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Bestsellers
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The Thirty Years War
- Europe's Tragedy
- De: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 33 h y 25 m
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The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world....
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Best Single-Volume History of the 30 Years' War
- De Amazon Customer en 10-09-23
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- De: Keith Thomson
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than 300 daring, hardened pirates—a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers—gather on a remote Caribbean island....
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Fascinating tale of 17th Piracy in the Americas
- De Xmeromotu en 07-11-22
De: Keith Thomson
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The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
- De: Russell Shorto
- Narrado por: Russell Shorto
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
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In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today....
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Incomplete history, but fun. Performance is poor.
- De Matthew en 11-27-18
De: Russell Shorto
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Away Off Shore
- Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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In his first book of history, Away Off Shore, New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals the people and the stories behind what was once the whaling capital of the world....
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There once were some (wo)men in Nantucket...
- De Darwin8u en 02-03-19
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They Flew
- A History of the Impossible
- De: Carlos M. N. Eire
- Narrado por: Emmanuel Chumaceiro
- Duración: 16 h y 56 m
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Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era—tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft—even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal....
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How Can it Be?
- De Dusty S. Human en 05-17-24
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1619
- Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
- De: James Horn
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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Along the banks of the James River, Virginia, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a few weeks of each other that would profoundly shape the course of history....
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Brilliant!
- De HonestOpin en 05-06-19
De: James Horn
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The Thirty Years War
- Europe's Tragedy
- De: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 33 h y 25 m
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The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world....
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Best Single-Volume History of the 30 Years' War
- De Amazon Customer en 10-09-23
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- De: Keith Thomson
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than 300 daring, hardened pirates—a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers—gather on a remote Caribbean island....
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Fascinating tale of 17th Piracy in the Americas
- De Xmeromotu en 07-11-22
De: Keith Thomson
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The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
- De: Russell Shorto
- Narrado por: Russell Shorto
- Duración: 14 h y 33 m
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In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today....
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Incomplete history, but fun. Performance is poor.
- De Matthew en 11-27-18
De: Russell Shorto
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Away Off Shore
- Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
- De: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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In his first book of history, Away Off Shore, New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals the people and the stories behind what was once the whaling capital of the world....
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There once were some (wo)men in Nantucket...
- De Darwin8u en 02-03-19
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They Flew
- A History of the Impossible
- De: Carlos M. N. Eire
- Narrado por: Emmanuel Chumaceiro
- Duración: 16 h y 56 m
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Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era—tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft—even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal....
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How Can it Be?
- De Dusty S. Human en 05-17-24
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1619
- Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
- De: James Horn
- Narrado por: Dan Woren
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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Along the banks of the James River, Virginia, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a few weeks of each other that would profoundly shape the course of history....
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Brilliant!
- De HonestOpin en 05-06-19
De: James Horn
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Spain
- The Centre of the World 1519-1682
- De: Robert Goodwin
- Narrado por: Jeremy Clyde
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
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Robert Goodwin delves into previously unrecorded sources to bring a tumultuous and exciting period to life. Spain is a revealing portrait of an empire at the height of its power and a world at the dawn of a new age....
De: Robert Goodwin
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The Dutch Moment
- War, Trade, and Settlement in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World
- De: Wim Klooster
- Narrado por: Fred Filbrich
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
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In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast....
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It ain’t much, if you ain’t Dutch
- De DR.RD en 06-28-23
De: Wim Klooster
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Killers of the King
- The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I
- De: Charles Spencer
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
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January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain’s history, Parliament faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender....
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Amazing stories of the regicides of Charles I
- De John Birkhead en 02-09-23
De: Charles Spencer
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Becoming Queen Victoria
- The Unexpected Rise of Britain's Greatest Monarch
- De: Kate Williams
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Duración: 16 h y 27 m
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In 1819, a girl was born to the fourth son of King George III. No one could have expected such an unassuming, overprotected girl to be an effective ruler....
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Extremely Well Written and Readable
- De Wren en 04-01-17
De: Kate Williams
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The True History of Merlin the Magician
- De: Anne Lawrence-Mathers
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was "Merlin the Magician" and his impact on Britain....
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Mayflower
- A History from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Jimmy Kieffer
- Duración: 1 h y 5 m
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The story of the Mayflower is one of adventure, courage, and destiny. Leaving England in September of 1620, the ship carried 102 English Separatists to a new life, one that came with the freedom to practice their religious beliefs as they saw fit....
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interesting but needs more story telling
- De 28 year old gamer en 08-27-22
De: Hourly History
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Thunderclap
- A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
- De: Laura Cumming
- Narrado por: Laura Cumming
- Duración: 7 h y 39 m
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New York Times bestselling author Laura Cumming tells the fascinating, little-known story of the massive explosion in Holland that killed Carel Fabritius, renowned painter of The Goldfinch and A View of Delft and nearly killed Johannes Vermeer—two of the greatest artists of the 17th century.
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The deep dive into Dutch Art
- De toni en 08-06-23
De: Laura Cumming
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English Civil War: A History from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: William Irvine
- Duración: 1 h y 13 m
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In 1642, King Charles I and the elected Parliament of England went to war over the future of the Stuart kingdom. Over the next nine years, three civil wars would be fought, devastating the populations of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
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A quick history of the English Civil War
- De Sean Whitehorn en 10-04-19
De: Hourly History
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Captain Alatriste
- De: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- Narrado por: Scott Brick, Margaret Sayers Peden
- Duración: 6 h y 48 m
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Captain Alatriste is the story of a fictional 17th-century Spanish soldier who, after being wounded in battle during the Thirty Years' War, is forced to retire from the army....
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Good story...reader could be better.
- De Adina R. Montgomery en 07-26-05
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Vermeer's Hat
- The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
- De: Timothy Brook
- Narrado por: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Duración: 8 h y 22 m
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A Vermeer painting shows a military officer in a Dutch sitting room, talking to a laughing girl....
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A wonderful book
- De Acteon en 07-09-14
De: Timothy Brook
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The Enlightenment
- And Why It Still Matters
- De: Anthony Pagden
- Narrado por: Robert Blumenfeld
- Duración: 16 h y 24 m
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One of our most renowned and brilliant historians takes a fresh look at the revolutionary intellectual movement that laid the foundation for the modern world....
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A thorough political tract rather than history
- De Jacobus en 03-08-14
De: Anthony Pagden
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The Man Who Invented Fiction
- How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
- De: William Egginton
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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In the early 17th century, a crippled, graying, almost toothless veteran of Spain's wars against the Ottoman Empire published a novel....
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Very Interesting and Informative, but Poorly Read
- De LCorSMT en 06-21-23
De: William Egginton
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The East India Company: A History From Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: John Riddle
- Duración: 1 h y 10 m
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Founded at the dawn of the 17th century as European nations were establishing global empires, the English East India Company would become a vital part of burgeoning British supremacy....
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Useful outline of East India Company History
- De Dave Rice en 03-25-19
De: Hourly History
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Great Fire of London
- A History from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Duración: 59 m
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A seemingly inconsequential fire ignited in a baker’s shop on Pudding Lane. Unchecked and underestimated, it would grow to become one of the most devastating disasters London had ever faced....
De: Hourly History
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Devil-Land
- England Under Siege, 1588-1688
- De: Clare Jackson
- Narrado por: Emma Gregory
- Duración: 24 h y 10 m
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Clare Jackson's dazzling original account of English history's most turbulent and radical era tells the story of a nation in a state of near continual crisis....
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The Exciting Made “Meh”
- De K&S&T en 10-01-22
De: Clare Jackson
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The Vanishing Velázquez
- A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
- De: Laura Cumming
- Narrado por: Siobhan Redmond
- Duración: 10 h y 16 m
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When John Snare, a 19th-century provincial bookseller, traveled to a liquidation auction, he stumbled on a vivid portrait of King Charles I that defied any explanation....
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A fascinating study of art history
- De Ron en 07-02-16
De: Laura Cumming
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- De: Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage - translator
- Narrado por: Ric Jerrom
- Duración: 25 h y 49 m
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During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. Author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East....
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The Prequel to ‘Orientalism’
- De Amazon Customer en 01-13-19
De: Jürgen Osterhammel, y otros
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The Dutch East India Company: A History from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Bridger Conklin
- Duración: 1 h
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Once valued at close to seven trillion dollars by today’s standards, the Dutch East India Company, formed in 1602, became the world’s first multinational corporation....
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Absolutely awesome book.
- De Aleks en 10-18-18
De: Hourly History
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The Dark Side of the Enlightenment
- Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason
- De: John V. Fleming
- Narrado por: Kevin Pariseau
- Duración: 16 h y 20 m
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Why spiritual and supernatural yearnings, even investigations into the occult, flourished in the era of rationalist philosophy.....
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Tangled and excruciating
- De S. Brown en 09-01-14
De: John V. Fleming
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Between Two Worlds
- How the English Became Americans
- De: Malcolm Gaskill
- Narrado por: Gildart Jackson
- Duración: 20 h y 35 m
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Over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America in the 17th century, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future on distant shores....
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story of the peopling/colonizing of n america
- De D. Littman en 04-13-15
De: Malcolm Gaskill
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Kingdom of Dahomey
- A History from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Duración: 1 h y 9 m
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Imagine a fervently militaristic state with a feared professional army that included some of the only all-female military units ever seen. Imagine that same state with its own unique and sophisticated culture, religion, language, art, and society....
De: Hourly History
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The Fall
- Last Days of the English Republic
- De: Henry Reece
- Narrado por: Richard Trinder
- Duración: 15 h y 57 m
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Why did England's one experiment in republican rule fail? In this fascinating history, Henry Reece explores the full story of the English republic's downfall.
De: Henry Reece
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Oliver Cromwell: A Life from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: William Irvine
- Duración: 1 h y 20 m
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One of the most controversial figures in British history, Oliver Cromwell entered as an insignificant member of the English gentry and left it as the all-powerful Lord Protector....
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A Good Introduction
- De John Murphy en 12-19-19
De: Hourly History
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A Warrior Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721
- De: Henrik O. Lunde
- Narrado por: Mark Ashby
- Duración: 10 h y 28 m
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This audiobook examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War during the 1600s....
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An author with an idea but not the skills
- De chris loomis en 08-07-15
De: Henrik O. Lunde
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A Hangman’s Diary
- The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617
- De: Franz Schmidt, Albrecht Keller - editor and translator, C. Calvert BA - translator, y otros
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 4 h y 51 m
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Now an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman's Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason for the punishment.
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Good , but …
- De Steve Bruno en 08-18-21
De: Franz Schmidt, y otros
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Digging the Past: How and Why to Imagine Seventeenth-Century Agriculture
- Haney Foundation Series
- De: Frances E. Dolan
- Narrado por: Nancy Bober
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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Building on and connecting histories of food and work, literary criticism of the pastoral and georgic, histories of elite and vernacular science, and histories of reading and writing practices, among other areas of inquiry, Digging the Past offers fine-grained case studies of projects heralded as innovations both in the 17th century and in our own time: composting and soil amendment, local food, natural wine, and hedgerows.
De: Frances E. Dolan
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- De: Keith Thomson
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than 300 daring, hardened pirates—a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers—gather on a remote Caribbean island. The plan: to wreak havoc on the Pacific coastline, raiding cities, mines, and merchant ships. The booty: the bright gleam of Spanish gold and the chance to become a legend. So begins one of the greatest piratical adventures of the era—a story not given its full due until now.
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Fascinating tale of 17th Piracy in the Americas
- De Xmeromotu en 07-11-22
De: Keith Thomson
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The True History of Merlin the Magician
- De: Anne Lawrence-Mathers
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy, and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real—and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the "long-lost" history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin's prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain's path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history.
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The Man Who Invented Fiction
- How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
- De: William Egginton
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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In the early 17th century, a crippled, graying, almost toothless veteran of Spain's wars against the Ottoman Empire published a novel. It was the story of a poor nobleman, his brain addled from studying too many novels of chivalry, who deludes himself that he is a knight errant and sets off on hilarious adventures. That story, Don Quixote, went on to sell more copies than any other book beside the Bible, making its author, Miguel de Cervantes, the single most-read author in human history.
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Very Interesting and Informative, but Poorly Read
- De LCorSMT en 06-21-23
De: William Egginton
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Pam Tierney
- Duración: 1 h y 33 m
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In the 17th century, the people of London could boast that they had developed some of the most advanced firefighting technology and methods in the world, including the use of primitive fire engines. There were even vendors of such machines who advertised in papers of their machines' abilities to quench great fires.
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Information is solid, performance is rough
- De River Song en 09-12-23
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A Hangman’s Diary
- The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617
- De: Franz Schmidt, Albrecht Keller - editor and translator, C. Calvert BA - translator, y otros
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 4 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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Now an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman's Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason for the punishment.
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Good , but …
- De Steve Bruno en 08-18-21
De: Franz Schmidt, y otros
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Digging the Past: How and Why to Imagine Seventeenth-Century Agriculture
- Haney Foundation Series
- De: Frances E. Dolan
- Narrado por: Nancy Bober
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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Building on and connecting histories of food and work, literary criticism of the pastoral and georgic, histories of elite and vernacular science, and histories of reading and writing practices, among other areas of inquiry, Digging the Past offers fine-grained case studies of projects heralded as innovations both in the 17th century and in our own time: composting and soil amendment, local food, natural wine, and hedgerows.
De: Frances E. Dolan
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- De: Keith Thomson
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than 300 daring, hardened pirates—a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers—gather on a remote Caribbean island. The plan: to wreak havoc on the Pacific coastline, raiding cities, mines, and merchant ships. The booty: the bright gleam of Spanish gold and the chance to become a legend. So begins one of the greatest piratical adventures of the era—a story not given its full due until now.
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Fascinating tale of 17th Piracy in the Americas
- De Xmeromotu en 07-11-22
De: Keith Thomson
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The True History of Merlin the Magician
- De: Anne Lawrence-Mathers
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 8 h y 42 m
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The historical Merlin was no rough magician: he was a learned figure from the cutting edge of medieval science and adept in astrology, cosmology, prophecy, and natural magic, as well as being a seer and a proto-alchemist. His powers were convincingly real—and useful, for they helped to add credibility to the "long-lost" history of Britain which first revealed them to a European public. Merlin's prophecies reassuringly foretold Britain's path, establishing an ancient ancestral line and linking biblical prophecy with more recent times. Merlin helped to put British history into world history.
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The Man Who Invented Fiction
- How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
- De: William Egginton
- Narrado por: Michael Butler Murray
- Duración: 8 h y 14 m
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In the early 17th century, a crippled, graying, almost toothless veteran of Spain's wars against the Ottoman Empire published a novel. It was the story of a poor nobleman, his brain addled from studying too many novels of chivalry, who deludes himself that he is a knight errant and sets off on hilarious adventures. That story, Don Quixote, went on to sell more copies than any other book beside the Bible, making its author, Miguel de Cervantes, the single most-read author in human history.
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Very Interesting and Informative, but Poorly Read
- De LCorSMT en 06-21-23
De: William Egginton
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Pam Tierney
- Duración: 1 h y 33 m
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In the 17th century, the people of London could boast that they had developed some of the most advanced firefighting technology and methods in the world, including the use of primitive fire engines. There were even vendors of such machines who advertised in papers of their machines' abilities to quench great fires.
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- De River Song en 09-12-23
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Lady Bette and the Murder of Mr Thynn
- De: N. A. Pickford
- Narrado por: Katie Scarfe
- Duración: 10 h y 36 m
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Lady Bette, the 14-year-old heiress to the vast Northumberland estates, becomes the victim of a plot by her grandmother, the Countess Howard, to marry her to the dissident fortune-hunter Thomas Thynn, a man three times her age with an evil reputation. Revolted by her new husband, Lady Bette flees to Holland. Within weeks, Thynn is gunned down in the street by three hired assassins. Who is behind the contract killing? Is it the Swedish Count Coningsmark, young and glamorous with blond hair down to his waist?
De: N. A. Pickford
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Kingdom of Dahomey
- A History from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Duración: 1 h y 9 m
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Imagine a fervently militaristic state with a feared professional army that included some of the only all-female military units ever seen. Imagine that same state with its own unique and sophisticated culture, religion, language, art, and society. Such a state did exist—not in the ancient past but as recently as the beginning of the 20th century.
De: Hourly History
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The Dutch East India Company: A History from Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Bridger Conklin
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Once valued at close to seven trillion dollars by today’s standards, the Dutch East India Company, formed in 1602, became the world’s first multinational corporation. In the nearly 200-year reign of their empire at sea, the Dutch East India Company amassed unfathomable fortunes, laid the foundation of the modern globalized world, and built monopolies that controlled the economy of the 17th and 18th centuries in Europe and the East Indies.
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Absolutely awesome book.
- De Aleks en 10-18-18
De: Hourly History
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How the Old World Ended
- The Anglo-Dutch-American Revolution 1500-1800
- De: Jonathan Scott
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
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Between 1500 and 1800, the North Sea region overtook the Mediterranean as the most dynamic part of the world. At its core, the Anglo-Dutch relationship intertwined close alliance and fierce antagonism to intense creative effect. But a precondition for the Industrial Revolution was also the establishment in British North America of a unique type of colony - for the settlement of people and culture, rather than the extraction of things.
De: Jonathan Scott
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They Flew
- A History of the Impossible
- De: Carlos M. N. Eire
- Narrado por: Emmanuel Chumaceiro
- Duración: 16 h y 56 m
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Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era—tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft—even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal. In this book, Carlos Eire explores how a culture increasingly devoted to scientific thinking grappled with events deemed impossible by its leading intellectuals.
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How Can it Be?
- De Dusty S. Human en 05-17-24
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Under Irish Skies
- An Irishman's 17th-century journey across Ireland and England tests his courage, honor, and love, amidst political turmoil and social tension.
- De: Mason Marlowe
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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A historical fiction book set in Ireland and England during the 17th century.This epic journey commences with the humble origins of the protagonist, Tom Paddington, in Glandore, Ireland. The unexpected combination of a meager inheritance and a crucial mission, passed down by his dying father, sets him on a journey across the sea to England.From the bustling city of Bristol, where he crosses swords in a near-duel with Colonel Flushing, to his navigation of the tumultuous political landscape of London, Tom's grit and determination shine through. His encounter with the aristocratic Easterly ...
De: Mason Marlowe
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Untamed Waters
- The Golden Age of Piracy
- De: Thomas Weiss
- Narrado por: Dylan J Holt
- Duración: 3 h y 44 m
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Untamed Waters: The Golden Age of Piracy is a captivating and thoroughly researched exploration of history's most notorious era, delving into the thrilling world of pirates and their daring exploits on the high seas. From the sun-kissed shores of the Caribbean to the treacherous waters of the Indian Ocean, this book unravels the motivations behind piracy and its impact on global trade and politics. With meticulous citations, it serves as both an engaging listen for history enthusiasts and a valuable academic resource.
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Interesting and not the regurgitated info!
- De Paul Silva en 12-16-23
De: Thomas Weiss
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Louis XIII
- L'Histoire de France Vivante
- De: Frédéric Nort
- Narrado por: Michel Bouquet, Yves Vincent, Arlette Bach, y otros
- Duración: 37 m
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Cette collection "L'Histoire de France vivante" nous faire revivre les grandes heures de l'histoire de France. Pour chaque époque, l'illustration sonore est faite avec des musiques de la période concernée. Les grands moments de chaque période sont reconstitués à la façon d'une pièce de théâtre, avec plusieurs comédiens et comédiennes qui interprètent les personnages historiques.
De: Frédéric Nort
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The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask
- A Historical Detective Story
- De: Paul Sonnino
- Narrado por: Michael C. Jones
- Duración: 7 h y 31 m
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The Search for the Man in the Iron Mask triumphantly solves an enduring puzzle that has stumped historians for centuries and seduced novelists and filmmakers to this day. Who was the man who was rumored to have been kept in prison and treated royally during much of the reign of Louis XIV while being forced to wear an iron mask? Could he possibly have been the twin brother of the Sun King?
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A Book for French History Majors
- De Jay Quintana en 11-12-17
De: Paul Sonnino
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I giorni di Roma - 17 febbraio 1600. Il rogo di Giordano Bruno
- Lezioni di Storia
- De: Anna Foa
- Narrado por: Anna Foa
- Duración: 1 h y 12 m
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17 febbraio 1600: il filosofo Giordano Bruno, condannato per eresia dall'Inquisizione romana, brucia, spogliato nudo, legato a un palo e imbavagliato, in Piazza Campo de' Fiori. Ad ardere sul rogo non è un cristiano qualunque, come Roma non è solo la capitale dello Stato della Chiesa ma anche il centro della cristianità. Bruno è un personaggio cosmopolita, amico di principi e ambasciatori, una figura europea di grande fama e livello intellettuale, noto ovunque.
De: Anna Foa
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Hot Protestants
- A History of Puritanism in England and America
- De: Michael P. Winship
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 15 h y 37 m
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Begun in the mid-16th century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that transformed the early modern world. Providing a uniquely broad transatlantic perspective, this groundbreaking volume traces puritanism's tumultuous history from its initial attempts to reshape the Church of England to its establishment of godly republics in both England and America, and its demise at the end of the 17th century.
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Well done
- De Larry and Cindi en 03-11-21
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- De: Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage - translator
- Narrado por: Ric Jerrom
- Duración: 25 h y 49 m
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During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic book, author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East, from the Ottoman Empire and India to China and Japan. A momentous work by one of Europe's most eminent historians, Unfabling the East takes listeners on a thrilling voyage to the farthest shores, bringing back vital insights for our own multicultural age.
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The Prequel to ‘Orientalism’
- De Amazon Customer en 01-13-19
De: Jürgen Osterhammel, y otros
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- De: David Wootton
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 22 h y 5 m
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In this fascinating history spanning continents and centuries, historian David Wootton offers a lively defense of science, revealing why the Scientific Revolution was truly the greatest event in our history. The Invention of Science goes back 500 years in time to chronicle this crucial transformation, exploring the factors that led to its birth and the people who made it happen. Wootton argues that the Scientific Revolution was actually five separate yet concurrent events that developed independently.
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A Good Read Spoiled
- De David A. Donnelly en 12-23-16
De: David Wootton
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Peters kærlighed
- De: Mich Vraa
- Narrado por: Paul Becker
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Peter von Scholten, generalguvernør på De Vestindiske Øer gennem mere end tyve år, var i alt, han gjorde, drevet af kærlighed: kærlighed til kvinder, til penge og magt, til øerne og deres sorte befolkning. Men den mand, der i 1848 endelig satte danskernes slaver fri, var og forbliver et mysterium. Hvordan kan man forklare Peter von Scholtens usandsynlige lynkarriere fra ydmyg vejermester i Charlotte Amalie på St. Thomas til den mægtigste post i Dansk Vestindien? Hvorfra stammede hans nære forhold til kong Frederik den 6.
De: Mich Vraa
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Tulip Mania
- The History and Legacy of the World’s First Speculative Bubble During the Dutch Golden Age
- De: Charles River Editors
- Narrado por: Dan Gallagher
- Duración: 1 h y 21 m
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Tulip Mania: The History and Legacy of the World’s First Speculative Bubble During the Dutch Golden Age analyzes the legendary mania and whether it was as dramatic as portrayed. You will learn about Tulip Mania like never before.
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Not Anne Goldgar's Tulipmania
- De Colin Barry en 02-06-20
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Nature's Mutiny
- How the Little Ice Age of the Long Seventeenth Century Transformed the West and Shaped the Present
- De: Philipp Blom
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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Although hints of a crisis appeared as early as the 1570s, the temperature by the end of the 16th century plummeted so drastically that Mediterranean harbors were covered with ice, birds literally dropped out of the sky, and "frost fairs" were erected on a frozen Thames - with kiosks, taverns, and even brothels that become a semi-permanent part of the city. Recounting the deep legacy and far-ranging consequences of this "Little Ice Age", acclaimed historian Philipp Blom reveals how the European landscape had subtly, but ineradicably, changed by the mid-17th century.
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Starts On Track; End Becomes Ideological Rant
- De Danioton en 06-07-20
De: Philipp Blom
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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- De: Samuel Pepys
- Narrado por: Alexander Spencer
- Duración: 4 h y 16 m
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Samuel Pepys's meticulous chronicles of life in 17th-century England are an exacting record of a unique historical era. Pepys lived through one of the most colorful periods of British history. He witnessed - and recorded detailed accounts of - the execution of Charles I, a civil war, the Restoration, a plague, and the Great Fire of London. His entries also record the minutiae of everyday life - scandals, intrigues, infidelities and vulgarities - presenting a comprehensive portrait of a fascinating era.
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Despite the Fuzzy Audio . . .
- De Ben en 04-27-07
De: Samuel Pepys
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Geschichte des Abfalls der Niederlande von Spanien
- De: Friedrich Schiller
- Narrado por: Karlheinz Gabor
- Duración: 35 m
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Aber die Inquisition, welche jetzt gemeint ist, kam aus dem Westen von Europa, anders in ihrem Ursprung und anders an Gestalt. Der letzte maurische Thron war im fünfzehnten Jahrhundert in Granada gefallen und der saracenische Gottesdienst endlich dem überlegenen Glück der Christen gewichen. Aber neu und noch wenig befestigt war das Evangelium in diesem jüngsten christlichen Königreich, und in der trüben Mischung ungleichartiger Gesetze und Sitten hatten sich die Religionen noch nicht geschieden.
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Sword of State: The Wielding
- De: Richard Woodman
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 8 h y 54 m
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1659. Lord General George Monck has set up camp on the Scottish border with his loyal army. He has plans to retire, to spend the rest of his years on his estates with his wife, Anne, and son, Kit. But the changing political climate forces him to march his army south to the capital. In the Rump of the Long Parliament, the case is being made for an end to the Commonwealth and for the Restoration of the Monarchy. When the Monarchy is restored, there is never a quiet moment for Monck.
De: Richard Woodman
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The Renaissance: A History From Beginning to End
- De: Hourly History
- Narrado por: Matthew J Chandler-Smith
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The Renaissance, or rebirth, was a period of time when Europeans began to question what they had been told was sacrosanct. Through art, inventions, science, literature, and theology, the separate nations of the European continent sought answers that the Roman Catholic Church was unwilling, or perhaps unable, to offer. It was a triumph of the human spirit and a confirmation of human ability, even as it affirmed the willingness of men and women to die for the right to think freely.
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An excellent Hourly History book
- De Leonard Smith en 05-16-18
De: Hourly History
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A Macat Analysis of Geoffrey Parker's Global Crisis
- War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
- De: Ian Jackson
- Narrado por: Macat.com
- Duración: 1 h y 53 m
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Distinguished British historian Geoffrey Parker spent 15 years writing this ambitious history of the tumultuous 17th century, when nations were in the grip of what was known as the General Crisis. First published in 2013, Global Crisis reveals that freak weather was a key reason why the people of the 1600s lurched between droughts, famines, and countless wars.
De: Ian Jackson
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The Favourite
- De: Ophelia Field
- Narrado por: Natalie Boscombe
- Duración: 17 h y 44 m
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Sarah Churchill, first Duchess of Marlborough, was the glamorous and controversial subject of hundreds of satires, newspaper articles and publications both during her lifetime and after her death. This biography brings Sarah Churchill's own voice, passionate and intelligent, back to life and casts a critical eye over images of the Duchess handed down through art, history and literature. Here is an unforgettable portrait of a woman who cared intensely about how we would remember her.
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Bursting with Detail
- De Kelsey A en 02-14-19
De: Ophelia Field
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Viceroys
- De: Christopher Lee
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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Viceroys is the story of the British aristocracy sent to govern India during the reigns of five British monarchs. It is also the story of how the modern British identity was established. British history from the Hundred Years War onwards gives an impression of how the British were seen. It is a misconception or, more kindly, a British view. Until the 19th century the British did not have an identity readily recognised throughout the world. Even the Elizabethans were never established other than as great individuals. From 1815, an image of Britain as the first superpower was built that would make do until even the 21st century.
De: Christopher Lee
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Devil-Land
- England Under Siege, 1588-1688
- De: Clare Jackson
- Narrado por: Emma Gregory
- Duración: 24 h y 10 m
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As an unmarried heretic with no heir, Elizabeth I was regarded with horror by Catholic Europe, while her Stuart successors, James I and Charles I, were seen as impecunious and incompetent. The traumatic civil wars, regicide and a republican Commonwealth were followed by the floundering foreign-leaning rule of Charles II and his brother, James II, before William of Orange invaded England with a Dutch army and a new order was imposed.
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The Exciting Made “Meh”
- De K&S&T en 10-01-22
De: Clare Jackson