Anton Lesser and
Anna Madeley star in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of
Lindsay Davis's third bestseliing Falco novel featuring the Roman detective.
Venus in Copper finds our hero being hired by a family of rich freed slaves to investigate Severina Zotica, a widow whose previous three husbands have mysteriously died. Now she is about to marry one of the Hortensii clan: but is it love, or is she simply after his money?
It seems like a straightforward job, until Severina's latest fiance is murdered. What follows leads Falco on a dangerous trail of poison, revenge and property development. Not to mention fortune-tellers, snake dancers, a talkative parrot, a culinary encounter with a turbot, and an unannounced visit from the Emperor's son.
Meanwhile, he is trying to repair his on-off relationship with senator's daughter Helena Justina, and avoid getting on the wrong end of some villainous attacks...
Venus in Copper follows on from BBC Radio 4's hugely successful dramatisations of The Silver Pigs and Shadows in Bronze . Anna Madeley returns as Helena Justina, along with Ben Crowe as Falco's best friend Petronius, Jonathan Keeble as Titus Caesar and Frances Jeater as Falco's interfering mother.
Author : Jerry Robbins
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
Duration : 51 minutes
Categories : American Drama American Pre 1900
Price : $5.95
The pilgrims embark on a perilous voyage to the New World in search of religious freedom More...
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Author : Not Known
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
Duration : 27 minutes
Categories : American Old Time Radio Drama Westerns
Price : $1.50
"War Paint" Britt, Dawes, and Doc drive the stage 300 miles through hostile land. More...
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Author : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Full Cast Production
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 3 hours
Categories : Classic Literature Dramatizations Shakespeare Drama British
Price : $22.25
Douglas Henshall stars as Romeo with Sophie Dahl as Juliet and Susannah York as Lady Capulet in Shakespeare's passionate story of doomed love... More...
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Author : P.D. James
Narrated By : Various
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 2 hours
Categories : Dramatizations Detective Crime Legal & Medical Drama
Price : $18.49
Philip Franks and Geraldine James star in the first full-cast dramatisation of a P. D. James murder mystery for nine years... More...
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Author : Jerry Robbins
Narrated By : Colonial Radio Theatre
Published By : Colonial Radio Theatre On The Air
Duration : 1 hour 10 minutes
Categories : American Audio Theater Drama American
Price : $5.95
The Revolutionary War's bloodiest battle comes to vivid life in this action packed epic More...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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