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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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From the best-selling author of The Templars, Dan Jones' epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built....
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A stunning recounting of the past (and probable lesson for the future)
- By Myh on 10-10-21
By: Dan Jones
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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
- Unabridged
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A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest....
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Great story, poor reading
- By Matthew on 21-11-14
By: Marc Morris
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Katherine Swynford
- The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In this remarkable book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England....
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Disappointing
- By Emma on 21-04-09
By: Alison Weir
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The Perfect King
- The Life of Edward III
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
- Length: 19 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Edward’s life is one of the most extraordinary in all English history. He ordered his uncle to be beheaded, he usurped his father’s throne and he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years....
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Scholarly, interesting and engaging blography
- By Kirstine on 16-03-19
By: Ian Mortimer
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In the Reign of King John
- A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons....
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Half a book
- By Jim on 06-06-16
By: Dan Jones
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State of Emergency
- The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....
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Just Brilliant
- By Baz Borozitch on 29-04-13
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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From the best-selling author of The Templars, Dan Jones' epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built....
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A stunning recounting of the past (and probable lesson for the future)
- By Myh on 10-10-21
By: Dan Jones
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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
- Unabridged
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A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest....
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Great story, poor reading
- By Matthew on 21-11-14
By: Marc Morris
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Katherine Swynford
- The Story of John of Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd
- Length: 16 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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In this remarkable book, Alison Weir recounts one of the greatest and most remarkable love stories of medieval England....
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Disappointing
- By Emma on 21-04-09
By: Alison Weir
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The Perfect King
- The Life of Edward III
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Alex Wyndham
- Length: 19 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Edward’s life is one of the most extraordinary in all English history. He ordered his uncle to be beheaded, he usurped his father’s throne and he started a war which lasted for more than a hundred years....
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Scholarly, interesting and engaging blography
- By Kirstine on 16-03-19
By: Ian Mortimer
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In the Reign of King John
- A Year in the Life of Plantagenet England
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 5 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons....
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Half a book
- By Jim on 06-06-16
By: Dan Jones
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State of Emergency
- The Way We Were: Britain, 1970-1974
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....
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Just Brilliant
- By Baz Borozitch on 29-04-13
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In Search of the Dark Ages
- By: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the best-selling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians....
By: Michael Wood
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The Plantagenets
- The Kings Who Made England
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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This brilliant new audiobook explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets - their story is the story of Britain....
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Entertaining and scholarly
- By Kirstine on 23-08-19
By: Dan Jones
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The Anglo-Saxons
- A History of the Beginnings of England
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Sixteen hundred years ago, Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea and established themselves as its new masters....
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Informative and entertaining
- By Ambrose Duffy on 28-05-21
By: Marc Morris
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Natives
- Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire
- By: Akala
- Narrated by: Akala
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From the first time he was stopped and searched as a child, to the day he realised his mum was white, to his first encounters with racist teachers - race and class have shaped Akala's life and outlook....
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A Very Interesting and Challenging Listen
- By Ross Clark on 10-07-18
By: Akala
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Buried
- An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
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Professor Alice Roberts combines archaeological finds with cutting-edge DNA research and written history to shed fresh light on how people lived: by examining the stories of the dead....
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An excellent walk through history.
- By Mr Few on 03-08-22
By: Alice Roberts
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The Hollow Crown
- The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The Hollow Crown completes Dan Jones' epic history of medieval England, and describes how the Plantagenets tore themselves apart to be finally replaced by the Tudors....
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More unbelievable then Game of Thrones!!
- By Foxhole on 28-01-19
By: Dan Jones
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Empireland
- How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain
- By: Sathnam Sanghera
- Narrated by: Homer Todiwala
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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In his brilliantly illuminating new book Sathnam Sanghera demonstrates how so much of what we consider to be modern Britain is actually rooted in our imperial past....
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The toxic impact of nostalgic imperialism
- By papapownall on 09-02-21
By: Sathnam Sanghera
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A Journey
- By: Tony Blair
- Narrated by: Tony Blair
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
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Tony Blair is the politician who defines our times....
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flawed, but fascinating
- By Margaret on 30-10-10
By: Tony Blair
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The Five
- The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
- By: Hallie Rubenhold
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London - the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper....
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An Insight in to the lives of the poorest women
- By Jock on 19-04-19
By: Hallie Rubenhold
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Traitor King
- The Scandalous Exile of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor
- By: Andrew Lownie
- Narrated by: Andrew Lownie
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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In Traitor King, best-selling historian Andrew Lownie draws on hitherto unexplored archives to uncover the dramatic world of the Windsors post-abdication....
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Fascinating story.
- By m. webster on 22-08-21
By: Andrew Lownie
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? And what are you going to eat....
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Very, very interesting - highly recommended
- By anthonyunionjackson on 06-05-09
By: Ian Mortimer
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Devil-Land
- England Under Siege, 1588-1688
- By: Clare Jackson
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 24 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Clare Jackson's dazzling original account of English history's most turbulent and radical era tells the story of a nation in a state of near continual crisis....
By: Clare Jackson
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Black and British
- A Forgotten History
- By: David Olusoga
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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David Olusoga's Black and British is a rich and revealing exploration of the extraordinarily long relationship between the British Isles and the people of Africa....
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Fantastically detailed Exceptionally informative
- By lionel on 30-04-17
By: David Olusoga
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Storyland
- A New Mythology of Britain
- By: Amy Jeffs
- Narrated by: Amy Jeffs, Lucy Paterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland tells a history of Britain and the politics of its people through medieval eyes....
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A wonderful book
- By jnowlrose on 18-11-21
By: Amy Jeffs
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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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The story of Britain from the earliest settlements in 3000BC to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603....
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Well written but hard to manage as an audiobook
- By Roderic on 23-01-14
By: Simon Schama
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A Spy Among Friends
- Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Michael Tudor Barnes
- Length: 12 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians in the early years of the Cold War....
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amazing story
- By Anonymous User on 19-06-21
By: Ben Macintyre
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Wake Up
- Why the world has gone nuts
- By: Piers Morgan
- Narrated by: Piers Morgan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The biggest threat to our freedom in the 21st century isn’t coronavirus but hysterically woke liberals trying to kill democracy by suppressing free speech....
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I can't admit to listening to this book...
- By Sue on 22-10-20
By: Piers Morgan
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Inglorious Empire
- What the British Did to India
- By: Shashi Tharoor
- Narrated by: Shashi Tharoor
- Length: 10 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Inglorious Empire written and read by Shashi Tharoor....
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Eloquentand awful truth about the British empire
- By ROSALIND BUCK on 25-07-18
By: Shashi Tharoor
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Ancestors
- A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Told through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went, how we came to be on this island....
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Patronising and barely disguised prejudice
- By Amazon Customer on 01-08-21
By: Alice Roberts
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Who Dares Wins
- Britain, 1979-1982
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook
- Length: 42 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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The early 1980s were the most dramatic, colourful and controversial in our modern history. Margaret Thatcher had come to power with a daring plan to reverse Britain's decline into shabbiness and chaos....
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Chapters missing
- By cathy smith on 13-10-19
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Courtiers
- The inside story of the Palace power struggles from the Royal correspondent who broke the bullying story
- By: Valentine Low
- Length: Not Yet Known
- Unabridged
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Courtiers pulls back the veil to reveal an ever-changing system of complex characters, shifting values and a battle of ideas over what the future of the institution should be. This is the inside story of how the monarchy really works, at a pivotal moment in its history....
By: Valentine Low
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MI6
- Life and Death in the British Secret Service
- By: Gordon Corera
- Narrated by: Gordon Corera
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since it was created 100 years ago. MI6 provides a unique and unprecedented insight into this secret world and the reality that lies behind the fiction....
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A brilliant history.
- By mcfontaine on 30-03-21
By: Gordon Corera
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Politics
- Between the Extremes
- By: Nick Clegg
- Narrated by: Nick Clegg
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Nick Clegg knows the volatile state of modern politics better than anyone else....
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A loss to British politics.
- By KEN HUMES on 23-09-16
By: Nick Clegg
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The Battle of Britain
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 23 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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'If Hitler fails to invade or destroy Britain, he has lost the war,' Churchill said in the summer of 1940. He was right. The Battle of Britain was a crucial turning point in the history of the Second World War....
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A great listen (again)!
- By Ian David Williamson on 20-05-20
By: James Holland
New Releases
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The Princes in the Tower
- The History of the Mysterious Disappearances of King Edward V and the Duke of York
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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When England’s King Edward IV fell ill at Easter 1483 after coming back from a fishing trip and died shortly after on April 9, it threw a country that had already suffered a series of wars into a state of chaos. What exactly killed him is unclear, and though some people would later speculate that he had been poisoned, there is every reason to believe that he died of natural causes. Disease was common in medieval England, and doctors lacked much of the medical knowledge now taken for granted.
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In Search of the Dark Ages
- By: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the best-selling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians. Now, on the book's 40th anniversary, this fully revised and expanded edition illuminates further the fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the Norman Conquest.
By: Michael Wood
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Imperial Nostalgia
- How the British Conquered Themselves
- By: Peter Mitchell
- Narrated by: Alan Gilchrist
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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A strong emotional attachment to the memory of empire runs deep in British culture. In recent years, that memory has become a battleground in a long-drawn ideological war, inflecting debates on race, class, gender, culture, the UK’s future and its place in the world. This provocative and passionate book surveys the scene of the imperial memory wars in contemporary Britain, exploring how the myths that structure our views of empire came to be, and how they inform the present.
By: Peter Mitchell
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A Trip Down Memory Lane
- The 1970's Edition
- By: Paragon Publishing
- Narrated by: Keith Cruden
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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The '70s was a time when movies and music changed in ways that had never before seemed possible. Special effects and rock and roll excess only added to the explosive nature of one of history's most important decades. Among the chaos came monumental breakthroughs in technology, freedom, and science. But just underneath all this wonder, the Yorkshire Ripper was striking fear into the public’s hearts. In this book, we will take a stroll through the period of time that gave us punk, disco, Star Wars, Jaws, and the VHS tape.
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The Club on the Edge of Town
- A Pandemic Memoir
- By: Alan Lane
- Narrated by: Alan Lane
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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"There are children in Holbeck without crayons. Living in a city with an opera company. An opera company paid for with money from all of us. Until everyone has crayons, no one gets opera. That’s what I believe." A deeply moving memoir of how a group of artists fed their local community during the COVID pandemic. When crisis hits and audiences stay home, what’s the most useful thing a theater company can do? The answer was to become a food bank and one-stop help shop for those in need. In 15 months, Slung Low would go on to deliver over 15,000 food parcels.
By: Alan Lane
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Cairo 1921
- Ten Days That Made the Middle East
- By: C. Brad Faught
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out to redraw the map of the Middle East in the wake of the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The summit established the states of Iraq and Jordan as part of the Sherifian Solution and confirmed the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine—the future state of Israel. No other conference had such an enduring impact on the region. C. Brad Faught demonstrates how the conference was an ambitious, if ultimately unsuccessful, attempt to move the Middle East into the world of modern nationalism.
By: C. Brad Faught
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The Princes in the Tower
- The History of the Mysterious Disappearances of King Edward V and the Duke of York
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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When England’s King Edward IV fell ill at Easter 1483 after coming back from a fishing trip and died shortly after on April 9, it threw a country that had already suffered a series of wars into a state of chaos. What exactly killed him is unclear, and though some people would later speculate that he had been poisoned, there is every reason to believe that he died of natural causes. Disease was common in medieval England, and doctors lacked much of the medical knowledge now taken for granted.
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In Search of the Dark Ages
- By: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the best-selling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians. Now, on the book's 40th anniversary, this fully revised and expanded edition illuminates further the fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the Norman Conquest.
By: Michael Wood
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Imperial Nostalgia
- How the British Conquered Themselves
- By: Peter Mitchell
- Narrated by: Alan Gilchrist
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance
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A strong emotional attachment to the memory of empire runs deep in British culture. In recent years, that memory has become a battleground in a long-drawn ideological war, inflecting debates on race, class, gender, culture, the UK’s future and its place in the world. This provocative and passionate book surveys the scene of the imperial memory wars in contemporary Britain, exploring how the myths that structure our views of empire came to be, and how they inform the present.
By: Peter Mitchell
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A Trip Down Memory Lane
- The 1970's Edition
- By: Paragon Publishing
- Narrated by: Keith Cruden
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
The '70s was a time when movies and music changed in ways that had never before seemed possible. Special effects and rock and roll excess only added to the explosive nature of one of history's most important decades. Among the chaos came monumental breakthroughs in technology, freedom, and science. But just underneath all this wonder, the Yorkshire Ripper was striking fear into the public’s hearts. In this book, we will take a stroll through the period of time that gave us punk, disco, Star Wars, Jaws, and the VHS tape.
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The Club on the Edge of Town
- A Pandemic Memoir
- By: Alan Lane
- Narrated by: Alan Lane
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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"There are children in Holbeck without crayons. Living in a city with an opera company. An opera company paid for with money from all of us. Until everyone has crayons, no one gets opera. That’s what I believe." A deeply moving memoir of how a group of artists fed their local community during the COVID pandemic. When crisis hits and audiences stay home, what’s the most useful thing a theater company can do? The answer was to become a food bank and one-stop help shop for those in need. In 15 months, Slung Low would go on to deliver over 15,000 food parcels.
By: Alan Lane
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Cairo 1921
- Ten Days That Made the Middle East
- By: C. Brad Faught
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 7 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Called by Winston Churchill in 1921, the Cairo Conference set out to redraw the map of the Middle East in the wake of the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. The summit established the states of Iraq and Jordan as part of the Sherifian Solution and confirmed the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine—the future state of Israel. No other conference had such an enduring impact on the region. C. Brad Faught demonstrates how the conference was an ambitious, if ultimately unsuccessful, attempt to move the Middle East into the world of modern nationalism.
By: C. Brad Faught
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Cherished Thief
- Based on the True Story of Britain’s Most Notorious Highwaymen, Claude Duval
- By: Michelle Lowe
- Narrated by: Joey Ortega
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In a time when outlaws are revered as heroes, Claude Duval thrives as a true gentleman of the road. Born into poverty in Domfront, France, in 1643, Duval faces many challenges as he sets off as a youth to make his mark on the world. Soon enough, the handsome and impertinent Claude becomes the most infamous highwaymen in British history! During his decades-long adventure, he is hunted by men and adored by women. However, roaming the King’s Highway by the light of the full moon comes with a terrible price....
By: Michelle Lowe
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A Child of the East End
- By: Jean Fullerton
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Life in Cockney London was tough in the post-war years. The government's broken promises had led to a chronic housing shortage, rampant crime and families living in squalor. But one thing prevailed: the unbeatable spirit of the East End, a tight-knit community who pulled through the dark times with humour and heart. Drawing on both family history and her own memories of growing up in the 1950s and '60s, as well as her working life as a district nurse and local police officer, Jean Fullerton vividly depicts this fascinating part of London.
By: Jean Fullerton
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Orderly Britain
- How Britain Has Resolved Everyday Problems, from Dog Fouling to Double Parking
- By: Tim Newburn, Andrew Ward
- Narrated by: Ciaran Saward
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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All societies, in their very different ways, are orderly. The very term 'society' implies the existence of a degree of organisation and predictability to human life. Orderliness, however, is a matter of degree. It is neither total, nor totally absent. In recent times, however, such concerns have largely given way to a greater preoccupation with disorderliness: with significant and disruptive social change; with rising crime and anti-social behaviour; and with a variety of other social problems. But what has really been happening?
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Interesting subject matter - made accessible!
- By Anonymous User on 10-08-22
By: Tim Newburn, and others
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Small Island
- 12 Maps That Explain the History of Britain
- By: Philip Parker
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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It wasn't long-ago that Britons could have been as at home in Varanasi as they could have been in Wolverhampton—why?—because the shape and location of Britain's land-mass has not always been the same, and with large parts of Britain scattered across the globe, British borders and its identity has always been on the move. But, by knowing more about the twelve pivotal moments that occurred over a 2,000-year period, we can not only gain a full sense of our British history, but we can also understand where we are heading.
By: Philip Parker
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Bletchley Park's Secret Source
- By: Peter Hore
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well known and its activities documented in detail. Its decryption capabilities were vital to the war effort, significantly aiding the Allied victory. But where did the messages being deciphered come from in the first place? This is the extraordinary untold story of the Y service, a secret even more closely guarded than Bletchley Park. 'Y service' was the code for the chain of wireless intercept stations around Britain and all over the world.
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Dreadful narration
- By Gadgetfanatic on 06-08-22
By: Peter Hore
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Joan, Lady of Wales
- Power & Politics of King John’s Daughter
- By: Danna R. Messer
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 10 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is one largely shrouded in mystery. This misfortune touches even the most well-known royal woman of the time, Joan of England, the wife of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd. This first-ever account of Siwan, as she was known to the Welsh, interweaves the details of her life and relationships with a gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by highlighting her involvement in affairs, discussing events in which she may well have been involved but have gone unrecorded and her deployment of royal female agency.
By: Danna R. Messer
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The Shortest History of England
- Empire and Division from the Anglo-Saxons to Brexit—A Retelling for Our Times
- By: James Hawes
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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England—begetter of parliaments and globe-spanning empires, star of beloved period dramas, and home of the House of Windsor—is not quite the stalwart island fortress that many of us imagine. Riven by an ancient fault line that predates even the Romans, its fate has ever been bound up with that of its neighbors, and for the past millennia, it has harbored a class system like nowhere else. This bracing tour of the most powerful country in the United Kingdom reveals an England repeatedly invaded and constantly reinvented—yet always fractured by its very own Mason-Dixon Line.
By: James Hawes
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Charles Before Diana
- A King in the Making (The Royal House of Windsor)
- By: Helen Cathcart
- Narrated by: Lorna Bennett
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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The eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles has been heir to the British throne since he was three years old. In this lively and illuminating account, royal biographer Helen Cathcart charts the first thirty years of Prince Charles's life, from his birth at Buckingham Palace in 1948 and rugby-playing schooldays at Gordonstoun, through his undergraduate years cycling to lectures at Trinity College, Cambridge, and subsequent military career in the Royal Air Force and the Royal Navy.
By: Helen Cathcart
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The History Behind Game of Thrones
- The North Remembers
- By: David C. Weinczok
- Narrated by: Bruce Cullen
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless sea borne warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys, yearning to regain lost glories. A young nobleman and his kin are slaughtered under a banner of truce within a mighty castle. A warrior king becomes a legend when he smites his foe with one swing of his axe during a nation-forging battle. Yet this isn’t Westeros–it’s Scotland.
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Devil-Land
- England Under Siege, 1588-1688
- By: Clare Jackson
- Narrated by: Emma Gregory
- Length: 24 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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As an unmarried heretic with no heir, Elizabeth I was regarded with horror by Catholic Europe, while her Stuart successors, James I and Charles I, were seen as impecunious and incompetent. The traumatic civil wars, regicide and a republican Commonwealth were followed by the floundering foreign-leaning rule of Charles II and his brother, James II, before William of Orange invaded England with a Dutch army and a new order was imposed.
By: Clare Jackson
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British Traitors
- Betrayal and Treachery in the Twentieth Century
- By: Gordon Kerr
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Capital punishment was abolished for murder in Great Britain in 1969, but remained as the punishment for high treason until as recently as 1998, demonstrating how seriously we take the crime of betraying your country. But even with the threat of the noose hanging over them, many still chose the path of treachery during the cataclysmic events of last century. British Traitors examines the lives and motivations of a number of the perpetrators of this most heinous of crimes.
By: Gordon Kerr
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The Wood That Built London
- A Human History of the Great North Wood
- By: C.J. Schüler
- Narrated by: Nick Biadon
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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It is hard to imagine that the busy townscape of South London was once a great wood, stretching almost seven miles from Croydon to Deptford or that, scattered through the suburbs, from Dulwich to Norwood, a number of oak woodlands have survived since before the Norman Conquest. These woods were intensively managed for a thousand years, providing timber for construction, furniture and shipbuilding, and charcoal for London's blacksmiths, kilns and bakeries. Now they afford important green space, a vital habitat for small mammals, birds and insects.
By: C.J. Schüler