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Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 2
- By: John Guy
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
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Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in it....
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Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 2
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Series: Penguin Monarchs
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-28-18
- Language: English
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Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in it....
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City of Wisdom and Blood
- Fortunes of France: Book 2
- By: Robert Merle
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
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Montpellier in 1566 - only fools walk the streets at night unarmed while a profession of faith in the wrong company can lead to a knife in the back....
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Brilliant performance.
- By mike daly on 09-16-20
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City of Wisdom and Blood
- Fortunes of France: Book 2
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Series: Fortunes of France, Book 2
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 10-29-15
- Language: English
- Montpellier in 1566 - only fools walk the streets at night unarmed while a profession of faith in the wrong company can lead to a knife in the back....
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The Reopening of the Western Mind
- The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment
- By: Charles Freeman
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 27 hrs and 37 mins
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Charles Freeman, lauded historical scholar and author of The Closing of the Western Mind (“A triumph”—The Times), explores the rebirth of Western thought in the centuries that followed the demise of the classical era....
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Fascinating survey of 1,000+ years of thought
- By Roger on 11-07-23
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The Reopening of the Western Mind
- The Resurgence of Intellectual Life from the End of Antiquity to the Dawn of the Enlightenment
- Narrated by: Mark Bramhall
- Length: 27 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 02-07-23
- Language: English
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Charles Freeman, lauded historical scholar and author of The Closing of the Western Mind (“A triumph”—The Times), explores the rebirth of Western thought in the centuries that followed the demise of the classical era....
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The Unicorn Hunt
- House of Niccolò, Book 5
- By: Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 29 hrs and 21 mins
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Scotland, 1468: a nation at the edge of Europe, a civilization on the threshold of the Modern Age. Merchants, musicians, politicians, and pageantry fill the court of King James III. In its midst, Nicholas seeks to avenge his bride's claim that she carries the bastard of his archenemy....
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MAJOR Disappointment
- By ReaderRob on 07-11-24
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The Unicorn Hunt
- House of Niccolò, Book 5
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Series: The House of Niccolo, Book 5
- Length: 29 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 06-13-23
- Language: English
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Scotland, 1468: a nation at the edge of Europe, a civilization on the threshold of the Modern Age. Merchants, musicians, politicians, and pageantry fill the court of King James III. In its midst, Nicholas seeks to avenge his bride's claim that she carries the bastard of his archenemy....
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A Place in the World
- The Miramonde Series, Book 3
- By: Amy Maroney
- Narrated by: Meg Price
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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1505: Pregnant and reunited with the love of her life, artist Mira survives a harrowing journey to the city of her dreams. But Bayonne is nothing like she imagined. Navigating a dangerous world ruled by merchants and bishops, she struggles to reignite her painting career....
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Interesting story
- By AB on 05-14-23
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A Place in the World
- The Miramonde Series, Book 3
- Narrated by: Meg Price
- Series: The Miramonde Series, Book 3
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-06-22
- Language: English
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1505: Pregnant and reunited with the love of her life, artist Mira survives a harrowing journey to the city of her dreams. But Bayonne is nothing like she imagined. Navigating a dangerous world ruled by merchants and bishops, she struggles to reignite her painting career....
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Great French Poems
- 35 Favourites from Villon to Baudelaire in French with English Translation
- By: François Villon, Charles Baudelaire, Victor Hugo
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
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The poems range from the earliest medieval and renaissance masterpieces....
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Please make more bilangual audiobooks like this!!!
- By Fuzzy Numbers on 05-13-17
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Great French Poems
- 35 Favourites from Villon to Baudelaire in French with English Translation
- Narrated by: Bill Homewood
- Length: 1 hr and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-01-15
- Language: English
- The poems range from the earliest medieval and renaissance masterpieces....
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The Lodger Shakespeare
- His Life on Silver Street
- By: Charles Nicholl
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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In 1612, William Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster; it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded....
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Audio - perhaps not the best format for this
- By Tracet on 12-02-12
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The Lodger Shakespeare
- His Life on Silver Street
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 02-19-08
- Language: English
- In 1612, William Shakespeare gave evidence in a court case at Westminster; it is the only occasion on which his actual spoken words were recorded....
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The Color Storm
- A Novel of Renaissance Venice
- By: Damian Dibben
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
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Artists flock here, not just for wealth and fame, but for revolutionary color. Yet artist Giorgione “Zorzo” Barbarelli’s career hangs in the balance. Competition is fierce, and his debts are piling up.
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Started well, ended less so
- By Gail N. on 11-06-22
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The Color Storm
- A Novel of Renaissance Venice
- Narrated by: Ben Allen
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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Artists flock here, not just for wealth and fame, but for revolutionary color. Yet artist Giorgione “Zorzo” Barbarelli’s career hangs in the balance. Competition is fierce, and his debts are piling up.
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Fair Rosaline
- By: Natasha Solomons
- Narrated by: Sheila Atim
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
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The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love....
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Fabulous
- By HannahM on 02-24-24
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Fair Rosaline
- Narrated by: Sheila Atim
- Length: 11 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 09-12-23
- Language: English
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The first time Romeo Montague sees young Rosaline Capulet he falls instantly in love....
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Lucrezia Borgia
- Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
- By: Sarah Bradford
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
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Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day....
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Could have been better....
- By Sherray on 08-27-09
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Lucrezia Borgia
- Life, Love, and Death in Renaissance Italy
- Narrated by: Lorna Raver
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 01-30-09
- Language: English
- Neither a vicious monster nor a seductive pawn, Lucrezia Borgia was a shrewd, determined woman who used her beauty and intelligence to secure a key role in the political struggles of her day....
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Thoughts on Art and Life
- By: Leonardo Da Vinci
- Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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'Thoughts On Art and Life' by Leonardo Da Vinci is a fascinating collection of writings from the great polymath of the Italian Renaissance. There are sections covering the great man's thoughts on life, art, and science....
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Thoughts on Art and Life
- Narrated by: Cyril Taylor-Carr, The Cliff
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 02-02-23
- Language: English
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'Thoughts On Art and Life' by Leonardo Da Vinci is a fascinating collection of writings from the great polymath of the Italian Renaissance. There are sections covering the great man's thoughts on life, art, and science....
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages
- The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
- By: Thomas Cahill
- Narrated by: Thomas Cahill
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Abridged
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On visits to the great cities of Europe, Thomas Cahill brilliantly captures the spirit of experimentation, the colorful pageantry, and the passionate pursuit of knowledge that built the foundations for the modern world....
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Thinly veiled Progressive Rant
- By Mountain K9iner on 05-30-17
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages
- The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe
- Narrated by: Thomas Cahill
- Series: The Hinges of History (Abridged), Book 5
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 10-05-06
- Language: English
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On visits to the great cities of Europe, Thomas Cahill brilliantly captures the spirit of experimentation, the colorful pageantry, and the passionate pursuit of knowledge that built the foundations for the modern world....
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The Most Productive People in History: 18 Extraordinarily Prolific Inventors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs, from Archimedes to Elon Musk
- By: Michael Rank
- Narrated by: Kevin Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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This book will explore the lives of the 17 most productive people in history.....
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Extremely good. It can save you from burnout.
- By Peter on 02-14-21
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The Most Productive People in History: 18 Extraordinarily Prolific Inventors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs, from Archimedes to Elon Musk
- Narrated by: Kevin Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 01-26-18
- Language: English
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This book will explore the lives of the 17 most productive people in history.....
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Charlemagne
- The Legend and the Man
- By: Harold Lamb
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
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Charlemagne was easily one of the most fascinating figures of Western civilization, as well as the most heroic and romantic. The 47 years of his reign marked some of the most significant and far reaching events of the Middle Ages....
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Charlton Griffin was outstanding as always
- By Amazon Customer on 10-13-18
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Charlemagne
- The Legend and the Man
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 08-13-18
- Language: English
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Charlemagne was easily one of the most fascinating figures of Western civilization, as well as the most heroic and romantic. The 47 years of his reign marked some of the most significant and far reaching events of the Middle Ages....
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The Harlem Renaissance Remembered
- Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and the Sound of the Harlem Renaissance
- By: Jonathan Gross, 'Mack' Jay Jordan
- Narrated by: Jonathan Gross, 'Mack' Jay Jordan
- Length: 1 hr
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New York City, uptown, Harlem. In the 1920s it was the most exciting place in the world....
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A collection of poetry, music and literature.
- By Lee M. on 09-04-16
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The Harlem Renaissance Remembered
- Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen and the Sound of the Harlem Renaissance
- Narrated by: Jonathan Gross, 'Mack' Jay Jordan
- Length: 1 hr
- Release date: 02-09-10
- Language: English
- New York City, uptown, Harlem. In the 1920s it was the most exciting place in the world....
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The Spring of the Ram
- House of Niccolò Series, Book 2
- By: Dorothy Dunnett
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
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In 1461, Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel missing from the crown of the Ottoman Empire. But trouble lies ahead....
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Perfect!
- By NC on 10-22-23
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The Spring of the Ram
- House of Niccolò Series, Book 2
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Series: The House of Niccolo, Book 2
- Length: 23 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 05-16-23
- Language: English
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In 1461, Nicholas is in Florence. Backed by none other than Cosimo de' Medici, he will sail the Black Sea to Trebizond, last outpost of Byzantium, and the last jewel missing from the crown of the Ottoman Empire. But trouble lies ahead....
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Leonardo Da Vinci
- The Giants of Science, Book 1
- By: Kathleen Krull
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
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Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks are mind-boggling evidence of a 15th-century scientific genius standing at the edge of the modern world, basing his ideas on observation and experimentation. This book will change children’s ideas of who Leonardo was and what it means to be a scientist....
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Leonardo Da Vinci
- The Giants of Science, Book 1
- Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert
- Series: The Giants of Science
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-12-19
- Language: English
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Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks are mind-boggling evidence of a 15th-century scientific genius standing at the edge of the modern world, basing his ideas on observation and experimentation. This book will change children’s ideas of who Leonardo was and what it means to be a scientist....
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The Justice of the Duke
- Tales of Cesare Borgia
- By: Rafael Sabatini
- Narrated by: Wesley Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
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Cesare Borgia, former cardinal, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, has been a figure of awe and scorn for generations. Seemingly compelled to explore this fascinating historical figure's true nature, Rafael Sabatini brought Borgia life as no one had before....
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The Justice of the Duke
- Tales of Cesare Borgia
- Narrated by: Wesley Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-27-22
- Language: English
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Cesare Borgia, former cardinal, Duke of Valentinois and Romagna, has been a figure of awe and scorn for generations. Seemingly compelled to explore this fascinating historical figure's true nature, Rafael Sabatini brought Borgia life as no one had before....
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Da Vinci's Cat
- By: Catherine Gilbert Murdock
- Narrated by: Sam Devereaux, Hope Newhouse
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
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Two unlikely friends - Federico, in 16th-century Rome, and Bee, in present-day New Jersey - are linked through an amiable cat, Leonardo Da Vinci’s mysterious wardrobe, and an eerily perfect sketch of Bee....
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Da Vinci's Cat
- Narrated by: Sam Devereaux, Hope Newhouse
- Length: 5 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 05-25-21
- Language: English
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Two unlikely friends - Federico, in 16th-century Rome, and Bee, in present-day New Jersey - are linked through an amiable cat, Leonardo Da Vinci’s mysterious wardrobe, and an eerily perfect sketch of Bee....
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The Secrets of Saffron Hall
- By: Clare Marchant
- Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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Though Eleanor is not wealthy, the saffron spice she grows for her new husband is more valuable than gold....
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I loved everything about this book.
- By Kindle Customer on 08-21-20
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The Secrets of Saffron Hall
- Narrated by: Hattie Ladbury
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 08-06-20
- Language: English
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Though Eleanor is not wealthy, the saffron spice she grows for her new husband is more valuable than gold....
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