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Henry VIII: King and Court
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
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This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces....
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Historical research at its best
- By Anna Chemin on 31-10-2021
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Henry VIII: King and Court
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 02-05-2017
- Language: English
- This magnificent biography of Henry VIII is set against the cultural, social and political background of his court and the splendour of his many sumptuous palaces....
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The History of the Renaissance World
- From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
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A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world....
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Terrible performance
- By Stephan Bollinger on 18-07-2019
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The History of the Renaissance World
- From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: The Story of the World
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-10-2013
- Language: English
- A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world....
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The Bad Popes
- By: E.R. Chamberlin
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A dramatic account of some of the most notorious figures of medieval and Renaissance history who ruled from the Eternal City. It is sure to grip fans of John Julius Norwich, Tom Holland, and Peter Ackroyd....
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The Bad Popes
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 24-11-2020
- Language: English
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A dramatic account of some of the most notorious figures of medieval and Renaissance history who ruled from the Eternal City. It is sure to grip fans of John Julius Norwich, Tom Holland, and Peter Ackroyd....
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How the Medici Shaped the Renaissance
- By: William Landon, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor William Landon
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
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In How the Medici Shaped the Renaissance, you’ll study the remarkable trajectory of the Medici from the late 14th century to 1737, when the Medici dynasty ended....
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Comprehensive and interesting
- By Mr PB on 03-11-2023
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How the Medici Shaped the Renaissance
- Narrated by: Professor William Landon
- Length: 6 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 13-08-2021
- Language: English
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In How the Medici Shaped the Renaissance, you’ll study the remarkable trajectory of the Medici from the late 14th century to 1737, when the Medici dynasty ended....
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Mary Boleyn
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Mary Boleyn was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife....
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Mary Boleyn
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 14-11-2011
- Language: English
- Mary Boleyn was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII’s second wife....
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The Verge
- Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
- By: Patrick Wyman
- Narrated by: Patrick Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
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The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn....
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Informative and well narrated
- By Shmeccles Shwifty on 12-08-2022
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The Verge
- Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
- Narrated by: Patrick Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 20-07-2021
- Language: English
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The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn....
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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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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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The Most Productive People in History: 18 Extraordinarily Prolific Inventors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs, from Archimedes to Elon Musk
- By: Michael Rank
- Narrated by: Kevin Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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This book will explore the lives of the 17 most productive people in history.....
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Really interesting!
- By Bob on 21-05-2023
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The Most Productive People in History: 18 Extraordinarily Prolific Inventors, Artists, and Entrepreneurs, from Archimedes to Elon Musk
- Narrated by: Kevin Meyer
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 26-01-2018
- Language: English
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This book will explore the lives of the 17 most productive people in history.....
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Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 2
- By: John Guy
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in it....
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Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 2
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Series: Penguin Monarchs
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 28-06-2018
- Language: English
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Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in it....
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Elizabeth's London
- Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
- By: Liza Picard
- Narrated by: Liza Picard
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
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Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London....
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Elizabeth's London
- Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
- Narrated by: Liza Picard
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 26-07-2011
- Language: English
- Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London....
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A World Lit Only by Fire
- The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
- By: William Manchester
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages....
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Engaging narrator, excellent prose but slightly dodgy on historical fact.
- By Rachel on 12-06-2018
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A World Lit Only by Fire
- The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance: Portrait of an Age
- Narrated by: Barrett Whitener
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 16-03-2007
- Language: English
- From tales of chivalrous knights to the barbarity of trial by ordeal, no era has been a greater source of awe, horror, and wonder than the Middle Ages....
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The Borgias
- The Hidden History
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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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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Botticelli's Secret
- The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
- By: Joseph Luzzi
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
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A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced it....
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An art detective story
- By Robyn on 06-01-2024
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Botticelli's Secret
- The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 25-10-2022
- Language: English
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A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced it....
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The Renaissance
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Jerry Brotton
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement, cultural experimentation, and interaction on a global scale....
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The Renaissance
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 25-05-2021
- Language: English
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In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement, cultural experimentation, and interaction on a global scale....
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Margaret Beaufort
- Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
- By: Elizabeth Norton
- Narrated by: Debra Burton
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time....
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Margaret Beaufort
- Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
- Narrated by: Debra Burton
- Length: 5 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 20-01-2014
- Language: English
- Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time....
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Catherine de' Medici
- The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
- By: Mary Hollingsworth
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
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History is rarely kind to women of power, but few have had their reputations quite so brutally shredded as Catherine de’ Medici, Italian-born queen of France and influential mother of three successive French kings.
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Another Narration Disaster
- By S.Attenborough on 17-07-2024
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Catherine de' Medici
- The Life and Times of the Serpent Queen
- Narrated by: Rachel Bavidge
- Length: 15 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-06-2024
- Language: English
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History is rarely kind to women of power, but few have had their reputations quite so brutally shredded as Catherine de’ Medici, Italian-born queen of France and influential mother of three successive French kings.
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Great Ladies
- The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens
- By: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
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There has been a great deal written about Tudor queens, but less so about those women who surrounded the throne, who may have held even more power and influence than those who actually wore the golden crown. This is the story of the ladies of the Tudor court....
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the atrocious voice
- By Debbie on 18-08-2024
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Great Ladies
- The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 12-02-2019
- Language: English
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There has been a great deal written about Tudor queens, but less so about those women who surrounded the throne, who may have held even more power and influence than those who actually wore the golden crown. This is the story of the ladies of the Tudor court....
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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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The Turbulent Crown
- The Story of the Tudor Queens
- By: Roland Hui
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
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Ten remarkable women. One remarkable era. In the Tudor period, 1485 to 1603, a host of fascinating women sat on the English throne. The dramatic events of their lives are told in The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens....
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ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC
- By Amazon Customer on 20-09-2023
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The Turbulent Crown
- The Story of the Tudor Queens
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 21-08-2018
- Language: English
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Ten remarkable women. One remarkable era. In the Tudor period, 1485 to 1603, a host of fascinating women sat on the English throne. The dramatic events of their lives are told in The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens....
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Be Like the Fox
- Machiavelli in His World
- By: Erica Benner
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality....
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Great book. Bewilderingly bad reader.
- By Beau on 16-01-2018
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Be Like the Fox
- Machiavelli in His World
- Narrated by: Karen Saltus
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 04-05-2017
- Language: English
- Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality....
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