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Read by Richard Mitchley, William Dufris & Daniela Nardini (Unabridged: 1hr 48mins) Featuring poems by John Donne, Ben Jonson, Anne Bronte, Herman Melville, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sara Teasdale & others. Through the centuries in the solace of a church we hear music. These soaring vaulted often beautiful pieces of architecture...
Read by Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 58mins) Aleksander Głowacki who wrote under the nom de plume Boleslaw Prus was born on 20th August 1847 at Hrubieszów in the Kingdom of Poland, at that time, controlled by the Russian Empire. At three his mother died and then...
Read by Ghizela Rowe, Gideon Wagner & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 2hrs 3mins) Hector Hugh Munro, more familiarly known by his pen-name ‘Saki’ was born in what was then Akyab in British Burma on 18th December 1870. His father was an Inspector General for the Indian Imperial Police, and his mother...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Sian Phillips & Angharad Rees (Unabridged: 1hr 38mins) Featuring poems by Wilfred Owen, John Dyer, Henry Vaughan & others. It comes as no surprise to the average Welsh person that their culture continues to thrive despite centuries of seeming servitude to the English. Wales, exemplified by the symbol of...
Read by Christopher Ragland, Laurel Lefkow & Eric Meyers (Unabridged: 1hr 23mins) Benét was born on 22nd July in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. His father was a serving Army colonel and his first decade dictated that family life and education was centered at the base his father was serving from. From ten it became a...
Read by Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 2hrs 28mins) Barry Eric Odell Pain was born at 3 Sydney Street in Cambridge on 28th September 1864. He was one of 4 children. He was educated at Sedbergh School and then Corpus Christi College, Cambridge where he read classics...
After an accident on his way home from school, seventeen year old Joe Harding is locked out of his house. A stranger, who appears to own Joe’s house, warns him to escape. Huge bells on rooftops ring out and Joe is chased out of town by a band of citizens...
Read by Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker & Mark Rice-Oxley (Unabridged: 2hrs 5mins) Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins was born on 9th February 1863 in Clapton, London. He was educated at St John's School, Leatherhead, Marlborough College and Balliol College, Oxford. Hope trained as a lawyer and barrister and was called to...
Read by Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker & Mark Rice-Oxley (Unabridged: 1hr 9mins) Richard Thomas Gallienne was born in Liverpool on 20th January, 1866. His first job was in an accountant's office, but this was quickly abandoned to pursue his first love as a professional writer. His first work, My...
Read by Tracey Childs (Unabridged: 2hrs 45mins) Laura and her father live a quiet life in their remote castle in the dense forests Styria. It is a solitary existence for young Laura, who has no companionship except for her governess and the occasional visits of neighbouring gentry. Into this lonely life comes...