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Friday 30 November 2012

A History of the Peninsular War 1807-1809, Volume 1


FNH Audio presents a reading of Charles Oman's classic military history "A History of the Peninsular War". In this first volume, a detailed examination is made of the first years of the war, 1807 to 1809. The campaign is examined from both sides using reference materials from British, French, Spanish  and Portuguese sources.

This book covers the invasion of Spain and Napoleon's trickery in luring the Spanish crown into prison. It also features Wellington's first peninsular battle and of course the famous retreat to Corunna and the battle at that place.

This history written many years after Napier's, draws its information from more first-hand accounts and corrects some of more glaring mistakes and biases of Napier.

Although this audio book is abridged, the only text removed is a number of the non-English sections of the Appendix, namely sections 1,2,3,4,7. All English text from the appendices is present.

This is volume 1 of a 7 volume set.

Running Time: 26 hours 51 minutes

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Sunday 26 August 2012

The Insanity of Jones

What is insanity? What drives people to do insane things?  They certainly don't wake up in the morning and declare, "Today I shall be insane!"  Jones the clerk doesn't think he's insane. the things he sees and hears are real...to him.  Are they real? He's brought a gun...

In this classic tale from Algernon Blackwood we get to look inside a mans head, at his motivations and reasoning.

Running Time: 58mins

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Saturday 7 July 2012

The Shunned House


The house on Benefit street is shunned. With a dark forbidding exterior, a garden overrun by corrupt weeds and bent malformed trees, it simply looks wrong. The locals know its history, know how many people that house has killed, and fear it.

Dr Elihu Whipple is not afraid of the house, he's fascinated by it and its history, and now he's decided to investigate its horrifying secret.

This story comes from the pen of the master horror writer H.P. Lovecraft.

Running time: 1h 8m

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Saturday 30 June 2012

In the Claws of the German Eagle


Albert Williams was the special war correspondent of "The Outlook" in France and Belgium during the first world war. In these early days of the conflict, Albert was riding up and down the lines and even crossed over to the German side.

Unfortunately he found himself  on the wrong side of a German bayonet and quickly marched into captivity as a possible spy. With an aggressive German officer trumping up charges, the situation was grim. This book relates Albert's experiences at the front and in the claws of the German eagle.

Running Time: 4h 22m
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Monday 14 May 2012

The Battle of the Falkland Islands


FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this WWI Naval history by an author who actually took part in the battle(s) described. 

From the introduction: "This plain, unvarnished account, so far as is known, is the first attempt that has been made to link with the description of the Falkland Islands battle, fought on December 8th 1914, the events leading up to that engagement. Each phase presented has been read and approved by officers who participated."

Running Time: 5h 8m
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The Man who was Dead


FNH Audio presents a reading of this classic Sci Fi story lifted directly from the pages of Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930. Astounding Stories was a magazine that had its zenith during the "classic" age of science fiction.

This short tells contains all the classic elements of such stories. A brave protagonist, an evil enemy and amazing Super Science.

Set in the backwoods of the united States during a cold dark night, a stranger has a horrid tale to tell.

Running Time: 34m
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The Horror at Red Hook


FNH Audio presents a full unabridged reading of H.P. Lovecraft's The Horror at Red Hook

It's  well known that people enter Red Hook than leave it, and most of the people who enter are strangers from foreign parts. But where do they go, what happens to them? Do they share the same fate as the recent kidnap victims?

A New York police detective named Thomas F. Malone knows what's happening. He's seen "things".

Running Time: 54m

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Sunday 1 April 2012

The Case of Edith Cavell

The murder of Edith Cavell is second only to the sinking of the Lusitania for events that outraged and encouraged America to become involved in the first world war.

Edith a nurse, volunteered to run a hospital in Belgium behind the German front line. There she ran the medical facilities and offered care and treatment to all that came, including wounded German soldiers.

In 1915 the German military authorities arrested Miss Cavell in the middle of the night and she simply disappeared.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this book focusing upon the events surrounding her death.

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Saturday 24 March 2012

The Derelict

When a storm abates, leaving the ship in need of repairs, the men set to work, only to discover another ship a mile off, a floating wreck, a derelict. Thinking there may be salvage to be had, they cross to the mysterious stranger. Instead of salvage, they discover horror and death, and possibly a clue to the origin of life itself.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this classic short story.

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Sunday 4 March 2012

The Inmate of the Dungeon

The darkest room of the prison is known as the "Dungeon". The inmate of this bleak abode is about to tell his story after years of abuse and solitude. Why is he there? What injustice has been committed?

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this classic short story.

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Tuesday 28 February 2012

The Private Journal of Judge-Advocate Larpent: Attached to the Head-Quarters of Lord Wellington During the Penninsular War, from 1812 to Its Close


FNH Audio presents this exciting new title. During the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic wars, the author of this book travelled with Wellington's headquarters. His position as Judge-Advocate kept him busy prosecuting the wrongdoers of the army.

In this narrative you'll get to hear first-hand accounts of the various battles and sieges of the campaign including Vitoria. Other highlights include anecdotes of Wellington, murders, skirmishes, the narrator being captured by the enemy, the fall of Pamplona, deserters, rocket fire, and the marvellous bridge of boats.

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Thursday 2 February 2012

Four Weeks in the Trenches

FNH Audio presents a brief record of the fighting on the Eastern front in the great war, written by an Austrian Officer in that great and terrible conflict.
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Friday 20 January 2012

The Damned

FNH Audio presents an Unabridged reading of "The Damned" by Algernon Blackwood. A brother and sister are invited to stay at "The Towers", an ancient residence owned by a friend. When they arrive, they find their friend in a state of distress.

Something is wrong; something in "The Towers" feels wrong. Strange sounds, whispery apparitions and doors opening themselves lead the siblings to conclude that there is something other than themselves and the servants abroad in the house.

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