THE DICTATOR'S WIFE by Freya Berry, read by Olivia Vinall - audiobook extract
Behind her smile lies a secret....\n\nThe most gripping debut novel of the year.\n\n'I know you would like to hate me. History is written by the victors, and these are always men....'\n\nThe wife of a toppled dictator stands trial for her husband's crimes.\n\nThe world will finally know the truth. But whose?\n\nVisceral and thought-provoking, powerful and emotional, haunting and heartbreaking, The Dictator's Wife will hold you in its grip until its gut-wrenching conclusion.\n\nWoman\n\nI learned early in life how to survive. A skill that became vital in my position.\n\nWife\n\nI was given no power, yet I was expected to hold my own with the most powerful man in the country.\n\nMother of the nation\n\nMy people were my children. I stood between him and them.\n\nI am not the person they say I am.\n\nI am not my husband.\n\nI am innocent.\n\nDo you believe me?\n\nA gripping and timely story, The Dictator's Wife will keep you listening long into the night....