The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters by Susan Petigru King-Bowen ~ Full Audiobook [romance]

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08/21/23

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The Actress in High Life - An Episode in Winter Quarters by Susan Petigru King-Bowen audiobook.

Genre: romance

Portugal, 1812: while the Peninsular War grinds on, a British brigade settles into winter quarters at Elvas, where officers and their families try to turn boredom, uncertainty, and old-world etiquette into something like a season. Into this charged half-peacetime steps Lady Mabel Stewart, newly arrived from Scotland at her father Lord Strathern's summons. Young, observant, and suddenly surrounded by uniforms, rank, and rumor, Mabel must learn the unwritten rules of camp society - and decide which ones are worth obeying. The arrival of the captivating Spaniard Colonel l'Isle brings glamour and danger in equal measure, stirring talk of allegiance, reputation, and forbidden attachment. But romance here is never private: every glance is witnessed, every kindness interpreted, and jealousies flare as quickly as flirtations. As theatricals, dinners, and petty rivalries play out against a landscape marked by marching armies, Mabel finds herself caught between duty and desire, family expectations and personal judgment. Part courtship tale, part social portrait, this episode asks what love can mean when war is only a few miles away.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:17:48) Chapter 02

(00:43:16) Chapter 03

(01:09:28) Chapter 04

(01:33:12) Chapter 05

(01:54:38) Chapter 06

(02:19:17) Chapter 07

(02:56:13) Chapter 08

(03:07:59) Chapter 09

(03:30:23) Chapter 10

(04:01:37) Chapter 11

(04:45:20) Chapter 12

(05:02:03) Chapter 13

(05:36:48) Chapter 14

(06:05:51) Chapter 15

(06:50:39) Chapter 16

(07:07:52) Chapter 17

(07:41:24) Chapter 18

(08:28:31) Chapter 19

(08:49:22) Chapter 20

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August 19, 2023

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Above the French Lines by Stuart Walcott audiobook.

Genre: history

Above the French Lines presents World War I through the intimate, immediate voice of Stuart Walcott, a young American who crosses the Atlantic in 1917 to learn to fly and serve with the French aviation forces. Told as a sequence of letters written between July 4 and December 8, 1917, the book traces his transformation from eager trainee to combat-ready pilot, capturing the routines and hazards of early airfields: punishing instruction, mechanical troubles, weather that can turn lethal in minutes, and the constant pressure to prove yourself in a brand-new kind of warfare. Walcott writes to friends and family with a mix of humor, longing, and hard-earned seriousness, painting vivid scenes of barracks life, friendships among fellow fliers, and the tightening suspense as he nears the front. As patrols begin to carry him above the trenches and into enemy-held skies, the letters become a record of courage under uncertainty, where ideals of service collide with the stark realities of combat. Part personal testimony and part wartime document, this is a moving portrait of youth, duty, and the cost of taking flight when the world is at war.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 00

(00:07:30) Chapter 01

(00:14:48) Chapter 02

(00:51:52) Chapter 03

(01:30:05) Chapter 04

(01:31:22) Chapter 05

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August 21, 2023

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109m

The Brothers by Terence audiobook.

Genre: comedy

In The Brothers (Adelphoe), Terence sets a sharply observed domestic comedy in Athens where two very different men try to raise the next generation. Demea is severe, hardworking, and convinced that discipline is the only path to virtue. His brother Micio is relaxed, affluent, and proud of the trust-based freedom he gives his adopted son, Aeschinus. When a scandal erupts in the city and Aeschinus is blamed for behavior that looks reckless and cruel, the brothers' philosophies collide in public and in private. As rumors spread and tempers flare, Demea becomes certain that leniency has bred corruption, while Micio insists that harshness only teaches young men to lie. Meanwhile, the quieter Ctesipho, Demea's natural son raised under strict rules, is pulled into the same tangle of desire, loyalty, and fear of exposure. Through quick dialogue, clever servants, and anxious lovers, Terence turns family conflict into a debate about love, authority, and what it means to truly know your children.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 1

(00:14:33) Chapter 2

(00:33:00) Chapter 3

(00:55:33) Chapter 4

(01:21:47) Chapter 5

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