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Read by David Shaw-Parker, Elliot Fitzpatrick & Jake Urry (Unabridged: 2hrs 57mins) Mary Elizabeth Braddon was born in London on the 4th October 1835. At age 5 her parents separated but her ambition to succeed was not daunted. After being privately educated she took to acting, and the minor roles...
Read by Fiona MacKinnon (Unabridged: 1hr 2mins) The name L T Meade, a pseudonym for Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith, rarely brings a sign of recognition. Although she wrote mainly for young girls she also wrote across many genres including sensational, religious, historical, adventure and romances. In all, her credits add...
Written & Read by Nicholas Ridley (Unabridged: 3hrs 35mins) Godfrey’s Ghost is, at its heart, the story of a father written by his son. As a young man, Arnold Ridley was chiefly known as the author of the long running comedy thriller, The Ghost Train. Today he is remembered for...
Read by Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 1hr) Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at the world...
Read by Richard Mitchley & Jake Urry (Unabridged: 1hr 57mins) Stacy Aumonier was born at Hampstead Road near Regent’s Park, London on 31st March 1877. He came from a family with a strong and sustained tradition in the visual arts; sculptors and painters. On leaving school it seemed the family...
Read by Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 1hr 30mins) Henry James was born 15th April 1843 in New York City. His youth was spent travelling with his family receiving what was an "extraordinarily haphazard and promiscuous" education as they journeyed through London, Paris, Geneva, Boulogne-sur-Mer and Newport, Rhode Island, according to the...
Read by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe & Jake Urry (Unabridged: 1hr 5mins) Philip Edward Thomas was born on 3rd March, 1878 at 14 Lansdowne Gardens in Stockwell, Lambeth, which was then a part of Surrey. His family had a rich Welsh heritage. Thomas was educated at Battersea Grammar School before proceeding to...
(Unabridged: 2hrs 57mins) Arnold Bennett was born in 1867 in Hanley one of the six towns that formed the Potteries that later joined together to become Stoke On Trent; the area in which most of his works are located. For a short time he worked for his solicitor father before...
Abridged: 6hrs 7mins Heroes or villains? In the 1960’s London’s gangland was ruled by two men – Reggie and Ronnie Kray. Building an empire of crime by intimidation, extortion and terror on a scale never seen before or since, they feted stars of stage and screen, sportsmen and even politicians...
Read by David Shaw-Parker, Mark Rice-Oxley & Richard Mitchley (Unabridged: 2hrs 27mins) Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of...