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Normandy ‘44
- D-Day and the Battle for France
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history....
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New perspectives on D-Day
- By Ian David Williamson on 28-05-19
By: James Holland
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A Short History of Europe
- From Pericles to Putin
- By: Simon Jenkins
- Narrated by: Simon Jenkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite the importance of Europe's politics, economy and culture, there has not been - until now - a concise book to tell this story....
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Nothing new and from a very British point of view
- By Anonymous User on 06-01-19
By: Simon Jenkins
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Citizens
- Chronicle of the French Revolution
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Sara Powell
- Length: 38 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In this New York Times best seller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology - a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France....
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Biography based approach to the revolution
- By Andrew on 23-01-22
By: Simon Schama
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A Waiter in Paris
- Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
- By: Edward Chisholm
- Narrated by: Orlando Wells
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door...is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world....
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Really well-written and read
- By Dr C on 11-08-22
By: Edward Chisholm
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1000 Years of Annoying the French
- By: Stephen Clarke
- Narrated by: Justin Edwards
- Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins
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Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066....
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funny and broad
- By A. Young on 08-12-20
By: Stephen Clarke
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A Line in the Sand
- Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East
- By: James Barr
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Through a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including T. E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle, A Line in the Sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when Britain and France ruled the Middle East....
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An absolute Perfection
- By Charles King-Tenison on 14-08-19
By: James Barr
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Normandy ‘44
- D-Day and the Battle for France
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned World War Two historian James Holland presents an entirely new perspective on one of the most important moments in recent history....
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New perspectives on D-Day
- By Ian David Williamson on 28-05-19
By: James Holland
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A Short History of Europe
- From Pericles to Putin
- By: Simon Jenkins
- Narrated by: Simon Jenkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Despite the importance of Europe's politics, economy and culture, there has not been - until now - a concise book to tell this story....
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Nothing new and from a very British point of view
- By Anonymous User on 06-01-19
By: Simon Jenkins
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Citizens
- Chronicle of the French Revolution
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Sara Powell
- Length: 38 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In this New York Times best seller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology - a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France....
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Biography based approach to the revolution
- By Andrew on 23-01-22
By: Simon Schama
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A Waiter in Paris
- Adventures in the Dark Heart of the City
- By: Edward Chisholm
- Narrated by: Orlando Wells
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A waiter's job is to deceive you. They want you to believe in a luxurious calm because on the other side of that door...is hell. Edward Chisholm's spellbinding memoir of his time as a Parisian waiter takes you below the surface of one of the most iconic cities in the world....
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Really well-written and read
- By Dr C on 11-08-22
By: Edward Chisholm
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1000 Years of Annoying the French
- By: Stephen Clarke
- Narrated by: Justin Edwards
- Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Ten centuries' worth of French historical 'facts' bite the dust as Stephen Clarke looks at what has really been going on since 1066....
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funny and broad
- By A. Young on 08-12-20
By: Stephen Clarke
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A Line in the Sand
- Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East
- By: James Barr
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Through a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including T. E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle, A Line in the Sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when Britain and France ruled the Middle East....
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An absolute Perfection
- By Charles King-Tenison on 14-08-19
By: James Barr
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- By: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness....
By: Bart van Loo, and others
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The Years
- By: Annie Ernaux
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory....
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Strange combination of voice and edition
- By EEL on 24-10-20
By: Annie Ernaux
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times best-selling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in....
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love it
- By Ashley on 07-06-23
By: Mike Duncan
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The Longest Day
- June 6, 1944
- By: Cornelius Ryan
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy....
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Great author but......
- By PAUL on 20-10-15
By: Cornelius Ryan
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Night Raid
- The True Story of the First Victorious British Para Raid of WWII
- By: Taylor Downing
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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The loss of British bombers over Occupied Europe began to reach alarming levels in 1941....
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Spellbinding !
- By Nucleargaz on 02-03-18
By: Taylor Downing
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A Certain Idea of France
- The Life of Charles de Gaulle
- By: Julian Jackson
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 35 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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In six weeks in 1940, France was overrun by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England....
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A detailed account of De Gaulle
- By Simon Brady on 17-03-22
By: Julian Jackson
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Marie Antoinette
- By: Antonia Fraser
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 20 hrs and 18 mins
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Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions....
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Spectacular.
- By B on 17-12-14
By: Antonia Fraser
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The Discovery of France
- By: Graham Robb
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 16 hrs and 49 mins
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Illuminating, engrossing and full of surprises, The Discovery of France is a literary exploration of a country few will recognize....
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A new world in an old world
- By James on 05-06-23
By: Graham Robb
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The Hundred Years War
- A People's History
- By: David Green
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history....
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Boring and confusing
- By Amazon Customer on 11-09-23
By: David Green
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Crécy
- Battle of Five Kings
- By: Michael Livingston
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Crécy is a story of past and present. It is a new history of one of the most important battles of the Middle Ages: the battle of Crécy, in which the outnumbered English under King Edward III won a decisive victory over the French and changed the course of the Hundred Years War....
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Great book! Incredibly interesting.
- By Amazon Customer on 27-08-23
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Bienvenue chez les Gaulois
- Essai socio-historico-humoristique pour mieux comprendre les Français
- By: Gaspard Chevallier
- Narrated by: Gaspard Chevallier
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
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Si je n'avais pas été français, j'aurais tant aimé l'être! Il y a tellement à écrire sur ce peuple. Parce que les français sont...
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Les Parisiennes
- How the Women of Paris Lived, Loved and Died in the 1940s
- By: Anne Sebba
- Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens
- Length: 15 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Les Parisiennes is a book about the effects of war and, for those who survived, how they came to terms with their own behaviour and that of others....
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So many Les Parisiennes
- By Purplelotus on 20-06-17
By: Anne Sebba
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- By: John Hussey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
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The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages....
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Wellingtonian Wars
- By D. Trail on 18-08-20
By: John Hussey
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The Greatest Raid
- St Nazaire, 1942: The Heroic Story of Operation Chariot
- By: Giles Whittell
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of Bridge of Spies comes a dramatic and colourful new account of the most daring British commando raid of World War Two....
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The Greatest Raid
- By DRO on 12-08-22
By: Giles Whittell
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My Twenty-Five Years in Provence
- Reflections on Then and Now
- By: Peter Mayle
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A celebration of 25 years of Provençal living - of lessons learned and changes observed - with his final book, Peter Mayle has crafted a lasting love letter to his adopted home, marked by his signature warmth, wit, and humor....
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narration
- By Lyn D on 29-12-19
By: Peter Mayle
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Paris After the Liberation
- By: Artemis Cooper, Antony Beevor
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Antony Beevor's Paris After Liberation: 1944-1949 is a remarkable historical account of the chaos and uncertainty that followed the liberation of Paris in August 1944....
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Disappointing
- By mcsmall on 05-07-18
By: Artemis Cooper, and others
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24 Hours
- By: Richard Williams
- Narrated by: Richard Attlee
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
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Award-winning writer Richard Williams tells the remarkable story of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, one of the world's most iconic motorsports events, which celebrates its centenary in 2023....
By: Richard Williams
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Marie Curie: A Life From Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Mike Nelson
- Length: 1 hr and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most famous women of the 20th century, Marie Curie was a trailblazer in the truest sense. Known for her discovery of two radioactive elements, radium and polonium, Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize....
By: Hourly History
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A History of the Peninsular War Volume 3: September 1809 - December 1810
- By: Charles Oman
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 23 hrs and 40 mins
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In this third volume, a detailed examination is made of the period from September 1809 to December 1810. This volume covers the battles of Ocana, Cadiz and Bussaco....
By: Charles Oman
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King of the North Wind
- The Life of Henry II in Five Acts
- By: Claudia Gold
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
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Henry so famed during his lifetime has slipped into the shadows of history. King of the North Wind offers a fresh evaluation of this great yet tragic ruler....
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Fascinating
- By P. Gigli on 21-09-18
By: Claudia Gold
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Louis XIV and the Zenith of the French Monarchy
- By: Arthur Hassall
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Louis XIV, known as the Grand Monarch, or the Sun King, was a sovereign of the House of Bourbon who reigned as King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715....
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Accurate description of the Reign
- By Stephen Bentley on 01-11-22
By: Arthur Hassall
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- By: Alistair Horne
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 29 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one....
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Just superb
- By Dave on 26-03-12
By: Alistair Horne
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The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life
- By: Napoleon Bonaparte, R. M. Johnston - editor
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
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These are entirely Napoleon Bonaparte's own words, written and spoken, and collected in journal form. A particular focus here has been put on Napoleon's writings that pertain to military and state matters. The dates in terms of the revolutionary calendar have been modernized....
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Quite something.
- By Shades of Blue Q on 01-10-22
By: Napoleon Bonaparte, and others
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Under the Streets of Nice
- The Bank Heist of the Century
- By: Ken Follett, René L. Maurice
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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One hot Monday morning in 1976, Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century. A bank president in Nice, France found his vault welded shut—from the inside. Spaggiari and his gang of 20 men had dug a 25-foot tunnel from the city's sewer system into the bank....
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Narrator was so annoying that I had to stop listening
- By Page MacKinnon on 17-09-23
By: Ken Follett, and others
New Releases
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2023: The Viking Again Conquers the Tour
- The Story of the Tour de France
- By: Bill McGann, Carol McGann
- Narrated by: David L. Stanley
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This telling of the 2023 Tour de France is an addition to our two-volume The Story of the Tour de France: How a Newspaper Promotion Became the Greatest Sporting Event in the World, and four supplements.
By: Bill McGann, and others
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- By: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands. This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness.
By: Bart van Loo, and others
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Joan of Arc
- The Story of the Defender and Patron Saint of France
- By: Hourglass History, Patrick Stanton
- Narrated by: Lisa Haislip
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Joan of Arc: The Story of the Defender and Patron Saint of France is more than just a history book—it's a journey of discovery. It is a bridge that connects us to the past, allowing us to walk through history, understanding the socio-political dynamics of Joan's time, and how they reverberate even today. It's a mirror that reflects our present, making us ponder upon the role of women, faith, and nationalism in society.
By: Hourglass History, and others
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Napoleon
- The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, from Humble Beginnings to Revolutionary, Conqueror and Emperor of France
- By: Hourglass History, Julian Pembroke
- Narrated by: Daniel Winski
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Journey through the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, a man whose colossal presence continues to echo throughout history. From his humble origins in the rugged island of Corsica to his final years in remote exile, this meticulously researched and exquisitely narrated biography weaves an intricate tapestry of a life lived on a grand scale.
By: Hourglass History, and others
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The First Total War
- Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
- By: David A. Bell
- Narrated by: Trenton Bennett
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The twentieth century is usually seen as "the century of total war." But as the historian David A. Bell argues in this landmark work, the phenomenon actually began much earlier, in the era of muskets, cannons, and sailing ships—in the age of Napoleon. In a sweeping, evocative narrative, Bell takes us from campaigns of "extermination" in the blood-soaked fields of western France to savage street fighting in ruined Spanish cities to central European battlefields where tens of thousands died in a single day. Between 1792 and 1815, Europe plunged into an abyss of destruction.
By: David A. Bell
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The First Book of Napoleon
- The Tyrant of the Earth
- By: Eliakim The Scribe
- Narrated by: Cleon Percival
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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This book written ostensibly by the writer "Eliakim the Scribe" was a book written about the tyrant of the time: Napoleon Bonaparte. Written in early modern English, the book feels like a reading of history, in the language of the Holy Bible. The history of Napoleon Bonaparte is recounted and the listener learns the ups and downs of the reign of one of the greatest conquerors in history. As one of the few popular works written in the 1800s in the language of the 1600s, the book is unique and an enjoyable listen in audiobook format.
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2023: The Viking Again Conquers the Tour
- The Story of the Tour de France
- By: Bill McGann, Carol McGann
- Narrated by: David L. Stanley
- Length: 2 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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This telling of the 2023 Tour de France is an addition to our two-volume The Story of the Tour de France: How a Newspaper Promotion Became the Greatest Sporting Event in the World, and four supplements.
By: Bill McGann, and others
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- By: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands. This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness.
By: Bart van Loo, and others
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Joan of Arc
- The Story of the Defender and Patron Saint of France
- By: Hourglass History, Patrick Stanton
- Narrated by: Lisa Haislip
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Joan of Arc: The Story of the Defender and Patron Saint of France is more than just a history book—it's a journey of discovery. It is a bridge that connects us to the past, allowing us to walk through history, understanding the socio-political dynamics of Joan's time, and how they reverberate even today. It's a mirror that reflects our present, making us ponder upon the role of women, faith, and nationalism in society.
By: Hourglass History, and others
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Napoleon
- The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, from Humble Beginnings to Revolutionary, Conqueror and Emperor of France
- By: Hourglass History, Julian Pembroke
- Narrated by: Daniel Winski
- Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Journey through the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, a man whose colossal presence continues to echo throughout history. From his humble origins in the rugged island of Corsica to his final years in remote exile, this meticulously researched and exquisitely narrated biography weaves an intricate tapestry of a life lived on a grand scale.
By: Hourglass History, and others
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The First Total War
- Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
- By: David A. Bell
- Narrated by: Trenton Bennett
- Length: 15 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The twentieth century is usually seen as "the century of total war." But as the historian David A. Bell argues in this landmark work, the phenomenon actually began much earlier, in the era of muskets, cannons, and sailing ships—in the age of Napoleon. In a sweeping, evocative narrative, Bell takes us from campaigns of "extermination" in the blood-soaked fields of western France to savage street fighting in ruined Spanish cities to central European battlefields where tens of thousands died in a single day. Between 1792 and 1815, Europe plunged into an abyss of destruction.
By: David A. Bell
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The First Book of Napoleon
- The Tyrant of the Earth
- By: Eliakim The Scribe
- Narrated by: Cleon Percival
- Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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This book written ostensibly by the writer "Eliakim the Scribe" was a book written about the tyrant of the time: Napoleon Bonaparte. Written in early modern English, the book feels like a reading of history, in the language of the Holy Bible. The history of Napoleon Bonaparte is recounted and the listener learns the ups and downs of the reign of one of the greatest conquerors in history. As one of the few popular works written in the 1800s in the language of the 1600s, the book is unique and an enjoyable listen in audiobook format.