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The Iliad

Translated by Ian Johnston

by Homer ...

Narrated by Anton Lesser ...

Abridged

3 hours 56 min

One the earliest and greatest epic poems of the Western world, The Iliad tells the story of fifty critical days towards the end of the Trojan war. Achilles has quarrelled with Agamemnon and sulks in his tent while Hector brings his Trojans to the brink of victory; but fate will have the last word. While the heroes fight before the walls of Troy the gods have also drawn up battle lines, and it is ... Read more

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One the earliest and greatest epic poems of the Western world, The Iliad tells the story of fifty critical days towards the end of the Trojan war. Achilles has quarrelled with Agamemnon and sulks in his tent while Hector brings his Trojans to the brink of victory; but fate will have the last word. While the heroes fight before the walls of Troy the gods have also drawn up battle lines, and it is
... Read more
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The Odyssey

Translated by Ian Johnston

by Homer ...

Narrated by Anton Lesser ...

Abridged

4 hours 36 min

The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It proves a long, ten-year journey, fraught with dangers, from Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, and the seductive Sirens, to the love of Calypso on her all-too-comfortable isle. When he arrives in Ithaca, he has to contend with a group of suitors who have been pressing his ... Read more

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The Trojan War is over and Odysseus, the cunning King of Ithaca, sets out for home, his wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. It proves a long, ten-year journey, fraught with dangers, from Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops, and the seductive Sirens, to the love of Calypso on her all-too-comfortable isle. When he arrives in Ithaca, he has to contend with a group of suitors who have been pressing his
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Edward Bond: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Eight Full-Cast BBC Radio Productions including Bingo & Lear

by Edward Bond ...

Narrated by David Tennant, Anton Lesser, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Murray, Susan Sheridan, Colin Starkey, Rosemary Leach, Josephine Tewson, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Frederick Jaeger, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

13 hours 18 min

A selection of visceral full-cast plays from the incendiary British playwright – plus bonus interviewEdward Bond was one of the most influential and important British dramatists of the 20th century, well-known for his controversial plays exploring societal discord and the darker impulses of human nature. His most famous drama, Saved – banned due to its scenes of violence and abuse – was ... Read more

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A selection of visceral full-cast plays from the incendiary British playwright – plus bonus interviewEdward Bond was one of the most influential and important British dramatists of the 20th century, well-known for his controversial plays exploring societal discord and the darker impulses of human nature. His most famous drama, Saved – banned due to its scenes of violence and abuse – was
... Read more
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The Canterbury Tales

The Prologue The Knight’s Tale The Miller’s Tale The Pardoner’s Tale The Merchant’s Tale The Franklin’s Tale

by Geoffrey Chaucer ...

Narrated by Philip Madoc, Edward de Souza, Anthony Donovan, Clive Merrison, Clive Swift, Anton Lesser ...

Unabridged

3 hours 21 min

Chaucer’s greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society, and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of The Knight’s Tale to the joyous bawdy of the Miller’s; all are told with a freshness and vigour in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear. ... Read more

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Chaucer’s greatest work, written towards the end of the fourteenth century, paints a brilliant picture of medieval life, society, and values. The stories range from the romantic, courtly idealism of The Knight’s Tale to the joyous bawdy of the Miller’s; all are told with a freshness and vigour in this modern verse translation that make them a delight to hear.
... Read more
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The History of English Literature

by Perry Keenlyside ...

Narrated by Derek Jacobi, John Shrapnel, Jonathan Keeble, Teresa Gallagher, Anton Lesser ...

Unabridged

5 hours 16 min

Perry Keenlyside tells the remarkable story of the world’s richest literary resource. The story-telling, the poetry, the growth of the novel and the great histories and essays which have informed the language and the imagination wherever English is spoken. This is the fourth in the Naxos AudioBooks Histories series. ... Read more

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Perry Keenlyside tells the remarkable story of the world’s richest literary resource. The story-telling, the poetry, the growth of the novel and the great histories and essays which have informed the language and the imagination wherever English is spoken. This is the fourth in the Naxos AudioBooks Histories series.
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A Sentimental Journey

by Laurence Sterne ...

Narrated by Anton Lesser ...

Unabridged

4 hours 8 min

Published just months before his death in 1768, A Sentimental Journey is Sterne’s lightly fictionalised account of his own European travels; and being Sterne, it is more about digressions, misunderstandings and risqué jokes than the places he visits. Narrated by the (apparently) innocent Parson Yorick, who appeared in Sterne’s other masterpiece, Tristram Shandy, it is full of anecdote and incident ... Read more

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Published just months before his death in 1768, A Sentimental Journey is Sterne’s lightly fictionalised account of his own European travels; and being Sterne, it is more about digressions, misunderstandings and risqué jokes than the places he visits. Narrated by the (apparently) innocent Parson Yorick, who appeared in Sterne’s other masterpiece, Tristram Shandy, it is full of anecdote and incident
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Arthur Schnitzler: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

Nine Full Cast Productions plus a reading of Dream Story

by Arthur Schnitzler ...

Narrated by Anton Lesser, Martin Jarvis, Haydn Gwynne, Dinsdale Landen, Keith Drinkel, Oona Beeson, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

12 hours 59 min

Nine full-cast dramatisations of Schnitzler’s sizzling psychological plays and stories, plus a reading of Dream StoryThe sharp, provocative works of Viennese writer Arthur Schnitzler have been banned for transgressive content, burned by the Nazis, and beloved by fellow writers and artists – many of whom took inspiration from his pieces for their own work. This includes his well-known 1926 novella ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Nine full-cast dramatisations of Schnitzler’s sizzling psychological plays and stories, plus a reading of Dream StoryThe sharp, provocative works of Viennese writer Arthur Schnitzler have been banned for transgressive content, burned by the Nazis, and beloved by fellow writers and artists – many of whom took inspiration from his pieces for their own work. This includes his well-known 1926 novella
... Read more
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The Robe

A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation

by Lloyd C. Douglas ...

Narrated by Edward de Souza, Anton Lesser, Helena Breck, Stuart Organ, Annette Crosbie, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

5 hours 41 min

A full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling Biblical adventure story by Lloyd C. DouglasWeary of governing, the half-crazed Emperor Tiberius retreats to Capri, leaving his loathsome stepson, Prince Gaius, in charge of an increasingly corrupt Rome. Few dare speak out against him – so when young tribune Marcellus Gallio insults him at a banquet, he is sent away on a punishment posting to a remote ... Read more

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A full-cast dramatisation of the bestselling Biblical adventure story by Lloyd C. DouglasWeary of governing, the half-crazed Emperor Tiberius retreats to Capri, leaving his loathsome stepson, Prince Gaius, in charge of an increasingly corrupt Rome. Few dare speak out against him – so when young tribune Marcellus Gallio insults him at a banquet, he is sent away on a punishment posting to a remote
... Read more
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Cat O' Nine Tales

And Other Stories

by Jeffrey Archer ...

Narrated by Anton Lesser ...

Unabridged

6 hours 53 min

Cat O'Nine Tales is the fifth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller and bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.Ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and Archer's trademark of deliciously unexpected conclusions, some of these thirteen stories were inspired by the two years Jeffrey Archer spent in prison, including the story of a company chairman who tries to ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Also available as: eBook

Cat O'Nine Tales is the fifth collection of irresistible short stories from the master storyteller and bestselling author Jeffrey Archer.Ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and Archer's trademark of deliciously unexpected conclusions, some of these thirteen stories were inspired by the two years Jeffrey Archer spent in prison, including the story of a company chairman who tries to
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Caesar!

by Mike Walker ...

Narrated by Andrew Garfield, Anton Lesser, David Tennant, David Troughton, Full Cast, Tom Hiddleston ...

Unabridged

8 hours 30 min

Nine BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas by Mike Walker, chronicling Rome’s greatest rulersDrawing on historical sources including Suetonius’s ‘Lives of the Caesars’, Mike Walker’s compelling drama cycle follows the story of the leaders of Rome, from Julius Caesar’s ascension to power to the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in AD 475.Meeting at Formiae – Julius Caesar secretly seeks senate ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Nine BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas by Mike Walker, chronicling Rome’s greatest rulersDrawing on historical sources including Suetonius’s ‘Lives of the Caesars’, Mike Walker’s compelling drama cycle follows the story of the leaders of Rome, from Julius Caesar’s ascension to power to the collapse of the Roman Empire in the West in AD 475.Meeting at Formiae – Julius Caesar secretly seeks senate
... Read more
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The Falco Iron Hand Of Mars

by Lindsey Davis ...

Narrated by Anton Lesser, Full Cast, Anna Madeley ...

Unabridged

2 hours 47 min

Anton Lesser and Anna Madeley star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the fourth novel in Lindsey Davis's bestselling series featuring Roman private eye Falco. The Iron Hand of Mars sees Falco being dispatched to one of the most hostile parts of the Empire to deliver a new standard - an iron hand - to one of the legions. Germania is cold, wet, dismal and full of dark forests inhabited ... Read more

$8.99 USD

Anton Lesser and Anna Madeley star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of the fourth novel in Lindsey Davis's bestselling series featuring Roman private eye Falco. The Iron Hand of Mars sees Falco being dispatched to one of the most hostile parts of the Empire to deliver a new standard - an iron hand - to one of the legions. Germania is cold, wet, dismal and full of dark forests inhabited
... Read more
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Euripides’ Greek Tragedies: A BBC Radio Drama Collection

The Women of Troy, Medea, Alcestis and more

by Euripides ...

Narrated by Sian Philips, Maxine Peake, Anton Lesser, Timothy West, Christine Bottomley, Roger Allam, Emma Fielding, Richard Dormer, Full Cast ...

Unabridged

10 hours 15 min

A selection of Euripides’ renowned Greek tragedies, adapted for BBC RadioAcclaimed by Aristotle as ‘the most tragic of the poets’, Euripides was one of the pre-eminent playwrights of 5th century Athens. Included here are seven of his masterpieces: powerful, shocking tales of passion, suffering and revenge that still resonate with us today. Among the star casts are Maxine Peake, Richard Dormer, ... Read more

$18.99 USD

A selection of Euripides’ renowned Greek tragedies, adapted for BBC RadioAcclaimed by Aristotle as ‘the most tragic of the poets’, Euripides was one of the pre-eminent playwrights of 5th century Athens. Included here are seven of his masterpieces: powerful, shocking tales of passion, suffering and revenge that still resonate with us today. Among the star casts are Maxine Peake, Richard Dormer,
... Read more