Julia Drosten has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 4 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 3 ratings. The most-rated is The Lioness of Morocco.
The Lioness of Morocco
Summary
Independent-minded Sibylla Spencer feels trapped in 19th-century London, where her strong will and progressive views have rendered her unmarriageable. Still single at 23, she is treated like a child and feels stifled in her controlling father's house. When Benjamin Hopkins, an ambitious employee of her father's trading company, shows an interest in her, she realizes marriage is her only chance to escape. As Benjamin's rising career whisks them both away to exotic Morocco, Sibylla is at last a citizen of the world, reveling in her newfound freedom by striking her first business deals, befriending locals - and falling in love for the first time with a charismatic and handsome Frenchman. But Benjamin's lust for money and influence draws him into dark dealings, pulling him ever further from Sibylla and their two young sons. When he's arrested on horrible charges, the fate of Sibylla's family rests on her shoulders, as she must decide whether she'll leave him to his fate or help him fight for his life.
©2013 Julia Peczynsky and Horst Drosten (P)2016 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Translation © 2017 Christiane Galvani.
The Elephant Keeper's Daughter
Summary
From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco comes the beguiling novel of a young woman trapped between the expectations of her family and the desire to live free. Ceylon, 1803. In the royal city of Kandy, a daughter is born to the king’s elephant keeper - an esteemed position in the court reserved only for males. To ensure the line of succession, Phera’s parents raise her as a boy. As she bonds with her elephant companion, Siddhi, Phera grows into a confident, fiercely independent woman torn between the expectations of her family and her desire to live life on her own terms. Only when British colonists invade is she allowed to live her true identity, but when the conquerors commit unspeakable violence against her people, Phera must add survival to the list of freedoms for which she’s willing to fight. Possessed by thoughts of revenge yet drawn into an unexpected romance with a kindly British physician, the elephant keeper’s daughter faces a choice: Love or hatred? Forgiveness or retribution?
©2018 Julia Peczynsky and Horst Drosten (P)2018 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2018 by Deborah Langton
Die Seidenrose
Summary
New York 1907: Bei einer Naturkatastrophe in den Alpen verliert die junge Mirella Rossi über Nacht ihre ganze Familie. Sie muss zu ihrer Tante Antonietta ins ferne New York ziehen, doch von Trauer und Heimweh überwältigt, fällt es ihr schwer, sich in der pulsierenden Weltstadt einzugewöhnen. Im Kosmetiksalon ihrer Tante findet sie schließlich Freundinnen und beschließt, die faszinierende Welt des Luxus und der Schönheit zu ihrem Beruf zu machen. Als sie auf einer Feier den Pferdetrainer Nick trifft und sich in ihn verliebt, scheint ihr Glück perfekt. Dann stirbt ihre Tante unerwartet und hinterlässt ihrer Nichte nichts als einen Schuldenberg. Obendrein entpuppt sich ein ehemaliger Angestellter als Mirellas größter Feind. Doch eins lässt die junge Frau sich um keinen Preis nehmen: den festen Willen, für ihren Traum vom Glück zu kämpfen. Ein fesselnder historischer Roman über tiefe Freundschaft, die Kraft der Liebe und den unerschöpflichen Quell der Fantasie.
©2020 Julia Drosten (P)2020 KopfKino-Verlag
The Girl with the Golden Scissors
Summary
From the bestselling author of The Lioness of Morocco and The Elephant Keeper’s Daughter, the story of an ambitious young woman discovering friendship, love, and her own identity on the eve of World War I. Christmas 1889. A baby is born in the early hours at Vienna General Hospital, only to be abandoned by her unwed mother and entrusted to a foundling home and its loving caretaker. Fanny Schindler grows from a precocious girl into a strong-willed young woman. Undeterred by the rules of her station, she’s determined to rise above her humble origins and pursue her dreams at all costs, becoming an apprentice to one of the most glamorous fashion houses in Austria-Hungary. All the while, as Fanny searches for a sense of belonging, her path crosses with those of three people who will change her future. To one, she is a cherished friend. To another, a confidant. And to a handsome career soldier, something more. When hostilities in Europe burst into flame as a brutal world war, the future of the dual monarchy is at stake, friendships are strained, loyalties are tested, and everything is at risk. And when long-buried secrets about Fanny’s past come to light, she must decide what truly matters - and what is worth fighting for in a new world of infinite possibilities.
©2017 Julia Peczynsky and Horst Drosten (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Translation © 2019 by Deborah Langton