Great Britain
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
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Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace....
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 10-06-16
- Language: English
- Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace....
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The Churchills: In Love and War
- By: Mary S. Lovell
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
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The Churchills were an extraordinary family: ambitious, impecunious, impulsive, brave, and arrogant....
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Grand! In it's own wonderful way.
- By Cookie on 12-05-11
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The Churchills: In Love and War
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 21 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-11-11
- Language: English
- The Churchills were an extraordinary family: ambitious, impecunious, impulsive, brave, and arrogant....
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A Terribly Serious Adventure
- Philosophy and War at Oxford, 1900-1960
- By: Nikhil Krishnan
- Narrated by: Kieran Hodgson
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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These were among the questions that philosophers wrestled with in mid-twentieth-century Britain, a period shadowed by war and the rise of fascism....
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Brilliant in every way!
- By Chuck Stark on 07-05-23
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A Terribly Serious Adventure
- Philosophy and War at Oxford, 1900-1960
- Narrated by: Kieran Hodgson
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 07-04-23
- Language: English
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These were among the questions that philosophers wrestled with in mid-twentieth-century Britain, a period shadowed by war and the rise of fascism....
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The King and the Cowboy
- Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh: The Secret Partners
- By: David Fromkin
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 6 hrs
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The King and the Cowboy is an intimate study of two extraordinary statesmen who would become lauded international figures....
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Okay book; bad narration
- By Ron L. Caldwell on 07-06-09
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The King and the Cowboy
- Theodore Roosevelt and Edward the Seventh: The Secret Partners
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 6 hrs
- Release date: 10-13-08
- Language: English
- The King and the Cowboy is an intimate study of two extraordinary statesmen who would become lauded international figures....
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Operation Columba - The Secret Pigeon Service
- The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe
- By: Gordon Corera
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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This is the fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II....
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Belgium Pigeon
- By Don Rottiers on 08-10-21
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Operation Columba - The Secret Pigeon Service
- The Untold Story of World War II Resistance in Europe
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 10-16-18
- Language: English
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This is the fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as part of a clandestine espionage operation to gather information, communicate, and coordinate with members of the Resistance to defeat the Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II....
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Adam Smith
- Father of Economics
- By: Jesse Norman
- Narrated by: Jesse Norman
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
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A dazzlingly original account of the life and thought of Adam Smith, the greatest economist of all time....
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Most excellent book!
- By Harish G. Naik on 03-02-19
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Adam Smith
- Father of Economics
- Narrated by: Jesse Norman
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 09-11-18
- Language: English
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A dazzlingly original account of the life and thought of Adam Smith, the greatest economist of all time....
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Yorkshire
- A Lyrical History of England's Greatest County
- By: Richard Morris
- Narrated by: Sean Baker
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Yorkshire, it has been said, is 'a continent unto itself'. It is southern Britain in microcosm, where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie side by side. Richard Morris weaves history, travelogue and ecology to explore this landscape in legend, literature and popular regard....
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Rich Beyond Measure
- By sig on 05-12-19
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Yorkshire
- A Lyrical History of England's Greatest County
- Narrated by: Sean Baker
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 04-04-19
- Language: English
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Yorkshire, it has been said, is 'a continent unto itself'. It is southern Britain in microcosm, where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie side by side. Richard Morris weaves history, travelogue and ecology to explore this landscape in legend, literature and popular regard....
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Crécy
- Battle of Five Kings
- By: Michael Livingston
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
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Crécy is a story of past and present. It is a new history of one of the most important battles of the Middle Ages: the battle of Crécy, in which the outnumbered English under King Edward III won a decisive victory over the French and changed the course of the Hundred Years War....
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Fantastic book!
- By C.J.M. 33 on 05-31-23
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Crécy
- Battle of Five Kings
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 06-09-22
- Language: English
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Crécy is a story of past and present. It is a new history of one of the most important battles of the Middle Ages: the battle of Crécy, in which the outnumbered English under King Edward III won a decisive victory over the French and changed the course of the Hundred Years War....
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The True History of the Elephant Man
- The Definitive Account of the Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Joseph Carey Merrick
- By: Michael Howell, Peter Ford
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Due to horrible physical deformities, he spent much of his life as a fairground freak....
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Amazing man!
- By Carolyn on 02-05-15
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The True History of the Elephant Man
- The Definitive Account of the Tragic and Extraordinary Life of Joseph Carey Merrick
- Narrated by: Steve West
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 02-03-13
- Language: English
- Due to horrible physical deformities, he spent much of his life as a fairground freak....
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The Three Edwards
- By: Thomas B. Costain
- Narrated by: David Case
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
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The Three Edwards, third in Thomas B. Costain's survey of Britain under the Plantagenets, covers the years between 1272 and 1377 when three Edwards ruled England....
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Superb history
- By Howard on 06-29-09
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The Three Edwards
- Narrated by: David Case
- Series: A History of the Plantagenets, Book 3
- Length: 17 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-26-09
- Language: English
- The Three Edwards, third in Thomas B. Costain's survey of Britain under the Plantagenets, covers the years between 1272 and 1377 when three Edwards ruled England....
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Braddock's Defeat
- The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
- By: David L. Preston
- Narrated by: Michael Quinlan
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces in Ohio Country....
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great history book
- By D. Littman on 01-09-16
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Braddock's Defeat
- The Battle of the Monongahela and the Road to Revolution
- Narrated by: Michael Quinlan
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 08-28-15
- Language: English
- On July 9, 1755, British and colonial troops under the command of General Edward Braddock suffered a crushing defeat to French and Native American enemy forces in Ohio Country....
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Wessex
- A Captivating Guide to an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England and Its Rulers such as Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, and Athelstan
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
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The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex was created through conquest by the Germanic tribe known as the Gewisse. For the following 500 years, this kingdom went through various transformations....
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Academic and emotional appreciation for this book
- By Gretchen on 10-10-23
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Wessex
- A Captivating Guide to an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of England and Its Rulers such as Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, and Athelstan
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 08-24-20
- Language: English
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The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Wessex was created through conquest by the Germanic tribe known as the Gewisse. For the following 500 years, this kingdom went through various transformations....
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Home Fires
- The Story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War
- By: Julie Summers
- Narrated by: Juliet Mills
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
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Away from the frontlines of World War II, across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country's war effort as members of the Women's Institute....
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Tread Carefully & Be Amazed
- By Sara on 12-27-15
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Home Fires
- The Story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War
- Narrated by: Juliet Mills
- Length: 12 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 09-15-15
- Language: English
- Away from the frontlines of World War II, across Great Britain, ordinary women were playing a vital role in their country's war effort as members of the Women's Institute....
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Princess Margaret
- The Royal House of Windsor
- Narrated by: Lorna Bennett
- Series: The Royal House of Windsor
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 11-22-22
- Language: English
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A compelling biography of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon....
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Palaces of Pleasure
- From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment
- By: Lee Jackson
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
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The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the 19th century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their every whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement....
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Clear and reasonably comprehensive
- By thomas hanks on 02-17-23
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Palaces of Pleasure
- From Music Halls to the Seaside to Football, How the Victorians Invented Mass Entertainment
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 12 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 06-25-19
- Language: English
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The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the 19th century's growing industrialized class acquired the funds and the free time to pursue leisure activities, their every whim was satisfied by entrepreneurs building new venues for popular amusement....
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The Art of Betrayal
- The Secret History of MI6 - Life and Death in the British Secret Service
- By: Gordon Corera
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
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From Berlin to the Congo, from Moscow to the back streets of London, these are the stories of the agents on the front lines of British intelligence....
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Good details but lacks thorough research
- By Unapologetic on 09-06-17
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The Art of Betrayal
- The Secret History of MI6 - Life and Death in the British Secret Service
- Narrated by: Graeme Malcolm
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-24-13
- Language: English
- From Berlin to the Congo, from Moscow to the back streets of London, these are the stories of the agents on the front lines of British intelligence....
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The Patient Assassin
- A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence
- By: Anita Anand
- Narrated by: Anita Anand
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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The “compelling [and] vivid” (The New York Times Book Review) true story of a man who claimed to be a survivor of a 1919 British massacre in India, his elaborate 20-year plan for revenge, and the mix of truth and legend that made him a hero to hundreds of millions....
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more interesting history
- By Autodidact on 09-07-19
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The Patient Assassin
- A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge, and India's Quest for Independence
- Narrated by: Anita Anand
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 06-25-19
- Language: English
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The “compelling [and] vivid” (The New York Times Book Review) true story of a man who claimed to be a survivor of a 1919 British massacre in India, his elaborate 20-year plan for revenge, and the mix of truth and legend that made him a hero to hundreds of millions....
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Blood Roses
- The Houses of Lancaster and York Before the Wars of the Roses
- By: Kathryn Warner
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
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The Wars of the Roses didn't start on the battlefield: Blood Roses traces it back to the beginning....
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Blood Roses
- The Houses of Lancaster and York Before the Wars of the Roses
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 11 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 12-20-22
- Language: English
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The Wars of the Roses didn't start on the battlefield: Blood Roses traces it back to the beginning....
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Prince Philip Revealed
- By: Ingrid Seward
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
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Discover the full and fascinating story of Prince Philip - one of the most important, elusive, and intriguing royals - in “the first major biography of Philip in more than 30 years” written by the renowned royal family expert and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine....
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Little new
- By Katherine Dodd on 10-27-20
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Prince Philip Revealed
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 10-20-20
- Language: English
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Discover the full and fascinating story of Prince Philip - one of the most important, elusive, and intriguing royals - in “the first major biography of Philip in more than 30 years” written by the renowned royal family expert and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine....
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The Debatable Land
- The Lost World Between Scotland and England
- By: Graham Robb
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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Two years ago, Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, near the southern boundary of the legendary Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land served as a buffer between Scotland and England....
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A must read for Armstrongs
- By Veronica Armstrong on 06-25-19
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The Debatable Land
- The Lost World Between Scotland and England
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 04-30-19
- Language: English
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Two years ago, Graham Robb moved to a lonely house on the very edge of England, near the southern boundary of the legendary Debatable Land. The oldest detectable territorial division in Great Britain, the Debatable Land served as a buffer between Scotland and England....
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