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Author: Captain Tom Moore
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Author Captain Tom Moore
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 2h 37m
One small soul like me won't make much difference' Captain TomIf Captain Tom's big heart and generosity of spirit helped see us through difficult days, this was his parting gift.Full of the wit, warmth and wisdom that made him so special, his reflections and guiding principles form a long life, well lived; Life Lessons will be a sour...
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Author: J R R Tolkien
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Author J R R Tolkien
Narrator Christian Rodska, Derek Jacobi, John Moffatt
Duration 2h 6m
Every December an envelope bearing a stamp from the North Pole would arrive for J.R.R.Tolkien's children. Inside would be a letter from Father Christmas. They told wonderful tales of life at the North Pole: how all the reindeer got loose and scattered presents all over the place and how the accident-prone Polar Bear climbed the North Pole and fell...
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Author: Peter Ling
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Author Peter Ling
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 5h 23m
To escape a catastrophic volcanic eruption the Doctor takes the TARDIS out of space and time - and into a void he can only describe as 'nowhere'. But the crisis is far from over and when the time-machine's circuits overload, the TARDIS explodes. The Doctor, Jamie and Zoe come to in a dark unearthly forest. There they encounter a host of characters...
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Author: Algernon Blackwood
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Author Algernon Blackwood
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 25m
A story of innate animal instinct and 'survival of the fittest' of sorts, this tale listens to a man relating a story of instinctive hate and its shocking consequences. The detached and matter-of-fact revelations of the narrator lend this story a chilling and unsettling air, and the story poses a listener questions about wrong and right when faced...
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Author: Hans Christian Andersen
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Author Hans Christian Andersen
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 15m
Award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi reads this classic fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen, specially adapted for young children In this much-loved story, an emperor prefers a sparkling mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale.
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Author: Hans Christian Andersen
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Author Hans Christian Andersen
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 15m
Award-winning actor Sir Derek Jacobi reads this classic fairy tale from Hans Christian Andersen, specially adapted for young children. In this much-loved story, an emperor is promised a special suit of clothes by a pair of tailors.
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Author: Louisa May Alcott
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Author Louisa May Alcott
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 53m
This story of obsession and loss is set in the thespian world. When a figure from the past comes back to retrieve something he lost, a pair of lovers are thrown into turmoil. The strange and powerful person has a story to tell.but what will the ending be?
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Author: Robert Graves
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Author Robert Graves
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 5h 3m
I, Claudius is Robert Graves' riveting account of Ancient Rome in all of its madness and debauchery. First published in 1934 and written in the form of a secret autobiography, it endures as one of literature's most celebrated and compelling historical novels. Abhorred for his weakness and viewed by his family as little more than a stammering fool,...
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Claudius Series Book 2: Claudius the God
Author: Robert Graves
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Author Robert Graves
Narrator Derek Jacobi
SeriesClaudius, Book 2
Duration 5h 9m
Read in the style of a secret diary, this famous sequel to I, Claudius gives a wry and human view of the Roman world, bringing to life some of the most scandalous and violent times in history. Claudius has survived the murderous intrigues of his predecessors to become, reluctantly, Emperor of Rome. He recounts his surprisingly successful rule; how...
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Author: Roald Dahl
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Author Roald Dahl
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 1h 35m
Penguin presents a brand new, downloadable audiobook recording of Roald Dahl's classic George's Marvellous Medicine. George Kranky is eight-years-old and wondering what sort of mischief he might get into. George's Grandma is a grizzly old grouch and George wants to teach her a lesson...And when Grandma's finished drinking George's marvellous medici...
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Author: M.R. James
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Author M.R. James
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 1h 6m
A compilation of five chilling stories from M. R. James, including four previously unreleased stories and originally recorded for the Radio 4 'Woman's Hour' in Christmas 2007. M. R. James is an important part of the nation's celebration of Christmas. In the oral tradition, many of his thirty or so tales were penned as Christmas Eve entertainments a...
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Author: H.G. Wells
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Author H.G. Wells
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 3h 55m
When the Time Traveller courageously stepped out of his machine for the first time, he found himself in the year 802,700-and everything has changed. In another, more utopian age, creatures seemed to dwell together in perfect harmony. The Time Traveller thought he could study these marvelous beings-unearth their secret and then retum to his own time...
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Author: Various
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Author Various
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 2h 56m
A selection of fictional murders committed by reason of love and hate: crimes passionnel. Stories: Mad / de Maupassant First Hate / Algernon Blackwood A Double Tragedy / Louisa M. Alcott Inside Information / Stephen Phillips Who Killed Zebedee? / Wilkie Collins. A thrilling and involving collection of blood-thirsty and psychologically intreguing cr...
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Author: Richard Hampton, David Weston
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Author Richard Hampton, David Weston
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 2h 30m
The fascinating story of England's history and of the public and private life of her Royal Family is highlighted by extracts from the diaries and speeches of English Monarchs and observations by their contemporaries.
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Author: Arthur Conan Doyle
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Author Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 6h 24m
When the body of Sir Charles Baskerville is found in his garden, there are no signs to explain his death. Did he die of fright? Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson have a mysterious case to solve - is the Baskerville family really haunted by a phantom beast 'with blazing eyes and dripping jaws' which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Ba...
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Author: Guy De Maupassant
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Author Guy De Maupassant
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 9m
Our narrator begins by asking a listener if they think that he is 'mad'...then goes on to relate a story of passion and drastic action that may lead a listener to begin so. A tale of jealousy, seemingly unreasonable competitiveness and obsession, this story of love-rivals is definitely not your usual...for the love rival may emerge as being rather...
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Author: Stephen Phillips
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Author Stephen Phillips
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 39m
The murder by suspected poisoning of Mr. Weatherby at the guest house at No. 9, Hill Crescent, points the finger of suspicion at a number of likely suspects. Crime writer Mr. Lattimer is on the case, noticing details around the house that the detectives seem to have overlooked. But what will Mr. Lattimer do with his all-important 'inside' informati...
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Author: Anthony Horowitz
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Author Anthony Horowitz
Narrator Derek Jacobi, Julian Rhind-Tutt
Duration 10h 46m
Sherlock Holmes is dead.Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal mastermind who has risen to take his place. Ably assisted by...
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