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Scottish Queens, 1034-1714
- The Queens and Consorts Who Shaped the Nation
- By: Rosalind K. Marshall
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right and the consorts, have largely been neglected in conventional history books. One of the earliest known Scottish queens was none other than the notorious Lady Macbeth. Was she really the wicked woman depicted in Shakespeare's famous play? Was St. Margaret a demure and obedient wife? Rosalind K. Marshall delves into these questions and more in this entertaining, impeccably researched book.
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Scottish Queens, 1034-1714
- The Queens and Consorts Who Shaped the Nation
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-04-22
- Language: English
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Histories
- By: Herodotus
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization, Herodotus describes the growth of the Persian Empire with force, authority, and style. Perhaps most famously, the book tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, king of Persia. Here are not only the great battles - Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis - but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work.
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Great reading
- By Nik Jewell on 13-05-18
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Histories
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 13-05-16
- Language: English
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Letters to Camondo
- By: Edmund de Waal
- Narrated by: Edmund de Waal
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
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Count Moïse de Camondo lived a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears, the Ephrussi, first encountered in his best-selling memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes. Like the Ephrussi, the Camondos were part of Belle Epoque high society. They were also targets of anti-Semitism. Camondo created a spectacular house and filled it with the greatest private collection of French 18th-century art for his son to inherit. But when Nissim was killed in the First World War, it became a memorial and, on the Count's death, was bequeathed to France.
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excellent, powerful
- By Lillith Golightly on 02-02-22
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Letters to Camondo
- Narrated by: Edmund de Waal
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 22-04-21
- Language: English
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The Western Front
- A History of the First World War
- By: Nick Lloyd
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
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In the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war. However, military Historian Nick Lloyd, reveals that the story is not, as so many assume, one of pointlessness and stupidity. Rather, it is an epic triumph against the odds. With a cast of hundreds and a huge canvas of places and events, Lloyd tells the whole tale, revealing what happened in France and Belgium between August 1914 and November 1918 from the perspective of all the main combatants - including French, British, Belgian, US and, most importantly, German forces.
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Readable account of a tragic part of a tragic war
- By Jeffrey on 29-07-21
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The Western Front
- A History of the First World War
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 04-03-21
- Language: English
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Remembering Peasants
- A Personal History of a Vanished World
- By: Patrick Joyce
- Narrated by: Philip Bird
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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A way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is vanishing in one of the greatest transformations of our time: the eclipse of the rural world by the urban. In this new history of peasantry, Patrick Joyce tells the story of this lost world and its people. In contrast to the usual insulting stereotypes, we discover a rich and complex culture: traditions, songs, celebrations, and revolts, across Europe from the plains of Poland to the farmsteads and villages of Italy and Ireland, through the 19th century to the present day.
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Masterful
- By PETER S WARING on 08-04-24
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Remembering Peasants
- A Personal History of a Vanished World
- Narrated by: Philip Bird
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-02-24
- Language: English
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The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths
- By: William Hansen
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
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Captured centaurs and satyrs, incompetent seers, people who suddenly change sex, a woman who remembers too much, a man who cannot laugh—these are just some of the colorful characters who feature in the unforgettable stories that ancient Greeks and Romans told in their daily lives. Together they created an incredibly rich body of popular oral stories that include, but range well beyond, mythology—from heroic legends, fairy tales, and fables to ghost stories, urban legends, and jokes. This unique anthology presents the largest collection of these tales ever assembled.
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The Book of Greek and Roman Folktales, Legends, and Myths
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 14-02-23
- Language: English
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The Puritan Princess
- The stunning and unforgettable historical novel of family, politics and the price of love in the Civil War
- By: Miranda Malins
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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1657. The youngest daughter of Oliver Cromwell, 18-year-old Frances is finding her place at England's new centre of power. Following the turmoil of Civil War, a fragile sense of stability has returned to the country. Her father has risen to the unprecedented position of Lord Protector of the Commonwealth, and Frances has found herself transported from her humble childhood home to the sumptuous palaces of Hampton Court and Whitehall, where she dreams of romance.
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Splendid new historical fiction
- By Corsaire on 18-02-21
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The Puritan Princess
- The stunning and unforgettable historical novel of family, politics and the price of love in the Civil War
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Goering
- The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader
- By: Roger Manvell, Heinrich Fraenkel
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
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In Goering, Roger Manvell and Heinrich Fraenkel use firsthand testimonies and a variety of historical documents to tell the story of a monster lurking in Hitler's shadows. After rising through the ranks of the German army, Hermann Goering became Hitler's right hand man and was hand-picked to head the Luftwaffe, one of history's most feared fighting forces. As he rose in power, though, Goering became disillusioned and was eventually shunned from Hitler's inner circle.
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American Narrator
- By Anonymous User on 05-07-21
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Goering
- The Rise and Fall of the Notorious Nazi Leader
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 19-05-20
- Language: English
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C'est Modnifique!
- Adventures of an English Grump in Rural France
- By: Ian Moore
- Narrated by: Ian Moore
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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After six years in the idyllic Loire Valley, comedian Ian Moore, his family, and his ever-expanding menagerie are beginning to feel like they're on the cusp of the peace and tranquility they hoped for when they moved from dreary Crawley to la belle France. Their grand project, a writing school called Les Champs Créatifs, is finally complete - only, nobody's signed up.
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Lovely listen/read!
- By Ann D on 26-04-15
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C'est Modnifique!
- Adventures of an English Grump in Rural France
- Narrated by: Ian Moore
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 10-12-14
- Language: English
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The Devonshires
- By: Roy Hattersley
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 21 hrs and 44 mins
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From 1381 - when Sir John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England, was killed during the Peasant’s Revolt - to 1906, when the Duke of Devonshire’s resignation brought down the Tory government: the family’s fortunes (and misfortunes) mirrored the life of the nation. The Devonshires is also the story of the huge support networks of servants and labour needed to sustain the supremacy of a family whose accumulated wealth, from the dissolution of the monasteries to the coming of the railways, saw them found ship ports, holiday resorts, scientific laboratories, stud farms and some of the most significant buildings in the land.
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Politics rather than about the cavendishes
- By Janet on 05-06-19
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The Devonshires
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 21 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-05-13
- Language: English
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Gypsy Boy
- By: Mikey Walsh
- Narrated by: Mikey Walsh
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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Mikey's family were Gypsies. They live in a closed community and little is known about their way of life. As he didn't go to school, the caravan became his world. But although Mikey inherited a vibrant culture, his family had a dark hidden history. Eventually Mikey was forced to make a decision – to stay and keep secrets, or escape and find somewhere to belong.
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A really inspirational book
- By Marilyn on 20-07-10
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Gypsy Boy
- Narrated by: Mikey Walsh
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-05-10
- Language: English
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This Sceptred Isle: Empire
- The Classic BBC Radio History
- By: Christopher Lee
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Anna Massey, Rob Brydon, and others
- Length: 22 hrs and 13 mins
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Christopher Lee's highly acclaimed and award-winning BBC Radio 4 history of the British Empire.
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Compelling
- By Amazon Customer on 13-07-21
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This Sceptred Isle: Empire
- The Classic BBC Radio History
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson, Anna Massey, Rob Brydon, Martin Freeman, Mark Heap, Robert Powell, Christopher Eccleston, Denis Lawson, Various
- Length: 22 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 01-07-21
- Language: English
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Bury the Chains
- Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
- By: Adam Hochschild
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
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In early 1787, 12 men - a printer, a lawyer, a clergyman, and others united by their hatred of slavery - came together in a London printing shop and began a remarkable grass-roots movement, battling for the rights of people on another continent. Masterfully stoking public opinion, the movement's leaders pioneered a variety of techniques that have been adopted by citizens' movements ever since, from consumer boycotts to wall posters and lapel buttons to celebrity endorsements.
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Compelling listen
- By scrummymummy on 06-07-23
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Bury the Chains
- Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 24-07-18
- Language: English
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Titanic
- By: Rupert Matthews
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
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The sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage in 1912 is one of the most dramatic stories in maritime history. The largest passenger steamship in the world, fitted with more advanced safety features than any of her rivals, she was proclaimed to be virtually unsinkable. Just how and why the Titanic foundered on such a beautiful April evening is the subject of this fascinating book.
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Great
- By Anonymous User on 31-12-17
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Titanic
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Glaister
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 20-02-17
- Language: English
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Grandmama of Europe
- The Crowned Descendants of Queen Victoria
- By: Theo Aronson
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
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Although rarely documented as the warmest of monarchs and often criticized for her surly attitude to motherhood, Queen Victoria did successfully heir nine children. By the late 19th century, she had over 30 surviving grandchildren. In this comprehensive delve into Victoria's offspring, Theo Aronson describes the intersection of cultures as princesses with British upbringings experienced the courts of Spain, Romania, Greece, Russia, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
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very informative
- By daljinder on 17-06-24
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Grandmama of Europe
- The Crowned Descendants of Queen Victoria
- Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
- Length: 16 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 27-04-21
- Language: English
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River Kings
- A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- By: Cat Jarman
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Three years ago, a Carnelian bead came into Catrine Jarman's temporary possession. River Kings sees her trace the path of this ancient piece of jewelry back to eighth-century Baghdad and India, discovering along the way that the Vikings' route was far more varied than we might think—that with them came people from the Middle East, and that the reason for this unexpected integration between the Eastern and Western worlds may well have been a slave trade running through the Silk Road, all the way to Britain.
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A brilliant history book
- By Pandamatenga on 14-03-23
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River Kings
- A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 23-08-22
- Language: English
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Long Way Back to the River Kwai
- A Harrowing True Story of Survival in World War II
- By: Loet Velmans
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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The astounding memoir of a World War II veteran who spent three and a half years in the slave-labor camps made famous by The Bridge on the River Kwai.
Loet Velmans was 17 when the Germans invaded Holland. He and his family fled to London on the Dutch Coast Guard cutter Seaman’s Hope and then sailed to the Dutch East Indies - now Indonesia - where he joined the Dutch army. In March 1942, the Japanese invaded the archipelago and made prisoners of the Dutch soldiers. For the next three and a half years Velmans and his fellow POWs toiled in slave-labor camps.
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An understated account of the author’s experience
- By Lynne Nicholson on 13-05-24
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Long Way Back to the River Kwai
- A Harrowing True Story of Survival in World War II
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 04-02-13
- Language: English
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Queen Victoria's Granddaughters: 1860-1918
- By: Christina Croft
- Narrated by: Fleur Edwards
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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On 6 July 1868, when told of the birth of her seventh granddaughter, Queen Victoria remarked that the news was "a very uninteresting thing for it seems to me to go on like the rabbits in Windsor Park". Her apathy was understandable - this was her 14th grandchild, and, though she had given birth to nine children, she had never been fond of babies, viewing them as "frog-like and rather disgusting...particularly when undressed".
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A whole lot of Princesses
- By Franklymydarling on 26-04-17
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Queen Victoria's Granddaughters: 1860-1918
- Narrated by: Fleur Edwards
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 03-04-17
- Language: English
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Mengele
- Unmasking the "Angel of Death"
- By: David G. Marwell
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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Mengele describes the international search for the Nazi doctor in 1985 that ended in a cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and the dogged forensic investigation that produced overwhelming evidence that Mengele had died - but failed to convince those who, arguably, most wanted him dead. This is the riveting story of science without limits, escape without freedom, and resolution without justice.
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Minimal info on his background during the war
- By Niceaspies on 26-02-20
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Mengele
- Unmasking the "Angel of Death"
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-01-20
- Language: English
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Coventry
- Thursday, 14 November 1940
- By: Frederick Taylor
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
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On the 75th anniversary of the Coventry bombing, acclaimed historian Frederick Taylor brilliantly details this momentous act and analyzes its impact on World War II and the moral quandaries it still engenders about the nature of warfare.
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Book fantastic, voiced well
- By Ian on 22-02-18
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Coventry
- Thursday, 14 November 1940
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 10 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 22-10-15
- Language: English
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