"We've beat them before and we'll beat them again." In 1803, Napoleon smashes the Peace of Amiens, and Captain Jack Aubrey, taking refuge in France from his creditors, is interned. He escapes from Fr ...
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Suite Francaise
by Nemirovsky, Irene; Smith, Translated by Sandra (Fiction, Historical Fiction)
Narrated by: Rosenblat, Barbara; Oreskes, Daniel (Unabridged)
Price: $59.99
By the early 1920s, when Ukranian-born Irene Nemirovsky began working on what would become Suite Francaise -- the first two parts of a planned five-part novel -- she was already a highly successful wr ... [more]
Master and Commander
by O'Brian, Patrick (Fiction, Historical Fiction, Professional Military Reading Lists)
Narrated by: Vance, Simon (Unabridged)
Price: $74.99
Here is the maiden voyage of O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series, which follows the unique friendship between Captain Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, the ship's surgeon and intelligence agent ... [more]
Seabiscuit
by Hillenbrand, Laura (Historical Fiction, Young Adult)
Narrated by: Scott, Campbell (Abridged)
Price: $39.99
He was a cultural icon. A world-class athlete. A champion who triumphed over terrible handicaps to become a legend of the racetrack. No other racehorse has rivaled Seabiscuit's fame or his sway over t ... [more]