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Best Sellers
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Blood and Iron
- The Rise and Fall of the German Empire; 1871-1918
- Written by: Katja Hoyer
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
In this vivid 50-year history of Germany from 1871-1918 - which inspired events that forever changed the European continent - is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and rise to power to its calamitous defeat in the First World War....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Iron and blood
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-01-25
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Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- Written by: Joan Druett
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of Auckland Island....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dueling Journals...
- By Meredith on 2021-07-30
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Written by: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written but not the story I was hoping for
- By Simon on 2022-02-03
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The North Star
- Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln
- Written by: Julian Sher
- Narrated by: Julian Sher
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
The North Star is a riveting account of the years, months and days leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the unexpected ways Canadians were involved in every aspect of the American Civil War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and enjoyable
- By Derick on 2023-06-08
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Hymns of the Republic
- The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
- Written by: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
From the New York Times best-selling, celebrated, and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes the spellbinding, epic account of the dramatic conclusion of the Civil War....
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- Written by: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 144
In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....
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1 out of 5 stars
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I really wanted to like this but...
- By Sam Larkham on 2018-09-06
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Blood and Iron
- The Rise and Fall of the German Empire; 1871-1918
- Written by: Katja Hoyer
- Narrated by: Natasha Soudek
- Length: 8 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
In this vivid 50-year history of Germany from 1871-1918 - which inspired events that forever changed the European continent - is the story of the Second Reich from its violent beginnings and rise to power to its calamitous defeat in the First World War....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Iron and blood
- By Amazon Customer on 2023-01-25
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Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- Written by: Joan Druett
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 44
In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of Auckland Island....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dueling Journals...
- By Meredith on 2021-07-30
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- Written by: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 31
As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Well written but not the story I was hoping for
- By Simon on 2022-02-03
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The North Star
- Canada and the Civil War Plots Against Lincoln
- Written by: Julian Sher
- Narrated by: Julian Sher
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
The North Star is a riveting account of the years, months and days leading up to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, and the unexpected ways Canadians were involved in every aspect of the American Civil War.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating and enjoyable
- By Derick on 2023-06-08
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Hymns of the Republic
- The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
- Written by: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
From the New York Times best-selling, celebrated, and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes the spellbinding, epic account of the dramatic conclusion of the Civil War....
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- Written by: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 7 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 144
In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....
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1 out of 5 stars
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I really wanted to like this but...
- By Sam Larkham on 2018-09-06
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Louis Riel
- Written by: Dan Asfar, Tim Chodan
- Narrated by: Steve Jodoin
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
Champion of a people or traitorous rabble-rouser? Political visionary or religious lunatic? Louis Riel is one of the most ambiguous figures in Canadian history, a man who stood and fell for the Métis nation. Hear about the fascinating western icon in this well-paced biography....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Louis Riel Doesn’t Take Sides in Its Telling
- By Ringo Davil on 2023-07-09
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Massacre, Trial, and Aftermath: 1880-1916
- The Donnellys, Volume 2
- Written by: John Little
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 9 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance1 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
In 1880, an organized mob of the Donnellys' enemies murders four family members and burns their house to the ground. Another sibling is shot to death in a house a short distance away. William Donnelly and a teenage boy are the only witnesses to the murders....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Worst narrator ever
- By DollakLaw on 2022-02-10
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The Famine Plot
- England's Role in Ireland's Greatest Tragedy
- Written by: Tim Pat Coogan
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
Unflinching in depicting the evidence, Coogan presents a vivid and horrifying picture of a catastrophe that shook the 19th century and finally calls to account those responsible....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- By Dude on 2020-10-25
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La guerre de Sécession
- Written by: John Keegan
- Narrated by: François Cottrelle
- Length: 18 hrs and 50 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
Occultée par la vision littéraire antagoniste de La Case de l'oncle Tom et d'Autant en emporte le vent, la guerre de Sécession demeure méconnue...
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Nelson's Trafalgar
- The Battle That Changed the World
- Written by: Roy Adkins
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy, under Lord Horatio Nelson, dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon....
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- Written by: John Hussey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 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 first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages....
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The Greek Revolution
- 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe
- Written by: Mark Mazower
- Narrated by: John Lee, Mark Mazower
- Length: 20 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
As Mark Mazower shows us in his enthralling and definitive new account, myths about the Greek War of Independence outpaced the facts from the very beginning, and for good reason....
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2 out of 5 stars
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The only Greek independence audio book I can find
- By Jason Gacek on 2023-06-15
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- Written by: Dean King
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 12 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- By Conrad Noble on 2022-06-14
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The Darkest Jungle
- The True Story of the Darien Expedition and America's Ill-fated Race to Connect the Seas
- Written by: Todd Balf
- Narrated by: Ray Childs
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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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
The Darkest Jungle tells the harrowing story of America's first ship canal exploration across a narrow piece of land in Central America called the Darien....
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On the Origin of Species
- Written by: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Abridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 42
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34
A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Origin of Evolutionary Theory
- By Norman on 2024-04-11
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The Last Emperor of Mexico
- The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World
- Written by: Edward Shawcross
- Narrated by: Gustavo Rex
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico....
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From Midnight to Dawn
- The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad
- Written by: Jacqueline Tobin, Hettie Jones
- Narrated by: Richard Allen
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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The Underground Railroad was the passage to freedom for many slaves, but it was rife with dangers....
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Bismarck's War
- The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
- Written by: Rachel Chrastil
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
Historian Rachel Chrastil presents a definitive new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I....
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Bonaparte - Tome 1
- Written by: André Castelot
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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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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The Pursuit of Power
- Europe: 1815-1914
- Written by: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 41 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Richard J. Evans's gripping narrative ranges across a century of social and national conflicts, from the revolutions of 1830 and 1848 to the unification of both Germany and Italy....
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5 out of 5 stars
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So good
- By MyPublicName on 2023-11-12
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The China Mirage
- The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
- Written by: James Bradley
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
The China Mirage explores a difficult century that defines US-Chinese relations to this day....
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Formation
- The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation
- Written by: Fola Fagbule, Feyi Fawehinmi
- Narrated by: Elnathan John
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation tracks the unlikely series of events and characters that turned a collection of disparate nations into a British colony in 1914....
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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
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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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Crimea
- Written by: Orlando Figes
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story5 out of 5 stars 14
The terrible conflict that dominated the mid-19th century, the Crimean War, killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire....
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5 out of 5 stars
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entertaining and informative
- By brian finamore on 2020-05-22
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Le soleil d'Austerlitz
- Napoléon 2
- Written by: Max Gallo
- Narrated by: Jean-Marc Galéra
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Napoléon a trente ans en ce mois de noembre 1799. Il est Premier consul. Dans cinq ans, il sera Empereur des Français...
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L'immortel de Sainte-Hélène
- Napoléon 4
- Written by: Max Gallo
- Narrated by: Jean-Marc Galéra
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story5 out of 5 stars 7
Ici se nouent les derniers actes du fabuleux destin de Napoléon. Le 24 juin 1812, il entre en Russie à la tête de la Grande Armée...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Très bonne série
- By marco lapointe on 2022-07-19
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Stranger in the Shogun's City
- A Japanese Woman and Her World
- Written by: Amy Stanley
- Narrated by: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 10 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
A vivid, deeply researched work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman during the first half of the 19th century in Edo - the city that would become Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of a momentous encounter with the West....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A pindrop of history
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-02-20
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Histoire de France. Sélection d'extraits
- Written by: Jules Michelet
- Narrated by: Nicolas Justamon
- Length: 2 hrs and 19 mins
- Abridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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L'"Histoire de France" de Jules Michelet est un monument. Littéraire, d'abord, par le style envolé de ce digne héritier de Dumas...
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Elisabeth d'Autriche
- La véritable histoire de Sissi
- Written by: Brigitte Hamann
- Narrated by: Hélène Lausseur
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Impératrice d'Autriche-Hongrie, la monarchie la plus autoritaire et la plus compassée qui fût en Europe, elle haïssait l'Etiquette...