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  • Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame cover art

    • Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame

    • Penguin Monarchs, Book 2
    • By: John Guy
    • Narrated by: John Banks
    • Series: Penguin Monarchs
    • Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 28-06-18
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

    • Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in it....

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    • Elizabeth I and Her Circle

    • By: Susan Doran
    • Narrated by: Joanna Daniel
    • Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 23-06-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • 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....

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    • Heretics and Believers

    • A History of the English Reformation
    • By: Peter Marshall
    • Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
    • Length: 35 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 29-05-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 49 ratings

    • Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history argues that 16th-century England was a society neither desperate for nor allergic to change, but one open to ideas of "reform" in various competing guises....

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    • The Children of Henry VIII

    • By: John Guy
    • Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
    • Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 06-02-14
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 14 ratings
    • Nothing drove Henry VIII, England's wealthiest and most powerful king, more than producing a legitimate male heir and perpetuating his dynasty....

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  • The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini cover art

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    • Imprudent King

    • A New Life of Philip II
    • By: Geoffrey Parker
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 53 ratings

    • Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I....

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    • The Teutonic Knights

    • A Military History
    • By: William Urban
    • Narrated by: Brian Troxell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 22-08-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

    • The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. William Urban's narrative charts the rise and fall of the Order and, in an accessible and engaging style, throws light on a band of knights whose deeds and motives have long been misunderstood....

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  • Shakespeare's Restless World cover art

    • Shakespeare's Restless World

    • By: Neil MacGregor
    • Narrated by: Neil MacGregor
    • Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 21-06-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 23 ratings
    • What was life like for Shakespeare's first audiences? In this fascinating series, Neil MacGregor attempts to answer these questions by examining 20 objects from that turbulent period....

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    • Edward VI

    • England's Boy King
    • By: B. R. Egginton
    • Narrated by: Paul Draper
    • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 31-05-22
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

    • King at 9 and dead at 15, Edward VI oversaw a brief but dramatic chapter in English history. Described by his father as his "most precious jewel", Edward’s birth in 1537 marked the end of Henry VIII’s quest to procure a son and heir to continue the Tudor dynasty....

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    • Margaret Beaufort

    • Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
    • By: Elizabeth Norton
    • Narrated by: Debra Burton
    • Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 20-01-14
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
    • Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time....

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    • Rebel in the Ranks

    • Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World
    • By: Brad S. Gregory
    • Narrated by: Sean Runnette
    • Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 12-09-17
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther....

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  • Redeeming 'The Prince' cover art

    • Redeeming 'The Prince'

    • The Meaning of Machiavelli's Masterpiece
    • By: Maurizio Viroli
    • Narrated by: Chris Kayser
    • Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 27-10-13
    • Language: English
    • 3 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Overturning popular misconceptions and challenging scholarly consensus, Maurizio Viroli provides a fresh introduction to Machiavelli's The Prince....

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  • England in the Age of Shakespeare cover art

    • England in the Age of Shakespeare

    • By: Jeremy Black
    • Narrated by: Simon Barber
    • Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 29-01-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating

    • In England in the Age of Shakespeare, Jeremy Black takes readers on a tour of life in the streets, homes, farms, churches, and palaces of the Bard’s era....

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  • Unfabling the East cover art

    • Unfabling the East

    • The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
    • By: Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage - translator
    • Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
    • Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 13-11-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings

    • During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. Author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East....

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    • In Bed with the Tudors

    • From Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I
    • By: Amy Licence
    • Narrated by: Debra Burton
    • Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 20-01-14
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders....

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  • Spanish Empire cover art

    • Spanish Empire

    • A History from Beginning to End
    • By: Hourly History
    • Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
    • Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-22
    • Language: English
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    • The Spanish Empire was the first truly global empire and the first to be described as one on which “the sun never sets.” It rapidly grew to become one of the largest and most powerful empires in the history of the world and brought us goods such as potatoes, chocolate....

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  • Geschichte des Abfalls der Niederlande von Spanien cover art

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  • Crisi e rivoluzione - 1520. La scomunica di Lutero e la frattura della cristianità cover art

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    • Popes and Feminists

    • How the Reformation Frees Women from Feminism
    • By: Elise Crapuchettes
    • Narrated by: Elise Crapuchettes
    • Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 28-08-19
    • Language: English
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    • Before the Reformation, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, being a wife or mother was not a holy vocation. The only “spiritual” calling for women was to be found in a convent. The Reformers confronted the bad theology which led to this....

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    • G/GESCHICHTE - Der Bauernkrieg

    • Deutschlands großer Volksaufstand
    • By: G Geschichte
    • Narrated by: Clemens Benke
    • Series: G/GESCHICHTE
    • Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 08-06-21
    • Language: German
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    • Der Bauernkrieg - Deutschlands großer Volksaufstand. Im Gegensatz zum weitverbreiteten Irrglaube sind die Auswirkungen des...

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