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The Rival Queens
- Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
- Written by: Nancy Goldstone
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
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Catherine de' Medici was a ruthless pragmatist and powerbroker who dominated the throne for 30 years....
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Excellent book
- By ncl on 2023-06-17
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Normandy '44
- D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west - the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries....
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Excellent
- By Kindle Customer on 2023-08-12
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A Great Improvisation
- Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
- Written by: Stacy Schiff
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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"In December 1776, a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins a dazzling narrative account of Benjamin Franklin's French mission....
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Under the Streets of Nice
- The Bank Heist of the Century
- Written by: Ken Follett, René L. Maurice
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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One hot Monday morning in 1976, Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century. A bank president in Nice, France found his vault welded shut—from the inside. Spaggiari and his gang of 20 men had dug a 25-foot tunnel from the city's sewer system into the bank....
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Citizens
- A Chronicle of the French Revolution
- Written by: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 36 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court....
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Louis XIV et ses maîtresses
- Written by: Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon
- Narrated by: Yannick Lopez
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Saint-Simon fut souvent considéré comme l'un des plus grands écrivains de la langue française. Il fut contemporain de Louis XIV et ses...
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The Rival Queens
- Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal That Ignited a Kingdom
- Written by: Nancy Goldstone
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Catherine de' Medici was a ruthless pragmatist and powerbroker who dominated the throne for 30 years....
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Excellent book
- By ncl on 2023-06-17
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Normandy '44
- D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west - the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries....
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Excellent
- By Kindle Customer on 2023-08-12
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A Great Improvisation
- Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
- Written by: Stacy Schiff
- Narrated by: Jason Culp
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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"In December 1776, a small boat delivered an old man to France." So begins a dazzling narrative account of Benjamin Franklin's French mission....
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Under the Streets of Nice
- The Bank Heist of the Century
- Written by: Ken Follett, René L. Maurice
- Narrated by: Roddy McDowall
- Length: 3 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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One hot Monday morning in 1976, Albert Spaggiari engineered the European crime of the century. A bank president in Nice, France found his vault welded shut—from the inside. Spaggiari and his gang of 20 men had dug a 25-foot tunnel from the city's sewer system into the bank....
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Citizens
- A Chronicle of the French Revolution
- Written by: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 36 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court....
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Louis XIV et ses maîtresses
- Written by: Louis de Rouvroy de Saint-Simon
- Narrated by: Yannick Lopez
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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Saint-Simon fut souvent considéré comme l'un des plus grands écrivains de la langue française. Il fut contemporain de Louis XIV et ses...
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A Concise History of France
- Written by: Roger Price
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 19 hrs and 25 mins
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Ranging from the early Middle Ages to the present, this is the broadest and most up-to-date study of French history available in English. Among its themes are the relationships between state and society, the impact of war, competition for power, and the ways in which power has been used....
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- Written 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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Wonderful great man!
- By Charles on 2023-10-24
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Napoleon
- A Life
- Written by: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 27 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of Napoleon has been written many times. In some versions, he is a military genius, in others a war-obsessed tyrant. Historian Adam Zamoyski cuts through the mythology and explains Napoleon against the background of the European Enlightenment and what he was seeking to achieve....
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Great narration. Historically biased writing.
- By Quadratic on 2019-06-10
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The French Revolution
- A Very Short Introduction, 2nd Edition
- Written by: William Doyle
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 4 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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The French Revolution is a time of history made familiar from Dickens, Baroness Orczy, and Tolstoy, as well as the legends of let them eat cake, and tricolors....
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In Montmartre
- Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art
- Written by: Sue Roe
- Narrated by: Emma Bering
- Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A lively and deeply researched group biography of the figures who transformed the world of art in bohemian Paris in the first decade of the 20th century....
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Accents
- By Anonymous User on 2019-02-08
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The Hundred Years War
- A People's History
- Written by: David Green
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history....
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- Written by: Tom Reiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar—because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers....
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Very enjoyable dive into the forgotten father
- By Alex Martin on 2020-11-05
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Cold Case : 10 affaires criminelles françaises non résolues
- 10 histoires - 5h25 d'écoute
- Written by: John Mac, Luc Tailleur, Sandrine Brugot, and others
- Narrated by: Florent Oulliè
- Length: 5 hrs and 25 mins
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Cold case : 10 affaires criminelles françaises non résolues est une série audio d'histoires captivantes qui explore des affaires criminelles non élucidées...
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A Great Improvisation
- Franklin, France, and the Birth of America
- Written by: Stacy Schiff
- Narrated by: Susan Denaker
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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In this dazzling work of history, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author follows Benjamin Franklin to France for the crowning achievement of his career....
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A New World Begins
- The History of the French Revolution
- Written 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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Learned a lot
- By Kathryn Smith on 2023-08-17
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A Woman of No Importance
- The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- Written by: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine....
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No issues with EXCELLENT narration!
- By Ron Larocque on 2019-07-16
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Le chant du départ
- Napoléon 1
- Written by: Max Gallo
- Narrated by: Jean-Marc Galéra
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
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Il est arrivé le 15 mai 1779 à l'École royale militaire de Brienne. Il n'a pas encore dix ans et parle à peine le français... Il va rester cinq ans dans cette école...
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Catherine de Médicis - La légende noire - une biographie expliquée
- Les figures de l'Histoire
- Written by: Céline Borello
- Narrated by: Céline Borello
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
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Les Presses Universitaires de France et Frémeaux & Associés proposent cette biographie de Catherine de Médicis par Céline Borello, professeur...
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Embers of War
- The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam
- Written 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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One of the most striking books you will ever read.
- By Rob on 2021-07-30
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Marie Antoinette
- The Journey
- Written by: Antonia Fraser
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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France's iconic queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous "Let them eat cake", was alternately revered and reviled during her lifetime....
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History Buffs Delight!
- By Amazon Customer on 2020-02-27
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Napoléon - Tome 2
- Written by: André Castelot
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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D'Ajaccio à Sainte-Hélène, en passant par le Grand-Saint-Bernard, Austerlitz, Moscou, Waterloo, l'île d'Elbe, André Castelot a mis ses pas dans ceux...
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- Written 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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My Twenty-Five Years in Provence
- Reflections on Then and Now
- Written 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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Boring voice
- By JoAnn Smith on 2021-04-24
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The Longest Day
- June 6, 1944
- Written by: Cornelius Ryan
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy....
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Bonaparte - Tome 2
- Written by: André Castelot
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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D'Ajaccio à Sainte-Hélène, en passant par le Grand-Saint-Bernard, Austerlitz, Moscou, Waterloo, l'île d'Elbe, André Castelot a mis ses pas dans ceux...
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Napoléon - Tome 1
- Written by: André Castelot
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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D'Ajaccio à Sainte-Hélène, en passant par le Grand-Saint-Bernard, Austerlitz, Moscou, Waterloo, l'île d'Elbe, André Castelot a mis ses pas dans ceux de Napoléon Bonaparte...
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Les moments décisifs de l'Histoire de France [The Decisive Moments in the History of France]
- Suivi de "Comment s'est faite la Restauration de 1814" [Followed by "How Was the Restoration of 1814 Made"]
- Written by: Jacques Bainville
- Narrated by: Daniel Franck
- Length: 54 mins
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Jacques Bainville, historien éminent de l'Académie Française, nous raconte ici de façon claire et succincte la grande Histoire de son pays....
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Bonaparte - Tome 1
- Written by: André Castelot
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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D'Ajaccio à Sainte-Hélène, en passant par le Grand-Saint-Bernard, Austerlitz, Moscou, Waterloo, l'île d'Elbe, André Castelot a mis ses pas dans ceux de Napoléon Bonaparte...