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One Hot Summer
- Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
- By: Rosemary Ashton
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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Historian Rosemary Ashton reveals in this compelling microhistory that London in 1858 was marked by significant, if unrecognized, turning points....
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A very good history.
- By Mack Tennyson on 02-13-19
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One Hot Summer
- Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-01-17
- Language: English
- Historian Rosemary Ashton reveals in this compelling microhistory that London in 1858 was marked by significant, if unrecognized, turning points....
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Living in Medieval England
- The Turbulent Year of 1326
- By: Kathryn Warner
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
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1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of mercenaries to destroy her husband's powerful and detested lover, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and brought down her husband, King Edward II, in the process....
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Whispered narration, inexplicably low volume
- By A User on 03-04-24
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Living in Medieval England
- The Turbulent Year of 1326
- Narrated by: Lucy Rayner
- Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 09-26-23
- Language: English
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1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of mercenaries to destroy her husband's powerful and detested lover, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and brought down her husband, King Edward II, in the process....
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Agent Jack
- The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter
- By: Robert Hutton
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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The never-before-told story of Eric Roberts, who infiltrated a network of Nazi sympathizers in Great Britain in order to protect the country from the grips of fascism....
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A real spy story.
- By Doug Drader on 05-31-24
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Agent Jack
- The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 11-12-19
- Language: English
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The never-before-told story of Eric Roberts, who infiltrated a network of Nazi sympathizers in Great Britain in order to protect the country from the grips of fascism....
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Michael Faraday: A Life from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Tom Sleeker
- Length: 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern physics. His work in the field of electromagnetism revolutionized society, leading to new avenues of study....
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An Excellent Basic Biography and Basis for Further Study
- By Frank Donnelly on 08-21-19
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Michael Faraday: A Life from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Tom Sleeker
- Series: Biographies of Inventors
- Length: 59 mins
- Release date: 05-08-18
- Language: English
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Michael Faraday is regarded as one of the founding fathers of modern physics. His work in the field of electromagnetism revolutionized society, leading to new avenues of study....
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Freemasonry From AD 1600 to the Grand Lodge Era
- Foundations of Freemasonry Series
- By: William J. Hughan
- Narrated by: Adam Hanin
- Length: 24 mins
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With his focus on Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland, noted masonic scholar William Hughan cites numerous examples of early Lodge minutes, in order to show a direct connection....
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Freemasonry From AD 1600 to the Grand Lodge Era
- Foundations of Freemasonry Series
- Narrated by: Adam Hanin
- Length: 24 mins
- Release date: 03-04-15
- Language: English
- With his focus on Great Britain, Scotland, and Ireland, noted masonic scholar William Hughan cites numerous examples of early Lodge minutes, in order to show a direct connection....
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The Plantagenets
- The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
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The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world....
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Old book--new narrator
- By Kay Long/The Lady Kay on 02-02-24
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The Plantagenets
- The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-16-24
- Language: English
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The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world....
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My Kingdom for a Horse
- The War of the Roses (The Very, Very Short History of England Series, Book 5)
- By: Ed West
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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From William Shakespeare’s series of history dramas, to Sir Walter Scott, and George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire—not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones—the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers for centuries....
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My Kingdom for a Horse
- The War of the Roses (The Very, Very Short History of England Series, Book 5)
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-21-22
- Language: English
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From William Shakespeare’s series of history dramas, to Sir Walter Scott, and George R. R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire—not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones—the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers for centuries....
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Britain's Secret Defences
- Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins During the Second World War
- By: Andrew Chatterton
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
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The narrative surrounding Britain's anti-invasion forces has often centered on "Dad's Army"-like characters running around with pitchforks, on unpreparedness and sense of inevitability of invasion and defeat. The truth, however, is very different....
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Britain's Secret Defences
- Civilian Saboteurs, Spies and Assassins During the Second World War
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-29-23
- Language: English
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The narrative surrounding Britain's anti-invasion forces has often centered on "Dad's Army"-like characters running around with pitchforks, on unpreparedness and sense of inevitability of invasion and defeat. The truth, however, is very different....
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Empire, Incorporated
- The Corporations That Built British Colonialism
- By: Philip J. Stern
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
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Challenging conventional wisdom about where power is held on a global scale, Stern complicates the supposedly firm distinction between private enterprise and the state, offering a new history of the British Empire, as well as a new history of the corporation....
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Great read on public / private empire building.
- By Stephen Tuuk on 11-12-23
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Empire, Incorporated
- The Corporations That Built British Colonialism
- Narrated by: Rick Adamson
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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Challenging conventional wisdom about where power is held on a global scale, Stern complicates the supposedly firm distinction between private enterprise and the state, offering a new history of the British Empire, as well as a new history of the corporation....
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Britain at Bay
- The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941
- By: Alan Allport
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 21 hrs and 5 mins
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A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were permanently transformed by the Second World War....
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A History worth your read
- By Norm the Nonfiction Reader on 08-18-21
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Britain at Bay
- The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938-1941
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 21 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 11-03-20
- Language: English
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A sweeping, groundbreaking epic that combines military with social history, to illuminate the ways in which Great Britain and its people were permanently transformed by the Second World War....
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One Fine Day
- Britain's Empire on the Brink
- By: Matthew Parker
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 27 hrs and 11 mins
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Moving from London to Kuala Lumpur, Australia to the West Indies, One Fine Day is a breathtaking portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach and the moment it began to topple....
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Broad history
- By Ian D. Sheldon on 05-10-24
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One Fine Day
- Britain's Empire on the Brink
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 27 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 09-26-23
- Language: English
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Moving from London to Kuala Lumpur, Australia to the West Indies, One Fine Day is a breathtaking portrait of the British Empire at both the peak of its global reach and the moment it began to topple....
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Ministers at War
- Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet
- By: Jonathan Schneer
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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As prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort....
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Welcome addition to the literature of World War II
- By Mike From Mesa on 05-02-15
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Ministers at War
- Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet
- Narrated by: Matthew Brenher
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 04-14-15
- Language: English
- As prizewinning historian Jonathan Schneer reveals in Ministers at War, Churchill depended on a team of powerful ministers to manage the war effort....
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The Cambridge Five
- A Captivating Guide to the Russian Spies in Britain Who Passed Information to the Soviet Union During World War II
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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During the poverty-stricken years of the Great Depression, when Britain’s financial markets plummeted and the poor and wealthy alike doubted the economic systems in which they participated, the potential of one political ideal shone like no other: Communism....
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The Cambridge Five
- A Captivating Guide to the Russian Spies in Britain Who Passed Information to the Soviet Union During World War II
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 03-29-19
- Language: English
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During the poverty-stricken years of the Great Depression, when Britain’s financial markets plummeted and the poor and wealthy alike doubted the economic systems in which they participated, the potential of one political ideal shone like no other: Communism....
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Winston Churchill
- By: John Keegan
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
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The eminent historian John Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II....
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A good intro/summary
- By Sabrina on 01-07-06
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Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Richard Matthews
- Length: 5 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-27-05
- Language: English
- The eminent historian John Keegan charts Churchill's career, following his steadfast leadership during the catastrophic events of World War II....
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Rough Crossings
- The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Simon Schama
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
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Told in the voices of the slaves and the white abolitionists who aided them, Simon Schama vividly details the odyssey of these escaped blacks, shedding light on an extraordinary chapter in America's birth....
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Outstanding book
- By major on 05-12-06
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Rough Crossings
- The Slaves, the British, and the American Revolution
- Narrated by: Simon Schama
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 04-18-06
- Language: English
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Told in the voices of the slaves and the white abolitionists who aided them, Simon Schama vividly details the odyssey of these escaped blacks, shedding light on an extraordinary chapter in America's birth....
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A Jane Austen Christmas: Regency Christmas Traditions
- Jane Austen Regency Life, Book 1
- By: Maria Grace
- Narrated by: Barry Shannon
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Many Christmas traditions and images of "old fashioned" holidays are based on Victorian celebrations. Going back just a little further, to the beginning of the 19th century, the holiday Jane Austen knew would have looked distinctly odd to modern sensibilities....
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The entire book is there. Nothing missing.
- By Deborah on 09-27-19
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A Jane Austen Christmas: Regency Christmas Traditions
- Jane Austen Regency Life, Book 1
- Narrated by: Barry Shannon
- Series: Jane Austen Regency Life
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 05-30-19
- Language: English
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Many Christmas traditions and images of "old fashioned" holidays are based on Victorian celebrations. Going back just a little further, to the beginning of the 19th century, the holiday Jane Austen knew would have looked distinctly odd to modern sensibilities....
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Mary Queen of Scots: The True Story of the Life & Time of Mary Stuart of Scotland
- By: The History Journals, Liam Dale
- Narrated by: Liam Dale
- Length: 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Few women in history have stood the test of time, but the true story surrounding the ill-fated Mary Queen of Scots has ensured that her story lives on to intrigue and fascinate....
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- By Anonymous User on 12-16-19
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Mary Queen of Scots: The True Story of the Life & Time of Mary Stuart of Scotland
- Narrated by: Liam Dale
- Length: 45 mins
- Release date: 10-16-18
- Language: English
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Few women in history have stood the test of time, but the true story surrounding the ill-fated Mary Queen of Scots has ensured that her story lives on to intrigue and fascinate....
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- By: Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
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Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the establishment for over 70 years. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft....
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An Excellent Slice of Mid-Century History
- By Anna on 02-11-19
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 12-13-18
- Language: English
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Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the establishment for over 70 years. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft....
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A Brief History of King Arthur
- Brief Histories
- By: Mike Ashley
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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Who was the real King Arthur? What do the historical documents tell us about the Knight of the Round Temple....
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The Historical Arthur
- By Dylan on 05-09-16
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A Brief History of King Arthur
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-07-13
- Language: English
- Who was the real King Arthur? What do the historical documents tell us about the Knight of the Round Temple....
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1215 and All That
- Magna Carta and King John (The Very, Very Short History of England Series, Book 3)
- By: Ed West
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of English and world history....
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1215 and All That
- Magna Carta and King John (The Very, Very Short History of England Series, Book 3)
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 05-24-22
- Language: English
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1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of English and world history....
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