Kristin Atherton

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Dinner with Joseph Johnson

Dinner with Joseph Johnson

This audiobook narrated by Kristin Atherton provides a fascinating portrait of a radical age through the writers associated with a London publisher and bookseller—from William Wordsworth and Mary Wollstonecraft to Benjamin FranklinOnce a week, in late...

Hell Unearthed charts Dante’s journey, guided by his hero, Virgil, through the underworld. In this modern version of Inferno, the cast of sinners Dante meets includes gangsters, dictators, pop stars, sports stars, princes and princesses. These...

Shakespeare's Tales Retold for Children

Shakespeare's Tales Retold for Children

This delightful audiobook brings together 16 of the Shakespeare's timeless tales for a younger generation, told with wit and panache.Samantha Newman's cleverly reworked prose retellings retain many of Shakespeare's own inimitable turns of phrase,...

Shakespeare's Tales: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Shakespeare's Tales: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Four young lovers escape into the woods outside Athens, each hoping to find true love and happiness. Instead, they find fairy mischief and love potions! Everyone is confused about who likes who - and has the Queen of the Fairies fallen in love with a...

Shakespeare's Tales: All's Well that Ends Well

Shakespeare's Tales: All's Well that Ends Well

Helena, a low-born girl, is desperately in love with Bertram, a nobleman. When she is allowed to choose anyone in the kingdom to marry, she chooses Bertram. He swears he will never be her husband. Can Helena ever convince Bertram to love her...

Shakespeare's Tales: Antony and Cleopatra

Shakespeare's Tales: Antony and Cleopatra

A romance between a Roman general and the Queen of Egypt was never going to be easy. Marc Antony has abandoned his duties since he has fallen in love with Cleopatra. But as war looms, their union shifts from difficult to doomed...ABOUT THE SERIES:...

Shakespeare's Tales: As You Like It

Shakespeare's Tales: As You Like It

When young Orlando searches the forest for his banished lady love, Rosalind, he doesn't realise that he's met her in disguise. Dressed up as a boy, Rosalind sees a chance to train Orlando to be the sort of partner she'd like - and she has some laughs...

Shakespeare's Tales: Much Ado About Nothing

Shakespeare's Tales: Much Ado About Nothing

Their battles of wits are legendary, but Benedick has sworn off women and Beatrice has vowed that she will never marry a man. It's a good job that they don't like each other then... or might they be persuaded with a little help from their...

Shakespeare's Tales: Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare's Tales: Romeo and Juliet

The greatest love story ever told. When Romeo and Juliet meet, they fall in love - but how can they ever be together when all their families know is hate for one another?ABOUT THE SERIES: Shakespeare's Tales brings the Bard's timeless stories to life...

Shakespeare's Tales: The Winter's Tale

Shakespeare's Tales: The Winter's Tale

King Leonte's jealousy causes his sweet wife, Hermione to die and their baby daughter, Perdita to be exiled. Can the king learn the error of his ways? Will he ever get to meet Perdita again?ABOUT THE SERIES: Shakespeare's Tales brings the Bard's...

Shakespeare's Tales: Twelfth Night

Shakespeare's Tales: Twelfth Night

A shipwreck separates twins Viola and Sebastian on the shores of an unknown land. Viola disguises herself as a male servant, but soon falls in love with her master. He is in love with a countess, who in turn falls in love with Viola! And it only gets...

The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths

The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths

A classic anthology now available on audioWith narration by Kristin Atherton, who presents the entire range of ancient Greek and Roman stories from myths and fairy tales to jokesCaptured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly...