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  • Henry VIII: King and Court cover art

    • Henry VIII: King and Court

    • By: Alison Weir
    • Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
    • Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
    • Release date: 02-05-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 838 ratings
    • This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces....

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    • The Bad Popes

    • By: E.R. Chamberlin
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 24-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 54 ratings

    • A dramatic account of some of the most notorious figures of medieval and Renaissance history who ruled from the Eternal City. It is sure to grip fans of John Julius Norwich, Tom Holland, and Peter Ackroyd....

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    • Mary Boleyn

    • By: Alison Weir
    • Narrated by: Maggie Mash
    • Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 14-11-11
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 190 ratings
    • Mary Boleyn was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife....

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    • The Borgias

    • Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
    • By: Paul Strathern
    • Narrated by: Julian Elfer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 06-08-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 97 ratings

    • The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice, and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. And yet, paradoxically, this family lived when the Renaissance was coming into its full flowering in Italy....

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    • Catherine de' Medici

    • The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
    • By: Mary Hollingsworth
    • Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
    • Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 06-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

    • History is rarely kind to women of power, but few have had their reputations quite so brutally shredded as Catherine de’ Medici, Italian-born queen of France and influential mother of three successive French kings.

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  • A Brief History of Britain 1485-1660 cover art

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  • The History of the Renaissance World cover art

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    • Elizabeth's London

    • Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
    • By: Liza Picard
    • Narrated by: Liza Picard
    • Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 26-07-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
    • Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London....

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    • Great Ladies

    • The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens
    • By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
    • Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
    • Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 12-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 35 ratings

    • There has been a great deal written about Tudor queens, but less so about those women who surrounded the throne, who may have held even more power and influence than those who actually wore the golden crown. This is the story of the ladies of the Tudor court....

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    • The Habsburg Way

    • 7 Rules for Turbulent Times
    • By: Eduard Habsburg
    • Narrated by: Eduard Habsburg
    • Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 12-06-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings

    • Eduard Habsburg, a member of the family and archduke of Austria, shares insights about the Seven Principles (maxims) at the root of Habsburg thought, action, politics, and family life....

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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 13 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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    • Spycraft

    • Tricks and Tools of the Dangerous Trade from Elizabeth I to the Restoration
    • By: Pete Langman, Nadine Akkerman
    • Narrated by: Nan McNamara
    • Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 25-06-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4 ratings

    • In this engaging, accessible account, Nadine Akkerman and Pete Langman explore the methods spies actually used in the period, including disguises, invisible inks, and even poisons....

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  • The Norman Conquest in English History, Volume I cover art

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    • The Verge

    • Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
    • By: Patrick Wyman
    • Narrated by: Patrick Wyman
    • Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 20-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 86 ratings

    • The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn....

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  • The History of Britain in 50 Events cover art

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    • A World Lit Only by Fire

    • The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance Portrait of an Age
    • By: William Manchester
    • Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
    • Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 16-03-07
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 124 ratings
    • From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages....

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    • Providence Lost

    • The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate
    • By: Paul Lay
    • Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
    • Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
    • Release date: 26-06-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 78 ratings

    • England, 1651. Oliver Cromwell has defeated his royalist opponents in two civil wars, executed the Stuart King Charles I, laid waste to Ireland, and crushed the late king's son and his Scottish allies....

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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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    • A Brief History of Italy

    • Tracing the Renaissance, Unification, and the Lively Evolution of Art and Culture
    • By: Dominic Haynes
    • Narrated by: Jeff Bower
    • Length: 3 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 18-09-23
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 25 ratings

    • Whether you’re a student of Italian history looking for a refresher or a brand-new learner looking for an introduction, this book is a concise, easy-to-follow overview of the major players, events, and forces in Italian history, from antiquity to today....

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