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The Leopard in Autumn
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- By: Neal Anthony, Roger Danes, Sue Limb
- Narrated by: David Swift, Sian Phillips, Graham Crowden, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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In Monte Guano, a ridiculously small and penniless principality in Renaissance Italy, Prince Ludovico II finds his rule constantly undermined by those around him: his shrewd wife, his official mistress and his three disappointing—if not outright humiliating—sons....
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Great listen
- By Karan Kaur on 14-12-22
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The Leopard in Autumn
- A BBC Radio 4 Comedy Drama
- Narrated by: David Swift, Sian Phillips, Graham Crowden, Paul Bigley, Saskia Wickham, Nick Romero, Christopher Kelham, Kim Wall, full cast
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 18-08-22
- Language: English
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In Monte Guano, a ridiculously small and penniless principality in Renaissance Italy, Prince Ludovico II finds his rule constantly undermined by those around him: his shrewd wife, his official mistress and his three disappointing—if not outright humiliating—sons....
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City of Vengeance
- Cesare Aldo Series
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
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Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth....
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Great start to new series
- By V. O'Regan on 11-02-21
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City of Vengeance
- Cesare Aldo Series
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Series: Cesare Aldo, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 04-02-21
- Language: English
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Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth....
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The Black Mountain: Quick Reads 2022
- By: Kate Mosse
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
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It is May 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano....
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Good sense of place and time.
- By P. B. Richardson on 19-09-24
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The Black Mountain: Quick Reads 2022
- Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle
- Length: 2 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 14-04-22
- Language: English
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It is May 1706. Ana, a young Spanish woman, lives in a small town on the north-west coast of Tenerife with her mother and twin younger brothers. The town is in the shadow of a mighty volcano....
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The Chocolate Maker's Wife
- By: Karen Brooks
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
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When Rosamund Tomkins enters the world with her darkling eyes and strange laughter, the midwives are afraid, believing her a changeling. But Rosamund's life is set to be anything but enchanted....
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A truly wonderfully flavoured tale
- By Peter Reynolds on 19-10-20
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The Chocolate Maker's Wife
- Narrated by: Willow Nash
- Length: 20 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 01-03-19
- Language: English
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When Rosamund Tomkins enters the world with her darkling eyes and strange laughter, the midwives are afraid, believing her a changeling. But Rosamund's life is set to be anything but enchanted....
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The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- By: Mike Walker
- Narrated by: full cast, Patrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
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Florence, 1415. Banker Cosimo Medici is looked down upon as a jumped up money-changer. Then he marries the noble Contessina de Bardi and becomes the richest man in Europe. But his wealth and power threaten the Florentine elite, who are determined to bring him down....
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The Medici: Bankers, Gangsters, Popes
- A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Drama
- Narrated by: full cast, Patrick Baladi, Sirine Saba, Tom Cullen, Saran Morgan, Catrin Aaron
- Length: 5 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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Florence, 1415. Banker Cosimo Medici is looked down upon as a jumped up money-changer. Then he marries the noble Contessina de Bardi and becomes the richest man in Europe. But his wealth and power threaten the Florentine elite, who are determined to bring him down....
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Disobedient
- By: Elizabeth Fremantle
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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Totally gripping!
- By kal winston on 29-09-24
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Disobedient
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 27-07-23
- Language: English
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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The Book of Eve
- A spellbinding tale of magic and mystery
- By: Meg Clothier
- Narrated by: Amalia Vitale
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts....
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Amazing!
- By Michelle on 04-05-24
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The Book of Eve
- A spellbinding tale of magic and mystery
- Narrated by: Amalia Vitale
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 02-03-23
- Language: English
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Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts....
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Tom Swan and the Head of St George
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
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1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of ancient Greece and Rome....
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clunky delivery and disappointing writing
- By Suzanne Debney on 01-05-21
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Tom Swan and the Head of St George
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Series: The Adventures of Tom Swan, Book 1
- Length: 18 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 22-04-21
- Language: English
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1450s France. A young Englishman, Tom Swan, is kneeling in the dirt, waiting to be killed by the French who have taken him captive. He's not a professional soldier. He's really a merchant and a scholar looking for remnants of ancient Greece and Rome....
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The Eyes of the Queen
- An Agents of the Crown Novel, Book 1
- By: Oliver Clements
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
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In this first novel of the exhilarating Agents of the Crown series, a man who will become the original MI6 agent protects England and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I from Spain’s nefarious plan to crush the Age of the Enlightenment....
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Wonderful start to the series
- By Jane Shepherd on 29-10-20
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The Eyes of the Queen
- An Agents of the Crown Novel, Book 1
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Series: Agents of the Crown Novel, Book 1
- Length: 8 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 27-10-20
- Language: English
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In this first novel of the exhilarating Agents of the Crown series, a man who will become the original MI6 agent protects England and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth I from Spain’s nefarious plan to crush the Age of the Enlightenment....
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The Poison Keeper
- An Enthralling Historical Novel of Renaissance Italy (Italian Renaissance Series)
- By: Deborah Swift
- Narrated by: Diana Croft
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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Giulia Tofana longs for more responsibility in her mother’s apothecary business, but Mamma has always been secretive and refuses to tell her the hidden keys to her success....
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Entertaining
- By The Curator on 23-01-22
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The Poison Keeper
- An Enthralling Historical Novel of Renaissance Italy (Italian Renaissance Series)
- Narrated by: Diana Croft
- Series: Italian Renaissance Series, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 19-01-22
- Language: English
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Giulia Tofana longs for more responsibility in her mother’s apothecary business, but Mamma has always been secretive and refuses to tell her the hidden keys to her success....
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Traitor in the Ice
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 2
- By: K. J. Maitland
- Narrated by: Nathan Turner
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
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Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead....
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Loved this book
- By Hurstnurse on 28-01-23
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Traitor in the Ice
- Daniel Pursglove, Book 2
- Narrated by: Nathan Turner
- Series: Daniel Pursglove, Book 2
- Length: 16 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 31-03-22
- Language: English
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Winter, 1607. A man is struck down in the grounds of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Before dawn breaks, he is dead....
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Yankee Mission
- Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region—there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils....
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- By Amazon Customer on 13-09-24
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Yankee Mission
- Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Series: Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-10-22
- Language: English
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Two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region—there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils....
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Ritual of Fire
- Cesare Aldo, Book 3
- By: D. V. Bishop
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
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Set during a scorching Italian summer, Ritual of Fire is a historical crime novel set in 1530s Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin....
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Great story but….
- By Gill Osborne on 22-08-24
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Ritual of Fire
- Cesare Aldo, Book 3
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Series: Cesare Aldo, Book 3
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-06-23
- Language: English
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Set during a scorching Italian summer, Ritual of Fire is a historical crime novel set in 1530s Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance and The Darkest Sin....
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The Winchester Goose
- At the Court of Henry VIII
- By: Judith Arnopp
- Narrated by: Alex Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Each night, after dark, men flock to Bankside seeking girls of easy virtue, prostitutes known as the Winchester Geese. Joanie Toogood has worked the streets of Southwark since childhood, but her path is changed forever by an encounter with Francis Wareham, a spy for Thomas Cromwell....
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Brilliant!!
- By SUE WALLACE on 16-06-23
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The Winchester Goose
- At the Court of Henry VIII
- Narrated by: Alex Lee
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 23-09-22
- Language: English
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Each night, after dark, men flock to Bankside seeking girls of easy virtue, prostitutes known as the Winchester Geese. Joanie Toogood has worked the streets of Southwark since childhood, but her path is changed forever by an encounter with Francis Wareham, a spy for Thomas Cromwell....
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I Promessi Sposi
- By: Alessandro Manzoni
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 26 hrs and 25 mins
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"I promessi sposi" è un capolavoro della letteratura Italiana scritto nel XIX secolo da Alessandro Manzoni e uno dei romanzi storici più importanti...
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I Promessi Sposi
- Narrated by: Moro Silo
- Length: 26 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 17-05-10
- Language: Italian
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"I promessi sposi" è un capolavoro della letteratura Italiana scritto nel XIX secolo da Alessandro Manzoni e uno dei romanzi storici più importanti...
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The Queen's Men
- By: Oliver Clements
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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The Agents of the Crown - the “rollicking new historical thriller” (The New York Times Book Review) series - returns with this riveting novel following the original MI6 agent as he is assigned a dangerous mission to recreate a weapon from antiquity....-
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Atmospheric,fast pace read with enthusiasm
- By judi lyons on 01-02-23
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The Queen's Men
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Series: Agents of the Crown Novel, Book 2
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 07-12-21
- Language: English
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The Agents of the Crown - the “rollicking new historical thriller” (The New York Times Book Review) series - returns with this riveting novel following the original MI6 agent as he is assigned a dangerous mission to recreate a weapon from antiquity....-
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The Cargo from Neira
- A Gabriel Tavener Mystery, Book 5
- By: Alys Clare
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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February 1605. A series of killings shake the quiet life of Devon's Tavy valley....
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Too much repetition
- By Anonymous User on 23-02-24
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The Cargo from Neira
- A Gabriel Tavener Mystery, Book 5
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Series: Gabriel Taverner, Book 5
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-05-23
- Language: English
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February 1605. A series of killings shake the quiet life of Devon's Tavy valley....
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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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Tom Swan and his friends are trying to save Europe from the Turks, but most of his adversaries seem to be other Europeans. This time, an unnamed cabal is trying to kill him and, incidentally, ruin the banks and trade of England, France and Italy....
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Excellent series - Need support for next book!
- By AC on 25-08-24
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Tom Swan and the Keys of Saint Peter
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Series: The Adventures of Tom Swan, Book 4
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 25-11-21
- Language: English
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Tom Swan and his friends are trying to save Europe from the Turks, but most of his adversaries seem to be other Europeans. This time, an unnamed cabal is trying to kill him and, incidentally, ruin the banks and trade of England, France and Italy....
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Sword of Justice
- Chivalry, Book 4
- By: Christian Cameron
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 20 hrs
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Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle.
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Sword of Justice
- Chivalry, Book 4
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Series: Chivalry, Book 4
- Length: 20 hrs
- Release date: 04-09-24
- Language: English
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Political alliances are beginning to rupture, and no state is immune: England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, Milan Genoa, Venice, Constantinople . . . Every mercenary knight must sharpen his sword and prepare for battle.
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To the Eastern Seas
- Thomas Kydd 22
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: To the Eastern Seas is the 22nd novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series....
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The Joy of Salt!
- By Simon on 18-02-20
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To the Eastern Seas
- Thomas Kydd 22
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Series: Thomas Kydd, Book 22
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-02-20
- Language: English
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Perfect for fans of Patrick O'Brian, Bernard Cornwell and swashbuckling adventure during the great Age of Sail: To the Eastern Seas is the 22nd novel in Julian Stockwin's acclaimed Thomas Kydd series....
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