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King John
- Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
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King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood - greedy, cowardly, despicable, and cruel. But who was the man behind the legend? Listen to find out....
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Interesting, but confusing
- By mkl929 on 08-09-21
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King John
- Treachery and Tyranny in Medieval England: The Road to Magna Carta
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 11 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 10-15-15
- Language: English
- King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood - greedy, cowardly, despicable, and cruel. But who was the man behind the legend? Listen to find out....
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Ancestors
- A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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Told through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went, how we came to be on this island....
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- By James on 06-26-21
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Ancestors
- A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 06-10-21
- Language: English
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Told through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went, how we came to be on this island....
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The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
- Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen
- By: Elizabeth Norton
- Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
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A power-hungry courtier and an impressionable young princess: The Tudor court had never been more perilous for the young Elizabeth, where rumors had the power to determine her fate....
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Thomas Seymour Biography
- By Janice B. on 10-17-20
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The Temptation of Elizabeth Tudor
- Elizabeth I, Thomas Seymour, and the Making of a Virgin Queen
- Narrated by: Sarah Nichols
- Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 01-04-16
- Language: English
- A power-hungry courtier and an impressionable young princess: The Tudor court had never been more perilous for the young Elizabeth, where rumors had the power to determine her fate....
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The Queen and Prince Philip
- The Early Years
- By: Helen Cathcart
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip enjoyed seventy-three years of happy married life together—the longest marriage of any royal British couple in history. Royal biographer Helen Cathcart superbly reconstructs the early years of Elizabeth and Philip's relationship....
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The Queen and Prince Philip
- The Early Years
- Narrated by: Jayne Entwistle
- Series: The Royal House of Windsor
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-26-22
- Language: English
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Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip enjoyed seventy-three years of happy married life together—the longest marriage of any royal British couple in history. Royal biographer Helen Cathcart superbly reconstructs the early years of Elizabeth and Philip's relationship....
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The Story of the Country House
- A History of Places and People
- By: Clive Aslet
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
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The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present....
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Very thorough
- By Ladyethyme on 07-19-23
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The Story of the Country House
- A History of Places and People
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-30-21
- Language: English
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The fascinating story of the evolution of the country house in Britain, from its Roman precursors to the present....
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The Shepherd's Life
- Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
- By: James Rebanks
- Narrated by: Bryan Dick
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't.....
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The Author Wears His Life As A Heavy Mantle
- By Sara on 12-06-15
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The Shepherd's Life
- Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape
- Narrated by: Bryan Dick
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-22-15
- Language: English
- Some people's lives are entirely their own creations. James Rebanks' isn't.....
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State of Emergency
- The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
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In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....
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I had no idea how bleak these times were in the UK
- By Steven on 07-12-14
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State of Emergency
- The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 01-07-13
- Language: English
- In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....
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The Makers of Scotland
- Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
- By: Tim Clarkson
- Narrated by: David Vickery
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords....
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The Makers of Scotland
- Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
- Narrated by: David Vickery
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-11-22
- Language: English
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During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords....
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The Irregulars
- Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
- By: Jennet Conant
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Prior to the U.S. entering WWII, a small coterie of British spies in Washington, D.C., was formed....
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Spying in Washington
- By Sara on 10-03-14
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The Irregulars
- Roald Dahl and the British Spy Ring in Wartime Washington
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 09-09-08
- Language: English
- Prior to the U.S. entering WWII, a small coterie of British spies in Washington, D.C., was formed....
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
- By: James Boswell
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 51 hrs and 2 mins
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The book is full of humorous anecdote and rich characterization, and paints a vivid picture of 18th-century London, peopled by prominent personalities of the time....
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Wonderful!
- By Tad Davis on 02-02-18
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The Life of Samuel Johnson
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 51 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-28-17
- Language: English
- The book is full of humorous anecdote and rich characterization, and paints a vivid picture of 18th-century London, peopled by prominent personalities of the time....
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The Sisters
- The Saga of the Mitford Family
- By: Mary S. Lovell
- Narrated by: Annie Wauters
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
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This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars....
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Great story, terrible reader
- By Victoria on 02-27-14
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The Sisters
- The Saga of the Mitford Family
- Narrated by: Annie Wauters
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 05-09-13
- Language: English
- This is the story of a close, loving family splintered by the violent ideologies of Europe between the wars....
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Shakespeare's Sisters
- How Women Wrote the Renaissance
- By: Ramie Targoff
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
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In an innovative and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespeare’s England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the mid-sixteenth century into the private lives of four women writers working at a time when women were legally the property of men....
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Shakespeare's Sisters
- How Women Wrote the Renaissance
- Narrated by: Hannah Curtis
- Length: 11 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 03-12-24
- Language: English
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In an innovative and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespeare’s England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the mid-sixteenth century into the private lives of four women writers working at a time when women were legally the property of men....
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The King’s Bed
- Sex and Power in the Court of Charles II
- By: Don Jordan, Michael Walsh
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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From two veteran historians comes an intelligent and spirited history of Charles II's dissolute life and surprising legacy....
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a great listen! sex and king charles
- By Logan R. on 05-01-16
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The King’s Bed
- Sex and Power in the Court of Charles II
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-16-16
- Language: English
- From two veteran historians comes an intelligent and spirited history of Charles II's dissolute life and surprising legacy....
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Winter King
- The Dawn of Tudor England
- By: Thomas Penn
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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A fresh look at the endlessly fascinating Tudors - the dramatic and overlooked story of Henry VII and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty....
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Excellent portrayal of a man and his time
- By E. Stein on 06-09-12
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Winter King
- The Dawn of Tudor England
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 03-06-12
- Language: English
- A fresh look at the endlessly fascinating Tudors - the dramatic and overlooked story of Henry VII and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty....
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Crown of Blood
- The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
- By: Nicola Tallis
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
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"Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same." These were the heartbreaking words of a 17-year-old girl, Lady Jane Grey, as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554....
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Brilliantly Compelling
- By J.Brock on 11-26-19
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Crown of Blood
- The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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"Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same." These were the heartbreaking words of a 17-year-old girl, Lady Jane Grey, as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554....
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The Triumph of the Moon
- A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
- By: Ronald Hutton
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 28 hrs and 49 mins
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Ronald Hutton is known for his colorful, provocative, and always exhaustively researched studies on original subjects. This work is no exception: the first full-scale scholarly study of the only religion England has ever given the world, that of modern pagan witchcraft....
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Horrible narrator
- By Karen M on 04-29-21
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The Triumph of the Moon
- A History of Modern Pagan Witchcraft
- Narrated by: Bruce Mann
- Length: 28 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 01-29-21
- Language: English
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Ronald Hutton is known for his colorful, provocative, and always exhaustively researched studies on original subjects. This work is no exception: the first full-scale scholarly study of the only religion England has ever given the world, that of modern pagan witchcraft....
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
- By: The Venerable Bede
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People was written in Latin by the Venerable Bede (673-735), a Benedictine monk living in Northumbria, an important Christian centre in the eighth century....
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good story
- By Henry Harrity on 04-21-20
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 05-27-19
- Language: English
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The Ecclesiastical History of the English People was written in Latin by the Venerable Bede (673-735), a Benedictine monk living in Northumbria, an important Christian centre in the eighth century....
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Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty
- By: William Bligh
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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In 1787, William Bligh, commander of the Bounty, sailed under Captain Cook on a voyage to Tahiti to collect plants of the breadfruit tree, with a view to acclimatizing the species to the West Indies....
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An Epic True Story!
- By Dave Kuper on 06-20-21
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Mutiny on Board H.M.S. Bounty
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-31-12
- Language: English
- In 1787, William Bligh, commander of the Bounty, sailed under Captain Cook on a voyage to Tahiti to collect plants of the breadfruit tree, with a view to acclimatizing the species to the West Indies....
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Bible and Sword
- England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize - winning historian Barbara Tuchman explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state....
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Excellent book, but not quite objective
- By Kellie on 04-25-11
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Bible and Sword
- England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 11-13-09
- Language: English
- Two-time Pulitzer Prize - winning historian Barbara Tuchman explores the complex relationship of Britain to Palestine that led to the founding of the modern Jewish state....
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Anne Boleyn
- By: Marie Louise Bruce
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
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Marie Louise Bruce's engrossing account of Anne Boleyn charts the rise and fall of this remarkable young woman through the course of her short life, from her early days at Hever Castle, to the luxurious courts of France and England, to her terrifying last days in the Tower of London....
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factually inaccurate
- By Marie A. on 12-02-22
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Anne Boleyn
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 12 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 11-02-21
- Language: English
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Marie Louise Bruce's engrossing account of Anne Boleyn charts the rise and fall of this remarkable young woman through the course of her short life, from her early days at Hever Castle, to the luxurious courts of France and England, to her terrifying last days in the Tower of London....
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