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Books narrated by Frederick Davidson

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    Hard Times

    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 29 min

    Originally written for Dickens’ weekly magazine, Household Words, this short novel follows the fate of Sissy Jupe, a warm-hearted circus child, and the family that adopts her. Deserted by her ailing father, Sissy is taken into the cold household of the Gradgrind family, which operates a school. The “eminently practical” Thomas Gradgrind believes only in facts and figures and has raised his ... Read more

    19,06 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Citizens

    A Chronicle of the French Revolution

    by Simon Schama ...
    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    36 hours 49 min

    From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court. He argues instead that the revolution was born of a rift among the elite over the speed of progress toward ... Read more

    36,35 €

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    The Search for Modern China

    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    36 hours 49 min

    The history of China is as rich and strange as that of any country on earth. Yet for many, China’s history remains unknown, or known only through the stylized images that generations in the West have cherished or reviled as truth.With his command of character and event––the product of thirty years of research and reflection in the field––Spence dispels those myths in a powerful narrative. Over ... Read more

    27,25 €

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    Admiral of the Ocean Sea

    A Life of Christopher Columbus

    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    25 hours 58 min

    Admiral of the Ocean Sea is Admiral Samuel Eliot Morison’s classic biography of the greatest sailor of them all, Christopher Columbus. It is written with the insight, energy, and authority that only someone who had himself sailed in Columbus’ path to the New World could muster. Morison undertook this expedition in a 147-foot schooner and a 47-foot ketch, the dimensions of these craft roughly ... Read more

    31,80 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Way of All Flesh

    by Samuel Butler ...
    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 23 min

    This brilliant satirical novel traces the life and loves of Ernest Pontifex, a young man who survives the baleful influence of a hateful, hypocritical father, a doting mother, and a debauched wife to emerge as a decent, happy human being. A fascinating character study, it is also a stinging satire of the Victorian gentry's pomposity, sentimentality, pseudo-respectability, and refined cruelty—one ... Read more

    25,43 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Great Explorers

    The European Discovery of America

    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    25 hours 22 min

    The great voyages of discovery to the New World are here brought to life by one of the twentieth century's most eminent historians, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Samuel Morison. A master seaman himself, Morison personally retraced the voyages of the early explorers, charting his travels in maps and photographs and comparing these to the maps and travelogues of the early sailors. The resulting two ... Read more

    31,80 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Light of Day

    by Eric Ambler ...
    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 25 min

    Alfred Hitchcock said, "Mr. Ambler is phenomenal," and Graham Greene referred to him as "our greatest thriller writer." This is an ideal title for introducing listeners to this master. Ambler brilliantly paints realistic portraits of his characters and the foreign landscape, mixing suspense with a subtle twist for added color.When Arthur Abdel Simpson first spots Harper in the Athens airport, he ... Read more

    18,15 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Vanity Fair

    Unabridged

    29 hours 52 min

    “Which of us is happy in this world? Which of us has his desire? or, having it, is satisfied?”Generally considered to be Thackeray’s masterpiece, Vanity Fair is a resplendent social satire that exposes the greed and corruption raging in England during the turmoil of the Napoleonic wars. Subtitled A Novel without a Hero, it traces the changing fortunes of two unforgettable women: the scheming ... Read more

    27,25 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Princess and the Goblin

    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 56 min

    Admired by J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis and considered by W. H. Auden to be “the only English children’s book in the same class as the Alice books,” The Princess and the Goblin is a classic example of nineteenth-century children’s literary fairy tales. This is an ageless tale of courage and loyalty, beauty and mystery, and above all, good and evil.The discovery of a secret stairway running to ... Read more

    12,69 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Titanic

    A Survivor’s Story

    Unabridged

    7 hours 2 min

    Archibald Gracie was probably among the last to leave the sinking Titanic on that cold April night in 1912, one of the most traumatic events in maritime history. In this unique account, he describes his personal experiences and remarkable escape from death in the icy waters of the Atlantic, painting a vivid picture of what it was like on board the Titanic in its final hours.Tracking down other ... Read more

    15,42 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Kingdom

    Arabia and the House of Saud

    by Robert Lacey ...
    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    22 hours 47 min

    The Kingdom is the story of a country—a country of astonishing contrasts, where routine computer printouts open with the words “In the name of God,” where men who grew up in goat-hair tents now dominate the money markets of the world, and where murderers and adulterers are publicly executed in the street. By its own reckoning, this country is just entering the fifteenth century.The Kingdom is also ... Read more

    29,07 € or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Ivanhoe

    Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

    Unabridged

    19 hours 40 min

    Set in England during Richard I's reign, Sir Walter Scott's fanciful, vivid reinterpretation of medieval life is a successful blend of fact, myth, and romance.Upon returning from the Crusades, where he served with King Richard I, Wilfred of Ivanhoe is met with his father's disapproval, having fallen in love with Rowena, his father's ward. When his father disinherits him, Ivanhoe gets caught up in ... Read more

    29,07 € or Free with Kobo Plus