Dominion - The History of England from The Battle of Waterloo to Victoria's Diamond Jubilee written by Peter Ackroyd performed by Derek Perkins on CD (Unabridged)£29.99

Dominion, the fifth volume in Peter Ackroyd's masterful History of England, begins in 1815 as national glory following the Battle of Waterloo gives way to a post-war depression and ends with the death of Queen Victoria in January 1901. Spanning the end of the Regency, Ackroyd takes listeners from the ..

Empress - The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan written by Ruby Lal performed by Suzanne Toren on CD (Unabridged)£24.99

In 1611, thirty-four-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the twentieth and favorite wife of the Emperor Jahangir, who ruled the vast Mughal Empire. An astute politician as well as a devoted partner, she issued imperial orders; coins of the realm bore her name.

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Kind Hearts and Coronets and Arsenic and Old Lace written by Joseph Kesselring and Israel Rank performed by BBC Radio Collection Team, Robert Powell and Dame Sybil Thorndike on Cassette (Abridged)£9.99

In "Kind Hearts and Coronets" (1949), Louis Mazzini (Dennis Price) schemes and murders his way to a dukedom. Arsenic and Old Lace sees an easygoing drama critic discover that his kind and gentle aunts have a bizarre habit of poisoning gentlemen callers and burying them in the cellar.

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Mrs Pringle written by Miss Read performed by Gwen Watford on Cassette (Unabridged)£19.99

Mrs Pringle, the lugubrious school cleaner, has always been a favourite character in the Fairacre series. Here we trace Maud Pringle's life from childhood visits to the village from her Caxley home, through her working days before her marriage to Fred Pringle, and on to her long association with Fariacre School, and we meet again many old friends as they cross Mrs

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The Aeneid - BBC Dramatisation written by Virgil performed by BBC Full Cast Dramatisation Team, Derek Jacobi, Ralph Fiennes and Anna Massey on Cassette (Abridged)£19.99

A BBC Radio 4 dramatization of Virgil's classic account of the legendary origins of the Roman Empire. Aeneas, Prince of Troy, defeated by the Greeks, leads his remaining citizens to a new land and a new destiny foretold by the Gods.

The Clockwork Universe - Isaac Newton, The Royal Society and the Birth of the Modern World written by Edward Dolnick performed by Alan Sklar on MP3 CD (Unabridged)£24.99

The Clockwork Universe is the story of a band of men who lived in a world of dirt and disease but pictured a universe that ran like a perfect machine. A meld of history and science, this book is a group portrait of some of the greatest minds who ever lived as they wrestled with natures most sweeping mysteries....

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The Valley of Horses written by Jean M. Auel performed by Sandra Burr on CD (Unabridged)£34.99

Forced to leave the Clan and her young son, Ayla sets out alone to travel the frigid steppes until she finds the valley of horses. Unable to find people like herself, the Cro-Magnons, she settles there and seeks friendship elsewhere. First she adopts a young filly, then a wounded lion cub. But far to the west...

1984 written by George Orwell performed by Andrew Wincott on CD (Unabridged)£19.99

BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU . . . 1984 is the year in which it happens. The world is divided into three superstates. In Oceania, the Party's power is absolute. Every action, word, gesture and thought is monitored under the watchful eye of Big Brother and the Thought Police. In the Ministry of Truth...

A Cruelty Special to Our Species written by Emily Jungmin Yoon performed by Emily Jungmin Yoon on CD (Unabridged)£14.99

A piercing debut collection of poems exploring gender, race, and violence from a sensational new talent. In her arresting collection, urgently relevant for our times, poet Emily Jungmin Yoon confronts the histories of sexual violence against women, focusing in particular on Korean so-called “comfort women,”