Historical Survival Stories

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    • A Powerful Story of Love and Survival
    • By: Horace Greasley
    • Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
    • Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 31-10-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 446 ratings
    • Horace 'Jim' Greasley was 20 years of age in the spring of 1939 when Adolf Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and latterly Poland....

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    • By: Michael Morpurgo
    • Narrated by: Luke Treadaway
    • Series: War Horse, Book 1
    • Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 13-10-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches. Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells a powerful story of the truest friendships surviving in terrible times....

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    • My Incredible Story of Survival During the War in the Far East
    • By: Alistair Urquhart
    • Narrated by: David Rintoul
    • Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 04-03-10
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 396 ratings
    • Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders captured by the Japanese in Singapore.....

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    • By: Sophie Kirtley
    • Narrated by: Sarah Ovens
    • Length: 5 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • When Charlie’s longed-for brother is born with a serious heart condition, Charlie’s world is turned upside down....

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    • A Novel
    • By: C. V. Wyk
    • Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
    • Series: Blood and Sand, Book 1
    • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
    • Release date: 05-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The action-packed tale of a 17-year-old warrior princess and a handsome gladiator who dared take on the Roman Republic - and gave rise to the legend of Spartacus....

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    • Son of Gulliver
    • By: Michael Morpurgo
    • Narrated by: Akbar Kurtha
    • Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 19-09-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 27 ratings
    • A stunning new story of hope, humanity and high-seas adventure for children and adults everywhere from Sir Michael Morpurgo, the nation’s favourite storyteller and multi-million copy best-selling author of War Horse....

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    • A Captivating Family Survival WW2 Novel Based on a True Story (Heroic Children of World War II)
    • By: Chanochi Zaks
    • Narrated by: David Myers
    • Series: Heroic Children of World War II
    • Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 16-07-24
    • Language: English
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    • September, 1939. The six Zaks siblings watch in silent horror as the Wehrmacht marches into their quiet hometown in southern Poland. Concerned for their survival, Yisrael Zaks leads his wife Haiya and his brothers Volf and Avraham toward the Russian border.

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    • By: Ruta Sepetys
    • Narrated by: Jorjeana Marie, Will Damron, Cassandra Morris, Michael Crouch
    • Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 02-02-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 173 ratings
    • World War II is drawing to a close in East Prussia and thousands of refugees are on a desperate trek toward freedom, many with something to hide. Among them are Joana, Emilia, and Florian, whose paths converge en route to the ship that promises salvation, the Wilhelm Gustloff....

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    • A story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister of Anne Frank
    • By: Eva Schloss
    • Narrated by: Anne Dover
    • Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
    • Release date: 31-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • A story of heartbreak and survival by the stepsister of Anne Frank....

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    • My Own Story
    • By: John Smith
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Reese
    • Length: 2 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 27-10-08
    • Language: English
    • 2.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Captain John Smith led a company of English settlers to found the colony of Jamestown. Here is Smith's own account of his adventures there and his relationship with Pocahontas....

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    • By: Jessica Leake
    • Narrated by: Alana Kerr Collins
    • Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 16-04-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 41 ratings
    • The ancient land of Eirinn is mired in war. Ciara, princess of Mide, has never known a time when Eirinn's kingdoms were not battling for power or Northmen were not plundering their shores....

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    • A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall
    • By: Nina Willner
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
    • Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 04-10-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • In this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family....

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    • Conkers
    • By: Tom Palmer, Tom Clohosy Cole - illustrator
    • Narrated by: Joe Eyre
    • Series: Conkers
    • Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 09-05-24
    • Language: English
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    • Multi-award-winning author Tom Palmer returns with a thrilling naval adventure inspired by the incredible history of the Second World War Arctic convoys.

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    • A WWII Story of Survival
    • By: Don Gabor
    • Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
    • Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 26-09-24
    • Language: English
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    • In the heart of darkening Europe, amidst the looming war, "Vienna on Fire" by Don Gabor tells the riveting story of Greta Kolbe, an eighteen-year-old Jewish woman whose life was upended when German troops annexed Austria in 1938.

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    • A Story of Family, Secrets and Survival Under Hitler
    • By: Svenja O’Donnell
    • Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
    • Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 28-04-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 32 ratings
    • Svenja’s beautiful, aloof grandmother Inge never spoke about the past. All her family knew was that she had grown up in a city that no longer exists on any map: Königsberg in East Prussia, a footnote in history, a place that almost no one has heard of today....

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    • Titanic, Book 1
    • By: Gordon Korman
    • Narrated by: Michael Page
    • Series: Titanic, Book 1
    • Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
    • Release date: 01-05-11
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there’s plenty of danger waiting for four of its young passengers....

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