I sought to narrate the romance that preceded the tragedy.”

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