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The Labyrinth of the Spirits
- By: Lucia Graves, Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
- Length: 27 hrs and 55 mins
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From the international best-selling author of The Shadow of the Wind. Barcelona, 1957. Daniel Sempere runs the Sempere & Sons bookshop, is happily married and has a son. No longer the child who discovered the Cemetery of Forgotten Books, he is still haunted by the mysterious death of his mother when he was six years old. Meanwhile his best friend and accomplice, Fermin, is about to marry the love of his life. But something appears to be bothering him....
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Epic, enthralling and moving
- By Amazon Customer on 09-11-18
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The Labyrinth of the Spirits
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
- Series: Cemetery of Forgotten Books, Book 4
- Length: 27 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 18-09-18
- Language: English
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Vagabonds
- Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
- By: Oskar Jensen
- Narrated by: Oskar Jensen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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London, 1857: Two teenage girls holding a sign that says "Fugitive Slaves" ask for money on the corner of Blackman Street. After a constable accosts them and charges them with begging, they end up in court, where newspapers pick up their story. Are the girls truly escaped slaves from Kentucky? Or will the city's dystopian Mendicity Society catch them in a lie, exposing them as born-and-raised Londoners and endangering their safety? With its many accounts of people like these who lived and made their living on the streets, Vagabonds forms a moving picture of London's most compelling period.
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Vagabonds
- Life on the Streets of Nineteenth-Century London
- Narrated by: Oskar Jensen
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 28-05-24
- Language: English
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Six Wives
- The Queens of Henry VIII
- By: David Starkey
- Narrated by: Patricia Hodge
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
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The first of Henry VIII's wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages and still births and yet failed to produce a male heir.
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I now know a lot more!
- By Harold on 27-07-08
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Six Wives
- The Queens of Henry VIII
- Narrated by: Patricia Hodge
- Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 24-06-05
- Language: English
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A History of the Peninsular War Volume 2
- January - September 1809
- By: Charles Oman
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 27 hrs
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FNH Audio presents a slightly abridged reading of this second volume of Charles Oman's military history classic. In this second volume, a detailed examination is made of the months January to September of 1809. The Talavera campaign is examined from both sides using reference materials from British, French, Spanish, and Portuguese sources. This book covers the entire Talavera campaign, from its inception right through to the near starved retreat of the victors from the field.
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Historically interesting but a hard listen!
- By B Smith on 28-05-24
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A History of the Peninsular War Volume 2
- January - September 1809
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Series: A History of the Peninsular War, Book 2
- Length: 27 hrs
- Release date: 18-08-14
- Language: English
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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
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Bill Bryson is the world's funniest travel writer, and a master of comic observation. His hugely popular books, spanning topics from linguistics to Shakespeare to the human body, have sold over 16 million copies and been translated into 30 languages, and his 2003 science book A Short History of Nearly Everything won the prestigious Aventis and Descartes prizes.
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Bill Bryson at his best!
- By Tom on 18-05-23
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The Bill Bryson BBC Radio Collection
- Divided by a Common Language, Journeys in English and More
- Narrated by: Bill Bryson
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 06-04-23
- Language: English
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- By: Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
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Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the establishment for over 70 years. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft. His impeccable social placement located him within the beating heart of the national elite for decades. He was capable of writing substantial history, such as his priceless material on the abdication crisis from conversations with both the Duke of Windsor and the Queen Mother.
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British History at it’s Best
- By Anonymous User on 08-11-20
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 13-12-18
- Language: English
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A War Like No Other
- How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
- By: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and non-conventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato.
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Great overview
- By Anonymous User on 28-07-20
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A War Like No Other
- How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 22-10-19
- Language: English
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Queen Mary
- By: James Pope-Hennessy
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 24 hrs and 37 mins
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When Queen Mary died in 1953, James Pope-Hennessy was commissioned to write an official biography of her - unusual for a Queen Consort. Queen Mary's life, contrary to popular belief, was essentially dramatic, and she played a far more important and influential role in the affairs of the British monarchy than her public image might have otherwise suggested. Using material from the Royal Archives, private papers and Queen Mary's personal diaries and letters, Pope-Hennessy's biography was a remarkable portrait of a remarkable woman and received rave reviews across the press.
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Top Notch - Fascinating and Entertaining
- By Debi J on 18-02-21
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Queen Mary
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 24 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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Russia Without Putin
- Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War
- By: Tony Wood
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
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It is impossible to think of Russia today without thinking of Vladimir Putin. More than any other major national leader, he personifies his country in the eyes of the outside world, and dominates Western media coverage of it to an extraordinary extent. In Russia itself, he is likewise the centre of attention for detractors and supporters alike. But as Tony Wood argues, this overwhelming focus on the president and his personality means that we understand Russia less than we ever did before.
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Fascinating in the light of recent events
- By Mr. on 21-07-23
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Russia Without Putin
- Money, Power and the Myths of the New Cold War
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 6 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-11-18
- Language: English
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The Path to Power
- By: Margaret Thatcher
- Narrated by: Margaret Thatcher
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
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A fascinating account of the journey towards number 10 Downing street read by Lady Thatcher. Margaret Thatcher's government was, she says, about the application of a philosophy, not the implementation of an administrative programme. These ideas and beliefs were propelled throughout her time in office by a forcefulness and conviction, particularly in critical moments in her premiership - the Falklands War, the miner's strike, the Brighton bomb and her three election victories.
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One person’s truth is always valid
- By DeJay on 27-11-23
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The Path to Power
- Narrated by: Margaret Thatcher
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 30-09-10
- Language: English
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The King is Dead, Long Live the King!
- Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain
- By: Martin Williams
- Narrated by: Martin Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
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Unforgettable as it was, the public response to the death of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022 was not without precedent. When her great-grandfather King Edward VII - glamorous, cosmopolitan and extraordinarily popular - died in May 1910, the political, social and cultural anxieties of a nation in turmoil were temporarily set aside during a summer of intense and ritualised mourning. In The King Is Dead, Long Live the King! Martin Williams charts a period of tension and transition as one era slipped away and another took shape.
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Read by the author
- By Amazon Customer on 26-09-23
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The King is Dead, Long Live the King!
- Majesty, Mourning and Modernity in Edwardian Britain
- Narrated by: Martin Williams
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 13-04-23
- Language: English
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Taliesin Origins
- Exploring the Myth of the Greatest Celtic Bard
- By: Gwilym Morus-Baird
- Narrated by: Gwilym Morus-Baird
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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Few authors are able to discuss the original Taliesin myth in as much depth as Dr. Gwilym Morus-Baird. As a native Welsh speaker and scholar, he has studied the Welsh bardic tradition from the inside, giving listeners insights few others have even guessed at.
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The author has access to Awen
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-24
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Taliesin Origins
- Exploring the Myth of the Greatest Celtic Bard
- Narrated by: Gwilym Morus-Baird
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-05-24
- Language: English
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Scourge of Henry VIII
- The Life of Marie de Guise
- By: Melanie Clegg
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
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Mary, Queen of Scots continues to intrigue both historians and the general public - but the story of her mother, Marie de Guise, is much less well known. A political power in her own right, she was born into the powerful and ambitious Lorraine family, spending her formative years at the dazzling, licentious court of François I. Although briefly courted by Henry VIII, she instead married his nephew, James V of Scotland, in 1538.
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Misleading title
- By Amy D. on 24-09-23
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Scourge of Henry VIII
- The Life of Marie de Guise
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 08-10-19
- Language: English
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How Winston Churchill Changed the World
- By: Michael Shelden, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael Shelden
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
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Guiding you chronologically through the life and times of this master statesman, Professor Shelden takes you from the dawn of Churchill’s political career to his final years in a much-changed geopolitical landscape. You’ll examine Churchill’s beginnings as a young liberal statesman, his rise to the Admiralty and his relentless push for an imposing naval force, his fight against the Nazis, his equally dramatic postwar career suspended between two different cold wars (against the Soviets and Britain’s Labour party), and more.
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This is an Excellent history of the life of Sir Wh
- By Mr. R. Taylor on 04-06-23
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How Winston Churchill Changed the World
- Narrated by: Michael Shelden
- Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 12-10-18
- Language: English
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The Germans and Europe
- A Personal Frontline History
- By: Peter Millar
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
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Based on a lifetime living in and reporting on Germany and Central Europe, award-winning journalist and author Peter Millar tackles the fascinating and complex story of the people at the heart of our continent. Focussing on nine cities (only six of which are in the Germany of today), he takes us on a zigzag ride back through time via the fall of the Berlin Wall through the horrors of two world wars and the patchwork states of the Middle Ages to the splendour of Charlemagne and the fall of Rome.
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Spoiled by unpleasant undercurrent
- By Tommy on 27-07-18
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The Germans and Europe
- A Personal Frontline History
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 25-01-18
- Language: English
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The Puritans
- A Transatlantic History
- By: David D. Hall
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins
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This book is a sweeping transatlantic history of Puritanism from its emergence out of the religious tumult of Elizabethan England to its founding role in the story of America. Shedding critical new light on the diverse forms of Puritan belief and practice in England, Scotland, and New England, David Hall provides a multifaceted account of a cultural movement that judged the Protestant reforms of Elizabeth's reign to be unfinished.
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The Puritans
- A Transatlantic History
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 21 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 15-11-19
- Language: English
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The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream
- The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
- By: Dean Jobb
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
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In the span of fifteen years, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream murdered as many as ten people in the United States, Britain, and Canada, a death toll with almost no precedent. Poison was his weapon of choice. Largely forgotten today, this villain was as brazen as the notorious Jack the Ripper. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream exposes the blind trust given to medical practitioners, as well as the flawed detection methods, bungled investigations, corrupt officials, and stifling morality of Victorian society that allowed Dr. Cream to prey on vulnerable and desperate women.
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Interesting story full of facts on Victorian life
- By H. T on 06-03-24
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The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream
- The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 15-07-22
- Language: English
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The Man with the Poison Gun
- A Cold War Spy Story
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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In the fall of 1961, KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West Germany. After spilling his secrets to the CIA, Stashinsky was put on trial in what would be the most publicized assassination case of the entire Cold War. The publicity stirred up by the Stashinsky case forced the KGB to change its modus operandi abroad and helped end the career of Aleksandr Shelepin, one of the most ambitious and dangerous Soviet leaders.
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Good story but horrible narrator
- By Austin S F A on 10-04-20
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The Man with the Poison Gun
- A Cold War Spy Story
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 06-12-16
- Language: English
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The Bad Popes
- By: E.R. Chamberlin
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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The papal tiara has been worn by a number of infamous men through the course of its history. Some have been accused of murder, many have had mistresses, while others sold positions in the church to their followers or gave land and wealth to their illegitimate children. E. R. Chamberlin examines the lives of eight of the most controversial popes, from the reign of Pope Stephen VI, who had his predecessor exhumed, put on trial and thrown in the Tiber, in the ninth century, through to Pope Clement VII, whose failed international policy led to the Sack of Rome in 1527.
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Absolutely fascinating
- By Paul Hennigan on 27-02-23
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The Bad Popes
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 24-11-20
- Language: English
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Tudor
- By: Leanda De Lisle
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
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The Tudors are a national obsession; they are our most notorious family in history. But, as Leanda de Lisle shows in this gripping new history, beyond the well-worn headlines is a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth, in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family’s obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen’s lap, and later her bed.
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A great companion piece to "The Wars of the Roses"
- By Jim on 16-09-13
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Tudor
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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