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- The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
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The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world.
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Tom Holland
- By Garry Fox on 07-02-2025
By: Tom Holland
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
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Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Thoroughly engaging account of the Third Reich
- By Cherubael on 21-09-2016
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James Cook
- The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 21 hrs and 23 mins
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The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated....
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I really enjoyed this one
- By Toni on 10-01-2020
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Clanlands
- Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
- By: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Diana Gabaldon - foreword
- Narrated by: Diana Gabaldon - foreword, Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history and warfare....
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Absolutely loved it
- By Anonymous User on 10-11-2020
By: Sam Heughan, and others
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Paddy Mayne
- Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment
- By: Hamish Ross
- Narrated by: Alan Turkington
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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‘Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War....
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A rambling story
- By Anonymous User on 15-04-2025
By: Hamish Ross
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Surprisingly good
- By Amazon Customer on 25-09-2017
By: Jack Weatherford
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Rubicon
- The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Tom Holland
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among marshes and hills ended up ruling the known world.
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Tom Holland
- By Garry Fox on 07-02-2025
By: Tom Holland
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 57 hrs and 11 mins
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Winner of the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1961, this worldwide bestselling classic chronicles the most infamous era of our times.
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Thoroughly engaging account of the Third Reich
- By Cherubael on 21-09-2016
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James Cook
- The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 21 hrs and 23 mins
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The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated....
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I really enjoyed this one
- By Toni on 10-01-2020
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Clanlands
- Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
- By: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Diana Gabaldon - foreword
- Narrated by: Diana Gabaldon - foreword, Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history and warfare....
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Absolutely loved it
- By Anonymous User on 10-11-2020
By: Sam Heughan, and others
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Paddy Mayne
- Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment
- By: Hamish Ross
- Narrated by: Alan Turkington
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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‘Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War....
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A rambling story
- By Anonymous User on 15-04-2025
By: Hamish Ross
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Surprisingly good
- By Amazon Customer on 25-09-2017
By: Jack Weatherford
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The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- By: Adam Tooze
- Narrated by: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
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An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period....
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An in-depth analysis wonderfully told
- By Cherie on 24-12-2024
By: Adam Tooze
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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
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A lively and engaging narrative history showing the common threads in the cultures that gave birth to our own....
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Absorbing, never-dull narration of our history
- By PAS on 18-03-2019
By: Susan Wise Bauer
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The Coming of the Third Reich
- By: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
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There is no story in 20th-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization in Nazi Germany....
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review
- By Amazon Customer on 31-05-2017
By: Richard J. Evans
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Task Force Black
- The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Following the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, the SAS launched one of the most intense and secretive operations in its history: Task Force Black.
By: Mark Urban
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The Catalpa Rescue
- The Gripping Story of the Most Dramatic and Successful Prison Break in Australian History
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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The incredible true story of one of the most extraordinary and inspirational prison breaks in history....
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How did I not k ow this story?
- By Rob Aughey on 20-08-2019
By: Peter FitzSimons
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The Year of Living Danishly
- Uncovering the Secrets of the World's Happiest Country
- By: Helen Russell
- Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic....
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hilariously funny
- By Anonymous User on 03-02-2020
By: Helen Russell
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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
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This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness....
By: Bart van Loo, and others
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When Money Dies
- The Nightmare of Deficit Spending, Devaluation, and Hyperinflation in Weimar, Germany
- By: Adam Fergusson
- Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
- Length: 9 hrs
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When Money Dies is the classic history of what happens when a nations currency depreciates beyond recovery....
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This sbook is meant to be READ only..
- By hans on 11-05-2016
By: Adam Fergusson
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Grey Wolf
- The Escape of Adolf Hitler
- By: Simon Dunstan, Gerrard Williams
- Narrated by: Don Hagen
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
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Did Hitler - code name "Grey Wolf" - really die in 1945? Gripping new evidence shows what could have happened....
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Did Hitler survive WW2?
- By Jetgirl on 15-12-2023
By: Simon Dunstan, and others
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Eye of the Storm
- Twenty-Five Years in Action with the SAS
- By: Peter Ratcliffe, Noel Botham, Brian Hitchen
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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Peter Ratcliffe served in the SAS for 25 years. Blooded in Oman in the 1970s, he also saw action in Northern Ireland, in the Falklands War, and in the Gulf campaign....
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Terrible Naration
- By Michael S. on 05-03-2020
By: Peter Ratcliffe, and others
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My Early Life
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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One of the classic volumes of autobiography, My Early Life is a lively and colourful account of a young man's quest for action, adventure and danger....
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Entertaining
- By Kindle Customer on 07-03-2023
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The Celtic World
- By: The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Jennifer Paxton PhD
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Original Recording
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Following the surge of interest and pride in Celtic identity since the 19th century, much of what we thought we knew about the Celts has been radically transformed....
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Delightful and enlightening
- By Robin Grille, psychologist, author on 17-05-2018
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The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries
- By: W. Y. Evans-Wentz
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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The mysticism and fairy folklore of Celtic England, Scotland, the Isle of Man, Brittany, and Wales is explored in this production, which focuses on interviews conducted with everyday citizens about their beliefs, sightings, and encounters in the early 20th century....
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Brilliant. Insightful.
- By Kell on 05-11-2024
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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
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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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Read at You
- By S.Attenborough on 03-04-2023
By: Gordon Corera
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The Colditz Story
- By: P.R. Reid
- Narrated by: Tim Woodward
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Colditz - the dreaded POW camp was supposed to be impregnable....
By: P.R. Reid
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The White Ship
- Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
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The sinking of the White Ship on the 25th November 1120 is one of the greatest disasters that England has ever suffered. Its repercussions would change English and European history for ever....
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A récit of staggering detail and colour
- By robert head on 27-06-2022
By: Charles Spencer
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The Housekeeper's Tale
- The Women Who Really Ran the English Country House
- By: Tessa Boase
- Narrated by: Tessa Boase
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Working as a housekeeper was one of the most prestigious jobs a 19th and early 20th century woman could want - and also one of the toughest. A far cry from the Downton Abbey fiction....
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Returning
- By Anonymon on 16-07-2019
By: Tessa Boase
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Gulag
- A History
- By: Anne Applebaum
- Narrated by: Laural Merlington
- Length: 27 hrs and 41 mins
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In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag....
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Wonderful book, dreary narration
- By Emanuel Eliot Blake on 03-06-2021
By: Anne Applebaum
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
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From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times best-selling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in....
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Always good
- By Anonymous User on 25-09-2023
By: Mike Duncan
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The International Brigades
- Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War
- By: Giles Tremlett
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 23 hrs and 49 mins
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The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism. The Spanish Civil War was the first armed battle in the fight against fascism, and a rallying cry for a generation....
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Extremely detailed account spoiled by narration
- By Amazon Customer on 27-05-2023
By: Giles Tremlett
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Seasons in the Sun
- The Battle for Britain, 1974-1979
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: David Thorpe
- Length: 41 hrs and 15 mins
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In the early 1970s, Britain seemed to be tottering on the brink of the abyss....
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narrator is brilliant... does all the voices!
- By Amazon Customer on 12-12-2023
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The Princes in the Tower
- Solving History's Greatest Cold Case
- By: Philippa Langley
- Narrated by: Philippa Langley
- Length: 16 hrs and 43 mins
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Philippa Langley reveals the findings of a remarkable new research initiative: ‘The Missing Princes Project' and sheds light upon one of history's greatest miscarriages of justice, revealing a phenomenal untold story....
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Most boring narrator ever
- By Stephanie Oliver on 20-03-2024
By: Philippa Langley
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Get In
- The Inside Story of Labour Under Starmer
- By: Patrick Maguire, Gabriel Pogrund
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 20 hrs and 2 mins
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Drawing on their unrivalled access throughout the Labour party, the Times and Sunday Times investigative duo behind Left Out now present the explosive inside story of Labour’s transformation and general election under Starmer.
By: Patrick Maguire, and others
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The History of the Medieval World
- From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
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This erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled....
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The history. Interesting.
- By Anonymous User on 03-09-2024
By: Susan Wise Bauer
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Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world.
By: Dan Jones
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The Celts
- A Modern History
- By: Ian Stewart
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
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Based on new research conducted across Europe and in the United States, The Celts reveals when and how we came to call much of Europe "Celtic," why this idea mattered in the past, and why it still matters today, as the tide of nationalism is once again on the rise.
By: Ian Stewart
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Scouse Republic
- An Alternative History of Liverpool
- By: David Swift
- Narrated by: Christian Greenway
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Liverpool is a unique city within the United Kingdom—in terms of its dialect, hedonism, friendliness, rejection of 'Englishness', and most pertinently, its politics. It is bastion of working-class left-wing politics like no other—as evidenced by the suspension of a Liverpool FC match after the death of the Queen, for fear the Liverpool fans would boo the minute's silence. Yet it was not always so, and Liverpool's transformation from a stronghold of working-class Toryism to its current identity is a remarkable remaking.
By: David Swift
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Meditations
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Michael Donovan
- Length: 7 hrs
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius offers profound insights into Stoic philosophy. In these writings, the Roman Emperor contemplates themes of virtue, resilience, and inner peace, guiding listeners on how to live a life of purpose and integrity.
By: Marcus Aurelius
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Wenn Russland gewinnt
- Ein Szenario
- By: Carlo Masala
- Narrated by: Jonas Baeck
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
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März 2028: Russische Truppen erobern die estnische Kleinstadt Narwa und die Insel Hiiumaa in der Ostsee. Der Angriff auf das Baltikum hat begonnen. Jetzt rächt sich, dass Europa nach dem Ende des Krieges in der Ukraine nicht aufgerüstet hat und wichtige Fähigkeiten fehlen.
By: Carlo Masala
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Norway's War
- A People’s Struggle Against Nazi Tyranny, 1940–45
- By: Robert Ferguson
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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In the early morning of 9 April 1940 a fleet of German ships entered the Oslofjord. The Norwegian artillery delayed the German advance long enough for King Haakon VII and his cabinet to escape to England, but there was no stopping the Nazi blitzkrieg. Norway stood on the cusp of a traumatic five-year occupation whose aftershocks would continue to trouble its national consciousness long after the defeated Germans departed in May 1945. In a magnificent feat of storytelling, Robert Ferguson tells the extraordinary – and relatively little-known – story of the occupation and its judicial aftermath.
By: Robert Ferguson
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Magna Carta: The Making and Legacy of the Great Charter
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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On a summer's day in 1215 a beleaguered English monarch met a group of disgruntled barons in a meadow by the river Thames named Runnymede. Beset by foreign crisis and domestic rebellion, King John was fast running out of options. On 15 June he reluctantly agreed to fix his regal seal to a document that would change the world.
By: Dan Jones
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The Celts
- A Modern History
- By: Ian Stewart
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 22 hrs and 29 mins
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Based on new research conducted across Europe and in the United States, The Celts reveals when and how we came to call much of Europe "Celtic," why this idea mattered in the past, and why it still matters today, as the tide of nationalism is once again on the rise.
By: Ian Stewart
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Scouse Republic
- An Alternative History of Liverpool
- By: David Swift
- Narrated by: Christian Greenway
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Liverpool is a unique city within the United Kingdom—in terms of its dialect, hedonism, friendliness, rejection of 'Englishness', and most pertinently, its politics. It is bastion of working-class left-wing politics like no other—as evidenced by the suspension of a Liverpool FC match after the death of the Queen, for fear the Liverpool fans would boo the minute's silence. Yet it was not always so, and Liverpool's transformation from a stronghold of working-class Toryism to its current identity is a remarkable remaking.
By: David Swift
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Meditations
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Michael Donovan
- Length: 7 hrs
- Unabridged
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Meditations by Marcus Aurelius offers profound insights into Stoic philosophy. In these writings, the Roman Emperor contemplates themes of virtue, resilience, and inner peace, guiding listeners on how to live a life of purpose and integrity.
By: Marcus Aurelius
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Wenn Russland gewinnt
- Ein Szenario
- By: Carlo Masala
- Narrated by: Jonas Baeck
- Length: 3 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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März 2028: Russische Truppen erobern die estnische Kleinstadt Narwa und die Insel Hiiumaa in der Ostsee. Der Angriff auf das Baltikum hat begonnen. Jetzt rächt sich, dass Europa nach dem Ende des Krieges in der Ukraine nicht aufgerüstet hat und wichtige Fähigkeiten fehlen.
By: Carlo Masala
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Norway's War
- A People’s Struggle Against Nazi Tyranny, 1940–45
- By: Robert Ferguson
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In the early morning of 9 April 1940 a fleet of German ships entered the Oslofjord. The Norwegian artillery delayed the German advance long enough for King Haakon VII and his cabinet to escape to England, but there was no stopping the Nazi blitzkrieg. Norway stood on the cusp of a traumatic five-year occupation whose aftershocks would continue to trouble its national consciousness long after the defeated Germans departed in May 1945. In a magnificent feat of storytelling, Robert Ferguson tells the extraordinary – and relatively little-known – story of the occupation and its judicial aftermath.
By: Robert Ferguson
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Eroi pericolosi
- La lotta armata dei comunisti nella Resistenza
- By: Gabriele Ranzato
- Narrated by: Gigi Scribani
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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In molti scritti sulla Resistenza sono indicati come autori di attacchi ai tedeschi o vittime dei loro rastrellamenti "i partigiani", senza altra specificazione. Ma in gran parte dei casi si trattò di partigiani comunisti, la cui connotazione politica in seguito è rimasta spesso sotto traccia. Nel dopoguerra fu il loro stesso partito a inglobarli nella sua visione della guerra di Liberazione come "guerra di popolo" combattuta da un ampio fronte antifascista quasi indifferenziato.
By: Gabriele Ranzato
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The English Ecstasy
- How England Rose to Greatness 1558-1649 (Includes Bonus Section on Francis Bacon)
- By: Will Durant, Richard Smoley - foreword
- Narrated by: Rob Jones, David Markus
- Length: 14 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The British Empire is unique in world history. How did this small island come to rule a full quarter of the globe? No other nation has matched this achievement.
By: Will Durant, and others
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First Class Comrades
- The Stasi in the Cold War, 1945-1961
- By: J. Boulter
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 36 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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No country in history has been more deeply penetrated by spies than divided Germany after the Second World War. Fighting for the eastern corner were the 'first class comrades' of the Stasi—the East German Ministry for State Security. Rising from the ruins of a defeated country, and guided by its KGB masters, the early Cold War saw the Stasi establish itself as one of the world's most notorious spy and secret police agencies.
By: J. Boulter
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Marriage, Tudor Style
- Love, Hate & Scandal
- By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
- Narrated by: Julia Anthony
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
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The newly-wed Anne Hastings faced her husband's wrath when her affair with William Compton was made public. Mary Tudor married to satisfy her brother's political need to ally with France, but when her decrepit royal husband died, she married the dashing Charles Brandon for love. William Parr, humiliated by his wife's extramarital affair, sought a divorce to marry the woman he loved.
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Old ground.
- By lone on 15-04-2025
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Middle Ages and Age of Discovery
- 1500 Interesting Facts About the Medieval Period and European Exploration
- By: Ahoy Publications
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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This audiobook is perfect if you love history or just want to know more cool facts. It’s like a time machine that takes you back to amazing times in history! With 1500 interesting facts bringing history to life, you’ll see the past in a whole new way.
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Holodomor Famine
- A Captivating Guide to Understanding the Ukrainian Famine and Its Impact on History
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Holodomor Famine explores one of the most tragic and often forgotten events in recent history. Using historical records and personal stories, this audiobook shows how Stalin’s harsh policies crushed the Ukrainian people and how the world largely looked away.
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Joan of Arc
- An Enthralling Guide to a Peasant Girl’s Rise in Medieval France and Her Timeless Legacy as a National Heroine (Europe)
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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How did a young girl from a small village become a powerful military leader, a symbol of hope, and a beloved saint? Joan of Arc changed the course of French history with her strong faith and courage. This audiobook takes you through Joan’s life, showing how a humble peasant rose to become one of history’s most amazing figures.
By: Billy Wellman
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Irena Sendler
- A Life from Beginning to End (World War 2 Biographies)
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 59 mins
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Irena Sendler is one of the often-unsung heroes of the Holocaust. Nevertheless, she deserves credit for her humanitarian efforts. Time and time again, she put her own safety at risk to save others. Her efforts were especially crucial as it pertained to saving the children who fell victim to the horrors of the Holocaust. As a Catholic Pole, Irena Sendler could have rather easily looked the other way and told herself that it was none of her business what was happening around her. But her conscience wouldn’t let her ignore the pleas of all those innocent voices who so desperately needed her aid.
By: Hourly History
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Vinland Unearthed: The Norse Saga of Newfoundland
- By: Neil Rideout
- Narrated by: Louis Monnich II
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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Vinland Unearthed: The Norse Saga of Newfoundland by Neil L. Rideout offers a comprehensive exploration of Norse exploration in North America, with a particular focus on the historic site of L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. The book opens with a vivid introduction to the Viking Age, painting a picture of the adventurous spirit, advanced seafaring technology, and cultural vibrancy that characterized Norse society. Rideout recounts the legendary voyages of Leif Erikson, as told in the Sagas of Vinland, which describe the discovery of a mysterious and fertile land across the Atlantic.
By: Neil Rideout
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El Imperio español
- Una fascinante guía sobre su imperialismo, expansión al Nuevo Mundo, conflictos coloniales y legado en los tiempos modernos (Exploración y Colonización Europeas)
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Luis Trumper
- Length: 4 hrs and 19 mins
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El Imperio español se erige como uno de los imperios más increíbles de la historia del mundo. Este imperio desplegó su poder en múltiples continentes, conquistó a todos los que se interpusieron en su camino y dejó un impacto indeleble en las culturas de todo el mundo. Durante más de cuatro siglos, su dominio permaneció incuestionable y abarcó un vasto territorio mucho más allá de Europa.
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Life in the Viking Great Army
- Raiders, Traders, and Settlers
- By: Dawn M. Hadley, Julian Richards
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah
- Length: 12 hrs and 42 mins
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The Viking Great Army landed in East Anglia in late 865 and over the following fifteen years it fought numerous battles in all four Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, made and broke peace treaties, and deposed or killed at least three Anglo-Saxon kings, replacing them with its own appointees. It had a major impact on English society, initiating extensive transformations in Anglo-Saxon society, culture, economy, and political organization. Previous Viking armies had raided only in the summer months, but the Great Army was a constant presence over this period.
By: Dawn M. Hadley, and others
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Watching the Jackals
- Prague's Covert Liaisons with Cold War Terrorists and Revolutionaries
- By: Daniela Richterova, Christopher Andrew -foreword by
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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Watching the Jackals is the untold history of Czechoslovakia's complex relations with Middle Eastern terrorists and revolutionaries during the closing decades of the Cold War. Richterova unveils the story of Prague's engagement with various factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization, along with some of the era's most infamous terrorists.
By: Daniela Richterova, and others
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Shots Heard Round the World
- America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War
- By: John Ferling
- Narrated by: Jason Keller
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
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Shots Heard Round the World is a bold, comprehensive rendering of the world war that erupted out of America’s battle for independence. Ferling highlights underestimated pivotal moments to reveal why the British should have put down the rebellion within a couple years of fighting. As European rivals France, Spain, and the Dutch Republic entered the fray, Britain’s problems grew, but after seven long years, the war’s outcome remained very much in doubt.
By: John Ferling
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La Carlingue
- La Gestapo française du 93, rue Lauriston
- By: David Alliot
- Narrated by: François Hatt
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
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De 1940 à 1944, une bande de malfrats, dirigée par Henri Lafont et Pierre Bonny – un petit escroc allié à un flic ripou – s'est mise au service de l'occupant allemand en semant la terreur et le chaos dans la capitale française. Protégée par les nazis, cette organisation criminelle est entrée dans l'histoire sous le nom de la Gestapo française de la rue Lauriston, surnommée la Carlingue. De loin la plus puissante, la plus crainte et la plus haïe des Gestapos françaises, elle était également la mieux organisée.
By: David Alliot
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Viaggio in Sardegna
- Undici percorsi nell'isola che non si vede
- By: Michela Murgia
- Narrated by: Francesco Leone
- Length: 6 hrs and 23 mins
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Ci sono buchi in Sardegna che sono case di fate, morti che sono colpa di donne vampiro, fumi sacri che curano i cattivi sogni e acque segrete dove la luna specchiandosi rivela il futuro e i suoi inganni. Ci sono statue di antichi guerrieri alti come nessun sardo è stato mai, truci culti di santi che i papi si sono scordati di canonizzare, porte di pietra che si aprono su mondi ormai scomparsi, e mari di grano lontani dal mare, costellati di menhir contro i quali le promesse spose strusciano impudicamente il ventre nel segreto della notte, vegliate da madri e nonne.
By: Michela Murgia
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Berlin
- Ten Moments That Shaped
- By: Mary Fullbrook
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Now capital of the Federal Republic of Germany, Berlin rose from insignificant origins on swampy soil, becoming a city of immigrants over the ages. Through a series of ten vignettes, Mary Fulbrook discusses the periods and regimes that shaped its character—whether Prussian militarism; courtly culture and enlightenment; rapid industrialization and expansion; ambitious imperialism; experiments with democracy; or repressive dictatorships of both right and left, dramatically evidenced in the violence of World War and genocide, and then in the Wall dividing Cold War Berlin.
By: Mary Fullbrook
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Secret Armies: Exposing Hitler's Undeclared War on the Americas
- The New Technique of Nazi Warfare (World War II German Spy Historical Edition)
- By: John L. Spivak
- Narrated by: Brian Conover
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
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The book outlines “the activities of Nazi agents in the United States, Mexico, and Central America” in the late 1930s. “During the past five years,” Spivak writes, “I have observed some of them, watching the original, crudely organized and directed propaganda machine develop, grow and leave an influence far wider than most people seem to realize.” First aimed at domestic propaganda, these activities extended to probing U.S. military secrets and attempting to damage U.S. relations to its neighbors to the south.
By: John L. Spivak
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En defensa de España: desmontando mitos y leyendas negras
- By: Stanley G. Payne
- Narrated by: Santiago Gómez, Simon Gómez
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
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Ningún otro país como España posee una historia tan rica en sus imágenes ni tan abundante en conceptos, mitos y leyendas. Es la historia más exótica de Occidente y también la más extensa y extrema en su envergadura, tanto cronológica como geográfica, y con mayores diferencias en las distintas épocas.
By: Stanley G. Payne
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Mai 1945: Das absurde Ende des Dritten Reiches
- Wie und wo die Nazi-Herrschaft wirklich ihr Ende fand
- By: Gerhard Paul
- Narrated by: Sebastian Dunkelberg
- Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins
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Das Ende des nationalsozialistischen Deutschen Reichs scheint klar verortet: Am 7. bzw. 9. Mai wird die bedingungslose Kapitulation der deutschen Wehrmacht unterzeichnet. Damit war zwar der Krieg zu Ende, noch nicht aber waren Wehrmacht und "Drittes Reich" endgültig untergegangen. Nicht jeder bekam sogleich mit oder wollte mitbekommen, dass alles zu Ende war. Manche kämpften weiter, Hinrichtungen von "Deserteuren" gab es noch massenhaft. Manche versuchten sich abzusetzen, begingen Selbstmord oder gerierten sich als Unbeteiligte wie Albert Speer.
By: Gerhard Paul
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Karl Marx in Algier. Leben und letzte Reise eines Revolutionärs
- By: Uwe Wittstock
- Narrated by: Walter Kreye
- Length: 9 hrs and 5 mins
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Am 18. Februar 1882 besteigt Karl Marx in Marseille den Dampfer "Said" und verlässt zum ersten Mal Europa. Den Tod seiner Frau Jenny drei Monate zuvor hat er nicht verwunden. Er ist krank und hofft auf Genesung in Algier. Anhand von teils unpublizierten Quellen erzählt Uwe Wittstock höchst lebendig von der letzten großen Reise des großen Denkers und blickt mit ihm zurück auf sein außergewöhnliches Leben: die wilden Studienjahre in Bonn und Berlin, Marx’ frühe poetische Ambitionen, seine seltsam bremsende Rolle im Revolutionsjahr 1848, dann das ewige Exil, die Zumutungen der Armut.
By: Uwe Wittstock
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Historia de Francia
- Una guía apasionante sobre los principales acontecimientos y personajes de la historia de Francia y de la Revolución francesa
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Carlos Verne
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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2 manuscritos completos en 1 libro: Historia de Francia: Un apasionante recorrido por los principales acontecimientos y personajes. La Revolución Francesa: Una Apasionante Guía sobre un Gran Acontecimiento de la Historia Mundial.
By: Billy Wellman
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Wikinger
- Die Geschichte der Wikinger 1
- By: History Nerds
- Narrated by: Jean-Kristo Ognjenovic
- Length: 3 hrs and 26 mins
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Nur wenige haben nicht von den furchterregenden Wikingern und ihren waghalsigen Abenteuern gehört. Diese nördlichen Seefahrer, das Schrecken des Mittelalters, prägten die Weltgeschichte auf beeindruckende Weise. Mutig, trotzig und getrieben vom Wunsch nach Entdeckung waren die Nordmänner die gefürchtetsten aller mittelalterlichen Eroberer. Viele hielten sie für unbesiegbar, und sie hielten viele christliche Nationen in ihrem Griff. Von Schottland, England, Frankreich und Irland bis zu den Küsten Spaniens und der Ostsee hinterließen die Wikinger unauslöschliche Spuren.
By: History Nerds
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Hellenismos
- Practicing Greek Polytheism Today
- By: Tony Mierzwicki, Stephen Skinner - foreword
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
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The religion of the ancient Greeks has lain dormant for too long. In Hellenismos, Tony Mierzwicki shows how to bring it back in all of its primal glory. Learn how to forge personal relationships with the ancient Greek deities. Recreate the practices of the Greeks and enjoy the richness of their spiritual practices.
By: Tony Mierzwicki, and others
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Thucydides
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Jennifer T. Roberts
- Narrated by: Dina Pearlman
- Length: 4 hrs and 8 mins
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In 432 BCE the powerful city-state of Sparta on the peninsula of the Peloponnesus in southwestern Greece declared war on Athens, head of a mighty naval coalition. The war would last until Sparta finally brought Athens to its knees in 404. The Athenian aristocrat Thucydides, suspecting the magnitude of the conflict that was unfolding before his eyes, at once undertook to record its history, exploring the causes and course of the war in the context of his great interest: human nature.