reader:"John King, Margaret MacMillan and Leigh Payne"

University of Oxford Podcasts

Jesus College

Read by Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg

Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg

University of Oxford Podcasts

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Read by John W. Michaels

F. Scott Fitzgerald

The curious Case of Benjamin Button, a 1921 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, now a major motion picture, features Benjamin Button, who, b…

The Last Trail

Read by John W. Michaels

Zane Grey

Return with us to those thrilling days of yesteryear as Mike Vendetti narrates this early Zane Grey novel of hardy pioneers taming the wild …

Great Expectations (version 2)

Read by Peter John Keeble

Charles Dickens

Great Expectations is written in the first person and is virtually a fictional autobiography of “Pip” from his childhood, through often pain…

The Last of the Plainsmen

Read by John W. Michaels

Zane Grey

Travel along as Mike Vendetti aka miketheauctioneer narrates an outstanding true account of a trip made in 1909 by Zane Grey and a plainsman…

Wulf the Saxon

Read by Peter John Keeble

G. A. Henty

Wulf the Saxon is a classic George Henty tale of nobility, loyalty and courage set in 11th century Britain. It relates the adventures of Wul…

The Red Badge of Courage; An Episode of the American Civil War

Read by John W. Michaels

Stephen Crane

There comes a time in the course of battle when a participant casts his fate to the gods of war, and carries on without question, the task a…

Babbitt

Read by John W. Michaels

Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis’ George F. Babbitt is a complicated and conflicted character. When you think you have his next move figured out he surprises …

Bleak House (version 4)

Read by Peter John Keeble

Charles Dickens

Bleak house is one of Dickens finest achievements. It was written for serialisation in 1853 when Dickens was at the peak of his career. Mont…

Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit (version 2)

Read by Peter John Keeble

Charles Dickens

Martin Chuzzlewit was Dickens 6th novel, serially published in 1843 - 44. Irrespective of the fact that Dickens considered - "Chuzzlewi…

The Wolf-Leader

Read by John Van Stan

Alexandre Dumas

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France

Read by John W. Michaels

James Norman Hall

High Adventure A Narrative of Air Fighting in France by James Norman Hall; you will find this book although an exciting narrative has an unp…

Have We Been Played? The Hidden Game Revealed

Read by John Berling Hardy

John Berling Hardy

THIS BOOK IS MOST LIKELY NOT FOR YOU! It will NOT guarantee success – Life holds no promises! It will NOT guarantee happiness – I…

Marie: An Episode in the Life of the Late Allan Quatermain

Read by Peter John Keeble

H. Rider Haggard

This is a superb sweeping romantic adventure story of how Alan Quatermain, hero of fourteen of Rider H Haggard's books, met, fell in love wi…

Dracula (version 5)

Read by Peter John Keeble

Bram Stoker

Dracula as written by Bram Stoker in 1897 was not the first depiction of vampires and other such creatures, Gothic horror stories had been a…

The Trail of the Hawk: a Comedy of the Seriousness of Life

Read by John W. Michaels

Sinclair Lewis

Trail of the Hawk, narrated by Mike Vendetti aka Miketheauctioneer, is Sinclair Lewis’ second novel published under his own name. It was not…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 2: The Massacres of the South

Read by John Van Stan

Alexandre Dumas

Dumas's 'Celebrated Crimes' was not written for children. The novelist has spared no language--has minced no words--to describe the violent …

Marguerite de Valois

Read by John Van Stan

Alexandre Dumas

A historical fiction novel set in Paris (1572) during Charles IX's reign and the French Wars of Religion. Marguerite de Valois, daughter of …

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 3)

Read by Peter John Keeble

Charles Dickens

Nicholas Nickleby was Dickens's third novel following on from Pickwick Papers and Oliver twist. It has a cast of wonderful characters that i…

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