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Churchill & Orwell
- The Fight for Freedom
- By: Thomas E. Ricks
- Narrated by: Piers Hampton
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
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Both George Orwell and Winston Churchill came close to death in the mid-1930s - Orwell shot in the neck in the Spanish Civil War and Churchill struck by a car in New York City. If they'd died then, history would scarcely remember them. At the time Churchill was a politician on the outs, his loyalty to his class and party suspect. Orwell was a mildly successful novelist, to put it generously. No one would have predicted that by the end of the 20th century, they would be considered two of the most important people in British history....
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Love the narrator !! Great book too.
- By Anonymous User on 04-06-2018
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Churchill & Orwell
- The Fight for Freedom
- Narrated by: Piers Hampton
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 17-08-2017
- Language: English
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London in the Nineteenth Century
- By: Jerry White
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 7 mins
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Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert. London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. Most of all it was the London of Dickens. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'.
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London in the Nineteenth Century
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 20-12-2018
- Language: English
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Empire of Guns
- The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution
- By: Priya Satia
- Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
- Length: 19 hrs and 41 mins
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We have long understood the Industrial Revolution as a triumphant story of innovation and technology. Empire of Guns, is a rich and ambitious new book by award-winning historian Priya Satia, which upends this conventional wisdom by placing war and Britain’s prosperous gun trade at the heart of the Industrial Revolution and the state’s imperial expansion. Satia brings to life this bustling industrial society with the story of a scandal: Samuel Galton of Birmingham, one of Britain’s most prominent gun makers, was condemned by his fellow Quakers that his profession violated their pacifist principles.
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Empire of Guns
- The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution
- Narrated by: Tania Rodrigues
- Length: 19 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 03-11-2018
- Language: English
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Seashaken Houses
- A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
- By: Tom Nancollas
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose is much more utilitarian than that. Still today we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland, a ring of 19 towers built between 1811-1905, so called because they were constructed on desolate rock formations in the middle of the sea, and made of granite to withstand the power of its waves.
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Seashaken Houses
- A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 30-05-2019
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses
- Brief Histories
- By: Desmond Seward
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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During the 15th century England was split in a bloody conflict between the Houses of York and Lancaster over who should claim the crown. The civil wars consumed the whole nation in a series of battles that eventually saw the Tudor dynasty take power. In A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses, Desmond Seward tells the story of this complex and dangerous period of history through the lives of five men and women who experienced the conflict firsthand.
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Highly recommended
- By Matt on 04-03-2018
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A Brief History of the Wars of the Roses
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 07-03-2013
- Language: English
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Chavs
- The Demonization of the Working Class
- By: Owen Jones
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
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In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth.' Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality. The chav stereotype, he argues, is used by governments as a convenient fig leaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality.
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A must read for anyone on the Left
- By Nicholas Wright on 19-09-2021
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Chavs
- The Demonization of the Working Class
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 30-03-2017
- Language: English
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Shadowlands
- A Journey Through Lost Britain
- By: Matthew Green
- Narrated by: Matthew Green
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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Britain's landscape is scarred with haunting and romantic remains; these shadowlands that were once filled with life are now just spectral echoes. Peering through the cracks of history, we find Dunwich, a medieval city plunged off a Suffolk cliff by sea storms; the lost city of Trellech unearthed by moles in the Welsh Marches; and the ghostly reservoir that is Capel Celyn, one of the few remaining solely Welsh-speaking villages, drowned by Liverpool City Council.
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A beautiful evocation of lost places
- By Helen Engstrom on 02-09-2023
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Shadowlands
- A Journey Through Lost Britain
- Narrated by: Matthew Green
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 06-09-2022
- Language: English
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A Mad Catastrophe
- The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire
- By: Geoffrey Wawro
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Wawro
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.
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Fantastic
- By Kindle Customer on 23-08-2023
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A Mad Catastrophe
- The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Wawro
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 29-08-2014
- Language: English
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The Templars
- The Secret History Revealed
- By: Barbara Frale
- Narrated by: Kate Udall
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
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At its height, the Order of the Knights Templar rivaled the kingdoms of Europe in military might, economic power, and political influence. For 700 years the tragic demise of this society of warrior-monks amid accusations of heresy has been plagued by controversy, in part because the transcript of their trial by the Inquisition - which held the key to the truth - had vanished.Templar historian Barbara Frale happened to be studying a document at the Vatican Secret Archives when she suddenly realized that it was none other than the long-lost transcript!
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poor narration
- By Anonymous User on 16-02-2022
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The Templars
- The Secret History Revealed
- Narrated by: Kate Udall
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 17-03-2014
- Language: English
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The Wreckers
- A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships
- By: Bella Bathurst
- Narrated by: Rebecca Crankshaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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From the best-selling author of The Lightouse Stevensons, a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the 18th century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea. A fine wreck has always represented sport, pleasure, treasure and, in many cases, the difference between living well and just getting by. The Cornish were supposed to be so ferocious that notices of shipwrecks were given out during morning service by the minister....
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The Wreckers slowly lists off topic.
- By EileenH on 02-01-2023
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The Wreckers
- A Story of Killing Seas, False Lights and Plundered Ships
- Narrated by: Rebecca Crankshaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 12-12-2017
- Language: English
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Anthony Powell
- Dancing to the Music of Time
- By: Hilary Spurling
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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The long-awaited portrait of a literary master from one of our generation's greatest biographers. Anthony Powell: the literary genius who gave us A Dance to the Music of Time, an undisputed classic of English literature. Spanning 12 spectacular volumes and written over 25 years, his comic masterpiece teems with idiosyncratic characters, capturing 20th-century Britain through war and peace. Drawing on Powell's letters and journals, and the memories of those who knew him, Hilary Spurling explores his life.
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A few sour notes but a good biography
- By Anna Chemin on 07-08-2021
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Anthony Powell
- Dancing to the Music of Time
- Narrated by: Sophie Aldred
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 25-10-2018
- Language: English
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The Murder of William of Norwich
- The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe
- By: E. M. Rose
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
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In 1144 the mutilated body of William of Norwich, a young apprentice leatherworker, was found abandoned outside the city's walls. The boy bore disturbing signs of torture, and a story spread that it was a ritual murder, performed by Jews, in imitation of the Crucifixion as a mockery of Christianity. The outline of William's tale eventually gained currency far beyond Norwich, and the idea that Jews engaged in ritual murder became firmly rooted in the European imagination.
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The Murder of William of Norwich
- The Origins of the Blood Libel in Medieval Europe
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 17-07-2015
- Language: English
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William & Catherine: Their Lives, Their Wedding
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
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The marriage of Prince William to Catherine Middleton is one of the most significant royal events of recent times. As second in line to the throne, William carries the hopes and expectations of millions of people around the world. As a ‘commoner’ who will become a princess, Kate brings beauty and freshness to a very traditional union. William and Catherine: Their Lives, Their Wedding portrays the histories and characters of the couple as well as covering the wedding itself. Every fascinating detail is explored in this handsome record of a defining event.
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William & Catherine: Their Lives, Their Wedding
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 3 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 15-08-2013
- Language: English
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The Prime Ministers
- Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to May
- By: Steve Richards
- Narrated by: Steve Richards
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
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At a time of unprecedented political upheaval, this magisterial history explains who leads us and why. From Harold Wilson to Theresa May, it brilliantly brings to life all nine inhabitants of 10 Downing Street over the past 50 years, vividly outlining their successes and failures - and what made each of them special. Based on unprecedented access and in-depth interviews, and inspired by the author's BBC Radio 4 and television series, Steve Richards expertly examines the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world.
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Excellent
- By Anonymous User on 05-08-2023
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The Prime Ministers
- Reflections on Leadership from Wilson to May
- Narrated by: Steve Richards
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 19-12-2019
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Britain 1660 - 1851
- Brief Histories
- By: William Gibson
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
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In 1660 England emerged from the devastations of the Civil Wars and restored the king, Charles II, to the throne. Over the next 190 years Britain would establish itself as the leading nation in the world - the centre of burgeoning Empire, at the forefront of the Enlightenment and the Industrial Revolution. However, radical change also brought with it anxiety and violence. America is lost in the War of Independence and calls for revolution at home are never far from the surface of everyday life.
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A Brief History of Britain 1660 - 1851
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 07-02-2013
- Language: English
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The Wonders
- Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show, Circus and Victorian Age
- By: John Woolf
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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On 23 March, 1844, General Tom Thumb, at 25 inches tall, entered the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and bowed low to Queen Victoria. On both sides of the Atlantic, this meeting marked a tipping point in the 19th century - the age of the freak was born. Bewitching all levels of society, it was a world of astonishing spectacle - of dwarfs, giants, bearded ladies, Siamese twins and swaggering showmen - and one that has since inspired countless novels, films and musicals.
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The Wonders
- Lifting the Curtain on the Freak Show, Circus and Victorian Age
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-10-2019
- Language: English
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The Great Turning Points in British History: The Twenty Events that Made the Nation
- Brief Histories
- By: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
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Twenty of the most crucial moments in Britain's history. BBC History Magazine asked a selection of leading historians to choose and describe the twenty most important turning points in British history from AD 1000 to 2000. Collected together, their choices present a new way of looking at our nation's story.
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The Great Turning Points in British History: The Twenty Events that Made the Nation
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Christopher Oxford
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 13-12-2013
- Language: English
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- By: Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
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Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the establishment for over 70 years. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft. His impeccable social placement located him within the beating heart of the national elite for decades. He was capable of writing substantial history, such as his priceless material on the abdication crisis from conversations with both the Duke of Windsor and the Queen Mother.
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 13-12-2018
- Language: English
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Railways and the Raj
- How the Age of Steam Transformed India
- By: Christian Wolmar
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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India was the jewel in the crown of the British Empire. There were vast riches to be exploited and vast numbers of people to be subjugated. How better to achieve these aims than by building a rail network that facilitated the export of raw material and made it easier for troops to travel around the country to tackle uprisings? India joined the railway age late: the first line was not completed until 1853, but, by 1929, 41,000 miles of track served the country.
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Railways and the Raj
- How the Age of Steam Transformed India
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-07-2018
- Language: English
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Worlds of Arthur
- Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
- By: Guy Halsall
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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King Arthur is probably the most famous and certainly the most legendary medieval king. From the early ninth century through the middle ages, to the Arthurian romances of Victorian times, the tales of this legendary figure have blossomed and multiplied. And in more recent times, there has been a continuous stream of books claiming to have discovered the "facts" about, or to unlock the secret or truth behind, the "once and future king". Broadly speaking, there are two Arthurs.
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Worlds of Arthur
- Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 09-12-2014
- Language: English
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