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The Hudson's Bay Company
- The History and Legacy of the Famous English Trading Company in Colonial America
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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After the Englishman Henry Hudson, under the aegis of the Dutch East India Company, sailed by Manhattan in 1609, he returned home with good news and bad news. Like the other explorers before him, he hadn't been able to find a water route to the Orient. He had, however, returned with maps and beaver pelts. With that, it became clear that the region around the bay was a promising new territory for trade and settlement, which would become a bone of contention between the Dutch and the English for the rest of the century.
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The Hudson's Bay Company
- The History and Legacy of the Famous English Trading Company in Colonial America
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
- Release date: 2017-02-20
- Language: English
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The English Sweating Sickness
- The History and Legacy of the Mysterious Disease That Plagued Medieval London
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Ray Howard
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
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In the mid-15th century, a new “febrile” disease of an entirely unknown cause struck again in Britain in a series of erratically paced and lethal outbreaks between 1485 and 1551. Confined almost entirely to England, the new and unfamiliar wave of illness paled before the statistical destruction caused by the Black Death. However, what came to be known as the “English sweating sickness” reappeared through the decades in a stunning display of unpredictable timing and terrifying symptoms.
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The English Sweating Sickness
- The History and Legacy of the Mysterious Disease That Plagued Medieval London
- Narrated by: Ray Howard
- Length: 1 hr and 23 mins
- Release date: 2020-07-25
- Language: English
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10 Downing Street
- The History and Legacy of the British Prime Minister's Official Residence
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
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As much as it is a center of power, 10 Downing Street is also a study in contradictions. Though known today as the home of the prime minister, for most of its history it has housed other high-ranking government offices. Seen as a symbol of stability, it has often been physically the opposite; originally built in a swamp on a sandy foundation, it was shorn up again and again for decades. In fact its location and condition were often considered so bad that prior to 1900, only about half of the men offered the home chose to live there.
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10 Downing Street
- The History and Legacy of the British Prime Minister's Official Residence
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 5 mins
- Release date: 2017-04-03
- Language: English
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The Windrush Scandal
- The History of the Modern Controversy and Race Relations in the British Empire
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
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The issue of race in the British Empire is as complex as the history of the British Empire itself. The origins of the British Empire lie in the settlement of North America and the Caribbean, both of which led to complex intersections of imperialism, commerce, and race. The Windrush Scandal: The History of the Modern Controversy and Race Relations in the British Empire examines how racism in the United Kingdom affected the empire at home and abroad.
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The Windrush Scandal
- The History of the Modern Controversy and Race Relations in the British Empire
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 22 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-23
- Language: English
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The Sepoy Rebellion of 1857
- The History and Legacy of the Indian Rebellion Against the British East India Company
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
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The British East India Company served as one of the key players in the formation of the British Empire. From its origins as a trading company struggling to keep up with its superior Dutch, Portuguese, and Spanish competitors to its tenure as the ruling authority of the Indian subcontinent to its eventual hubristic downfall, the East India Company serves as a lens through which to explore the much larger economic and social forces that shaped the formation of a global British Empire.
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The Sepoy Rebellion of 1857
- The History and Legacy of the Indian Rebellion Against the British East India Company
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 24 mins
- Release date: 2017-01-16
- Language: English
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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In the 17th century, the people of London could boast that they had developed some of the most advanced firefighting technology and methods in the world, including the use of primitive fire engines. There were even vendors of such machines who advertised in papers of their machines' abilities to quench great fires.
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 2015-03-27
- Language: English
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The Redcoats: The History of the British Army in the 18th Century
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
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World domination is a vision most kings, queens, and emperors can only dream of. The only one to ever come close to this impossible level of prestige is none other than the legendary British Empire. Today, the British Army is one of the most powerful fighting forces in the world. Naturally, the history and traditions behind this army are also impressive. Its soldiers once created and defended a global empire, and during the Second World War, it was one of the leading nations standing against the brutal Axis forces, leading the way in the greatest seaborne invasion in military history.
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The Redcoats: The History of the British Army in the 18th Century
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-21
- Language: English
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The Irish Potato Famine
- The History and Legacy of the Mass Starvation in Ireland During the 19th Century
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
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In their long history of suffering, nothing was ever so terrible as what the Irish endured during the Great Potato Famine that struck the country in the 1840s. It produced massive upheaval for several years. While countless numbers of Irish starved, the famine also compelled many to leave. And all the while, the British were exporting enough food from Ireland on a daily basis to prevent the starvation.
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The Irish Potato Famine
- The History and Legacy of the Mass Starvation in Ireland During the 19th Century
- Narrated by: Dave Wright
- Length: 1 hr and 26 mins
- Release date: 2015-04-02
- Language: English
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Medieval Ireland: The History and Legacy of the Irish During the Middle Ages
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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There are very few national relationships quite as complicated and enigmatic as the one that exists between the English and the Irish. For two peoples so interconnected by geography and history, the depth of animosity that is often expressed is difficult at times to understand. At the same time, historic links of family and clan, and common Gaelic roots, have at times fostered a degree of mutual regard, interdependence, and cooperation that is also occasionally hard to fathom. During World War I, for example, Ireland fought for the British Empire as part of that empire.
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Medieval Ireland: The History and Legacy of the Irish During the Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 2018-05-02
- Language: English
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The Stuart Restoration
- The History and Legacy of the English Monarchy’s Return to Power in the Late 17th Century
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
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England has more often been faced with the claims of competing kings and queens than with a period of no monarch at all. The major exception to that rule came in the 11 years between 1649 and 1660, when England was a republic. Following the disastrous reign of Charles I and the civil wars that led to his execution, Parliament and the army ruled England. England’s republican experiment started out as a work of collaboration and compromise; lords, army officers, and members of Parliament (MPs) worked together to find a political settlement.
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The Stuart Restoration
- The History and Legacy of the English Monarchy’s Return to Power in the Late 17th Century
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 2022-10-05
- Language: English
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Life and Legacy of Britain's Second Longest Reigning Monarch
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Lavina Jadhwani
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
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Until the implementation of new legislation on March 26, 2015, men were given preference to women in the British royal line. This system of male primogeniture meant that women seldom inherited the throne, and even when they did, they were often dominated by male councilors. Those women who married British kings gained the title of queen, but they were queen consorts, holding the title with no power. This makes Elizabeth II one of a select few queens regnant - queens ruling in their own right.
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Queen Elizabeth II: The Life and Legacy of Britain's Second Longest Reigning Monarch
- Narrated by: Lavina Jadhwani
- Length: 1 hr and 20 mins
- Release date: 2015-06-18
- Language: English
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The Long Range Desert Group and SAS
- The History and Legacy of Great Britain’s Most Elite Secret Units in North Africa During World War II
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
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The fighting in North Africa during World War II is commonly overlooked, aside from the famous battle at El Alamein that pitted the British under General Bernard Montgomery against the legendary "Desert Fox", Erwin Rommel. But while the Second Battle of El Alamein would be the pivotal action in North Africa, the conflict in North Africa began all the way back in the summer of 1940, when Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared Italy’s entrance into the war, seeing an opportunity for Italy to enlarge its colonial holdings in Africa by seizing portions of the British Empire.
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The Long Range Desert Group and SAS
- The History and Legacy of Great Britain’s Most Elite Secret Units in North Africa During World War II
- Narrated by: Mark Norman
- Length: 3 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 2018-03-20
- Language: English
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Cantre'r Gwaelod
- The Mysterious Legend of the Ancient Sunken Kingdom Known as the Welsh Atlantis
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: David Bernard
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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Wales is a whimsical country with a powerful, complex, myth-filled, and oft disputed history. From these origins, tales of an ancient sunken kingdom began to spread, and they have persisted over the centuries, leading many to search for the place called Cantre'r Gwaelod. Cantre’r Gwaelod: The Mysterious Legend of the Ancient Sunken Kingdom Known as the Welsh Atlantis chronicles the origins of the story, the way it spread as it became more popular, and its impact on history.
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Cantre'r Gwaelod
- The Mysterious Legend of the Ancient Sunken Kingdom Known as the Welsh Atlantis
- Narrated by: David Bernard
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-22
- Language: English
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Boudica: The Life and Legacy of the Celtic Queen Who Rebelled Against the Romans in Britain
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs
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Over 1,100 years before William the Conqueror became the King of England after the Battle of Hastings, Julius Caesar came, saw, and conquered part of “Britannia”, setting up a Roman province with a puppet king in 54 BCE. In the new province, the Romans eventually constructed a military outpost overlooking a bridge across the River Thames. The new outpost was named Londinium, and it covered just over two dozen acres.
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Where’s Boudica?
- By SOCJoanne on 2020-04-22
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Boudica: The Life and Legacy of the Celtic Queen Who Rebelled Against the Romans in Britain
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 2019-05-08
- Language: English
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Captain John Franklin's Lost Expedition
- The History of the British Explorer's Arctic Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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Most anyone who has received a basic education in world history knows the story of how "in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." Most also know that Christopher Columbus made first contact with the Americas while searching for a water route to Asia. However, far fewer people remember that the search for such a route continued for centuries after Columbus' death.
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Captain John Franklin's Lost Expedition
- The History of the British Explorer's Arctic Voyage in Search of the Northwest Passage
- Narrated by: Kenneth Ray
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 2017-04-06
- Language: English
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The European Settlement of Australia
- The History and Legacy of Early Expeditions and British Settlements on the Australian Continent
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
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A land of almost 3 million square miles has lain since time immemorial on the southern flank of the planet, so isolated that it remained entirely outside of European knowledge until 1770. However, the first human footprints on this vast territory were felt 70,000 years earlier. The history of the indigenous inhabitants of Australia is a complex. For generations after the arrival of whites in Australia, the Aboriginal people were disregarded and marginalized, largely because they offered little in the way of a labor resource, and they occupied land required for European settlement.
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The European Settlement of Australia
- The History and Legacy of Early Expeditions and British Settlements on the Australian Continent
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 32 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-12
- Language: English
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The Seven Years’ War
- The History and Legacy of the Decisive Global Conflict Between the French and British
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
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Some historians have called the Seven Years’ War the first true world war, and they make a good point. Ultimately, this globally coordinated war involved five continents and at least 29 states and tribal confederacies, with a casualty toll in the millions and the maps forever altered. As part of the Seven Years’ War, the French and Indian War was the last in a long series of colonial conflicts between the French and British and also changed the map in America. At the end of the war, disputed borders were finally settled, and both empires were left reeling from the costs of war.
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- By Paula Smith on 2023-10-05
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The Seven Years’ War
- The History and Legacy of the Decisive Global Conflict Between the French and British
- Narrated by: KC Wayman
- Length: 2 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 2022-07-14
- Language: English
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Sinn Féin: The History and Legacy of the Irish Republican Political Party
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
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The saga of English predominance in Ireland began in the 12th century following the Norman invasion of England, when a band of Norman adventurers, established on the Welsh mainland, set off across the Irish Sea to test their prospects on the shores of England’s western neighbor. Ireland at the time was ruled in provinces by local kings, each with limited power and authority, and often at war with one another.
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Sinn Féin: The History and Legacy of the Irish Republican Political Party
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 2019-10-24
- Language: English
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Anglo-Saxon England Before the Norman Conquest
- The History and Legacy of the Anglo-Saxons During the Early Middle Ages
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
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The famous conqueror from the European continent came ashore with thousands of men, ready to set up a new kingdom in England. The Britons had resisted the amphibious invasion from the moment his forces landed, but he was able to push forward. In a large winter battle, the Britons’ large army attacked the invaders, but was eventually routed, and the conqueror was able to set up a new kingdom.
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Illuminating the Dark Ages
- By Brenmarie on 2023-01-01
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Anglo-Saxon England Before the Norman Conquest
- The History and Legacy of the Anglo-Saxons During the Early Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 2 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 2020-12-22
- Language: English
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The British Subjugation of Australia: The History of British Colonization and the Conquest of the Aboriginal Australians
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
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A land of almost 3 million square miles has lain since time immemorial on the southern flank of the planet, so isolated that it remained almost entirely outside of European knowledge until 1770. From there, however, the subjugation of Australia would take place rapidly. Within 20 years of the first British settlements being established, the British presence in Terra Australis was secure, and no other major power was likely to mount a challenge. In 1815, Napoleon would be defeated at Waterloo, and soon afterwards would be standing on the barren cliffs of Saint Helena.
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The British Subjugation of Australia: The History of British Colonization and the Conquest of the Aboriginal Australians
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 2018-06-26
- Language: English
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