Beneath a burning sky [sound recording] /
by Ashcroft, Jenny; Powell, Emma.
Material type: SoundSeries: CD.Publisher: Oxford : Isis, 2017Description: 14 sound discs (CD) (ca. 15 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm.ISBN: 9781407965963; 1407965964.Subject(s): Alexandria (Egypt) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction | Alexandria (Egypt) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction | Historical | AudiobooksReader: Emma Powell.Summary: When 22-year-old Olivia is coerced into marriage by the cruel Alistair Sheldon she leaves England for Egypt, his home and the land of her own childhood. Reluctant as she is to go with Alistair, she finds happiness in surprising places: she is reunited with her long-estranged sister, Clara, and falls in love with her husband's boarder, Captain Edward Bertram. Then Clara is abducted from one of the busiest streets in the city. Olivia is told it's thieves after ransom money, but she's convinced there's more to it. As she sets out to discover what's happened, she falls deeper into the shadowy underworld of Alexandria, putting her own life, and her chance at a future with Edward, at risk.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Spoken Word CD - Adult | Maghull Library | Spoken word Adult fiction | Available | 002862990X |
Complete and unabridged
Reader: Emma Powell.
When 22-year-old Olivia is coerced into marriage by the cruel Alistair Sheldon she leaves England for Egypt, his home and the land of her own childhood. Reluctant as she is to go with Alistair, she finds happiness in surprising places: she is reunited with her long-estranged sister, Clara, and falls in love with her husband's boarder, Captain Edward Bertram. Then Clara is abducted from one of the busiest streets in the city. Olivia is told it's thieves after ransom money, but she's convinced there's more to it. As she sets out to discover what's happened, she falls deeper into the shadowy underworld of Alexandria, putting her own life, and her chance at a future with Edward, at risk.
Adult.
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