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The Scandalous Lady W
- By: Hallie Rubenhold
- Narrated by: Emily Pennant-Rea
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
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It was the divorce that scandalised Georgian England. She was a spirited young heiress. He was a handsome baronet with a promising career in government. Their marriage had the makings of a fairy tale but ended as one of the most salacious and highly publicised divorces in history. For over 200 years the story of Lady Worsley, her vengeful husband, and her lover, George Maurice Bisset, lay forgotten. Now Hallie Rubenhold throws open a window to a rarely seen view of Georgian England, one coloured by passion, adventure and the defiance of social convention.
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Made a fascinating story tedious
- By chan on 26-10-19
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The Scandalous Lady W
- Narrated by: Emily Pennant-Rea
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 29-08-19
- Language: English
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Shiny Pennies And Grubby Pinafores
- How We Overcame Hardship to Raise a Happy Family in the 1950s
- By: Winifred Foley
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
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After her years in domestic service, Winifred Foley married and started a family. But while scraping a living as a charwoman in a rundown north London tenement, she continued to long for her home in the Forest of Dean and the cherished relatives she had left behind. Determined to give their children the rural upbringing she had enjoyed, the young couple moved to an isolated, crumbling cottage not far from the forest. But even in the 1950s, they lacked heating or running water, and money was tight. Food was begged, borrowed or homegrown, and their clothes were hand-me-downs.
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narrated really well
- By Mr EDWARD C BURGESS on 19-01-24
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Shiny Pennies And Grubby Pinafores
- How We Overcame Hardship to Raise a Happy Family in the 1950s
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 8 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 25-10-18
- Language: English
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Mussolini's War
- Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943
- By: John Gooch
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
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While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making territorial gains in Southern France and Africa. This decision proved a horrifying miscalculation, dooming Italy to its own prolonged and unwinnable war, immense casualties and an Allied invasion in 1943 which ushered in a terrible new era for the country.
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Succint and enilighening
- By Wilhelm Snyman on 18-05-20
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Mussolini's War
- Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 07-05-20
- Language: English
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How Can Man Die Better
- The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed
- By: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, Brigadier David Keenan - foreword
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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On January 22, 1879, a massive Zulu host attacked the British Army's 24th Regiment in its encampment at the foot of the mountain of Isandlwana. It was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War and a disastrous defeat for the colonial power. Later that afternoon the victorious Zulus would strike the tiny British garrison at Rorke's Drift.
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Superb!
- By Huw on 21-01-23
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How Can Man Die Better
- The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed
- Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 21-12-21
- Language: English
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Helen of Troy
- By: Bettany Hughes
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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For nearly three thousand years, Helen of Troy has been both the embodiment of absolute female beauty and a reminder of the terrible power that it can wield. Held responsible for both the Trojan War and enduring the enmity between East and West, for millennia she has been viewed as an exquisite agent of extermination. But who was she really? Focusing on the 'real' Helen, bestselling historian Bettany Hughes reconstructs the true life for this elusive Green Bronze age princess and places her alongside the heroes and heroines of myth and history.
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The ultimate Helen guide
- By SamR on 06-10-23
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Helen of Troy
- Narrated by: Bettany Hughes
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-12-22
- Language: English
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The Histories
- By: Herodotus
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 27 hrs and 49 mins
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Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing, but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges, who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and usurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians, Herodotus laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events.
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Curiously successful
- By Francis on 10-09-06
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The Histories
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 27 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 05-10-04
- Language: English
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Radical Wordsworth
- The Poet Who Changed the World
- By: Jonathan Bate
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
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William Wordsworth wrote the first great poetic autobiography. We owe to him the idea that places of outstanding natural beauty should become what he called ‘a sort of national property’. He changed forever the way we think about childhood, about the sense of the self, about our connection to the natural environment and about the purpose of poetry. He was born among the mountains of the English Lake District. He walked into the French Revolution and had a love affair and an illegitimate child before witnessing horrific violence in Paris.
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Wordsworth explained
- By Mrs J West on 01-05-22
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Radical Wordsworth
- The Poet Who Changed the World
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 02-04-20
- Language: English
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Scottish Queens, 1034-1714
- The Queens and Consorts Who Shaped the Nation
- By: Rosalind K. Marshall
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right and the consorts, have largely been neglected in conventional history books. One of the earliest known Scottish queens was none other than the notorious Lady Macbeth. Was she really the wicked woman depicted in Shakespeare's famous play? Was St. Margaret a demure and obedient wife? Rosalind K. Marshall delves into these questions and more in this entertaining, impeccably researched book.
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Scottish Queens, 1034-1714
- The Queens and Consorts Who Shaped the Nation
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 26-04-22
- Language: English
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Turning Points in Modern History
- By: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
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This lecture series takes you on a far-reaching journey around the globe - from China to the Americas to New Zealand - to shed light on how two dozen of the top discoveries, inventions, political upheavals, and ideas since 1400 have shaped the modern world. In just 24 thought-provoking lectures, you'll get the amazing story of how life as we know it developed. Starting in the early 15th century and culminating in the age of social media, you'll encounter astounding threads that weave through the centuries, joining these turning points in ways that may come as a revelation.
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Superior history
- By Mister Peridot on 01-06-16
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Turning Points in Modern History
- Narrated by: Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius
- Series: The Great Courses: Modern History
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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Mussolini and Hitler
- The Forging of the Fascist Alliance
- By: Christian Goeschel
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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From 1934 until 1944, Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that deeply affected both countries. While Germany is generally regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has underrepresented Mussolini's influence on his German ally. Goeschel, a scholar of 20th-century Germany and Italy, revisits all of Mussolini and Hitler's key meetings and asks how these meetings constructed a powerful image of a strong Fascist-Nazi relationship that still resonates with the general public.
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Insightful
- By Kindle Customer on 10-06-19
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Mussolini and Hitler
- The Forging of the Fascist Alliance
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 25-09-18
- Language: English
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Watching the English
- The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
- By: Kate Fox
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
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In this completely revised and updated edition of international best seller Watching the English, anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. Now with new survey data to add weight to her original fieldwork findings, and more extensive field-research and experiments to back up earlier observations, Kate Fox has deciphered yet more enigmatic behaviour codes, adding new rules, new subcultures, new chapters and more than 100 updates.
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mistitled - middle class guide to English classes
- By Mike on 07-11-20
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Watching the English
- The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 21 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 22-10-20
- Language: English
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The Norman Conquest
- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought.
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Great story, poor reading
- By Matthew on 21-11-14
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The Norman Conquest
- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 24-09-13
- Language: English
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Medieval Europe: Crisis and Renewal
- By: Teofilo F. Ruiz, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Teofilo F. Ruiz
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
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The Middle Ages harshly tested every aspect of human perseverance, imagination, and survival. Living conditions were squalid for almost everyone except the ruling elite, and most of the riches of Western culture were preserved in monasteries and on other continents. And into this setting came widespread famines, prolonged wars, and plagues that marked Europe's late medieval period as one of the most harrowing in recorded history.
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Good overview
- By mr on 06-12-14
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Medieval Europe: Crisis and Renewal
- Narrated by: Teofilo F. Ruiz
- Series: The Great Courses: Medieval History
- Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-07-13
- Language: English
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The Gunpowder Plot
- By: Antonia Fraser
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
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With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of November 5, 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot.
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Good, thorough but a little ponderous
- By David on 24-02-15
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The Gunpowder Plot
- Narrated by: Patricia Gallimore
- Length: 16 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-02-13
- Language: English
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The Meaning of Everything
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary was a remarkable achievement, and a story of determination, hard work and inspired research. Simon Winchester, with his characteristic gift for bringing history to life, charts the fascinating life of the OED leading up to the appointment of the first editor, James Murray, in 1879, through to the OED's triumphant publication in 1928 and beyond. The Meaning of Everything is a must for anyone with an interest in language and words.
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Biography of a dictionary
- By Alan Coady on 06-05-15
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The Meaning of Everything
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-07-11
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Power
- Europe 1815-1914
- By: Richard J Evans
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 41 hrs and 37 mins
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The Pursuit of Power draws on a lifetime of thinking about 19th-century Europe to create an extraordinarily rich, surprising and entertaining panorama of a continent undergoing drastic change. The aim of this audiobook is to reignite the sense of wonder that permeated this remarkable era, as rulers and ruled navigated overwhelming cultural, political and technological changes.
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Very disappointing performance
- By Charlie on 10-12-16
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The Pursuit of Power
- Europe 1815-1914
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 41 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 29-11-16
- Language: English
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The Man Who Was George Smiley
- By: Michael Jago
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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After the Iraq War, when the reputation of Britain's spooks hit an all-time low, John le Carré's intellectual hero George Smiley came to be seen as the perfect spy, a man who would never allow intelligence to be misused for political purposes. Le Carré had revealed shortly before that the model for Smiley was the author and MI5 officer John Bingham, the 7th Baron Clanmorris. Michael Jago's brilliant account of Bingham's life is the story of an intelligence officer who had a deep influence on le Carré, then a junior colleague in MI5.
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Really excellent, fascinating book for Smiley fans
- By APat on 02-09-20
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The Man Who Was George Smiley
- Narrated by: Christian Rodska
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 12-02-13
- Language: English
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The Pirate Hunter
- By: Richard Zacks
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
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Captain Kidd has gone down in history as America's most ruthless buccaneer. However, Captain William Kidd was no career cut-throat; he was a tough, successful New York sea captain who was hired to chase pirates. Across the oceans of the world, the pirate hunter, Kidd, pursued the pirate, Culliford. One man would hang in the harbor; the other would walk away with the treasure. The Pirate Hunter is both a masterpiece of historical detective work and a page-turner.
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The Pirate Hunter
- By mike on 13-03-11
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The Pirate Hunter
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 19-03-04
- Language: English
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The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research
- By: Dorsey Armstrong, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Dorsey Armstrong
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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In The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research, celebrated medievalist Dorsey Armstrong shares the fascinating new story of this old pandemic—revealed by dedicated researchers working with 21st-century technologies and a knowledge of language and history that now provide input from all geographic areas of the medieval world. In seven engaging lectures, Professor Armstrong corrects explanations of the pandemic that are now known to be inaccurate and offers a more robust description of plague biology than has ever been known.
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Great book
- By Tomos Williams on 24-09-23
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The Black Death: New Lessons from Recent Research
- Narrated by: Dorsey Armstrong
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 20-05-22
- Language: English
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Black Tudors
- The Untold Story
- By: Miranda Kaufmann
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
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A Black porter publicly whips a White English gentleman in a Gloucestershire manor house. A heavily pregnant African woman is abandoned on an Indonesian island by Sir Francis Drake. A Mauritanian diver is dispatched to salvage lost treasures from the Mary Rose.... Miranda Kaufmann reveals the absorbing stories of some of the Africans who lived free in Tudor England.
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Fascinating and beautifully written
- By Stephen Bullivant on 20-11-17
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Black Tudors
- The Untold Story
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 14-11-17
- Language: English
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