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The Borgias
- The Hidden History
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone....
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Delightfully Deliciously Thorough :-)
- By Deirdre E Siegel on 10-10-2022
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The Borgias
- The Hidden History
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 02-04-2013
- Language: English
- The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone....
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Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History
- By: Sandra Benjamin
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily's fascinating tale....
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Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 19-04-2012
- Language: English
- Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily's fascinating tale....
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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
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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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really good high level introduction to the corruption of the church
- By Charlie on 26-11-2023
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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 06-08-2019
- Language: English
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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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Naples '44
- By: Norman Lewis
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
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Naples '44 is an unflinching autobiographical account of a year in Naples after the armistice and Allied landings in Sorrento in 1943. Working as a British counterintelligence officer under the Allied occupation, Lewis documents the rich pageant of life in the city and its surrounding areas....
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Full and Balanced View of Napoli in 1944
- By Anonymous User on 24-09-2024
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Naples '44
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 27-08-2018
- Language: English
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Naples '44 is an unflinching autobiographical account of a year in Naples after the armistice and Allied landings in Sorrento in 1943. Working as a British counterintelligence officer under the Allied occupation, Lewis documents the rich pageant of life in the city and its surrounding areas....
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Out of Italy
- Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise
- By: Fernand Braudel, Siân Reynolds - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, "Italy" exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean....
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in-depth history
- By Anonymous User on 27-11-2022
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Out of Italy
- Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 07-06-2022
- Language: English
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In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, "Italy" exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean....
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
- By: Jacob Burckhardt
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
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In this landmark study of Italy from the 14th through the early 16th centuries, Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt chronicles the rise of Florence and Venice as powerful city-states....
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Burckhardt at his best
- By raz on 03-11-2018
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-11-2006
- Language: English
- In this landmark study of Italy from the 14th through the early 16th centuries, Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt chronicles the rise of Florence and Venice as powerful city-states....
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1434
- The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
- By: Gavin Menzies
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world....
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too long
- By Anonymous User on 09-10-2022
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1434
- The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 28-01-2014
- Language: English
- The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world....
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- By: Dennis Romano
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
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No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.”....
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 27-02-2024
- Language: English
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No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.”....
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Naples Declared
- A Walk Around the Bay
- By: Benjamin Taylor
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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It is a city of seemingly irreconcilable opposites, simultaneously glorious and ghastly. And it is Ben Taylor’s remarkable ability to meld these contradictions into a whole that makes this the exciting and original book it is....
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Naples Declared
- A Walk Around the Bay
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 23-11-2012
- Language: English
- It is a city of seemingly irreconcilable opposites, simultaneously glorious and ghastly. And it is Ben Taylor’s remarkable ability to meld these contradictions into a whole that makes this the exciting and original book it is....
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The Invention of Sicily
- A Mediterranean History
- By: Jamie Mackay
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by the Phoenicians and Greeks, the Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, and the Spanish and the French for thousands of years, Sicily became a unique melting pot....
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Brilliant overview
- By Daniel on 12-02-2023
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The Invention of Sicily
- A Mediterranean History
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 13-07-2021
- Language: English
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Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by the Phoenicians and Greeks, the Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, and the Spanish and the French for thousands of years, Sicily became a unique melting pot....
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Mussolini and Hitler
- The Forging of the Fascist Alliance
- By: Christian Goeschel
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
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From 1934 until 1944, Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that affected both countries. While Germany is regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has underrepresented Mussolini's influence on his German ally....
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Mussolini and Hitler
- The Forging of the Fascist Alliance
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 25-09-2018
- Language: English
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From 1934 until 1944, Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that affected both countries. While Germany is regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has underrepresented Mussolini's influence on his German ally....
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Venice
- By: Jan Morris
- Narrated by: Sebastian Comberti
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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Venice stands, as she loves to tell you, on the frontiers of the east and west, half-way between the setting and the rising sun....
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Venice
- Narrated by: Sebastian Comberti
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 09-08-2010
- Language: English
- Venice stands, as she loves to tell you, on the frontiers of the east and west, half-way between the setting and the rising sun....
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The Fall of the House of Borgia
- By: E.R. Chamberlin
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
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Beginning with Rodrigo Borgia, Chamberlin charts this intelligent but ruthless man's passage to the top. He uncovers how, as Pope Alexander VI, he directed his family to carve out a Borgia kingdom in the heart of Italy....
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The Fall of the House of Borgia
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 21-06-2022
- Language: English
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Beginning with Rodrigo Borgia, Chamberlin charts this intelligent but ruthless man's passage to the top. He uncovers how, as Pope Alexander VI, he directed his family to carve out a Borgia kingdom in the heart of Italy....
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The Balkan Wars
- A Captivating Guide to the First and Second Balkan War and Their Impact on World War I
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
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Did you know that the Balkan Peninsula is often referred to as the “powder keg of Europe?” It was a term devised in the early 20th century to describe the unstable political situation in the region just before it exploded into a conflict known as the First World War....
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The Balkan Wars
- A Captivating Guide to the First and Second Balkan War and Their Impact on World War I
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 30-12-2021
- Language: English
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Did you know that the Balkan Peninsula is often referred to as the “powder keg of Europe?” It was a term devised in the early 20th century to describe the unstable political situation in the region just before it exploded into a conflict known as the First World War....
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History of Italy
- A Captivating Guide to Italian History, Starting from the First Settlements Through the Middle Ages to the Modern Period
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs
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It is not an easy job to draw the border between the history of Italy and the history of Rome. In so many places, the two political and geographical entities collide. They wouldn’t be possible without each other, but they each have their own story....
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History of Italy
- A Captivating Guide to Italian History, Starting from the First Settlements Through the Middle Ages to the Modern Period
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs
- Release date: 29-01-2021
- Language: English
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It is not an easy job to draw the border between the history of Italy and the history of Rome. In so many places, the two political and geographical entities collide. They wouldn’t be possible without each other, but they each have their own story....
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Meditations
- By: Marcus Aurelius
- Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
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This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor AD 161-180, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....
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too fast the reader was but ok at..8 full speed
- By George on 18-04-2016
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Meditations
- Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 24-03-2015
- Language: English
- This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor AD 161-180, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....
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Letters from Italy
- A Transatlantic Love Story
- By: Mario Dell’Olio
- Narrated by: Dr. Mario Dell'Olio
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Letters from Italy is a story of true love that spans an ocean. Against all odds, an orphaned girl and a young dreamer find solace in a romance sparked by a single photo and years of transatlantic letters....
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Letters from Italy
- A Transatlantic Love Story
- Narrated by: Dr. Mario Dell'Olio
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 20-09-2023
- Language: English
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Letters from Italy is a story of true love that spans an ocean. Against all odds, an orphaned girl and a young dreamer find solace in a romance sparked by a single photo and years of transatlantic letters....
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Harry's Bar
- The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark
- By: Arrigo Cipriani
- Narrated by: Bryan Bendle
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
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The complete history of the legendary Venice landmark where Hemingway, Welles, and others were regulars....
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So many mispronunciations - in three languages!
- By Robyn on 11-11-2022
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Harry's Bar
- The Life and Times of the Legendary Venice Landmark
- Narrated by: Bryan Bendle
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 31-12-2012
- Language: English
- The complete history of the legendary Venice landmark where Hemingway, Welles, and others were regulars....
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- A Modern Abridgment by Moses Hadas
- By: Edward Gibbon, Moses Hadas, Mitch Horowitz
- Narrated by: Mitch Horowitz
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
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For listeners eager to experience Gibbon’s brilliant primary historicism, to understand the long decline of Rome—and the reasons for the Empire’s demise—there exists no better or more accessible condensation of Decline and Fall.
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- A Modern Abridgment by Moses Hadas
- Narrated by: Mitch Horowitz
- Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 21-10-2024
- Language: English
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For listeners eager to experience Gibbon’s brilliant primary historicism, to understand the long decline of Rome—and the reasons for the Empire’s demise—there exists no better or more accessible condensation of Decline and Fall.
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The Count of Virtue
- Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan
- By: E.R. Chamberlin
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Fourteenth-century Italy was chaotic: mercenaries swarmed across the land as competing city-states attempted to vie with each other for power, while pestilence and famine decimated populations. Into this cauldron was born Giangalezzo Visconti....
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The Count of Virtue
- Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 20-09-2022
- Language: English
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Fourteenth-century Italy was chaotic: mercenaries swarmed across the land as competing city-states attempted to vie with each other for power, while pestilence and famine decimated populations. Into this cauldron was born Giangalezzo Visconti....
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