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Victory to Defeat
- The British Army 1918–40
- By: Richard Dannatt, Robert Lyman
- Narrated by: Richard Dannatt
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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The British Army won a convincing series of victories between 1916 and 1918. But by 1939 the British Army was an entirely different animal. The hard-won knowledge, experience and strategic vision that delivered victory after victory in the closing stages of the First World War had been lost. In the inter-war years there was plenty of talking, but very little focus on who Britain might have to fight, and how. Victory to Defeat is a captivating history of the mismanagement of a war-winning army.
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The obvious detailed research undertaken in writing this book.
- By Roy B. on 06-12-23
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Victory to Defeat
- The British Army 1918–40
- Narrated by: Richard Dannatt
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 14-09-23
- Language: English
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The History of England, Volume 1
- From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to King John
- By: David Hume
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
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Though David Hume (1711-1776) is now best known for his role as a prominent philosopher of the Enlightenment rather than an historian, it was his momentous six-volume The History of England that really brought him national attention during his lifetime. Not surprisingly, this volume covers the greatest number of years; the increasing availability of historical record allows for far greater detail. But Hume is still fascinating as he discusses the passage of time from Julius Caesar, through the advent of William the Conqueror and the Normans, to the death of King John in 1216.
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The History of England, Volume 1
- From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to King John
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- 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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Divorced, Beheaded, Died...
- The History of Britain's Kings and Queens in Bite-Sized Chunks
- By: Kevin Flude
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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From Henry VIII dispatching his numerous wives to Edward VIII’s unprecedented abdication, Britain’s monarchs have personally been responsible for shaping some of the most dramatic events in the nation’s history. Encompassing murder, civil war, adultery, usurpation and madness, Divorced, Beheaded, Died... relates the extraordinary stories of all of England’s kings and queens, plus some of the less well-known Scots and Welsh rulers.
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fun to listen to, bite size pieces
- By LRC on 07-12-10
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Divorced, Beheaded, Died...
- The History of Britain's Kings and Queens in Bite-Sized Chunks
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 30-04-10
- Language: English
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This Sovereign Isle
- Britain in and out of Europe
- By: Robert Tombs
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
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Geography comes before history. Islands cannot have the same history as continental plains. The United Kingdom is a European country, but not the same kind of European country as Germany, Poland or Hungary. For most of the 150 centuries during which Britain has been inhabited it has been on the edge, culturally and literally, of mainland Europe.
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Retired historian's musings on Brexit
- By papapownall on 31-01-21
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This Sovereign Isle
- Britain in and out of Europe
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 5 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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Elizabeth I and Her Circle
- By: Susan Doran
- Narrated by: Joanna Daniel
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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This is the story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources - including private letters, portraits, verse, drama, and state papers - Susan Doran provides a vivid and often dramatic account of political life in Elizabethan England and the queen at its center.
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A Revelation
- By Jim on 17-07-15
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Elizabeth I and Her Circle
- Narrated by: Joanna Daniel
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 23-06-15
- Language: English
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This Is the BBC
- Entertaining the Nation, Speaking for Britain, 1922-2022
- By: Simon J. Potter
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
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Founded in 1922, over the last century the BBC has become Britain’s most influential broadcaster. Its programs have been part of everyday life in the UK and around the world, from Its That Man Again to Life on Earth, Doctor Who, and Eastenders, reflecting social change and reshaping our culture. However, the BBC now faces significant challenges, which may even jeopardize its continued existence. This new book draws out these issues and looks at how similar threats—including hostile governments, management failures, and new technologies—were met and overcome in the past.
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Great book read by someone ignorant of the subject
- By Mr. R. D. Howell on 30-10-22
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This Is the BBC
- Entertaining the Nation, Speaking for Britain, 1922-2022
- Narrated by: Gideon Emery
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 14-07-22
- Language: English
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Taliesin Origins
- Exploring the Myth of the Greatest Celtic Bard
- By: Gwilym Morus-Baird
- Narrated by: Gwilym Morus-Baird
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
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Few authors are able to discuss the original Taliesin myth in as much depth as Dr. Gwilym Morus-Baird. As a native Welsh speaker and scholar, he has studied the Welsh bardic tradition from the inside, giving listeners insights few others have even guessed at.
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The author has access to Awen
- By Anonymous User on 04-08-24
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Taliesin Origins
- Exploring the Myth of the Greatest Celtic Bard
- Narrated by: Gwilym Morus-Baird
- Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 06-05-24
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of the Savoy
- And the D'Oyly Carte Family
- By: Olivia Williams
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In 1889, Victorian impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte opened the Savoy, Britain's first luxury hotel. Allowing the rich to live like royalty, it attracted glamour, scandal and a cast of eccentric characters, with the D'Oyly Carte family elevated to a unique vantage point on high society. The Secret Life of the Savoy will tell their story through three generations, exploring their roller-coaster achievements, lifestyles and private lives, through the prism of this iconic hotel and its many distinguished guests - from Oscar Wilde to the Beatles.
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Fantastic historical book
- By John Loynds on 14-03-21
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The Secret Life of the Savoy
- And the D'Oyly Carte Family
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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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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The battle of Crécy in 1346 is one of the most famous and widely studied military engagements in history. The repercussions of this battle were felt for hundreds of years, and the exploits of those fighting reached the status of legend. Yet cutting-edge research has shown that nearly everything that has been written about this dramatic event may be wrong. In this new study, Michael Livingston reveals how modern scholars have used archived manuscripts, satellite technologies and traditional fieldwork to help unlock what was arguably the battle’s greatest secret.
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very disjointed
- By Amazon Customer on 01-09-22
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Crécy
- Battle of Five Kings
- Narrated by: Rupert Farley
- Length: 10 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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X Platoon
- By: Steve Heaney MC, Damien Lewis - contributor
- Narrated by: Steve Heaney MC
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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For three decades one of the most secretive units in the British military has been a mystery force known as X Platoon. Officially there was no X Platoon. The forty men in its elite number were specially selected from across the Armed Forces, at which point they simply ceased to exist. X Platoon had no budget, no weaponry, no vehicles and no kit - apart from what its men could beg, borrow or steal from other military units. For the first time a highly decorated veteran of this specialised force - otherwise known as the Pathfinders - reveals its unique story.
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wow!! what a book
- By Michael Rose on 13-07-24
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X Platoon
- Narrated by: Steve Heaney MC
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 14-12-23
- Language: English
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The Conservatives
- By: Robin Harris
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
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The history of the Conservative party has, extraordinarily, rarely been written in a single volume for the general reader. There are academic multi-volume accounts and a multitude of smaller books with limited historical scope. But now, Robin Harris, Margaret Thatcher's speechwriter and party insider, has produced this authoritative but lively history book which tells the whole story and fills a gaping hole in Britain's historiographical record.
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Conservative Party Unwrapped
- By Kevin Viney on 21-11-15
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The Conservatives
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 19 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-11-11
- Language: English
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17 Carnations
- The Windsors, The Nazis and The Cover-Up
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
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The story of the love affair between Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII, and his abdication in order to marry the divorcée, has provoked fascination and discussion for decades. However, the full story of the couple's links with the German aristocracy and Hitler has until now remained untold. Meticulously researched, 17 Carnations chronicles this entanglement, starting with Hitler's early attempts to matchmake between Edward and a German noblewoman.
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Life under this country under the Gestapo
- By Adanaya on 27-11-20
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17 Carnations
- The Windsors, The Nazis and The Cover-Up
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 20-10-15
- Language: English
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The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge
- By: Matt Ridley
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
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We are taught that the world is a top-down place. Generals win battles; politicians run countries; scientists discover truths; artists create genres; inventors make breakthroughs; teachers shape minds; philosophers change minds; priests teach morality; businessmen lead businesses; environmentalists save the planet.
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Exceptional book.
- By Tinckelly on 07-11-15
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The Evolution of Everything: How Ideas Emerge
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 13 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 24-09-15
- Language: English
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London in the Twentieth Century
- By: Jerry White
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs
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In 1901 no other city matched London in size, wealth and grandeur. Yet it was also a city where poverty and disease were rife. For its inhabitants, such contradictions and diversity were the defining experience of the next century of dazzling change. In the worlds of work and popular culture, politics and crime, through war, immigration and sexual revolution, Jerry White’s richly detailed and captivating history shows how the city shaped their lives and how it in turn was shaped by them.
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Dry but informative
- By Barry Winters on 07-11-23
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London in the Twentieth Century
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs
- Release date: 04-10-19
- Language: English
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Emergency State
- How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why It Matters
- By: Adam Wagner
- Narrated by: Adam Wagner
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
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On 26 March 2020, a new law appeared. In 11 pages, it locked down tens of millions of people, confined us to our homes, banned socialising, closed shops, gyms, pubs, places of worship. It restricted our freedoms more than any other law in history, justified by the rapid spread of a deadly new virus. You might have expected such a law to be fiercely debated in Parliament. But it wasn't debated at all. A state of emergency was declared, meaning the law came into force the moment it was signed.
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A compelling and enlightening read!
- By Lucy on 06-02-23
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Emergency State
- How We Lost Our Freedoms in the Pandemic and Why It Matters
- Narrated by: Adam Wagner
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
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More Time for Politics
- Diaries 2001-2007
- By: Tony Benn
- Narrated by: Tony Benn
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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Shortlisted for the Channel 4 Political Book Award, 2007.
When Tony Benn left Parliament after 51 years he quoted his wife Caroline's remark that now he would have "more time for politics". And so this has proved: in the first seven years of this century he has helped reinvigorate national debate through public meetings, mass campaigns, and appearances in the media, passionately bringing moral and political issues to wide audiences. And throughout, as ever, he has been keeping his diaries.-
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What a wonderfully kind and loveable man
- By Amoss on 24-01-19
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More Time for Politics
- Diaries 2001-2007
- Narrated by: Tony Benn
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 07-11-07
- Language: English
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The Northern Ireland Conflict
- By: Aaron Edwards, Cillian McGrattan
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
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The Northern Ireland conflict is one of the most protracted, bitter, and complex campaigns of terrorism the Western world has ever seen. Since the Good Friday Agreement in 1998, the region has come a long way, finally achieving a hard-won peace. Yet hostility between Unionists and Nationalists is as strong as ever, communities remain divided, and sectarian violence is rife. Edwards and McGrattan’s balanced introduction skilfully dissects the “Troubles” to offer fresh perspectives on their complicated history and legacy.
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inaccurate and nothing new
- By ferret on 08-10-17
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The Northern Ireland Conflict
- Narrated by: Richard Aspel
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-07-12
- Language: English
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Lancaster
- The Second World War’s Greatest Bomber
- By: Leo McKinstry
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
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A comprehensive history of Britain's greatest bomber plane. The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber. Yet without the Lancaster, Britain would never have been able to take the fight to the German homeland. Highlights the scale of the bomber's achievements, including the famous Dambusters attacks. With its vast bomb bay, ease of handling and surprising speed, the mighty Lancaster transformed the effectiveness of the Bomber Command.
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Excellent
- By Kev W. on 21-09-18
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Lancaster
- The Second World War’s Greatest Bomber
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 26-04-18
- Language: English
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The Haunting of Alma Fielding
- A True Ghost Story
- By: Kate Summerscale
- Narrated by: David Morrissey
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
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London, 1938. Alma Fielding, an ordinary young woman, begins to experience supernatural events in her suburban home. Nandor Fodor - a Jewish Hungarian refugee and chief ghost hunter for the International Institute for Psychical research - begins to investigate. In doing so, he discovers a different and darker type of haunting: trauma, alienation, loss - and the foreshadowing of a nation’s worst fears. As the spectre of fascism lengthens over Europe, and as Fodor’s obsession with the case deepens, Alma becomes ever more disturbed.
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Freaky phenomena, fears and frauds
- By Rachel Redford on 11-10-20
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The Haunting of Alma Fielding
- A True Ghost Story
- Narrated by: David Morrissey
- Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 01-10-20
- Language: English
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