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Embers of War
- The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
- By: Fredrik Logevall
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 32 hrs and 15 mins
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An epic story of wasted opportunities and deadly miscalculations, Embers of War delves deep into the historical record to provide hard answers to the unanswered questions surrounding the demise of one Western power in Vietnam and the arrival of another....
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brilliant!
- By Anonymous User on 04-05-2022
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Embers of War
- The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 32 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 13-11-2018
- Language: English
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An epic story of wasted opportunities and deadly miscalculations, Embers of War delves deep into the historical record to provide hard answers to the unanswered questions surrounding the demise of one Western power in Vietnam and the arrival of another....
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A Certain Idea of France
- The Life of Charles de Gaulle
- By: Julian Jackson
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 35 hrs and 19 mins
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In six weeks in 1940, France was overrun by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England....
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Outstanding work
- By Anonymous User on 19-12-2019
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A Certain Idea of France
- The Life of Charles de Gaulle
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 35 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 19-09-2019
- Language: English
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In six weeks in 1940, France was overrun by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England....
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The Cartiers
- The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
- By: Francesca Cartier Brickell
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 23 hrs and 14 mins
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The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s....
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family dynasty
- By Angie Parker on 01-01-2022
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The Cartiers
- The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 23 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 26-11-2019
- Language: English
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The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s....
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The Collapse of the Third Republic
- An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 48 hrs and 10 mins
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As an international war correspondent and radio commentator, William L. Shirer didn't just research the fall of France. He was there. In just six weeks, he watched the Third Reich topple one of the world's oldest military powers - and institute a rule of terror and paranoia....
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Historical very accurate often a first person account.
- By Andrew B. on 29-03-2024
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The Collapse of the Third Republic
- An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 48 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 30-04-2019
- Language: English
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As an international war correspondent and radio commentator, William L. Shirer didn't just research the fall of France. He was there. In just six weeks, he watched the Third Reich topple one of the world's oldest military powers - and institute a rule of terror and paranoia....
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Countdown to D-Day
- The German Perspective
- By: Peter Margaritis
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 28 hrs and 53 mins
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In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness....
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Great book
- By David Ensor on 02-07-2023
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Countdown to D-Day
- The German Perspective
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 28 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-10-2019
- Language: English
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In December 1943, with the rising realization that the Allies are planning to invade Fortress Europe, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel is assigned the title of General Inspector for the Atlantic Wall. His mission is to assess their readiness....
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The Years
- By: Annie Ernaux
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory....
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Scenes of the past captured vividly
- By Elizabeth Stacey on 05-06-2024
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The Years
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 10-09-2019
- Language: English
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The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory....
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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....
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 15-08-2023
- Language: English
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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....
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- By: Alistair Horne
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 29 hrs and 56 mins
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The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one....
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Completely Eurocentric perspective
- By Anonymous User on 10-11-2018
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A Savage War of Peace
- Algeria 1954-1962
- Narrated by: James Adams
- Length: 29 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 25-01-2008
- Language: English
- The Algerian War lasted from 1954 to 1962. From the perspective of half a century, it looks less like the last colonial war than the first postmodern one....
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They Shall Not Have Me
- The Capture, Forced Labor, and Escape of a French Prisoner in World War II
- By: Jean Helion
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
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The French painter Jean Hélion’s unique and deeply moving account of his experiences in Nazi prisoner-of-war camps prefigures the even darker stories that would emerge from the concentration camps....
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They Shall Not Have Me
- The Capture, Forced Labor, and Escape of a French Prisoner in World War II
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 03-02-2013
- Language: English
- The French painter Jean Hélion’s unique and deeply moving account of his experiences in Nazi prisoner-of-war camps prefigures the even darker stories that would emerge from the concentration camps....
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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
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 24-08-2021
- Language: English
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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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Twelve Who Ruled
- The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution
- By: R. R. Palmer, Isser Woloch - foreword
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
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The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France....
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A fascinating portrayal of the reign of terror
- By Anonymous User on 26-08-2023
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Twelve Who Ruled
- The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 09-06-2020
- Language: English
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The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France....
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Street Without Joy
- The French Debacle in Indochina
- By: Bernard B. Fall
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
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Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954....
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classic book on topic
- By Amazon Customer on 26-03-2021
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Street Without Joy
- The French Debacle in Indochina
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 13-05-2013
- Language: English
- Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954....
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A New World Begins
- The History of the French Revolution
- By: Jeremy D. Popkin
- Narrated by: Pete Cross, Jeremy D. Popkin
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
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In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the listener in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society....
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Best history book I’ve read
- By Anonymous User on 25-01-2024
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A New World Begins
- The History of the French Revolution
- Narrated by: Pete Cross, Jeremy D. Popkin
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 08-12-2020
- Language: English
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In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the listener in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society....
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When France Fell
- The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
- By: Michael S. Neiberg
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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According to US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the "most shocking single event" of World War II was not the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but rather the fall of France in spring 1940....
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When France Fell
- The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-11-2021
- Language: English
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According to US Secretary of War Henry Stimson, the "most shocking single event" of World War II was not the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but rather the fall of France in spring 1940....
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The Bettencourt Affair
- The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris
- By: Tom Sancton
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
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Heiress to the nearly 40-billion-dollar L’Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman and the 14th wealthiest person. But her gilded life took a dark yet fascinating turn in the past decade. At 94, she was embroiled in what has been called the Bettencourt Affair....
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(Morbidly) Fascinating
- By Robyn on 16-01-2023
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The Bettencourt Affair
- The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal That Rocked Paris
- Narrated by: Amanda Carlin
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-08-2017
- Language: English
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Heiress to the nearly 40-billion-dollar L’Oréal fortune, Liliane Bettencourt was the world’s richest woman and the 14th wealthiest person. But her gilded life took a dark yet fascinating turn in the past decade. At 94, she was embroiled in what has been called the Bettencourt Affair....
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Peking to Paris
- Life and Love on a Short Drive Around Half the World
- By: Dina Bennett
- Narrated by: Katherine Dyer
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
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In this thrilling road trip from "Peking to Paris", a woman tries to save her car, her marriage, and her confidence from breaking down....
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Armchair travel at its best
- By Anonymous User on 11-12-2022
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Peking to Paris
- Life and Love on a Short Drive Around Half the World
- Narrated by: Katherine Dyer
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 01-05-2013
- Language: English
- In this thrilling road trip from "Peking to Paris", a woman tries to save her car, her marriage, and her confidence from breaking down....
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms
- A History of France and England, 1100-1300
- By: Catherine Hanley
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
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The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and intermarried....
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms
- A History of France and England, 1100-1300
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 20-09-2022
- Language: English
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The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and intermarried....
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Breakfast in Burgundy
- A Hungry Irishman in the Belly of France
- By: Raymond Blake
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
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Laced with compelling writing about French food and its ways, Breakfast in Burgundy is part travel memoir, part foodie detective story, and part love song to Raymond's adopted home....
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Breakfast in Burgundy
- A Hungry Irishman in the Belly of France
- Narrated by: John Keating
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 04-12-2014
- Language: English
- Laced with compelling writing about French food and its ways, Breakfast in Burgundy is part travel memoir, part foodie detective story, and part love song to Raymond's adopted home....
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My Twenty-Five Years in Provence
- Reflections on Then and Now
- By: Peter Mayle
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
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A celebration of 25 years of Provençal living - of lessons learned and changes observed - with his final book, Peter Mayle has crafted a lasting love letter to his adopted home, marked by his signature warmth, wit, and humor....
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Peter Mayle at his best
- By Amazon Customer on 01-11-2022
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My Twenty-Five Years in Provence
- Reflections on Then and Now
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 4 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 26-06-2018
- Language: English
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A celebration of 25 years of Provençal living - of lessons learned and changes observed - with his final book, Peter Mayle has crafted a lasting love letter to his adopted home, marked by his signature warmth, wit, and humor....
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Soldier of Rome - The Sacrovir Revolt
- Book Two of the Artorian Chronicles
- By: James Mace
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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Gaius Silius, legate of the 20th Legion, is concerned that the barbarians - though shattered by the war - may be stirring once again....
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Soldier of Rome - The Sacrovir Revolt
- Book Two of the Artorian Chronicles
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Series: The Artorian Chronicles, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-01-2016
- Language: English
- Gaius Silius, legate of the 20th Legion, is concerned that the barbarians - though shattered by the war - may be stirring once again....
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