139 Results for : churchyard
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Rollo the Viking: The Life and Legacy of the Viking Ruler Who Conquered Normandy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 79min
A cowardly man thinks he will ever live, if warfare he avoids; but old age will give no peace, though spears may spare him. (old Norse proverb from the Viking Age) In the autumn of 1911, an eye-watering mass of French citizens gathered around a churchyard in the heart of Rouen to celebrate the millennial anniversary of Normandy. A suspenseful hush fell over the congregation as a city official strode to the front of the crowd, placing his hands upon the large cloth draped over the mysterious statue. With a flick of his wrists, he unveiled an exquisite marble effigy of a handsome warrior, depicted with curly locks and a lush beard, with one hand wrapped around the handle of his sheathed sword as he gazed into the distance. The statue was of none other than Rollo the Viking, father of the Duchy of Normandy. Over the centuries, the West has become fascinated by the Vikings, one of the most mysterious and interesting European civilizations. In addition to being perceived as a remarkably unique culture among its European counterparts, what’s known and not known about the Vikings’ accomplishments has added an intriguing aura to the historical narrative. Were they fierce and fearsome warriors? Were they the first Europeans to visit North America? It seems some of the legends are true, and some are just that, legend. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Colin Fluxman. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/111878/bk_acx0_111878_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Bridles Lane : West Country Trilogy, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 501min
Cornwall, England. 1740.They say only the brave ride Bridles Lane at night. Vicar Richard Dodge speaks of ghosts and demons, conducting elaborate exorcisms in his churchyard overlooking the lane. And with the villagers sheltering in fear, local smugglers carry their haul up the road to be hidden in the safety of the church. Isaac and Scarlett Bailey have spent their lives hiding contraband in Talland church. Forced into free trade by their father's mistakes, they want nothing more than to escape the smuggling syndicate and build a life above the law. On the other side of Bridles Lane, Flora Kelly has grown up in the shadow of her mother, the village charmer. Sceptical of her mother's craft, Flora reopens her family's tavern, determined that her life will not be one of fortune telling and herbal lore. When a seemingly abandoned ship is wrecked in Talland Bay, it sparks a wave of hysteria among the superstitious villagers. Faith in the vicar wavers and Flora feels herself drawn to the controversial old ways of her mother. Among growing unrest, the mystery of the wrecked ship deepens, unearthing long-forgotten secrets that will tear a village - and a family - apart. Inspired by true events, 'Bridles Lane' is the first book in the West Country Trilogy, from the author of Forgotten Places and The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca McKernan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/127952/bk_acx0_127952_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The West Country Trilogy: Complete Series Boxed Set , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1393min
Lose yourself in 18th century Cornwall with the compete series boxed set of the West Country Trilogy; a saga of smuggling, superstition, and secrets.Cornwall, England. 1740.They say only the brave ride Bridles Lane at night.Vicar Richard Dodge speaks of ghosts and demons, conducting elaborate exorcisms in his churchyard overlooking the lane. And with the villagers sheltering in fear, local smugglers carry their haul up the road to be hidden in the safety of the church.Isaac and Scarlett Bailey have spent their lives hiding contraband in Talland church. Forced into free trade by their father's mistakes, they want nothing more than to escape the smuggling syndicate and build a life above the law.On the other side of Bridles Lane, Flora Kelly has grown up in the shadow of her mother, the village charmer. Sceptical of her mother's craft, Flora reopens her family's tavern, determined that her life will not be one of fortune telling and herbal lore.When a seemingly abandoned ship is wrecked in Talland Bay, it sparks a wave of hysteria among the superstitious villagers. Faith in the vicar wavers and Flora feels herself drawn to the controversial old ways of her mother. Among growing unrest, the mystery of the wrecked ship deepens, unearthing long-forgotten secrets that will tear a village - and a family - apart.Boxed set includes:Prequel - Moonshine (A Short Story)Book 1 - Bridles LaneBook 2 - Hills of SilverBook 3 - Wild Light ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Rebecca McKernan. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/179394/bk_acx0_179394_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Murder in the Belltower: A Miss Underhay Mystery, Book 5 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 502min
An utterly gripping historical cozy mystery Kitty Underhay’s hymn book is open...at murder. Winter, 1933. Kitty Underhay is enjoying a restorative break from sleuthing on a visit to her family at Enderley Hall. The only thing marring her peace - aside from the uncomfortable sensation she has of being watched - is the obvious history between her beau, ex-army captain Matthew Bryant and another guest, the beautiful Juliet Vanderstafen. So, when the parish clerk is found dead on her front doorstep, Kitty leaps at the chance of distraction. The police are happy to conclude that Miss Plenderleith met her unfortunate end on a patch of ice, but Kitty isn’t convinced this was a case of bad weather and worse luck. And when the Reverend Crabtree fails to show for tea the next day, she heads to the church to speak to him. But she arrives to find the clergyman hanging from the bell rope, dead. With Matt seemingly wrapped up with his alluring Austrian, Kitty must solve the case on her own. But as she snoops into parish affairs, she makes some less-than-saintly discoveries. Just who has broken the sixth commandment? Meanwhile the killer is preparing a churchyard grave for Kitty, and she’ll have to use all her wits to avoid falling in....An addictive, absorbing Golden Age cozy murder mystery, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, T.E. Kinsey, and Lee Strauss. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Alex Tregear. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/235616/bk_acx0_235616_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Pilot Error , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 399min
It is 1964, and Chris Nash is 20. His mother is married to Reg, whom Chris thinks is his father. He is, therefore, astonished when she tells him that his real father was a pilot, John Gregson, killed during the Second World War in an accident training Australian air crews. Chris sets out to discover more about the little-known incident. He tracks down his father's only living relative, and visits the site of the crash, near a small church in Bedfordshire. In flashback, we see what happened to Gregson during the three days before the accident. He conducted his last bombing flight over Germany, and was seduced by an actress named Sarah. He visited his fiancée (Chris' mother), who broke off their engagement; unknown to him she was pregnant with Chris. To commemorate the airmen who died in the crash, Chris organizes a memorial stone in the Bedfordshire churchyard, and a church service. To his amazement, a surprise guest turns up: an Australian who was the one survivor. In talking to local people who were involved in the accident, and to his father's former engineer, Chris comes to believe there were seven airmen on the plane, not six as previously believed. And when he locates Sarah, the actress who seduced his father 20 years earlier, she tells him something that plays havoc with the lives of his whole family. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Anthony Caprio. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/050468/bk_acx0_050468_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Poetry of August: A Month in Verse , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 43min
August - the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and the full palette of nature is on glorious display. Our poets, Wordsworth, Swinburne, Alford, Riley, and Hardy, describe and reveal their thoughts on the month and notable dates within it. August - An Introduction Hymn for the First of August, by John Pierpoint Stanzas for the First of August, by James Monroe Whitfield Sonnet XLII to GWC, August 1st 1846, by Christopher Pearse Cranch To Ms Jane forster, On Her Birthday, August 4th 1724, by Henry Baker August 1865, by Carolyn Clive August 1914, by Isaac Rosenberg Composed Near Calais, August 7th 1802, by William Wordsworth Grant at Rest, August 8th 1885, by James Whitcomb Riley August Moonrise, by Sara Teasdale Calais, August 1802, by William Wordsworth I H B Died, August 11th 1898, by William Winter Summer Is Ended, by Christina Rossetti Tis the last Rose of Summer, by Thomas Moore At Sundown, by Daniel Sheehan The Summer Rain, by Henry David Thoreau From Piccadilly in August by John Freeman A Summer Evening Churchyard, by Percy Bsysshe Shelley Memorials of a Tour in Scotland, August 1803, by William Wordsworth August 19th 1830, by Henry Alford August, by James Whitcomb Riley An August Evening, 1865, by Carolyn Clive August the 22nd 1830, by Henry Alford The Winds Tidings in August 1870, by Augusta Davies Webster Sonnet LIII, August, by Christopher Pearse Cranch Moonlight, Summer Moonlight, by Emily Jane Bronte Lines Written in August, by Thomas Babbington Macaulay August, by Algernon Charles Swinburne ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/copy/000285/bk_copy_000285_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Poetry of England, Volume 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 63min
The English language has grown into the world’s pre-dominant spoken language, containing over one million words. Its sources are rich and diverse, having absorbed words from other cultures and times without hesitation. With such talents as Shakespeare, Keats, Shelley, Kipling, Blake, and many other classic poets using this most flexible language to render their thoughts and visions, it is no wonder that the beauty and reach of English entrances us. The remarkable poems presented here exemplify the heritage of the English Language and its most celebrated poets. Included in Volume 1 are: English Poetry - An Introduction 'The Passionate Shepherd to His Love' by Christopher Marlowe 'The Face That Launched a Thousand Ships' by Christopher Marlowe 'Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?' (Sonnet 18) by William Shakespeare 'Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds...' by William Shakespeare 'To Celia' by Ben Jonson 'On My First Son' by Ben Jonson 'The Good Morrow' by John Donne 'Witchcraft by a Picture' by John Donne 'On Shakespeare' by John Milton 'On the Morning of Christ's Nativity' by John Milton 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell 'A True Born Englishman' by Daniel Defoe 'A Song for St Cecilia's Day' by John Dryden From 'The Rape of the Lock' by Alexander Pope 'Summer' by Alexander Pope 'Elergy Written in a Country Churchyard' by Thomas Gray 'The Lamb' by William Blake 'The Tiger' by William Blake And many more…. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Nigel Davenport, Nigel Planer, Jan Francis, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/copy/000181/bk_copy_000181_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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I, Guinevere : Mythic Maidens, Book 2 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 301min
Your legends have it wrong. Arthur never pulled that sword out of the stone. I did. I, Guinevere. On the winter solstice, a mysterious sword in a stone appears in the churchyard. Not even the mightiest of the village men can remove it, until 15-year-old Guinevere gives a try. The sword heeds the unsuspecting maiden, proclaiming the unthinkable: She is the blood of Pendrakon, heir to the vacant throne of Camylot. Guinevere never dreamed she was born royalty. Now, between apprenticing the eccentric wizard, Merlyn; swordplay lessons with an abrasive - albeit, attractive - boy named Lance; and clandestine, magical meetings with the formidable High Priestess of Avalon, Guinevere is swept up in a whirlwind of training and preparation for her monumental new role as future queen. But invasions by the barbarous Saxyns and visitations from mysterious dark forces constantly warn that she may be in over her head. Can Guinevere defend the kingdom from the darkness and deception that threaten to seize it? Despite her doubts and the sinister forces working against her, can she harness the power to wield Exkalibur and rule the realm? Or is Camylot already destined to fall? From the unstoppable pen of C.K. Brooke comes a fresh and unforgettable new retelling steeped in Arthurian mythology. Queen Guinevere has her own tale to share, and it's nothing like what you thought! Experience the magic and myth of Camylot and Avalon like never before as, in the vein of Brooke's award-winning Secrets of Artemis, this legendary maiden of lore recounts her side of the story. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Katherine Billings. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/141876/bk_acx0_141876_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Inspector Hobbes and the Blood: Unhuman, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 627min
Set in a small Cotswold town, Inspector Hobbes and the Blood is a fast-paced comedy cozy mystery fantasy about the adventures of Andy, an incompetent reporter, when he is reluctantly working with Inspector Hobbes, a police detective with a reputation. Andy soon finds himself immersed in a world where not everyone is human, and a late-night visit to a churchyard nearly results in grave consequences, and a ghoulish outcome. An accidental fire leads to Andy having to doss in Hobbes's spare room. Contending with a wave of murder, suicide, and robbery, as well as Hobbes's weirdness, is the just the start; he must also get to grips with Mrs. Goodfellow, Hobbes's housekeeper, who collects teeth. Although they are mostly from humans, she also claims to have some vampire specimens. However, Andy soon finds her wonderful cooking compensates for her eccentricities. Despite Andy believing he is coping, he is nearly unhinged by horror when a stressed Hobbes's concealed nature reveals itself in an orgy of bone-crunching. Yet, coming through unscathed, Andy develops respect and admiration for his host, even when he uses weird, occasionally brutal, methods to begin unravelling the mystery, which would appear to link The Order of the Dragon and Vlad Tepes, the original Dracula, to the crime wave. When Hobbes goes missing, Andy, with the dubious assistance of Dregs, Hobbes's big, bad dog, and armed with a leg of lamb, searches for him. Will he triumph over crazed blood lust and human sacrifice? Can Andy with Hobbes's friends, a binge-drinking dwarf and a troll who looks uncannily human, save the day? And can Andy catch vampirism from false teeth? These and other questions may be answered in Inspector Hobbes and the Blood. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tim Campbell. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/099673/bk_acx0_099673_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Raven Boys , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 668min
There are only two reasons a nonseer would see a spirit on St. Mark's Eve, Neeve said. "Either you're his true love... or you killed him." It is freezing in the churchyard, even before the dead arrive. Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them - not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her. His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble. But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He has it all - family money, good looks, devoted friends - but he's looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little. For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore. From Maggie Stiefvater, the best-selling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we've never been before. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will Patton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/schc/000377/bk_schc_000377_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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