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Best Sellers
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Conquistadores
- A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
- Written by: Fernando Cervantes
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the conquistadors
- By James Burns on 2023-04-12
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England in the Age of Shakespeare
- Written by: Jeremy Black
- Narrated by: Simon Barber
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In England in the Age of Shakespeare, Jeremy Black takes readers on a tour of life in the streets, homes, farms, churches, and palaces of the Bard’s era....
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
- Written by: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
Organized as a travel guide for the time-hopping tourist, The Time-Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England is an entertaining popular history with a twist....
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Martin Luther
- The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
- Written by: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
From author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation....
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2 out of 5 stars
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DISAPPOINTING
- By brien thurstson on 2024-03-06
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The Teutonic Knights
- A Military History
- Written by: William Urban
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. William Urban's narrative charts the rise and fall of the Order and, in an accessible and engaging style, throws light on a band of knights whose deeds and motives have long been misunderstood....
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- Written by: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting and surprisingly touching book
- By Jon on 2018-10-28
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Conquistadores
- A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
- Written by: Fernando Cervantes
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the conquistadors
- By James Burns on 2023-04-12
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England in the Age of Shakespeare
- Written by: Jeremy Black
- Narrated by: Simon Barber
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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In England in the Age of Shakespeare, Jeremy Black takes readers on a tour of life in the streets, homes, farms, churches, and palaces of the Bard’s era....
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
- Written by: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
Organized as a travel guide for the time-hopping tourist, The Time-Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England is an entertaining popular history with a twist....
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Martin Luther
- The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
- Written by: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 57
From author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation....
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2 out of 5 stars
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DISAPPOINTING
- By brien thurstson on 2024-03-06
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The Teutonic Knights
- A Military History
- Written by: William Urban
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. William Urban's narrative charts the rise and fall of the Order and, in an accessible and engaging style, throws light on a band of knights whose deeds and motives have long been misunderstood....
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- Written by: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 47
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 40
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 39
In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting and surprisingly touching book
- By Jon on 2018-10-28
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Rebel in the Ranks
- Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World
- Written by: Brad S. Gregory
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther....
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Vagabond Princess
- The Great Adventures of Gulbadan
- Written by: Ruby Lal
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic adventurer and unique pictures of the multicultural society in which she lived.
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God's Shadow
- Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Alan Mikhail
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the height of their authority in the 16th century, the Ottomans controlled more territory and ruled over more people than any world power....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A well explained book on an influential person
- By Burak Can on 2020-08-27
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- Written by: David Wootton
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
A groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good
- By ArcesseEum on 2018-01-02
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Fatal Discord
- Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind
- Written by: Michael Massing
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 34 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4
This deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history examines two of the greatest minds of European history - Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther - and their heated rivalry....
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The Dawning of the Apocalypse
- The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century
- Written by: Gerald Horne
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3
Acclaimed historian Gerald Horne troubles America's settler colonialism's "creation myth"....
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The Jewel House
- Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
- Written by: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Best-selling author Deborah E. Harkness explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London....
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In Bed with the Tudors
- From Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I
- Written by: Amy Licence
- Narrated by: Debra Burton
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders....
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All Things Made New
- The Reformation and Its Legacy
- Written by: Diarmaid MacCulloch
- Narrated by: Neil Scott-Barbour
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The most profound characteristic of Western Europe in the Middle Ages was its cultural and religious unity, a unity secured by a common alignment with the Pope in Rome....
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Spain
- The Centre of the World 1519-1682
- Written by: Robert Goodwin
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert Goodwin delves into previously unrecorded sources to bring a tumultuous and exciting period to life. Spain is a revealing portrait of an empire at the height of its power and a world at the dawn of a new age....
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Shakespeare's Restless World
- Written by: Neil MacGregor
- Narrated by: Neil MacGregor
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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What was life like for Shakespeare's first audiences? In this fascinating series, Neil MacGregor attempts to answer these questions by examining 20 objects from that turbulent period....
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A Hangman’s Diary
- The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617
- Written by: Franz Schmidt, Albrecht Keller - editor and translator, C. Calvert BA - translator, and others
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Now an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman's Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason for the punishment....
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3 out of 5 stars
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would be a lot better without the glitch
- By Juliet on 2023-10-12
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Protestants
- The Faith That Made the Modern World
- Written by: Alec Ryrie
- Narrated by: Tim Bruce
- Length: 20 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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In this dazzling global history that charts five centuries of innovation and change, Alec Ryrie makes the case that Protestants made the modern world....
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Defenders of the Faith
- Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
- Written by: James Reston Jr.
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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A best-selling historian recounts 16 years that shook the world - the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna....
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
- Written by: Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
- Narrated by: Frasier Mackenzie
- Length: 5 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Cabeza de Vaca was part of a 1527 Spanish expedition to explore the region north of the Gulf of Mexico. His group lost contact with their ships, and traveled on foot across Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico for the next eight years....
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- Written by: Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage - translator
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. Author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East....
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Popes and Feminists
- How the Reformation Frees Women from Feminism
- Written by: Elise Crapuchettes
- Narrated by: Elise Crapuchettes
- Length: 4 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the Reformation, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, being a wife or mother was not a holy vocation. The only “spiritual” calling for women was to be found in a convent. The Reformers confronted the bad theology which led to this....
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Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
- The Secret History Behind the Tudor Throne
- Written by: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Recounting Henry VIII's life and signal moments through the lens of his male relationships, Tracy Borman’s new biography reveals Henry’s personality in all its multi-faceted, contradictory glory, and sheds fresh light on his reign for anyone fascinated by the Tudor era and its legacy....
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Margaret Beaufort
- Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
- Written 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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Elizabeth's London
- Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
- Written by: Liza Picard
- Narrated by: Liza Picard
- Length: 7 hrs and 24 mins
- Abridged
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Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London....
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Mary Boleyn
- The True Story of Henry VIII's Favourite Mistress
- Written by: Josephine Wilkinson
- Narrated by: Debra Burton
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Mary Boleyn, ‘the infamous other Boleyn girl’, began her court career as the mistress of the king of France....
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Spanish Empire
- A History from Beginning to End
- Written by: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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The Spanish Empire was the first truly global empire and the first to be described as one on which “the sun never sets.” It rapidly grew to become one of the largest and most powerful empires in the history of the world and brought us goods such as potatoes, chocolate....
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Rinascimento Privato
- Written by: Maria Bellonci
- Narrated by: Anna Bonaiuto
- Length: 21 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Una sera di settembre del 1533 Isabella d’Este, quasi sessantenne, rievoca la propria vicenda: dall’infanzia a Ferrara al matrimonio, sedicenne, con il marchese...
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London's Triumph
- Merchants, Adventurers, and Money in Shakespeare's City
- Written by: Stephen Alford
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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At the start of the 16th century, England was hardly involved in the wider world, and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city....