Biography Great Women

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    • Empress, Queen, Warrior
    • By: Catherine Hanley
    • Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
    • Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
    • Release date: 23-04-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • A life of Matilda - empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages....

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    • Portrait of a Woman
    • By: Robert K. Massie
    • Narrated by: Mark Deakins
    • Series: The Romanovs
    • Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 08-11-2011
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • Robert K. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination....

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    • The Queens and Consorts Who Shaped the Nation
    • By: Rosalind K. Marshall
    • Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
    • Length: 7 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 26-04-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • The lives of the Scottish queens, both those who ruled in their own right and the consorts, have largely been neglected in conventional history books. One of the earliest known Scottish queens was none other than the notorious Lady Macbeth....

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    • By: Penny Junor
    • Narrated by: Jenny Funnell
    • Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 29-06-2017
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
    • In her relationship with Charles, which has survived for more than 40 years, Camilla's story has seen a great many myths. This book is the definitive account....

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    • The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
    • By: Hallie Rubenhold
    • Narrated by: Louise Brealey
    • Length: 10 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 26-02-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 162 ratings
    • Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London - the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper....

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    • A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Women in History)
    • By: Hourly History
    • Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
    • Series: Biographies of Women in History
    • Length: 58 mins
    • Release date: 14-10-2021
    • Language: English
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    • Rosalind Franklin was what can only be called an overlooked genius. Although she was not fully credited for the feat at the time, her work led to major breakthroughs in our understanding of DNA. In fact, she took the first X-ray photo of DNA in all of its double helix glory....

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    • By: James Pope-Hennessy
    • Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
    • Length: 24 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 26-11-2020
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 4 ratings
    • Queen Mary's life, contrary to popular belief, was essentially dramatic, and she played a far more important and influential role in the affairs of the British monarchy than her public image might have otherwise suggested....

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    • 500 Years of Lies
    • By: Hayley Nolan
    • Narrated by: Hayley Nolan
    • Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 33 ratings
    • In this electrifying exposé, Hayley Nolan explores for the first time the full, uncensored evidence of Anne Boleyn’s life and relationship with Henry VIII, revealing the shocking suppression of a powerful woman....

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    • The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
    • By: Carolly Erickson
    • Narrated by: Davina Porter
    • Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 17-11-2011
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • Prize-winning historian and biographer, Carolly Erickson has created an eminently readable biography that recognizes the humanity of Great Catherine with her majesty and immense capability....

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    • By: Antonia Fraser
    • Narrated by: Patricia Hodge
    • Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 09-10-2007
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • More than 400 years after her death, Mary Queen of Scots remains one of the most romantic and controversial figures in British history....

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    • How to Get from Great to Unstoppable
    • By: Tia Toomey
    • Narrated by: Tia Toomey
    • Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 13-02-2024
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • The legendary six-time CrossFit Games champion and Olympic athlete shares lessons from her inspiring story of leveling up her performance, embracing failure, and fiercely taking on impossible goals....

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    • The Story of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici
    • By: Estelle Paranque
    • Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
    • Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 30-06-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 9 ratings
    • In 16th-century Europe, two women came to hold all the power, against all the odds. They were Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici....

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    • In Praise of Older Women
    • By: Marlene Wagman-Geller
    • Narrated by: Pam Ward
    • Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
    • Release date: 15-10-2018
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • From Marlene Wagman-Geller, author of Once Again to Zelda and Behind Every Great Man, comes a fascinating collection of biographical vignettes of dozens of women of a certain age who have excelled, inspired, and achieved....

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    • By: Tina Brown
    • Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
    • Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-2007
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she "the people's princess" or a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic? Only Tina Brown can give us the truth....

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    • Mary, Queen of Scots and the Language of Power
    • By: Clare Hunter
    • Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
    • Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 17-03-2022
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • At her execution Mary, Queen of Scots wore red. Widely known as the colour of strength and passion, it was in fact worn by Mary as the Catholic symbol of martyrdom....

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    • The Great Escape
    • By: Emma Gingerich
    • Narrated by: Amy Melissa Bentley
    • Length: 6 hrs and 13 mins
    • Release date: 30-01-2019
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 6 ratings
    • Growing up Amish and leaving the fold, Emma Gingerich left her Amish community in Eagleville, Missouri, at the age of 18. Her memoir Runaway Amish Girl: The Great Escape captivates even the timid listener. Listen to learn more....

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    • A Story of Young Love, Marriage and Monarchy
    • By: Tessa Dunlop
    • Narrated by: Tessa Dunlop
    • Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
    • Release date: 10-11-2022
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • She was peaches-and-cream innocence; he was a handsome war hero. Both had royal blood coursing through their veins. The marriage of Britain's Princess Elizabeth to Lt Philip Mountbatten in November 1947 is remembered as the beginning of an extraordinary lifelong union....

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    • The Queens of Henry VIII
    • By: David Starkey
    • Narrated by: Patricia Hodge
    • Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 24-06-2005
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
    • The first of Henry VIII's wives was Catherine of Aragon, the pious Catholic princess who suffered years of miscarriages and still births and yet failed to produce a male heir....

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    • A Life from Beginning to End
    • By: Hourly History
    • Narrated by: Mike Nelson
    • Series: Biographies of Women in History
    • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
    • Release date: 11-07-2018
    • Language: English
    • 1 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Florence Nightingale is usually thought of for her work in the Crimean War, where, as the “Lady with the Lamp”, she tirelessly nursed wounded soldiers at all hours of the night and day. But while these two years were a significant part of her life, she was also much more....

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