King John, Henry III and England’s Lost Civil War by John Paul Davis

The Sable Cloak by Gail Milissa Grant

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/789144 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/789144] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Sable Cloak Author: Gail Milissa Grant Narrator: Murphy Lorenzo Applin Jr, Karen Chilton Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 11 minutes Release date: February 4, 2025 Genres: LGBTQ+ Publisher's Summary: In this atmospheric novel set in the Jim Crow South, a powerful Black family fights to protect their empire—for readers of Tayari Jones. Jordan Sable, a prosperous undertaker turned political boss, has controlled the Black vote in St. Louis for decades. Sara, his equally formidable wife, runs the renowned funeral establishment that put the Sable name on the map. Together they have pushed through obstacles in order to create a legacy for their children. When tragedy bursts their carefully constructed empire of dignity and safety, the family rallies around an unconventional solution. But at what cost?  Set in the Midwest in the 1940s, The Sable Cloak is a rarely seen portrait of an upper middle class, African American family in the pre-Civil Rights era. This deeply personal novel inspired by the author's own family history delves into legacy and the stories we tell ourselves, and celebrates a largely self-sustaining, culturally rich Missouri community that most Americans may not be aware of.

The Life of Herod the Great: A Novel by Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah G. Plant

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773201 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/773201] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Life of Herod the Great: A Novel Author: Zora Neale Hurston, Deborah G. Plant Narrator: Robin Miles, Blair Underwood Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 7 minutes Release date: January 7, 2025 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: A never before published novel from beloved author Zora Neale Hurston, revealing the historical Herod the Great—not the villain the Bible makes him out to be but a religious and philosophical man who lived a life of valor and vision. In the 1950s, as a continuation of Moses, Man of the Mountain, Zora Neale Hurston penned a historical novel about one of the most infamous figures in the Bible, Herod the Great. In Hurston’s retelling, Herod is not the wicked ruler of the New Testament who is charged with the “slaughter of the innocents,” but a forerunner of Christ—a beloved king who enriched Jewish culture and brought prosperity and peace to Judea. From the peaks of triumph to the depths of human misery, the historical Herod “appears to have been singled out and especially endowed to attract the lightning of fate,” Hurston writes. An intimate of both Marc Antony and Julius Caesar, the Judean king lived during the first century BCE, in a time of war and imperial expansion that was rife with political assassinations and bribery, as the old world gave way to the new. Portraying Herod within this vivid and dynamic world of antiquity, little known to modern readers, Hurston’s unfinished manuscript brings this complex, compelling, and misunderstood leader fully into focus. Hurston shared her findings about Herod’s rise, his reign, and his waning days in letters to friends and associates. Text from three of these letters concludes the manuscript in an intimate way. Scholar-Editor Deborah Plant’s ''Commentary: A Story Finally Told'' assesses Hurston’s pioneering work and underscores Hurston’s perspective that the first century BCE has much to teach us and that the lens through which to view this dramatic and stirring era is the life and times of Herod the Great.

King John, Henry III and England’s Lost Civil War by John Paul Davis

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803906 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/803906] to listen full audiobooks. Title: King John, Henry III and England’s Lost Civil War Author: John Paul Davis Narrator: Peter Noble Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 31, 2024 Genres: Military Publisher's Summary: This sweeping history of thirteenth century England examines how the successive reigns of two very different kings established the English way of life. In 1204, the great Angevin Empire was fragmenting under King John's rule. Unable to withstand France's invasion of Normandy, John also faced difficult relations with the papacy, and rising dissent among his barons. By the time John died in 1216, the failed Magna Carta gave way to civil conflict, and more than half of the country had fallen to the dauphin of France. These troubles were then passed, along with the crown, to John's nine-year-old son, Henry III. Even with a regency government commanding the ship of state, Henry faced a dire threat to his royal authority. But the First Baron's War came to an end as Henry aligned himself with the pope and offered a revised Magna Carta. While this may have ensured short-term survival, living up to the promises of this foundational contract would create a more significant challenge—and lay the groundwork for the Second Baron's War.

Blood Bounty of the Mountain Man by J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756224 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/756224] to listen full audiobooks. Title: Blood Bounty of the Mountain Man Series: #52 of Mountain Man Author: J.A. Johnstone, William W. Johnstone Narrator: J. Rodney Turner Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 10 minutes Release date: November 26, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone present Book 52 in the Mountain Man series.

The Ghosts of Paris: Billie Walker, Book 2 by Tara Moss

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817911 [https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/817911] to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ghosts of Paris: Billie Walker, Book 2 Series: #2 of Billie Walker Author: Tara Moss Narrator: Vivien Carter Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 28 minutes Release date: November 7, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: The thrilling sequel to the international bestselling The War Widow, in which a search for a missing husband puts investigator and former war reporter Billie Walker on a collision course with an underground network of Nazi criminals... It's 1947. The world continues to grapple with the fallout of the Second World War, and former war reporter Billie Walker is finding her feet as an investigator. When a wealthy client hires Billie and her assistant Sam to track down her missing husband, the trail leads Billie back to London and Paris, where Billie's own painful memories also lurk. Jack Rake, Billie's wartime lover and, briefly, husband, is just one of the millions of people who went missing in Europe during the war. What was his fate after they left Paris together? As Billie's search for her client's husband takes her to both the swanky bars at Paris's famous Ritz hotel and to the dank basements of the infamous Paris morgue, she'll need to keep her gun at the ready, because something even more terrible than a few painful memories might be following her around the city of lights . . .