Medieval Women

Light, dramatic short story free from myth and magic. Asabelle had only known slavery her whole life until the day she received a servant's role with high spirits for a benevolent royal family. Being so close to fulfilling her wildest dreams, Asabelle discovers a moment where she can either gain or lose everything with her words. Will she take the chance? What would you do? Reveal Asabelle's fate by adding her tale now! *Story included in Specks of Shadows, Flecks of Light

An original recording of one of Oscar Wilde's comedic classics and a precise satire of Britain's upper classes. At a gathering at Hunstanton Chase, the young Gerald Arbuthnot has been given a rare opportunity to make something of himself by the cavalier Lord Illingworth, but a chance meeting between his mother Mrs. Arbuthnot and Lord Illingworth reveals that there's more behind the offer than Gerald knows.

A tale of love, music, and societal strife… In the vibrant streets of Strand Street, London, music flows like a river, carrying with it the promise of love and the yearning for freedom. Caroline White, daughter of the esteemed composer Charles White, is a woman ahead of her time, with a passion for music that matches her father's. But when she captures the attention of the powerful Duke Alexander Radcliffe, her world is turned upside down. From their first meeting at a soirée filled with melody and intrigue, Alexander is captivated by Caroline's virtuosity at the piano and her quiet ...

L'audio libro "Voci dal Medioevo" è tratto dal libro di Paola Amadesi "Dieci donne e quattro uomini" (disponibile su Amazon). Figure come Eleonora d'Aquitania, madre di Riccardo I re d'Inghilterra, Eloisa, Egeria la pellegrina, Ildegarda di Bingen e Matilde di Canossa danno grande forza e voce a donne che hanno sofferto, amato, studiato, lottato contro la società del loro tempo. Sono voci che vengono da lontano ma che ci sono vicine, simili a quelle che si sentono gridare nelle strade oggigiorno.

Catherine de Valois, am besten bekannt, als die Braut Henry des V. aus Shakespeares "Henry V.", war eine außergewöhnliche Frau, voller Glauben, Mut und Überzeugung, in einem Zeitalter politisch mächtiger Frauen.