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Over the Hills and Far Away: A Story of New Zealand

Read by Lewis Fletcher

Charlotte Evans

One of the very first New Zealand novels, Over the Hills and Far Away is a heavily romanticised tale of a woman's journey from England to Ot…

Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state

Read by Lewis Fletcher

George Davis

The frost fair of 1814 began on 1 February, and lasted four days. A printer named George Davis published a 124-page book, "Frostiana; o…

Chapter 19- Maldive Islands

In The Travels of Ibn Batuta

Read by Lewis Fletcher

Ibn Battuta

Ibn Battuta (1304 – ca. 1369), was a Moroccan explorer. Over a period of thirty years, Ibn Battuta visited most of the known Islamic world a…