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    • Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves
    • By: Adam Hochschild
    • Narrated by: Derek Perkins
    • Length: 13 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 107 ratings
    • From the author of the widely acclaimed King Leopold's Ghost comes the taut, gripping account of one of the most brilliantly organized social justice campaigns in history - the fight to free the slaves of the British Empire....

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    • The Pastons of Fifteenth-Century England
    • By: Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
    • Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
    • Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The fascinating story of the fortunes of one medieval family over the course of a century, from acclaimed historians Frances and Joseph Gies....

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    • The Life of the American Beauty Who Became the Toast—and Scandal—of Two Continents, Ruled an Age and Raised a Son—Winston Churchill—Who Shaped History
    • By: Ralph G. Martin
    • Narrated by: Pearl Hewitt
    • Length: 26 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 06-07-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings
    • Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston’s mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents....

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    • By: Napoleon Bonaparte, R. M. Johnston - editor
    • Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
    • Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 12-20-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • These are entirely Napoleon Bonaparte's own words, written and spoken, and collected in journal form. A particular focus here has been put on Napoleon's writings that pertain to military and state matters. The dates in terms of the revolutionary calendar have been modernized....

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    • The Royals, the Nazis and the Biggest Cover-Up in History
    • By: Andrew Morton
    • Narrated by: James Langton
    • Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 335 ratings
    • For fans of the Netflix series The Crown, a meticulously researched historical tour de force about the secret ties among Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, the Duke of Windsor, and Adolf Hitler before, during, and after World War II....

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    • Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books
    • By: Hilary Mantel
    • Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Hilary Mantel - introduction
    • Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 10-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings
    • A collection of essays and memoir from two-time Booker Prize winner and international best seller Hilary Mantel....

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    • The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
    • By: Dominic Sandbrook
    • Narrated by: David Thorpe
    • Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 01-07-13
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 56 ratings
    • In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....

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    • How England Stole the World's Favorite Drink and Changed History
    • By: Sarah Rose
    • Narrated by: Sarah Rose
    • Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
    • Release date: 03-18-10
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 282 ratings
    • Here is the remarkable account of Robert Fortune's journeys into China - a thrilling narrative that combines history, geography, botany, natural science, and old-fashioned adventure....

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    • Three Sisters at the Heart of Power
    • By: Claudia Renton
    • Narrated by: Claudia Renton
    • Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 06-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
    • They were confidantes to British prime ministers, poets, writers, and artists, their lives entwined with the most celebrated and scandalous figures of the day, from Oscar Wilde to Henry James....

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    • Spying and the Crown
    • By: Richard J. Aldrich, Rory Cormac
    • Narrated by: Joan Walker
    • Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 12-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • For the first time, The Secret Royals uncovers the remarkable relationship between the royal family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the death of Princess Diana....

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    • By: Frances Osborne
    • Narrated by: Susan Duerden
    • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 10-31-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 50 ratings
    • In an age of bolters - women who broke the rules and fled their marriages - Idina Sackville was the most celebrated of them all......

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    • By: Garrett Mattingly
    • Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
    • Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
    • Release date: 10-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 52 ratings
    • In August of 1588, a Spanish fleet of 130 ships departed from La Coruña under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia....

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    • By: Amy Edwards, The Great Courses
    • Narrated by: Amy Edwards
    • Length: 2 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-23
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • The 1980s was a decade of change for many countries, but for Great Britain, it could be considered radical. The economic transformation of Britain during that period bears the indelible mark of Margaret Thatcher and her policies....

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    • England's Destiny 1000–1066
    • By: Don Hollway
    • Narrated by: John Sackville
    • Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 11-09-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • A tale of loyalty, treason and military might, Battle for the Island Kingdom reveals the rich history of the years leading up to 1066 when Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans vied for the English crown....

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    • The Kings and Queens Who Never Were
    • By: J.F. Andrews
    • Narrated by: Roger Clark
    • Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • When William the Conqueror died in 1087, he left the throne of England to William Rufus . . . his second son. The result was an immediate war as Rufus's elder brother Robert fought to gain the crown he saw as rightfully his....

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    • The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
    • By: Tracy Borman
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 486 ratings
    • Grounded in excellent primary source research, Thomas Cromwell gives an inside look at a monarchy that has captured the Western imagination for centuries....

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    • Jamestown, Shipwreck, and a New History of America's Origin
    • By: Joseph Kelly
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 01-28-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 ratings
    • We all know the great American origin story: It begins with an exodus. Fleeing religious persecution, the hardworking, pious Pilgrims thrived in the wilds of New England, where they built their fabled "shining city on a hill"....

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    • The Scientists, Fraudsters, and Corrupt Politicians Who Reinvented Money, Panicked a Nation, and Made the World Rich
    • By: Thomas Levenson
    • Narrated by: Dan Bittner
    • Length: 12 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 08-18-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 95 ratings
    • In the heart of the Scientific Revolution, when new theories promised to explain the affairs of the universe, Britain was broke, facing a mountain of debt accumulated in war after war it could not afford....

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    • A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times
    • By: Lucy Lethbridge
    • Narrated by: Helen Stern
    • Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 12-18-13
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 139 ratings
    • The vividly told lives of British servants and the upper crust they served....

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    • The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine's Daughters
    • By: Dr. Rachel Trethewey
    • Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
    • Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 12-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 ratings
    • As complex in their own way as their Mitford cousins, Winston and Clementine Churchill’s daughters each had a unique relationship with their famous father. Rachel Trethewey's biography, The Churchill Sisters, tells their story....

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