Literature

The Secret World Of Lewis Carroll tells the story behind Alice in Wonderland's author, Lewis Carroll.

A mysterious man lurks among the mummies of the Louvre. What strange secret is held by the Ring of Thoth? The Ring of Thoth is a short supernatural horror story written by Arthur Conan Doyle, and read aloud by Edward E. French as an audiobook in this post.

Dive into The Voynich manuscript - the world's most mysterious manuscript. A book, written by an unknown author, illustrated with pictures that are as bizarre as they are puzzling.

John Milton's epic, biblically-inspired poems Paradise Lost were published in 1667. Today, however, it is read aloud as a dramatic reading in a full audio book by a team of professional voice actors, starring Denis Quilley as Milton, Ian McDiarmid as Satan and Robert Glenister as Christ.

'The Rats in the Walls' is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. It was written in August–September 1923 and now read aloud as a audio book by narrator Ian Gordon.

This documentary takes a look at the mythical roots in art and literature of Merlin - magician, hero and historical mystery.

"At the Mountains of Madness" is a science fiction-horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, come alive as an audio book read by Ian Gordon.

Daniel Dafoe's famous castaway story Robinson Crusoe, read aloud as an audio book by Mark Smith.

The thousands years old book The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, read aloud as an audio book by Tom Knight.

The Call of Cthulhu is a free audiobook read aloud by British actor Garrick Hagon.

How relevant is the political book ´The Prince´ today, and who are the 21st century Machiavellians? Join in, as we investigate these questions and more with documentary host Peter Capaldi.