This look at the public and private lives of British royal families brings the monarchs to life through their diaries and speeches and through observations by their contemporaries.

As full of excitement and the unexpected as his world-famous, bestselling books, Roald Dahl's tales of his own childhood are completely fascinating and fiendishly funny.

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil -- what more could any reader ask for? This timeless boxed set includes all seven unabridged recordings...

The pathetic but perceptive Lewis Raycie is sent on a grand tour of Europe with instructions to collect great art....

Farmer Giles of Ham is one of Tolkien's most popular stories, full of wit and humour, set in the days when giants and dragons walked the earth.

Chock-full of deadly dangers on the ground and daring deeds in the air, this second part of Dahl's memoirs, picks up where Boy left off. From escapades in East Africa to fighter pilot missions during World War II, Dahl's life story is gripping, moving, and unforgettable.

Twenty-two unabridged classics by Arthur Conan Doyle, Rudyard Kipling, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde and others are read by a host of narrators.

English literature may very well be the greatest body of imaginative writing the world has yet seen...

Here is a diverse and fascinating story of the Theatre, from the first tragedies and comedies of Ancient Greece to the high-tech mega-musicals of the late 20th century...

This masterful new verse translation of Homer's classic story of the Trojan War has been hailed by critics as "an astonishing performance" and "a remarkable tour de force."

The legendary tale of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a superb story of adventure...

This recording comprises a festive reading of letters written by Tolkien to his children, in the guise of Father Christmas, over a period of 20 years.

Suetonius wrote his Lives of the Twelve Caesars in the reign of Vespasian around 70AD. He chronicled the extraordinary careers of Julius, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Vespasian and Domitian and the rest in techicolor terms.

The most popular epic of Western culture springs to life in Allen Mandelbaum's magnificent tranlation.

Selections spanning the poet's career, read by leading actors of the British stage and screen: Douglas Hodge, David Horovitch, Derek Jacobi, Jeremy Northam, Diana Quick, Prunella Scales, and Sian Thomas.

Roverandom, a story about a real dog who is turned into a toy by a wizard.

This compelling spiritual quest by Hermann Hesse, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946...

Every twenty-four years in the village of Wootton Major the Feast of Good Children was held.

In the never-ending war between good and evil, The Chronicles of Narnia set the stage for battles of epic proportions.