Best Sellers
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Great story, annoying music
- By Rob Smith on 2020-07-18
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The Dark Queens
- The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
- Written by: Shelley Puhak
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule....
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Game of Thrones in real life
- By K. M. Wong on 2023-09-26
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The Book of Margery Kempe
- Written by: Margery Kempe
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic from Norfolk. Having married in c. 1393, given birth to 14 children, and pursued unsuccessful ventures in brewing and milling, Kempe made a vow of chastity....
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The Great Mortality
- An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
- Written by: John Kelly
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern....
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- Written by: Neil Price
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe....
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An engaging written history of the Vikings...
- By Anonymous User on 2021-01-10
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Foundation
- The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors: The History of England, Book 1
- Written by: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
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In this massive best seller in England, one of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of the country....
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Great story, annoying music
- By Rob Smith on 2020-07-18
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The Dark Queens
- The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
- Written by: Shelley Puhak
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule....
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Game of Thrones in real life
- By K. M. Wong on 2023-09-26
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The Book of Margery Kempe
- Written by: Margery Kempe
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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The Book of Margery Kempe is the extraordinary account of a medieval wife, mother, and mystic from Norfolk. Having married in c. 1393, given birth to 14 children, and pursued unsuccessful ventures in brewing and milling, Kempe made a vow of chastity....
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The Great Mortality
- An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
- Written by: John Kelly
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern....
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- Written by: Neil Price
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe....
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An engaging written history of the Vikings...
- By Anonymous User on 2021-01-10
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Foundation
- The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors: The History of England, Book 1
- Written by: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 18 hrs and 21 mins
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In this massive best seller in England, one of Britain's most popular and esteemed historians tells the epic story of the birth of the country....
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Catherine de Valois [Catherine of Valois]
- Princesse de France, Matriarche des Tudors [Princess of France, Matriarch of the Tudors]
- Written by: Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Narrated by: Maxime Gagnon Laramée
- Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
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La princesse française oubliée dont le courage lança la dynastie des Tudors. La guerre la fit reine d'Angleterre. Son amour pour un Gallois la rendit immortelle....
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Iron, Fire and Ice
- The Real History That Inspired Game of Thrones
- Written by: Ed West
- Narrated by: Rory Barnett
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
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A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father’s death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him....
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An enjoyable listen
- By Nikki Small on 2020-08-22
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The Great Schism
- The History and Legacy of the Split Between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches in 1054
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Stephen Platt
- Length: 1 hr and 53 mins
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For nearly a thousand years following its foundation, there was only one Christian church. Centered in the city of Rome, the church expanded and grew until it became the dominant religion in Europe and beyond....
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Heart of Europe
- A History of the Holy Roman Empire
- Written by: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
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The Holy Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor....
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Difficult to Digest, but a Worthwhile Pickup
- By 099880897979 on 2022-12-15
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The Greatest Knight
- The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones
- Written by: Thomas Asbridge
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
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Asbridge charts the unparalleled rise to prominence of a man bound to a code of honor yet driven by unquenchable ambition....
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STORY OF MARSHALL IS AMAZING but not this one.
- By Giggs on 2024-03-15
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The Map of Knowledge
- A Thousand-Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found
- Written by: Violet Moller
- Narrated by: Susan Duerden
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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After the Fall of Rome, when many of the great ideas of the ancient world were lost to the ravages of the Dark Ages, three crucial manuscripts passed hand to hand through seven Mediterranean cities and survived to fuel the revival of the Renaissance - an exciting debut history....
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A Brief History of the Samurai
- Brief Histories
- Written by: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior....
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Europe Between the Oceans
- 9000 BC-AD 1000
- Written by: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 18 hrs and 48 mins
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Distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe entirely reorients our understanding of Europe from 10,000 BC to the time of the Vikings....
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Athelstan: The Making of England
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 3
- Written by: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 2 hrs and 45 mins
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The formation of England happened against the odds - the division of the country into rival kingdoms, the assaults of the Vikings, the precarious position of the island on the edge of the known world....
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The Makers of Scotland
- Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings
- Written by: Tim Clarkson
- Narrated by: David Vickery
- Length: 8 hrs and 48 mins
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During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords....
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- Written by: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? And what are you going to eat....
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With ease didst i survive thanks to thy most excellent guide!
- By Liam on 2020-12-03
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Rollo the Viking: The Life and Legacy of the Viking Ruler Who Conquered Normandy
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 19 mins
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In the autumn of 1911, an eye-watering mass of French citizens gathered around a churchyard in the heart of Rouen to celebrate the millennial anniversary of Normandy....
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Les templiers
- Written by: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Nicolas Djermag
- Length: Not yet known
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Ils ont commencé comme pèlerins, ont combattu comme moines guerriers, se sont enrichis comme banquiers et ont fini sur le bûcher comme hérétiques : Dan Jones...
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The Byzantine Empire
- Written by: Charles Oman
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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This history by Charles Oman is a catalog of good, bad, and indifferent emperors who either pushed Byzantine Civilization to new heights or savagely drove it to defeat and dissolution....
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In God's Path
- The Arab Conquests and the Creation of an Islamic Empire
- Written by: Robert G. Hoyland
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 9 hrs and 54 mins
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In just over a hundred years - from the death of Muhammad in 632 to the beginning of the Abbasid Caliphate in 750 - the followers of the Prophet swept across the whole of the Middle East....
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The Maid and the Queen
- The Secret History of Joan of Arc
- Written by: Nancy Goldstone
- Narrated by: Sandra Burr
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
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On the 600th anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc, this beautifully written book explores the remarkable relationship she had with Yolande of Aragon....
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The Bright Ages
- A New History of Medieval Europe
- Written by: Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
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A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, The Bright Ages shows the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality - a brilliant reflection of humanity itself....
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Secularly biased
- By Ian weir on 2024-03-03
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Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas
- The Lives and Works of the Middle Ages’ Most Influential Religious Philosophers
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 10 mins
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Moses Ben Maimon, frequently called Maimonides, was a medieval philosopher who revolutionized thinking about ethics, reason, and the Jewish Torah...St. Thomas Aquinas is known as one of the most important medieval philosophers....
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Jeanne d'Arc, vérités et légendes
- Written by: Colette Beaune
- Narrated by: Marie-Eve Dufresne
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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2020, centenaire de la canonisation de Jeanne d'Arc. Ce livre audio se propose, en quelques chapitres très clairs, de couper court aux...
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God's Battalions
- The Case for the Crusades
- Written by: Rodney Stark
- Narrated by: David Drummond
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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In God's Battalions, award-winning author Rodney Stark takes on the long-held view that the Crusades were the first round of European colonialism....
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Important arguments, some flaws
- By Matt on 2023-12-26
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Templars
- The Knights Who Made Britain
- Written by: Steve Tibble
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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The Knights Templar have an enduring reputation—but not one they would recognize. Originally established in the twelfth century to protect pilgrims, the Order is remembered today for heresy, fanaticism, and even satanism. Steve Tibble sets out to correct the record....
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Life in a Medieval Village
- Written by: Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages....
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The Once and Future Sex
- Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
- Written by: Eleanor Janega
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
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A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior....
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Ravenna
- Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
- Written by: Judith Herrin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
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This riveting audiobook narrated by Phyllida Nash traces the history of the city that led the West out of the ruins of the Roman Empire....
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An Alternative History of Britain
- The Tudors
- Written by: Timothy Venning
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Timothy Venning's series of alternative histories explores the pathways of British events from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the English Civil War. In this volume, he presents an in-depth analysis of the Tudor period. Venning discusses the fateful moments at which history could easily have taken a different turn. In a fascinating series of "what if" scenarios, Venning presents a detailed look at the possible and likely results. While speculative, the scenarios are all plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context.
Written by: Timothy Venning
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The Great Mortality
- An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
- Written by: John Kelly
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of never-ending interest to both scholars and the general public. Many books on the plague rely on statistics to tell the story. In The Great Mortality, author John Kelly lends an air of immediacy and intimacy to his telling of the journey of the plague as it traveled from the steppes of Russia, across Europe, and into England, killing 75 million people—one third of the known population—before it vanished.
Written by: John Kelly
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The Black Death
- An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe)
- Written by: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, was the worst pandemic in history. The Black Death was almost always fatal, and it took hundreds of years for populations to bounce back. It claimed millions of lives and set the stage for pandemic responses that are still in use today. This audiobook offers a compelling and comprehensive examination of this period and talks about what we’ve learned from such a horrific disease.
Written by: Billy Wellman
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Medieval Europe
- A Captivating Guide to European History During the Middle Ages, Starting with the Fall of Rome through Byzantium, the Carolingian Empire and Crusades to the Renaissance (Exploring Europe’s Past)
- Written by: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The English longbow, typically made of yew wood, was one of the most powerful weapons in the Middle Ages that could change the course of battles. Measuring up to six feet in length, this weapon was highly regarded for its power and accuracy—trained archers could accurately shoot their target from over 200 yards.
Written by: Captivating History
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Wild
- Tales from Early Medieval Britain
- Written by: Amy Jeffs
- Narrated by: Lucy Paterson, Amy Jeffs
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys—on foot and through medieval texts—from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the listener an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home. The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection. They blend reflections of travels through fen, forest and cave, with retelling of medieval texts that offer rich depictions of the natural world.
Written by: Amy Jeffs
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A Medieval Life
- Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before the Plague (The Middle Ages Series)
- Written by: Judith M. Bennett
- Narrated by: Laura Greaves
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. Written in a clear and accessible style, it reworks a well-loved book to provide an entirely new resource for students, teachers, and general listeners. Like Cecilia Penifader, most people in the Middle Ages were peasants, humble people living socially below the knights, bishops, and kings who figure so large in history books. Judith M. Bennett shows that peasants, too, made history.
Written by: Judith M. Bennett
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An Alternative History of Britain
- The Tudors
- Written by: Timothy Venning
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Timothy Venning's series of alternative histories explores the pathways of British events from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the English Civil War. In this volume, he presents an in-depth analysis of the Tudor period. Venning discusses the fateful moments at which history could easily have taken a different turn. In a fascinating series of "what if" scenarios, Venning presents a detailed look at the possible and likely results. While speculative, the scenarios are all plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context.
Written by: Timothy Venning
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The Great Mortality
- An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
- Written by: John Kelly
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The plague that devastated Asia and Europe in the 14th century has been of never-ending interest to both scholars and the general public. Many books on the plague rely on statistics to tell the story. In The Great Mortality, author John Kelly lends an air of immediacy and intimacy to his telling of the journey of the plague as it traveled from the steppes of Russia, across Europe, and into England, killing 75 million people—one third of the known population—before it vanished.
Written by: John Kelly
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The Black Death
- An Enthralling Overview of a Major Event in the Middle Ages (Europe)
- Written by: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The Black Death, also known as the bubonic plague, was the worst pandemic in history. The Black Death was almost always fatal, and it took hundreds of years for populations to bounce back. It claimed millions of lives and set the stage for pandemic responses that are still in use today. This audiobook offers a compelling and comprehensive examination of this period and talks about what we’ve learned from such a horrific disease.
Written by: Billy Wellman
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Medieval Europe
- A Captivating Guide to European History During the Middle Ages, Starting with the Fall of Rome through Byzantium, the Carolingian Empire and Crusades to the Renaissance (Exploring Europe’s Past)
- Written by: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 5 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The English longbow, typically made of yew wood, was one of the most powerful weapons in the Middle Ages that could change the course of battles. Measuring up to six feet in length, this weapon was highly regarded for its power and accuracy—trained archers could accurately shoot their target from over 200 yards.
Written by: Captivating History
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Wild
- Tales from Early Medieval Britain
- Written by: Amy Jeffs
- Narrated by: Lucy Paterson, Amy Jeffs
- Length: 3 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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In Wild, Amy Jeffs journeys—on foot and through medieval texts—from landscapes of desolation to hope, offering the listener an insight into a world at once distant and profoundly close to home. The seven chapters, entitled Earth, Ocean, Forest, Beast, Fen, Catastrophe, Paradise, open with fiction and close with reflection. They blend reflections of travels through fen, forest and cave, with retelling of medieval texts that offer rich depictions of the natural world.
Written by: Amy Jeffs
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A Medieval Life
- Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before the Plague (The Middle Ages Series)
- Written by: Judith M. Bennett
- Narrated by: Laura Greaves
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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A Medieval Life offers a biography of one woman, a portrait of her world, and an introduction to historical method. Written in a clear and accessible style, it reworks a well-loved book to provide an entirely new resource for students, teachers, and general listeners. Like Cecilia Penifader, most people in the Middle Ages were peasants, humble people living socially below the knights, bishops, and kings who figure so large in history books. Judith M. Bennett shows that peasants, too, made history.
Written by: Judith M. Bennett