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A History of Britain: Volume 1
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,780
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,566
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,553
The story of Britain from the earliest settlements in 3000BC to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written but hard to manage as an audiobook
- By Roderic on 23-01-14
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41. A History of Britain: Volume 1
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Series: A History of Britain, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 06-09-12
- Language: English
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Agents of Influence
- Britain's Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA
- By: Aaron Edwards
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 13
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story5 out of 5 stars 13
Recruited by British Intelligence to infiltrate the IRA and Sinn Féin during the height of the Northern Ireland Troubles, they were ‘agents of influence'. With codenames like INFLICTION, STAKEKNIFE, 3007 and CAROL, these spies played a pivotal role in the fight against Irish republicanism.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent piece of work.
- By Mr T Kearney on 22-09-24
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42. Agents of Influence
- Britain's Secret Intelligence War Against the IRA
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 07-03-24
- Language: English
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When the Clock Broke
- Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
- By: John Ganz
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Acclaimed political writer John Ganz looks back at the convulsions at the end of the Reagan era—and their dark legacy today....
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43. When the Clock Broke
- Con Men, Conspiracists, and How America Cracked Up in the Early 1990s
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 15 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 18-06-24
- Language: English
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The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 607
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 534
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 532
A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
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3 out of 5 stars
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More fairy tale than history...
- By Clementi on 26-12-15
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44. The History of the Ancient World
- From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: The Story of the World
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 13-08-13
- Language: English
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The Immortality Key
- The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
- By: Brian C. Muraresku, Graham Hancock - foreword
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock, Brian C. Muraresku
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,292
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,131
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,124
A groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Loved it!
- By Anonymous User on 13-12-20
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45. The Immortality Key
- The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
- Narrated by: Graham Hancock, Brian C. Muraresku
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 29-09-20
- Language: English
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Red Dead's History
- A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past
- By: Tore C. Olsson
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 26
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story5 out of 5 stars 25
Red Dead Redemption and Red Dead Redemption II, set in 1911 and 1899, are the most-played American history video games since The Oregon Trail. How do they fare as re-creations of history? In this engaging book, award-winning American history professor Tore Olsson takes up that question and more.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mind-blowing.
- By Anonymous User on 08-08-24
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46. Red Dead's History
- A Video Game, an Obsession, and America's Violent Past
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-08-24
- Language: English
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The Operators
- On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service
- By: James Rennie
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 306
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 276
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 278
Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the operators of 14 Company are Britain's most effective weapon against international terrorism....
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3 out of 5 stars
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A good listen but...
- By podge elliott on 23-01-21
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47. The Operators
- On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 07-01-21
- Language: English
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The Rescue
- The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban
- By: Andy McNab
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 77
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 77
The story of the SAS and Navy SEALs' attempts to save a group of NGO workers held hostage by the Taliban in 2012 in Northern Afghanistan. Andy McNab draws on classified sources and his own personal insight into the inner-workings of the special forces to tell the story of the rescue mission....
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1 out of 5 stars
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massive fan of his work. dreadful - this time.
- By iain shenton on 25-10-23
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48. The Rescue
- The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 14-09-23
- Language: English
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Adolf Hitler
- My Part in His Downfall
- By: Spike Milligan
- Narrated by: Spike Milligan
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 727
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 637
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Story5 out of 5 stars 632
At Victoria station the R.T.O. gave me a travel warrant, a white feather and a picture of Hitler marked 'This is your enemy'. I searched every compartment, but he wasn't on the train....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Gorgeous
- By Allyn J. Carter on 03-01-18
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49. Adolf Hitler
- My Part in His Downfall
- Narrated by: Spike Milligan
- Length: 3 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 04-02-16
- Language: English
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D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
- Powerful Eye-Witness Accounts of the Battle for Normandy 1944
- By: Geraint Jones
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth, Geraint Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
D-Day was bloody, chaotic and frequently terrifying. Its outcome was far from certain. And at its epicentre were tens of thousands of young men, many seeing their first active service. It was a single day that changed millions of lives. A critical turning point of the Second World War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thought provoking work
- By cj on 25-06-24
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50. D-Day: The Unheard Tapes
- Powerful Eye-Witness Accounts of the Battle for Normandy 1944
- Narrated by: Justin Avoth, Geraint Jones
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 23-05-24
- Language: English
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The Full English
- A Journey in Search of a Country and Its People
- By: Stuart Maconie
- Narrated by: Stuart Maconie
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 97
An insightful and far-reaching expedition into Englishness....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well researched and presented
- By peter smith on 29-04-23
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51. The Full English
- A Journey in Search of a Country and Its People
- Narrated by: Stuart Maconie
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 13-04-23
- Language: English
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Mythology of the British Isles
- The Geoffrey Ashe Histories
- By: Geoffrey Ashe
- Narrated by: Jeremy Nichols
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 35
From the dark centuries of British prehistory to the ninth century AD, comes tales of giants and fairy-folk of druids and saints. From King Lear and King Arthur, to Fingal, Beowulf, Gwendolen, and Guinevere legendary characters have shaped the making of the nation....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I feel failed by my schooling
- By Martin Hatch on 20-11-21
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52. Mythology of the British Isles
- The Geoffrey Ashe Histories
- Narrated by: Jeremy Nichols
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 23-06-21
- Language: English
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Narcoball
- Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia
- By: David Arrowsmith
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Pablo Escobar had one obsession. Not drugs, not money, not power... football.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great history of Colombian football
- By NM on 31-07-24
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53. Narcoball
- Love, Death and Football in Escobar's Colombia
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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A Bridge Too Far
- By: Cornelius Ryan
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 193
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Story5 out of 5 stars 193
A masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshaled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-day....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book ruined by awful narration
- By Richard Smith on 17-11-16
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54. A Bridge Too Far
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 27-06-12
- Language: English
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Prose & Cons
- The English Language in Just a Minute
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
In this wildly entertaining A to Z of verbal acrobatics, Gyles takes you on a whirlwind tour of our mother tongue – from the origins of words and correct grammar and punctuation, to similes, euphemisms and record breaking tongue twisters (try getting your mouth around floccinaucinihilipification!).
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55. Prose & Cons
- The English Language in Just a Minute
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 10-10-24
- Language: English
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- By: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 22
This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By David C Bent on 18-08-24
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56. The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 15-08-23
- Language: English
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War Horse
- By: Michael Morpurgo
- Narrated by: Luke Treadaway
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 515
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 418
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Story5 out of 5 stars 421
Michael Morpurgo's classic tale, capturing the power of the human spirit....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!
- By Hillow on 22-09-15
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57. War Horse
- Narrated by: Luke Treadaway
- Series: War Horse, Book 1
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 18-12-14
- Language: English
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Chavs
- The Demonization of the Working Class
- By: Owen Jones
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 898
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 780
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 768
In this investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth.' Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the caricature....
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3 out of 5 stars
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The excessive accents actually harm the point
- By Emiliya Decheva on 11-05-17
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58. Chavs
- The Demonization of the Working Class
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 30-03-17
- Language: English
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A History of Britain: Volume 2
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 863
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 742
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 739
Timothy West reads the second volume of Simon Schama's compelling chronicle of the British Isles....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, engaging but lots to remember
- By Roderic on 12-11-14
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59. A History of Britain: Volume 2
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Series: A History of Britain, Book 2
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-09-12
- Language: English
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Operation Paperclip
- The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- By: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 246
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 216
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 217
In the chaos following World War II, the US government faced many difficult decisions, including what to do with the Third Reich's scientific minds. These were the brains behind the Nazis' once-indomitable war machine. So began Operation Paperclip, a decades-long, covert project....
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4 out of 5 stars
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A very interesting topic
- By C. Hutchinson on 04-12-16
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60. Operation Paperclip
- The Secret Intelligence Program that Brought Nazi Scientists to America
- Narrated by: Annie Jacobsen
- Length: 19 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-02-14
- Language: English
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