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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I
- The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Tracy Borman
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most extraordinary mother and daughter stories of all time - Anne Boleyn, the most famous of Henry VIII's wives and her daughter Elizabeth, the 'Virgin Queen'....
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Nothing to dislike
- By Charlotte on 25-05-23
By: Tracy Borman
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Johnson at 10
- By: Anthony Seldon, Raymond Newell
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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This gripping work of contemporary history maps Boris Johnson's time in power across ten decisive moments and sheds light on the most divisive and inscrutable prime minister since Margaret Thatcher....
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Well balanced account
- By Vicuña on 05-05-23
By: Anthony Seldon, and others
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Killing Thatcher
- The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown
- By: Rory Carroll
- Narrated by: Gary Trainor
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret Thatcher....
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Well balanced and very well researched.
- By M R Colacicco on 14-04-23
By: Rory Carroll
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Troy
- The Siege of Troy Retold
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years....
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Chapters?
- By Jason on 03-11-20
By: Stephen Fry
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of The Templars, Dan Jones' epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built....
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Oh Dear.
- By iain ward on 10-10-21
By: Dan Jones
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Colditz
- Prisoners of the Castle
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben MacIntyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their Nazi captors....
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Outstanding
- By Stuartm on 25-09-22
By: Ben Macintyre
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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I
- The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Tracy Borman
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most extraordinary mother and daughter stories of all time - Anne Boleyn, the most famous of Henry VIII's wives and her daughter Elizabeth, the 'Virgin Queen'....
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Nothing to dislike
- By Charlotte on 25-05-23
By: Tracy Borman
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Johnson at 10
- By: Anthony Seldon, Raymond Newell
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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This gripping work of contemporary history maps Boris Johnson's time in power across ten decisive moments and sheds light on the most divisive and inscrutable prime minister since Margaret Thatcher....
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Well balanced account
- By Vicuña on 05-05-23
By: Anthony Seldon, and others
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Killing Thatcher
- The IRA, the Manhunt and the Long War on the Crown
- By: Rory Carroll
- Narrated by: Gary Trainor
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The gripping account of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Margaret Thatcher....
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Well balanced and very well researched.
- By M R Colacicco on 14-04-23
By: Rory Carroll
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Troy
- The Siege of Troy Retold
- By: Stephen Fry
- Narrated by: Stephen Fry
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of Troy speaks to all of us - the kidnapping of Helen, a queen celebrated for her beauty, sees the Greeks launch a thousand ships against the city of Troy, to which they will lay siege for 10 whole and very bloody years....
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Chapters?
- By Jason on 03-11-20
By: Stephen Fry
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of The Templars, Dan Jones' epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built....
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Oh Dear.
- By iain ward on 10-10-21
By: Dan Jones
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Colditz
- Prisoners of the Castle
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben MacIntyre
- Length: 13 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany, an unlikely band of British officers spent the Second World War plotting daring escapes from their Nazi captors....
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Outstanding
- By Stuartm on 25-09-22
By: Ben Macintyre
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Ancestors
- A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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Told through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went, how we came to be on this island....
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Great overview of field, pity about the politics
- By Mr. D. Southcott on 27-06-21
By: Alice Roberts
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- By: Ben MacIntyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians - now with a new afterword....
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Brilliant Documentary of the Cold War
- By Paul on 03-10-18
By: Ben MacIntyre
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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An enjoyable hagiography(?)
- By Nik Jewell on 16-05-18
By: Jack Weatherford
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Beyond the Wall
- East Germany, 1949-1990
- By: Katja Hoyer
- Narrated by: Sam Peter Jackson
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Based on first-hand accounts and extensive new research, acclaimed historian Katja Hoyer presents the history of the GDR as never before—as a kaleidoscope of perspectives, experiences and stories....
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So informative and just brilliant
- By Ms. C. Beak on 19-04-23
By: Katja Hoyer
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The Private Lives of the Tudors
- Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble, Sandra Duncan
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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Tracy Borman takes us behind the scenes to reveal the intimate secrets of the Tudor court and the private lives of Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth I and more....
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Utterly absorbing!
- By Gabrielle Harvey-Jones on 19-06-16
By: Tracy Borman
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Say Nothing
- A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland
- By: Patrick Radden Keefe
- Narrated by: Matt Blaney
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
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A shocking true story of murder, extreme politics and the deep scars left by the Troubles in Ireland of the 1970s and the human consequences. A taut tale of murder, extreme politics, institutionalised violence and the deep scars left by such turmoil....
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Totally Biased
- By mrshakeyhandman on 26-05-20
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The Anglo-Saxons
- A History of the Beginnings of England
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
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Sixteen hundred years ago, Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea and established themselves as its new masters....
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Informative and entertaining
- By Ambrose Duffy on 28-05-21
By: Marc Morris
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Seasons in the Sun
- The Battle for Britain, 1974-1979
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 41 hrs and 15 mins
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In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....
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turning the 70's into an epic
- By Petra on 14-03-14
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The Russo-Ukrainian War
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins
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On 24 February 2022, Russia stunned the world by launching an invasion of Ukraine....
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Holistic global perspective
- By Echternacher on 24-05-23
By: Serhii Plokhy
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Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad
- A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
- By: Daniel Finkelstein
- Narrated by: Daniel Finkelstein
- Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
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Longstanding political columnist and commentator Daniel Finkelstein's powerful memoir explores both his mother and his father’s devastating experiences of persecution, resistance and survival during the Second World War....
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Monarchy
- England and Her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors
- By: David Starkey
- Narrated by: Jim Norton
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged
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With both authority and verve, David Starkey unmasks the personalities and achievements, the defeats and victories, that lie behind the monarchs that form the backbone of British history....
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Over simplified but fun
- By James Ivan Knipe Campbell on 26-05-23
By: David Starkey
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Femina
- A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It
- By: Janina Ramirez
- Narrated by: Janina Ramirez
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The middle ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, Saints and Kings: a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women. But by digging a little deeper into the truth, drawing on evidence from all disciplines, we can see that the 'dark' ages were anything but....
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Superb
- By Campesque on 05-08-22
By: Janina Ramirez
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The Plantagenets
- The Kings Who Made England
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This brilliant new audiobook explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets - their story is the story of Britain....
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Entertaining and scholarly
- By Kirstine on 23-08-19
By: Dan Jones
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A Spy Among Friends
- Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War....
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amazing story
- By Anonymous User on 19-06-21
By: Ben Macintyre
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Crown & Sceptre
- A New History of the British Monarchy from William the Conqueror to Charles III
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Tracy Borman
- Length: 20 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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An exploration of the history of the British monarchy from 1066 to the present day, now including a new chapter on King Charles III....
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Disappointing narration
- By Stephen Bentley on 24-11-21
By: Tracy Borman
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The Full English
- A Journey in Search of a Country and Its People
- By: Stuart Maconie
- Narrated by: Stuart Maconie
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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An insightful and far-reaching expedition into Englishness....
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Well researched and presented
- By peter smith on 29-04-23
By: Stuart Maconie
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Return of a King
- The Battle for Afghanistan
- By: William Dalrymple
- Narrated by: Sagar Arya
- Length: 20 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Using a range of forgotten Afghan and Indian sources, William Dalrymple's masterful retelling of Britain's greatest imperial disaster is a powerful parable of colonial ambition and cultural collision, folly and hubris. Return of a King is history at its most urgent and important....
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Excellent and Well Researched
- By A. J. Taylor on 12-05-21
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Natives
- Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
- By: Akala
- Narrated by: Akala
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook....
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A Very Interesting and Challenging Listen
- By Ross Clark on 10-07-18
By: Akala
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Command
- How the Allies Learned to Win the Second World War
- By: Al Murray
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 20 mins
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Command showcases Al Murray's passion for military history and the Second World War, as he writes an engaging, entertaining and sharp analysis of the key allied military leaders in the conflict....
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it was OK
- By Stephen on 28-10-22
By: Al Murray
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Hitler
- A Biography
- By: Ian Kershaw
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 44 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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From his illegitimate birth in a small Austrian village to his fiery death in a bunker under the Reich chancellery in Berlin, Adolf Hitler left a murky trail....
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Exhaustive, occasionally exhausting...
- By Mark Brandon on 22-02-16
By: Ian Kershaw
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The Restless Republic
- Britain Without a Crown
- By: Anna Keay
- Narrated by: Lucy Tregear
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
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Acclaimed historian Anna Keay follows nine figures who made names for themselves during this time....
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Beautifully written and brilliantly read
- By Matt Carpanini on 06-06-22
By: Anna Keay
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The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
- Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
- By: Bill Bryson
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Original Recording
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Bill Bryson is the world's funniest travel writer, and a master of comic observation....
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Brilliant, but…
- By Jean the Bean on 27-05-23
By: Bill Bryson
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Values, Voice and Virtue
- The New British Politics
- By: Matthew Goodwin
- Narrated by: Matthew Goodwin
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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Over the last decade, Britain has been rocked by a series of political revolts. But, as acclaimed political scientist Matthew Goodwin reveals in this strikingly original study, this turbulence has been a long time in the making—and it is set to continue for many years to come....
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A must read political analysis
- By Anonymous User on 31-03-23
By: Matthew Goodwin
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The Blazing World
- A New History of Revolutionary England
- By: Dr Jonathan Healey
- Narrated by: Oliver Hembrough
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
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A major new history of England's turbulent seventeenth century and how it marked the birth of a new world....
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Brilliant and strangely refreshing
- By Kindle Customer on 14-02-23
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War in Ukraine
- Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict
- By: Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Katrina vanden Heuvel - preface
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Russia's brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In this concise, accessible and highly informative primer, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies insist the picture is more complicated.
By: Medea Benjamin, and others
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What the Greeks Did for Us
- By: Tony Spawforth
- Narrated by: Michael Langan
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like "pandemic," a Freudian state of mind like the "Oedipus complex," or a replica of the Parthenon in a Chinese theme park, ancient Greek culture shapes the contours of our lives. Ever since the first Roman imitators, we have been continually falling under the Greeks' spell. But how did ancient Greece spread its influence so far and wide? And how has this influence changed us?
By: Tony Spawforth
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Behind Closed Doors
- The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs
- By: Seth Alexander Thévoz
- Narrated by: Seth Alexander Thévoz
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealing how while the clubs may have been products of their city and country, they also exerted significant influence on London, Britain and places far beyond.
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The Great Defiance
- How the World Took on the British Empire
- By: David Veevers
- Narrated by: David Veevers
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun never set. But this imperial vision is based on an entirely false premise. In fact, the British Empire, far from being the story of a single nation imposing its will upon the world, came to being in spite of British weakness on the international scene. In this book, David Veevers looks beyond the myths of triumph and into the realities of British misadventures.
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David is a great story teller
- By Anonymous User on 30-05-23
By: David Veevers
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The Once upon a Time World
- The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera
- By: Jonathan Miles
- Narrated by: Jonathan Miles
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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For nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Often frivolous, it was also a potent cultural matrix that inspired the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, James Baldwin, Catherine Mansfield, Sartre and Stravinsky. In Once Upon a Time World, Jonathan Miles presents the remarkable story of the small strip of French coast that lured the world to its shores.
By: Jonathan Miles
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1923
- The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler’s Coup
- By: Mark Jones
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The astonishing story of the critical year 1923—the year when the French illegally and brutally occupied Germany's economic heartland, the Ruhr; when hyperinflation wrought havoc with the German economy and plunged millions into poverty; and when Hitler staged his abortive yet pivotal putsch in a Munich beer hall. This period saw the rise of nationalism as the intra-European consensus broke down, populist rhetoric translated into actual violence on the streets and the forces of liberalism underestimate the strength of their enemies.
By: Mark Jones
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War in Ukraine
- Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict
- By: Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies, Katrina vanden Heuvel - preface
- Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Russia's brutal February 2022 invasion of Ukraine has attracted widespread condemnation across the West. Government and media circles present the conflict as a simple dichotomy between an evil empire and an innocent victim. In this concise, accessible and highly informative primer, Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies insist the picture is more complicated.
By: Medea Benjamin, and others
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What the Greeks Did for Us
- By: Tony Spawforth
- Narrated by: Michael Langan
- Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Our contemporary world is inescapably Greek. Whether in a word like "pandemic," a Freudian state of mind like the "Oedipus complex," or a replica of the Parthenon in a Chinese theme park, ancient Greek culture shapes the contours of our lives. Ever since the first Roman imitators, we have been continually falling under the Greeks' spell. But how did ancient Greece spread its influence so far and wide? And how has this influence changed us?
By: Tony Spawforth
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Behind Closed Doors
- The Secret Life of London Private Members' Clubs
- By: Seth Alexander Thévoz
- Narrated by: Seth Alexander Thévoz
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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With a keen eye for the juicy anecdote, Thévoz tells the fascinating and entertaining story of the rise, decline and resurgence of London's private members' clubs, from the late-eighteenth century to the present day. In doing so he looks at cultural and political developments beyond the clubs, revealing how while the clubs may have been products of their city and country, they also exerted significant influence on London, Britain and places far beyond.
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The Great Defiance
- How the World Took on the British Empire
- By: David Veevers
- Narrated by: David Veevers
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of the British Empire is a familiar one: Britain came, it saw, it conquered, forging a glorious world empire upon which the sun never set. But this imperial vision is based on an entirely false premise. In fact, the British Empire, far from being the story of a single nation imposing its will upon the world, came to being in spite of British weakness on the international scene. In this book, David Veevers looks beyond the myths of triumph and into the realities of British misadventures.
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David is a great story teller
- By Anonymous User on 30-05-23
By: David Veevers
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The Once upon a Time World
- The Dark and Sparkling Story of the French Riviera
- By: Jonathan Miles
- Narrated by: Jonathan Miles
- Length: 17 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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For nearly two centuries of creativity, luxury, excess, scandal, war and corruption, the dark and sparkling world of the Riviera was a temptation for everybody who was anybody. Often frivolous, it was also a potent cultural matrix that inspired the likes of Picasso, Matisse, Coco Chanel, Scott Fitzgerald, Cole Porter, James Baldwin, Catherine Mansfield, Sartre and Stravinsky. In Once Upon a Time World, Jonathan Miles presents the remarkable story of the small strip of French coast that lured the world to its shores.
By: Jonathan Miles
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1923
- The Forgotten Crisis in the Year of Hitler’s Coup
- By: Mark Jones
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The astonishing story of the critical year 1923—the year when the French illegally and brutally occupied Germany's economic heartland, the Ruhr; when hyperinflation wrought havoc with the German economy and plunged millions into poverty; and when Hitler staged his abortive yet pivotal putsch in a Munich beer hall. This period saw the rise of nationalism as the intra-European consensus broke down, populist rhetoric translated into actual violence on the streets and the forces of liberalism underestimate the strength of their enemies.
By: Mark Jones
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Letters for the Ages
- The Private and Personal Letters of Sir Winston Churchill
- By: Sir Winston S. Churchill, James Drake - editor, Dr Allen Packwood - editor, and others
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Here are some of the best of Churchill’s letters, many of a more personal and intimate nature, presented in chronological order, with a preface to each letter explaining the context. The recipients include a vast range of people, including his schoolmaster, his American grandmother and former President Eisenhower. They are taken from within the Churchill Archive in Cambridge, where there is a mass of Churchill’s correspondence. Several of the letters included have never appeared in book form before.
By: Sir Winston S. Churchill, and others
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The Hundred Years War
- 1337–1453
- By: Emeritus Professor Anne Curry
- Narrated by: Lucy Tregear
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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There can be no doubt that military conflict between France and England dominated European history in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Hundred Years War is of considerable interest both because of its duration and the number of theatres in which it was fought. Drawing on the latest research for this new edition, Hundred Years War expert Professor Anne Curry examines how the war can reveal much about the changing nature of warfare: the rise of infantry and the demise of the knight; the impact of increased use of gunpowder and the effect of the war on generations of people.
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For Christ's Crown
- Sketches of Puritans and Covenanters
- By: Richard M. Hannula
- Narrated by: Joshua Edgren
- Length: 6 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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The word that perhaps best characterizes the Puritans and Covenanters is faithfulness. Whether Edward Dering preaching boldly before a fuming Queen Elizabeth, Sandy Peden evading the king's men on horse, or Hugh Mackail undergoing the torture of "the Boot" and then execution for his faith, the Puritans' and Covenanters' courage and conviction shines as bright as ever today.
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Vienna
- The International Capital
- By: Angus Robertson
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe after Napoleon, to bridge-building summits during the Cold War, it is the Austrian capital that has been the scene of key moments in European and world affairs. History has been shaped by scores of figures influenced by their time in Vienna, including: Empress Maria Theresa, Count Metternich, Bertha von Suttner, Theodore Herzl, Gustav Mahler, and many others.
By: Angus Robertson
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Scandinavian History
- From the Ice Age to the Modern Day, a Comprehensive Overview of Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Iceland & the Vikings
- By: History Brought Alive
- Narrated by: Jack Nolan
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Nestled in the northernmost corner of Europe lies a land of rugged coastlines, vast forests, and a rich cultural heritage. Step back in time and immerse yourself in the history of Scandinavia, a land of Vikings, legends, and achievements that have influenced the world.
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Spain
- The Trials and Triumphs of a Modern European Country
- By: Michael Reid
- Narrated by: Asa Siegel
- Length: 12 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Spain's transition to democracy after Franco's long dictatorship was widely hailed as a success, ushering in three decades of unprecedented progress and prosperity. Yet over the past decade, its political consensus has been under severe strain. A stable two-party system has splintered, with disruptive new parties on the far left and far right. No government has had a majority since 2015. Michael Reid overturns the stereotypical view of Spain as a country haunted by its Francoist past.
By: Michael Reid
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The Shortest History of Greece
- The Odyssey of a Nation from Myth to Modernity
- By: James Heneage
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Philosophy, art, democracy, language, even computers—the glories of Greek civilization have shaped our world even more profoundly than we realize. Pericles and the Parthenon may be familiar, but what of Epaminondas, the Theban general who saved the Greek world from Spartan tyranny? Alexander the Great's fame has rolled down the centuries, but the golden Hellenistic Age that followed is largely forgotten. "Byzantine" conjures decadence and deadly intrigue, yet the thousand-year empire that ruled from Constantinople and saved Europe twice from invasion was, in fact, Greek.
By: James Heneage
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The Janissaries
- The History and Legacy of the Ottoman Empire’s Elite Infantry Units
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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In the wake of taking Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire would spend the next few centuries expanding its size, power, and influence, bumping up against Eastern Europe and becoming one of the world’s most important geopolitical players. It was a rise that would not truly start to wane until the 19th century.
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Empire's Orphan
- From Habsburg Austria to New York
- By: Bernard F. Herberick, D. Herberick
- Narrated by: Pete Ferrand
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Albertina Zimmerman, known affectionately as “Oma” by her loving grandson, Bernard, was an endless source of fascination and narrator of true stories, whose protagonists were leading figures from music, politics, and the Viennese opera.
By: Bernard F. Herberick, and others
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Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I
- The Mother and Daughter Who Changed History
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Tracy Borman
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Anne Boleyn is a subject of enduring fascination and by far the most famous of Henry VIII's six wives. For the most part, she is considered in the context of her relationship with Tudor England's monarch. Dramatic though this story is, of even greater interest - and significance - is the relationship between Anne and her daughter, the future Elizabeth I, who was less than three years old when her mother was executed. Given that she could have held precious few memories of Anne, it is assumed that her mother exerted little influence over her. Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Nothing to dislike
- By Charlotte on 25-05-23
By: Tracy Borman
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The Holy Sailors
- Spirit Whirled, Book 5
- By: Dylan Saccoccio
- Narrated by: Chance Bradley Garton
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Book five in the Spirit Whirled series takes the listener to Ancient Britain and uses its languages to unlock its history. The Etrusco-Phoenician origins of the ancient Britons connect them to the ancient universal empire that was forgotten about, or covered up to preserve Mosaic history.
By: Dylan Saccoccio
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A Brief History of the Irish Republican Army
- By: Morgan Chappell
- Narrated by: Shane Casey
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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The Irish Republican Army–better known as the IRA–has become one of the most infamous and feared paramilitary organisations in the world. Yet little is known about the IRA by the average person on the street.
By: Morgan Chappell