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Peter H. Wilson
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The Thirty Years' War (1618-48) was Europe's most destructive conflict prior to the two world wars. Two of European history's greatest generals faced each other at Lutzen in November 1632, midway through this terrible war. Neither achieved his objective. Albrecht von Wallenstein withdrew his battered imperial army at nightfall, unaware that his opponent, King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden, had died a few hours earlier.
The indecisive military outcome found an immediate echo in image and print, and became the object of political and historical disputes. Swedish propaganda swiftly fostered the lasting image of the king's sacrifice for the Protestant cause against the specter of Catholic Habsburg "universal monarchy". The standard assumption that the king had "met his death in the hour of victory" became integral to how Gustavus Adolphus' contribution to modern warfare has been remembered, even celebrated, while the study of Lutzen's wider legacy shows how such events are constantly rewritten as elements of propaganda, religious and national identity, and professional military culture.
This book is the first to combine analysis of the battle itself with an assessment of its cultural, political, and military legacy, and the first to incorporate recent archaeological research within a reappraisal of the events and their significance.
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- De Draperbart en 04-23-22
De: Ronald Hutton
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The Cambridge History of Warfare
- De: Geoffrey Parker
- Narrado por: Andrew Cullum
- Duración: 21 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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The new edition of The Cambridge History of Warfare, written and updated by a team of eight distinguished military historians, examines how war was waged by Western powers across a sweeping timeframe beginning with classical Greece and Rome, moving through the Middle Ages and the early modern period, down to the wars of the 21st century in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too anglocentric
- De A. Siegel en 10-27-22
De: Geoffrey Parker
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For God and Kaiser
- The Imperial Austrian Army, 1619-1918
- De: Richard Bassett
- Narrado por: Aaron Blain
- Duración: 28 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
The definitive history of Austria’s multinational army and its immense role during three centuries of European military history. Among the finest examples of deeply researched military history, For God and Kaiser is a major account of the Habsburg army. It shows how the Imperial Austrian Army, time and again, was a decisive factor in the story of Europe, the balance of international power, and the defense of Christendom...it was the first pan-European army made up of different nationalities and faiths, counting among its soldiers not only Christians but also Muslims, and Jews.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent insight
- De Nicholas en 08-04-19
De: Richard Bassett
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Carnage and Culture
- Landmark Battles in the Rise to Western Power
- De: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 20 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 320
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 286
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 285
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times - from Salamis, where outnumbered Greeks devastated the slave army of Xerxes, to Cortes' conquest of Mexico to the Tet offensive - Victor Davis Hanson explains why the armies of the West have been the most lethal and effective of any fighting forces in the world. Looking beyond popular explanations such as geography or superior technology, Hanson argues that it is in fact Western culture and values which have consistently produced superior arms and soldiers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wow! This truly is a great book. A rarity!
- De GEJ en 11-12-19
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The Savior Generals
- How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost - From Ancient Greece to Iraq
- De: Victor Davis Hanson
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 10 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 366
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 326
Prominent military historian Victor Davis Hanson explores the nature of leadership with his usual depth and vivid prose in The Savior Generals, a set of brilliantly executed pocket biographies of five generals (Themistocles, Belisarius, William Tecumseh Sherman, Matthew Ridgway, and David Petraeus) who single-handedly saved their nations from defeat in war. War is rarely a predictable enterprise - it is a mess of luck, chance, and incalculable variables. Today's sure winner can easily become tomorrow's doomed loser.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A good history book tells about human nature.
- De Doruk Denkel en 03-03-20
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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
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 147
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 130
This audiobook examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War during the 1600s, and then follows its line of warrior kings into the next century until the Swedes finally meet their demise, in an overreach into the vastness of Russia. A small Scandinavian nation, with at most one and a half million people and scant internal resources of its own, there was small logic to how Sweden could become the dominant power on the Continent.
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1 out of 5 stars
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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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The Splintered Empires
- The Eastern Front 1917-21
- De: Prit Buttar
- Narrado por: Roger Clark
- Duración: 22 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 180
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 140
Concluding his acclaimed series on the Eastern Front in World War I, Prit Buttar comprehensively details not only these climactic events, but also the "successor wars" that raged long after the armistice of 1918. New states rose from the ashes of empire and war raged as German forces sought to keep them under the aegis of the Fatherland. These unresolved tensions between the former Great Powers and the new states would ultimately lead to the rise of Hitler and a new, terrible world war only two decades later.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Explains a lot about
- De Elizabeth en 02-27-20
De: Prit Buttar
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- De: G. J. Meyer
- Narrado por: Robin Sachs
- Duración: 27 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 247
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 224
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 224
On a summer day in 1914, a nineteen-year-old Serbian nationalist gunned down Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo. While the world slumbered, monumental forces were shaken. In less than a month, a combination of ambition, deceit, fear, jealousy, missed opportunities, and miscalculation sent Austro-Hungarian troops marching into Serbia, German troops streaming toward Paris, and a vast Russian army into war, with England as its ally. As crowds cheered their armies on, no one could guess what lay ahead in the First World War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great book!
- De Jodi Bernard en 07-11-23
De: G. J. Meyer
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The Great Commanders
- Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant, Georgi Zhukov
- De: Phil Grabsky
- Narrado por: Phil Grabsky
- Duración: 5 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 110
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 110
The Great Commanders is a masterly portrait of six men - Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant and Georgi Zhukov - whose military genius changed the course of world history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Broad, and High Level History
- De Mark en 11-20-14
De: Phil Grabsky
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The War of the Three Gods
- Romans, Persians, and the Rise of Islam
- De: Peter Crawford
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 11 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 400
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 348
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 349
The War of the Three Gods is a military history of the Near and Middle East in the seventh century - with its chief focus on the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Heraclius (AD 610-641) - a pivotal and dramatic time in world history. The Eastern Roman Empire was brought to the very brink of extinction by the Sassanid Persians before Heraclius managed to inflict a crushing defeat on the Sassanids with a desperate, final gambit.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Filled in some blanks
- De Cory en 10-19-15
De: Peter Crawford
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The Crusades
- The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
- De: Thomas Asbridge
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 25 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,017
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,568
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,546
The Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge - a renowned historian who writes with "maximum vividness" (Joan Acocella, The New Yorker) - covers the years 1095 to 1291 in this big, ambitious, listenable account of one of the most fascinating periods in history.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Comprehensive
- De Tad Davis en 10-04-16
De: Thomas Asbridge
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Napoleon
- A Concise Biography
- De: David A. Bell
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 4 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 198
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 166
David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility that Napoleon represented. Bell emphasizes the importance of the French Revolution in understanding Napoleon's career. The revolution made possible the unprecedented concentration of political authority that Napoleon accrued. Without the political changes brought about by the revolution, Napoleon could not have fought his wars. Without the wars, he could not have seized and held onto power. Though his virtual dictatorship betrayed the ideals of liberty and equality, his life and career were revolutionary.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect introduction to Napoleon
- De DJP en 10-17-20
De: David A. Bell
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History's Greatest Generals
- 10 Commanders Who Conquered Empires, Revolutionized Warfare, and Changed History Forever
- De: Michael Rank
- Narrado por: Kevin Pierce
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
Whether it is Hannibal of Carthage marching elephants across the Alps and attacking the heart of Rome, Khalid ibn al-Walid boasting an undefeated military career and destroying the Persian Empire while subduing the Byzantines, or Russian General Alexander Suvurov and his elevation of the bayonet to a work of art that could cut down any European army, great military leaders have exerted tremendous influence on society. This book will look at the lives of the 10 greatest military commanders in history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book
- De MICHAEL H en 01-27-14
De: Michael Rank
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The First World War
- De: John Keegan
- Narrado por: James Langton
- Duración: 20 h y 22 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 706
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 590
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 586
The First World War created the modern world. A conflict of unprecedented ferocity, it abruptly ended the relative peace and prosperity of the Victorian era, unleashing such demons of the 20th century as mechanized warfare and mass death. It also helped to usher in the ideas that have shaped our times - modernism in the arts, new approaches to psychology and medicine, radical thoughts about economics and society - and in so doing shattered the faith in rationalism and liberalism that had prevailed in Europe since the Enlightenment.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Best Military History of First World War
- De Stephen F (SPFJR) en 06-13-19
De: John Keegan
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In the Name of Rome
- The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 17 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 601
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 540
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 539
Adrian Goldsworthy has received wide acclaim for his exceptional writing on the Roman Empire - including high praise from the acclaimed military historian and author John Keegan - and here he offers a new perspective on the empire by focusing on its greatest generals, including Scipio Africanus, Marius, Pompey, Caesar, and Titus.
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2 out of 5 stars
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This pie was all crust, no filling
- De JLB en 04-11-17
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The Fall of Carthage
- The Punic Wars 265-146BC
- De: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 16 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,590
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,370
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,364
The struggle between Rome and Carthage in the Punic Wars was arguably the greatest and most desperate conflict of antiquity. The forces involved and the casualties suffered by both sides were far greater than in any wars fought before the modern era, while the eventual outcome had far-reaching consequences for the history of the Western World, namely the ascendancy of Rome. An epic of war and battle, this is also the story of famous generals and leaders: Hannibal, Fabius Maximus, Scipio Africanus, and his grandson Scipio Aemilianus, who would finally bring down the walls of Carthage.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- De Jean en 03-25-19
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The Enemy at the Gate
- Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
- De: Andrew Wheatcroft
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 87
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 77
The Great Siege of Vienna is the centerpiece for historian Andrew Wheatcroft's richly drawn portrait of the centuries-long rivalry between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires for control of the European continent. A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Look elsewhere
- De Ben H. en 09-20-21
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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
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 165
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Less caffeine, narrator
- De Jeff Joyner en 02-12-24
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Heart of Europe
- A History of the Holy Roman Empire
- De: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrado por: Napoleon Ryan
- Duración: 34 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 347
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 306
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 303
The Holy Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire quipped that it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter H. Wilson shows, the Holy Roman Empire tells a millennial story of Europe better than the histories of individual nation-states.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings on this one.
- De Stuart Seymour en 09-19-17
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Iron and Blood
- A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500
- De: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrado por: Rory Alexander
- Duración: 34 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
German military history is typically viewed as an inexorable march to the rise of Prussia and the two world wars, the road paved by militarism and the result a specifically German way of war. Peter Wilson challenges this narrative. Looking beyond Prussia to German-speaking Europe across the last five centuries, Wilson finds little unique or preordained in German militarism or warfighting. Iron and Blood takes as its starting point the consolidation of the Holy Roman Empire, which created new mechanisms for raising troops but also for resolving disputes diplomatically.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- De Will Georgiadis en 04-11-23
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Frederick the Great
- A Military History
- De: Dennis Showalter
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
Frederick the Great is one of history's most important leaders. Famed for his military successes and domestic reforms, his campaigns were a watershed in the history of Europe, securing Prussia's place as a continental power and inaugurating a new pattern of total war that was to endure until 1916. However, much myth surrounds this enigmatic man's personality and his role as politician, warrior, and king.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Thrashed insensibly by over writing
- De Jeff Lacy en 09-27-20
De: Dennis Showalter
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Moscow 1812
- Napoleon’s Fatal March
- De: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 17 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in history and marched on Moscow with the intention of consolidating his dominion. But within months, Napoleon's invasion of Russia—history's first example of total war—had turned into an epic military disaster. Over 400,000 French and Allied troops perished and Napoleon was forced to retreat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well done
- De Zach Simon en 06-25-24
De: Adam Zamoyski
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God's Shadow
- Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
- De: Alan Mikhail
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 195
Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. Yet, despite its towering influence and centrality to the rise of our modern world, the Ottoman Empire's history has for centuries been distorted, misrepresented, and even suppressed in the West. Now Alan Mikhail presents a vitally needed recasting of Ottoman history, retelling the story of the Ottoman conquest of the world through the dramatic biography of Sultan Selim I (1470-1520).
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1 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining narrative, but poor scholarship
- De Yosemite en 09-15-20
De: Alan Mikhail
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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
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 165
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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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3 out of 5 stars
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Less caffeine, narrator
- De Jeff Joyner en 02-12-24
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Heart of Europe
- A History of the Holy Roman Empire
- De: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrado por: Napoleon Ryan
- Duración: 34 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 347
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 306
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 303
The Holy Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor. Voltaire quipped that it was neither holy, Roman, nor an empire. Yet as Peter H. Wilson shows, the Holy Roman Empire tells a millennial story of Europe better than the histories of individual nation-states.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Mixed feelings on this one.
- De Stuart Seymour en 09-19-17
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Iron and Blood
- A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples Since 1500
- De: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrado por: Rory Alexander
- Duración: 34 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 60
German military history is typically viewed as an inexorable march to the rise of Prussia and the two world wars, the road paved by militarism and the result a specifically German way of war. Peter Wilson challenges this narrative. Looking beyond Prussia to German-speaking Europe across the last five centuries, Wilson finds little unique or preordained in German militarism or warfighting. Iron and Blood takes as its starting point the consolidation of the Holy Roman Empire, which created new mechanisms for raising troops but also for resolving disputes diplomatically.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Awesome
- De Will Georgiadis en 04-11-23
De: Peter H. Wilson
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Frederick the Great
- A Military History
- De: Dennis Showalter
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 13 h y 31 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 58
Frederick the Great is one of history's most important leaders. Famed for his military successes and domestic reforms, his campaigns were a watershed in the history of Europe, securing Prussia's place as a continental power and inaugurating a new pattern of total war that was to endure until 1916. However, much myth surrounds this enigmatic man's personality and his role as politician, warrior, and king.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Thrashed insensibly by over writing
- De Jeff Lacy en 09-27-20
De: Dennis Showalter
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Moscow 1812
- Napoleon’s Fatal March
- De: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 17 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 63
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 58
In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in history and marched on Moscow with the intention of consolidating his dominion. But within months, Napoleon's invasion of Russia—history's first example of total war—had turned into an epic military disaster. Over 400,000 French and Allied troops perished and Napoleon was forced to retreat.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very well done
- De Zach Simon en 06-25-24
De: Adam Zamoyski
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God's Shadow
- Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
- De: Alan Mikhail
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 197
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 195
Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. Yet, despite its towering influence and centrality to the rise of our modern world, the Ottoman Empire's history has for centuries been distorted, misrepresented, and even suppressed in the West. Now Alan Mikhail presents a vitally needed recasting of Ottoman history, retelling the story of the Ottoman conquest of the world through the dramatic biography of Sultan Selim I (1470-1520).
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1 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining narrative, but poor scholarship
- De Yosemite en 09-15-20
De: Alan Mikhail
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 158
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 132
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 131
To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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The Thirty Years War
- De: C. V. Wedgwood
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 19 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 861
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 753
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 749
Initially, the Thirty Years War was precipitated in 1618 by religious conflicts between Protestants and Catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. But the conflict soon spread beyond religion to encompass the internal politics and balance of power within the Empire, and then later to the other European powers. By the end, it became simply a dynastic struggle between Bourbon France and Habsburg Spain. And almost all of it was fought out in Germany. Entire regions were depopulated and destroyed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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One of the World's Great History Books.
- De Judith A. Weller en 08-25-12
De: C. V. Wedgwood
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The Fall of the Ottomans
- The Great War in the Middle East
- De: Eugene Rogan
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,527
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,335
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,323
In The Fall of the Ottomans, award-winning historian Eugene Rogan brings the First World War and its immediate aftermath in the Middle East to vivid life, uncovering the often ignored story of the region's crucial role in the conflict.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book About A Little Known Part of WWI
- De Nostromo en 06-08-15
De: Eugene Rogan
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Bismarck's War
- The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
- De: Rachel Chrastil
- Narrado por: Sarah Borges
- Duración: 17 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 34
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 34
Among the conflicts that convulsed Europe during the nineteenth century, none was more startling and consequential than the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871. Deliberately engineered by Prussian chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the war succeeded in shattering French supremacy, deposing Napoleon III, and uniting a new German Empire. But it also produced brutal military innovations and a precarious new imbalance of power that together set the stage for the devastating world wars of the next century. In Bismarck’s War, historian Rachel Chrastil chronicles events on the battlefield in full.
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1 out of 5 stars
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It's rare I don't finish a book...
- De Chris Corsini en 09-26-23
De: Rachel Chrastil
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The Gallic War
- De: Julius Caesar
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6
Julius Caesar is one of the most famous figures of the ancient Roman world. A skillful general and leading politician of the late Roman Republic, he secured a 10-year proconsular command in the province of Gaul, during which he accumulated both wealth and power. A core text in the teaching of Latin in schools, The Gallic War gives a unique insight into this remarkable man, as well as military strategy and practice of the day.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Reading Flawed By Editing
- De Fred Kiesche en 12-04-23
De: Julius Caesar
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Sparta
- Rise of a Warrior Nation
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Mike Cooper
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 32
The Spartans of ancient Greece are typically portrayed as macho heroes: noble, laconic, totally fearless, and impervious to pain. And indeed, they often lived up to this image. But life was not as simple as this image suggests. In truth, ancient Sparta was a city of contrasts.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sparta history top-tier
- De Anonymous User en 03-06-25
De: Philip Matyszak
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Greece Against Rome
- The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250-31 BC
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Gareth Richards
- Duración: 8 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 32
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 32
Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms were near their peak. In terms of population, economy, and military power, each was vastly superior to Rome, not to mention in fields such as medicine, architecture, science, philosophy, and literature. But over the next two and a half centuries, Rome would eventually conquer these kingdoms while adopting so much of Hellenistic culture that the resultant hybrid is known as "Graeco-Roman." In Greece Against Rome, Philip Matyszak relates this epic tale from the Hellenistic perspective.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Really enjoyed the book and snark
- De Chris Smith en 05-27-23
De: Philip Matyszak
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Alaric the Goth
- An Outsider's History of the Fall of Rome
- De: Douglas Boin
- Narrado por: Chris MacDonnell
- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 133
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Denied citizenship by the Roman Empire, a soldier named Alaric changed history by unleashing a surprise attack on the capital city of an unjust empire. Stigmatized and relegated to the margins of Roman society, the Goths were violent "barbarians" who destroyed "civilization," at least in the conventional story of Rome's collapse. But a slight shift of perspective brings their history, and ours, shockingly alive.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Can't finish it.
- De Stan K. Smith en 06-21-20
De: Douglas Boin
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The Making of Oliver Cromwell
- De: Ronald Hutton
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 13 h y 42 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 55
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) - the only English commoner to become the overall head of state - is one of the great figures of history, but his character was very complex. He was at once courageous and devout, devious and self-serving; as a parliamentarian, he was devoted to his cause; as a soldier, he was ruthless. Cromwell's speeches and writings surpass in quantity those of any other ruler of England before Victoria, and, for those seeking to understand him, he has usually been taken at his word. In this remarkable new work, Ronald Hutton untangles the facts from the fiction.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Very specialized
- De Draperbart en 04-23-22
De: Ronald Hutton
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The Twelve Caesars
- De: Suetonius
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 17 h y 41 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 27
As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colorful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero and the recovery that came with his successors.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Heavily modified and softly translated
- De NeoAtreides en 12-03-15
De: Suetonius
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The War That Ended Peace
- The Road to 1914
- De: Margaret MacMillan
- Narrado por: Richard Burnip
- Duración: 31 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 999
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 901
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 890
From the best-selling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, a fascinating portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Detailed review of 1882 to 1914
- De smarmer en 04-06-14
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Poland
- The First Thousand Years
- De: Patrice M. Dabrowski
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Wiley
- Duración: 25 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47
Since its beginnings, Poland has been a moving target, geographically as well as demographically, and the very definition of who is a Pole has been in flux. In the late medieval and early modern periods, the country grew to be the largest in continental Europe, only to be later wiped off the map for more than a century. Yet even under these constraints, Poles persisted in their desire to wrest from their oppressors a modicum of national dignity and, ultimately, managed to achieve much more than that.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy listen.
- De Pieter Reyneke en 01-11-23