Books published by publisher Faber / Penguin Audiobooks

Distinguished actors and actresses of the British stage perform this riotous comedy of hopelessly unrequited passions and mistaken identity. Confusion reigns in Twelfth Night - Duke Orsinio loves Olivia, who loves the Duke's servant Cesario, who is really a woman in disguise named Viola. Meanwhile, trickery complicates matters as Olivia's arrogant steward Malvolio is tricked into thinking his mistress loves him. This comedy, performed by Niamh Cusack as Viola, Jonathan Firth as Orsino, and a full cast, is part of the Arkangel Complete Shakespeare series, which will be dramatizing all 38 of the Bard's plays in their entirety.

Dating to the ninth century BC, Homer’s timeless poem still vividly conveys the horror and heroism of men and gods wrestling with towering emotions and battling amidst devastation and destruction, as it moves inexorably to the wrenching, tragic conclusion of the Trojan War. Renowned classicist Bernard Knox observes in his superb Introduction that although the violence of the Iliad is grim and relentless, it coexists with both images of civilized life and a poignant yearning for peace. Combining the skills of a poet and scholar, Robert Fagles brings the energy of contemporary language to this enduring heroic epic. He maintains the drive and metric music of Homer’s poetry and evokes the impact and nuance of the Iliad’s mesmerizing repeated phrases in what Peter Levi calls “an astonishing performance”.