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The Silkworm Keeper
- By: Deborah Swift
- Narrated by: Diana Croft
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
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Giulia Tofana never wanted to be a nun, but she is determined to atone for her past misdeeds by making her new monastery a success. When an unexpected disaster closes the convent, Giulia is forced to turn to her old friend, Fabio Pasello, for help....
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Loved this book!
- By Payton on 11-29-22
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The Silkworm Keeper
- Narrated by: Diana Croft
- Series: Italian Renaissance Series, Book 2
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 02-07-22
- Language: English
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Giulia Tofana never wanted to be a nun, but she is determined to atone for her past misdeeds by making her new monastery a success. When an unexpected disaster closes the convent, Giulia is forced to turn to her old friend, Fabio Pasello, for help....
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Da Vinci's Ghost
- Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
- By: Toby Lester
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
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Author Toby Lester cracks open Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man in order to explore the cultural explosion of Renaissance Europe....
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Haunting Expierience
- By Paul on 02-10-12
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Da Vinci's Ghost
- Genius, Obsession, and How Leonardo Created the World in His Own Image
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 6 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 02-07-12
- Language: English
- Author Toby Lester cracks open Leonardo Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man in order to explore the cultural explosion of Renaissance Europe....
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Yankee Mission
- Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- By: Julian Stockwin
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
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Two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region—there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils....
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Not a favorite
- By Dawn M Danton on 06-02-23
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Yankee Mission
- Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Series: Thomas Kydd, Book 25
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 10-06-22
- Language: English
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Two colonial masters of India and the East Indies face each other in mortal striving for the region—there can be only one victor to hold all the spoils....
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The King’s Painter
- The Life of Hans Holbein
- By: Franny Moyle
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
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Hans Holbein the Younger is chiefly celebrated for his beautiful and precisely realized portraiture, which includes representations of Henry VIII, his advisors Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell, his wives Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, and an array of the Tudor lords and ladies....
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The King’s Painter
- The Life of Hans Holbein
- Narrated by: Alison Larkin
- Length: 17 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 02-22-22
- Language: English
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Hans Holbein the Younger is chiefly celebrated for his beautiful and precisely realized portraiture, which includes representations of Henry VIII, his advisors Thomas More and Thomas Cromwell, his wives Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, and an array of the Tudor lords and ladies....
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Disobedient
- By: Elizabeth Fremantle
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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Great narrator to match a great story
- By Anonymous User on 06-15-24
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Disobedient
- Narrated by: Emma D'Arcy
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 07-27-23
- Language: English
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A jewel-bright place of change, with sumptuous new palaces and lavish wealth on display. A city where women are seen but not heard....
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Shades of Brilliance
- The Master's Protégé Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Eleanor Chance
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Celeste Gabriele's life has gone from wealth and privilege in the highest echelons of Venetian aristocracy to dismal poverty in the slums....
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Italian Art & the ARtist’s struggle
- By Diane Clark on 10-28-23
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Shades of Brilliance
- The Master's Protégé Trilogy, Book 1
- Narrated by: Marisa Calin
- Series: The Master's Protégé Trilogy, Book 1
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 08-31-21
- Language: English
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Celeste Gabriele's life has gone from wealth and privilege in the highest echelons of Venetian aristocracy to dismal poverty in the slums....
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Vittorio the Vampire
- By: Anne Rice
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold....
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great book, terrible recording
- By matthew on 03-30-15
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Vittorio the Vampire
- Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
- Series: New Tales of the Vampires, Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 10-12-00
- Language: English
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With Pandora, Anne Rice began a magnificent new series of vampire novels. Now, in the second of her New Tales of the Vampires, she tells the mesmerizing story of Vittorio, a vampire in the Italian Age of Gold....
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books
- Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library
- By: Edward Wilson-Lee
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books tells the story of the first and greatest visionary of the print age, a man who saw how the explosive expansion of knowledge and information generated by the advent of the printing press would entirely change the landscape of thought and society....
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Erudite. Stimulating. Rewarding.
- By R. P. RIBEYRE on 10-26-20
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books
- Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- Language: English
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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books tells the story of the first and greatest visionary of the print age, a man who saw how the explosive expansion of knowledge and information generated by the advent of the printing press would entirely change the landscape of thought and society....
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The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature
- By: Marc C. Conner, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Marc C. Conner
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
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Many political and cultural events sent shock waves through the Irish world in the 19th and early 20th centuries as Ireland gradually shook off the shackles of British rule....
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More Literature with a little history thrown in.
- By Dana Payne on 08-23-16
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The Irish Identity: Independence, History, and Literature
- Narrated by: Marc C. Conner
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 18 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 07-22-16
- Language: English
- Many political and cultural events sent shock waves through the Irish world in the 19th and early 20th centuries as Ireland gradually shook off the shackles of British rule....
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The Family Medici
- The Hidden History of the Medici Dynasty
- By: Mary Hollingsworth
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
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Mary Hollingsworth argues that the idea that the Medici were enlightened rulers of the Renaissance is a fiction that has now acquired the status of historical fact. In truth, the Medici were devious and immoral tyrants....
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Good story, bad narrator.
- By EC on 01-07-19
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The Family Medici
- The Hidden History of the Medici Dynasty
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 03-06-18
- Language: English
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Mary Hollingsworth argues that the idea that the Medici were enlightened rulers of the Renaissance is a fiction that has now acquired the status of historical fact. In truth, the Medici were devious and immoral tyrants....
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The Book of Eve
- A spellbinding tale of magic and mystery
- By: Meg Clothier
- Narrated by: Amalia Vitale
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts....
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The characters were beautifully portrayed. The reader did an amazing job, complimenting the author's words.
- By Beth Cohen on 06-15-24
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The Book of Eve
- A spellbinding tale of magic and mystery
- Narrated by: Amalia Vitale
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 03-02-23
- Language: English
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Beatrice is the convent's librarian. For years, she has shunned the company of her sisters, finding solace only with her manuscripts....
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Thirty Years' War
- A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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For such a destructive war, the Thirty Years’ War is not well-known, and yet it changed the geopolitical face of Europe as well as the role of religion and nation-states in society. This audiobook tells the compelling story of the Thirty Years’ War....
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overly simple
- By Michael Burton on 12-12-22
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Thirty Years' War
- A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 01-14-22
- Language: English
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For such a destructive war, the Thirty Years’ War is not well-known, and yet it changed the geopolitical face of Europe as well as the role of religion and nation-states in society. This audiobook tells the compelling story of the Thirty Years’ War....
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The Shadow Drawing
- How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint
- By: Francesca Fiorani
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Leonardo da Vinci has long been celebrated for his consummate genius. He was the painter who gave us the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and the inventor who anticipated the advent of airplanes, hot air balloons, and other technological marvels....
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The Shadow Drawing
- How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 11-17-20
- Language: English
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Leonardo da Vinci has long been celebrated for his consummate genius. He was the painter who gave us the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper, and the inventor who anticipated the advent of airplanes, hot air balloons, and other technological marvels....
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Life in the Middle Ages
- American Heritage Series
- By: Richard Winston
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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Here, National Book Award winner Richard Winston explores life in the Middle Ages - from the fifth to the 15th centuries - beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire....
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Romance Meets Reality in the Middle Ages
- By Hans Rigelman on 05-24-17
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Life in the Middle Ages
- American Heritage Series
- Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 02-14-17
- Language: English
- Here, National Book Award winner Richard Winston explores life in the Middle Ages - from the fifth to the 15th centuries - beginning with the fall of the Roman Empire....
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The Map Colorist
- A Novel
- By: Rebecca D'Harlingue
- Narrated by: Rebecca Stern
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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In 1660, Amsterdam is the trading and map-printing capital of the world. Anneke van Brug is one of the colorists paid to enhance black-and-white maps for a growing number of collectors....
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The Map Colorist
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Rebecca Stern
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 09-26-23
- Language: English
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In 1660, Amsterdam is the trading and map-printing capital of the world. Anneke van Brug is one of the colorists paid to enhance black-and-white maps for a growing number of collectors....
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The Merchant Murderers
- A Bloody Mary Mystery, Book 7
- By: Michael Jecks
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
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August 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London....
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The Merchant Murderers
- A Bloody Mary Mystery, Book 7
- Narrated by: Kris Dyer
- Series: Bloody Mary Mysteries, Book 7
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 03-01-23
- Language: English
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August 1556. Jack Blackjack is on a simple mission: make it back home to his beloved London....
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The Tigress of Forli
- Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici
- By: Elizabeth Lev
- Narrated by: Edita Brychta
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
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In this glittering biography of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince, Elizabeth Lev reexamines her extraordinary life and accomplishments....
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Excellent in every way!!!
- By Graciela G. on 06-28-24
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The Tigress of Forli
- Renaissance Italy's Most Courageous and Notorious Countess, Caterina Riario Sforza de' Medici
- Narrated by: Edita Brychta
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-13-21
- Language: English
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In this glittering biography of Caterina Sforza, one of the most prominent women of Renaissance Italy, who was a wife, mother, leader, and warrior with enough fierceness to make Machiavelli himself wince, Elizabeth Lev reexamines her extraordinary life and accomplishments....
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Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal
- Living History Library
- By: Robert Reilly
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
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Red Hugh was a true champion for Irish liberty from Queen Elizabeth's constricting reign in the late 1580's and beyond....
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Amazing story
- By Nicole Cleary on 01-02-22
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Red Hugh, Prince of Donegal
- Living History Library
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 04-11-17
- Language: English
- Red Hugh was a true champion for Irish liberty from Queen Elizabeth's constricting reign in the late 1580's and beyond....
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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Genius Who Defined the Renaissance
- By: John Phillips
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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Leonardo Da Vinci was a key figure in the Renaissance, a painter and an inventor whose designs of helicopters, parachutes, submarines, and many other ingenious devices were well ahead of their time....
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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Genius Who Defined the Renaissance
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 03-04-13
- Language: English
- Leonardo Da Vinci was a key figure in the Renaissance, a painter and an inventor whose designs of helicopters, parachutes, submarines, and many other ingenious devices were well ahead of their time....
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The Italians before Italy: Conflict and Competition in the Mediterranean
- By: Kenneth R. Bartlett, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Kenneth R. Bartlett
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
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In these 24 lectures, Professor Bartlett traces the development of the Italian city-states of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, showing how the modern nation of Italy was forged out of the rivalries....
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A useful survey, just what I wanted
- By Adeliese Baumann on 11-07-16
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The Italians before Italy: Conflict and Competition in the Mediterranean
- Narrated by: Kenneth R. Bartlett
- Series: The Great Courses: Renaissance & Early Modern History
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 07-08-13
- Language: English
- In these 24 lectures, Professor Bartlett traces the development of the Italian city-states of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, showing how the modern nation of Italy was forged out of the rivalries....
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