Vanessa Benjamin has narrated 14 audiobooks on Listento.it by 7 authors, with an average listener rating of 4.3★ across 11 ratings. The most-rated is The Virgin in the Ice.
The Virgin in the Ice
Summary
The winter of 1139 will disrupt Brother Cadfael's tranquil life in Shrewsbury with the most disturbing events. Raging civil war has sent refugees fleeing north from Worcester. Among them are two orphans from a noble family, a boy of thirteen and an 18-year-old girl of great beauty, and their companion, a young Benedictine nun. But the trio, never reaching Shrewsbury, have disappeared somewhere in the wild countryside. Cadfael feels afraid these three lost lambs, but another call for help sends him to the Church of Saint Mary. A wounded monk, found naked and bleeding by the roadside, will surely die without Cadfael's healing arts. Why this holy man has been attacked and what his fevered ravings reveal soon give Brother Cadfael a clue to the fate of the missing travelers. Now Cadfael sets out on a dangerous quest to find them. The road will lead him to a chill and terrible murder and a tale of passion gone awry. And at journey's end awaits a vision of what is best, and worst, in humankind...in Ellis Peters's most stunning depiction yet of love and war.
©1982 by Ellis Peters (P)1998 by Blackstone Audiobooks
The Sanctuary Sparrow
Summary
On a spring evening in 1140 Shrewsbury, the midnight matins at the Benedictine abbey suddenly reverberate with an unholy sound—a hunt in full cry. Pursued by a drunken mob, the quarry is running for its life. When the frantic creature bursts in to claim sanctuary, Brother Cadfael finds himself fighting off armed townsmen to save a terrified young man. Accused of robbery and murder is Liliwin, a wandering minstrel who performed at the wedding of a local goldsmith’s son. The cold light of morning, however, will show his supposed victim still lives, although a strongbox lies empty. Brother Cadfael believes Liliwin is innocent, but finding the truth and the treasure before Liliwin’s respite in sanctuary runs out may uncover a deadlier sin than thievery—a desperate love that not even the threat of hanging can stop.
©1983 Ellis Peters (P)1998 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
The Devil's Novice
Summary
Outside the pale of the Abbey of Saint Peters and Saint Paul, in September of the year of our Lord 1140, a priestly emissary for King Stephen has been reported missing. But inside the pale, what troubles Brother Cadfael is a proud, secretive 19-year-old novice. Brother Cadfael has never seen two men more estranged than the Lord of Aspley and Meriet, the son he coldly delivers to the abbey to begin a religious vocation. Meriet, meek by day, is so racked by dreams at night that his howls earn him the nickname the Devil's Novice. Shunned and feared, Meriet is soon linked to the missing priest's dreadful fate. Only Brother Cadfael believes in Meriet's innocence, and only the good sleuth can uncover the truth before a boy's pure passion, not evil intent, leads a novice to the noose.
©1983 by Ellis Peters (P)1997 by Blackstone Audiobooks
The Raven in the Foregate
Summary
Christmas, 1141 A.D. Abbot Radulfus returns from London, bringing with him a priest for the vacant living of Holy Cross (known as the Foregate), a man of presence, scholarship and discipline, but neither humility nor the common touch. When he is found drowned in the mill-pond, suspicion is cast in many directions, not least toward a young man who came in the priest's train, sent to work in Brother Cadfael's garden. For he has little obvious priestly calling. Indeed, he soon attracts the friendship of a girl both beautiful and formidable. To Brother Cadfael, once wordly, now dedicated, if gently cynical, is left the familiar task of sorting the complicated strands which define guilt and innocence.
©1986 by Ellis Peters (P)1998 by Blackstone Audiobooks
Lady Margery's Intrigue
Summary
At age twenty-three, the petite Lady Margery has already graced the rows of wallflowers for many a season. With the one exception of Charles, the Marquess of Edgecombe and the only man who ever dances with her,Lady Margery will have nothing to do with men; what', more, she does not evenparticularly like Charles. Bored beyond words, she firmly decides this is the end of it all and returns to the comfort of her only love, her home at Chelmswood. But she does not find comfort even there. It seems her middle-aged father hastaken for himself a dim-witted brat of nineteen to be his bride. Forced into bankruptcy by his child-bride's lust for luxury,Margery's father determines to sell Chelmswood. But Margery will not hear of itand launches an all-out, military-like campaign to ensnare herself a wealthyhusband and save her ancestral home. Everything seems to be going according toplan until the unforeseen intervention of Charles sabotages Margery's plan,giving them both a run for their money.
©2014 M. C. Beaton (P)2014 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Chambers of Death
Summary
When one of her company falls ill on a return journey to Tyndal, Prioress Eleanor accepts lodging at a nearby manor. There, Master Stevyns's wife is having an affair with the groom, while a local widow acts more like the lady of the manor than the lady herself. The master's eldest son and spouse are obsessed with sin and heaven, while his youngest son, bound for the church, unexpectedly returns with more interest in lute playing than the priesthood. It is no surprise when someone's throat is cut, but the sheriff does all he can to avoid offending the family rather than seeking the real killer. When he arrests a servant, she herself is stabbed before she can either prove her innocence or be taken away for hanging. Eleanor must discover the dark secrets that have led to this string of killings before the murderer strikes again.
©2009 Priscilla Royal (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Silken Bonds
Summary
Though Frederica chafed at the restricted life she lived as the adopted daughter of an infamous bluestocking, she did agree with the philosophy. Until men learned to appreciate intellectual equals, Frederica was better off without them. But her sister’s elopement has sparked fires of romance in Frederica’s well-educated head, making her ripe for the considerable charms of Lord Harry Danger, who has saved her from a pack of drunken thugs. Now if he would only treat her as an equal and stop the silly flirting.
©1989 Marion Chesney (P)2014 Blackstone Audiobooks
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Legacy (2 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Finn Durandal’s traitorous scheme is all coming together, as Parliament becomes the bloody scene of Finn’s carefully orchestrated civil unrest. But King Douglas begins to see betrayal much closer at hand, and the pain of it may leave him a shattered man. Lewis Deathstalker’s struggle to hold honor above his own needs is put aside momentarily, as the riot on Parliament’s doorstep puts him in a battle to the death with Finn’s brutal assassin Rose Constantine, undefeated gladiator of the Arena. Emma Steel is the new Paragon of Humanity’s home world of Logres. Her investigations lead her into direct conflict with the sinister Church Militant, as she risks her life to rescue a fleeing informant from their lethal clutches. Performed by Richard Rohan, Michael Glenn, David Coyne, Vanessa Benjamin, Sunny Lasskey, Corrie James, Colleen Delany, Bruce Rauscher, Nanette Savard, Jeff Baker, Ken Jackson, Cate Torre, Christopher Graybill, Michael Replogle, Delores King Williams, Thomas Penny, Chris Rohan, Nathanial Perry, Mort Shelby.
©2003 Simon R. Green (P)2007 Graphic Audio, LLC
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Screams of Eagles [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Scream of Eagles is the fourth book in William W. Johnstone’s epic saga of the MacCallister clan, a family caught up in the vivid sweep of American history. Jamie Ian MacCallister has survived the bloodshed of the Alamo and the Civil War. Now the battle has gotten personal: Jamie is on a one-man vendetta against the Miles Nelson gang, the men responsible for the brutal murder of his wife Kate. His journey of revenge will take him from Atlantic City to the deadly landscape of the Colorado Rockies - and finally to the Battle of Little Big Horn. This blood-drenched Western Odyssey has drawn comparisons from critics to the films of Clint Eastwood, with good reason; Jamie Ian MacCallister’s relentless pursuit is a jaw-clenching trek into the hellish heart of the American West. Performed by Mort Shelby, David Coyne, Terence Aselford, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Thomas Penny, Vanessa Benjamin, Michael Glenn, Sunny Lasskey, Ken Jackson, Casey Jones, Karen Carbone, James Konicek, Delores King Williams, Christopher Graybill, James Lewis.
©1997 William W. Johnstone (P)2007 Graphic Audio, LLC
Women in Love
Summary
"Let us hesitate no longer to announce that the sensual passions and mysteries are equally sacred with the spiritual mysteries and passions," wrote D.H. Lawrence in Women in Love, his masterpiece heralding the erotic consciousness of the twentieth century. Lawrence explores love, sex, passion, and marriage through the eyes of two sisters. Gudrun and Ursula Brangwen are the two intelligent, incisive, and observant sisters whose temperamental differences spark an ongoing debate regarding their society and their inner lives. The two very different sisters pursue thrilling, torrid affairs, but their search for more mature emotional relationships reveals some startling information about themselves as well as their lovers, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich. Women in Love delves into the mysteries between men and women as these two couples strive for love against a haunting World War I backdrop of coal mines, factories, and a beleaguered working class.
(P)2002 Blackstone Audiobooks
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Legacy (1 of 3) [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Two hundred years after the events chronicled in Deathstalker Destiny, it is a golden age for the Human Empire. Lewis Deathstalker is a remote descendant of the legendary Owen and foremost among the Paragons, an elite force of noble warriors in service to a benevolent constitutional monarchy. The new monarch, Douglas Campbell, grandson of Robert and Constance, and his reluctant Champion Lewis Deathstalker find themselves in deep and treacherous waters on Campbell’s first day in Parliament. However, the king’s head of protocol, Anne Barclay, and his betrothed, the beautiful opera star Jesamine Flowers, have him prepared well. That is, until the political battlefield becomes a literal one. An assassination attempt will call some of Douglas’ most cherished relationships into question. Elsewhere, the Empire’s greatest Paragon begins assembling his network of treachery, designed to destroy everything Douglas Campbell holds dear. Performed by Richard Rohan, Michael Glenn, David Coyne, Vanessa Benjamin, Sunny Lasskey, Terence Aselford, Nanette Savard, Nick Sampson, Jeff Baker, Ken Jackson, Casey Jones, Cate Torre, Chris Rohan, Mort Shelby.
©2003 Simon R. Green (P)2007 Graphic Audio, LLC
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The Lost Scrolls [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Ancient papyrus scrolls recovered among the charred ruins of the Library of Alexandria reveal astonishing texts that detail the wonders of Atlantis — knowledge that could shatter the blueprint of world energy. Archaeologist Annja Creed confronts shadow figures determined to preserve empires built on power, greed, and global manipulation, finding unlikely allies in a mysterious American with connections in high places, and a young linguistics prodigy with attitude. Dodging a petroleum conglomerate and their pet killers on a high-speed chase that leads from Egypt to the North Sea oil fields to the urban battlegrounds of China, Annja becomes an unwilling conspirator in a bid for power to control the beating heart of the world's energy. Performed by Nanette Savard, Colleen Delany, Michael Glenn, Terence Aselford, Richard Rohan, David Coyne, Ken Jackson, James Konicek, Vanessa Benjamin, MB Van Dorn, Jeff Baker, Michael Replogle, Dylan Lynch, Christopher Graybill, Chris Rohan, Nathanial Perry, Mort Shelby.
©2007 Worldwide Library (P)2007 Graphic Audio, LLC
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Rage of Eagles [Dramatized Adaptation]
Summary
Jamie Ian and Kate MacCallister are together now, buried side by side on a ridge overlooking the huge Colorado valley they had settled and the town they had founded. It’s up to their children now to carry on the MacCallister legacy. Falcon MacCallister is more than willing to take on that task. He’s the spitting image of his father, Jamie. He stands six foot three and is heavy with muscle. Just like his father, Falcon literally doesn’t know his own strength. And like his father, Falcon is quick on the shoot. Lightning quick. Now, after the cowardly murder of his father, Falcon is out for revenge against the Noonan gang. On his quest, he’ll become embroiled in the deadly Wyoming Range Wars and face down the notorious Silver Dollar Kid, before coming face to face with Nance Noonan himself. Performed by Mort Shelby, David Coyne, Terence Aselford, Nanette Savard, Richard Rohan, Thomas Penny, Vanessa Benjamin, Michael Glenn, Cate Torre, Sunny Lasskey, Ken Jackson, James Konicek, Tim Carlin, Christopher Graybill, James Lewis.
©1998 William W. Johnstone (P)2007 Graphic Audio, LLC
Lessons in Love
Summary
Lady Lucinda Esmond's swine of a father, the Earl of Sotheran, was forever fleecing young bucks in London's gaming halls with impunity - until he cheats Captain Mark Chamfrey, who kidnaps 10-year-old Lucinda for ransom. But when Chamfrey has a change of heart and returns the girl, Earl Esmond nonetheless exacts his own price: Chamfrey can only redeem himself and save his skin by marrying his little victim nine years hence. Lucinda's father could not have foreseen what a beauty Lucinda would become, nor that Chamfrey, a newly made Marquess, would find that what was supposed to be his punishment turns out be exactly what he desires!
©1987 Marion Chesney (P)2014 Blackstone Audio