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James Cook
- The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 21 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall531
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Performance472
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Story473
The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated....
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I really enjoyed this one
- By Toni on 10-01-2020
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Task Force Black
- The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
Following the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, the SAS launched one of the most intense and secretive operations in its history: Task Force Black.
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Wasn't the one for me
- By Rachael M on 23-06-2025
By: Mark Urban
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Crypt
- Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance26
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Story26
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER CHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024 'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph 'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard 'Another really...
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Fascinating
- By Silure Dumnonii on 17-11-2025
By: Alice Roberts
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Ancestors
- A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall85
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Performance72
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Story72
Told through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went, how we came to be on this island....
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Strong start, then veered off course
- By Sonya on 29-09-2021
By: Alice Roberts
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SAS Great Escapes
- Seven Great Escapes Made by Real Second World War Heroes
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall56
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Performance49
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Story49
The finest fighting force in the world. Escape. Evade. Survive. Repeat. Seven gripping tales of overcoming the impossible....
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Great stories
- By Kindle Customer on 31-03-2021
By: Damien Lewis
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The Stuff of History
- A Curated Compendium of Curious Objects and Forgotten People
- By: Steven Moore
- Narrated by: Steven Moore
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Too often history focuses on the stories of kings, those (often men) who were given the credit, yet what fascinates most are the stories of those who have passed through the cracks of history...
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Fascinating!
- By Vicki W on 10-11-2025
By: Steven Moore
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James Cook
- The Story Behind the Man Who Mapped the World
- By: Peter FitzSimons
- Narrated by: Michael Carman
- Length: 21 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall531
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Performance472
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Story473
The name Captain James Cook is one of the most recognisable in Australian history - an almost mythic figure who is often discussed, celebrated, reviled and debated....
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I really enjoyed this one
- By Toni on 10-01-2020
By: Peter FitzSimons
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Task Force Black
- The explosive true story of the SAS and the secret war in Iraq
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
Following the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, the SAS launched one of the most intense and secretive operations in its history: Task Force Black.
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Wasn't the one for me
- By Rachael M on 23-06-2025
By: Mark Urban
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Crypt
- Life, Death and Disease in the Middle Ages and Beyond
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance26
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Story26
THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER CHOSEN BY WATERSTONES AS ONE OF THEIR BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2024 'Compulsive . . . A wonderful display of how modern archaeology can bring hidden histories to life' Daily Telegraph 'Gripping . . . I found it hard to put down' Evening Standard 'Another really...
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Fascinating
- By Silure Dumnonii on 17-11-2025
By: Alice Roberts
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Ancestors
- A Prehistory of Britain in Seven Burials
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall85
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Performance72
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Story72
Told through seven fascinating burial sites, this groundbreaking prehistory of Britain teaches us more about ourselves and our history: how people came and went, how we came to be on this island....
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Strong start, then veered off course
- By Sonya on 29-09-2021
By: Alice Roberts
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SAS Great Escapes
- Seven Great Escapes Made by Real Second World War Heroes
- By: Damien Lewis
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 9 hrs and 44 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall56
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Performance49
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Story49
The finest fighting force in the world. Escape. Evade. Survive. Repeat. Seven gripping tales of overcoming the impossible....
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Great stories
- By Kindle Customer on 31-03-2021
By: Damien Lewis
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The Stuff of History
- A Curated Compendium of Curious Objects and Forgotten People
- By: Steven Moore
- Narrated by: Steven Moore
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
Too often history focuses on the stories of kings, those (often men) who were given the credit, yet what fascinates most are the stories of those who have passed through the cracks of history...
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Fascinating!
- By Vicki W on 10-11-2025
By: Steven Moore
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Clanlands
- Whisky, Warfare, and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other
- By: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Diana Gabaldon - foreword
- Narrated by: Diana Gabaldon - foreword, Graham McTavish, Sam Heughan
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall611
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Performance537
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Story532
A road trip book with a difference. Stars of Outlander - Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish - explore Scotland, a land of raw beauty, poetry, feuding, music, history and warfare....
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Absolutely loved it
- By rebekka moroney on 10-11-2020
By: Sam Heughan, and others
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Paddy Mayne
- Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 SAS Regiment
- By: Hamish Ross
- Narrated by: Alan Turkington
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall15
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Performance15
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Story15
‘Paddy' Mayne was one of the most outstanding special forces leaders of the Second World War....
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Absolutely legend
- By Richard Evans on 20-09-2025
By: Hamish Ross
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Buried
- An Alternative History of the First Millennium in Britain
- By: Alice Roberts
- Narrated by: Alice Roberts
- Length: 10 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall35
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Performance29
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Story29
Funerary rituals show us what people thought about mortality; how they felt about loss; what they believed came next. From Roman cremations and graveside feasts, to deviant burials with heads rearranged, from richly furnished Anglo Saxon graves to the first Christian burial grounds in Wales...
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A pleasure to learn
- By Sarah E. on 02-12-2024
By: Alice Roberts
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Shadows of a Princess
- By: Patrick Jephson
- Length: 19 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
Reissued for the twentieth anniversary of Diana’s death, this sensational bestseller is an explosive account of her life, from the man who was by her side throughout its most turbulent period. In 1981 Lady Diana Spencer was seen by many as a lifeline for the outdated Windsor line. But Diana...
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Objectivity at its best
- By Anonymous on 25-02-2025
By: Patrick Jephson
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Mantel Pieces
- Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Olivia Dowd, Hilary Mantel - introduction
- Length: 10 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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Story5
A stunning collection of essays and memoir from two-time Booker Prize winner and international best seller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light. In 1987, when Hilary Mantel was first published in the London Review of Books, she wrote to the editor, Karl Miller, ‘I have no critical...
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Great novelists essays
- By Frank Love on 25-09-2022
By: Hilary Mantel
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Scotland
- A History from Earliest Times
- By: Alistair Moffat
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 23 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
Covering the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, the acclaimed historian and author explores the history of the Scottish nation....
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Scotland by the Scots
- By EileenH on 20-12-2024
By: Alistair Moffat
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The Marches
- A Borderland Journey Between England and Scotland
- By: Rory Stewart
- Narrated by: Rory Stewart
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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Story7
Ten years after the walk across Central Asia and Afghanistan that he memorialized in The Places in Between, Rory Stewart set out on a new journey, traversing a thousand miles....
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So well written and read
- By Amazon Customer on 09-12-2024
By: Rory Stewart
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Colonialism
- A Moral Reckoning
- By: Nigel Biggar
- Narrated by: Matt Bates
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance32
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Story32
The Sunday Times Bestseller A new assessment of the West’s colonial record In the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet empire in 1989, many believed that we had arrived at the ‘End of History’ – that the global dominance of liberal democracy had been secured forever. Now however, with...
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Absurd.
- By Anonymous on 18-09-2023
By: Nigel Biggar
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Wake Up
- Why the world has gone nuts
- By: Piers Morgan
- Narrated by: Piers Morgan
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall56
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Performance51
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Story51
The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller
It’s time we get back to common sense.
It’s time to cancel the cancel culture.
It’s time to Wake Up.
If, like me, you’re sick...
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listen to both sides
- By lmc on 15-08-2021
By: Piers Morgan
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The Knight's Pledge
- Will Bowman, Book 2
- By: Scott Mariani
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Will Bowman, now fully entangled in Richard Lionheart's crusade, has reached the Holy Land. However, just as he and his crew are about to touch down in Acre, they are drawn into an intense battle at sea, where they are faced with the dreaded Byzantine weapon: Greek Fire.
By: Scott Mariani
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SBS – Silent Warriors
- The Authorised Wartime History
- By: Saul David
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance23
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Story23
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Riveting … A brilliant account’ DAILY MAIL
THE FIRST AUTHORISED HISTORY OF THE SBS.
Britain’s SBS – or Special Boat Service – was the world’s first maritime special operations unit. Founded...
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Tremendous research and storytelling!
- By Will Sturrock on 21-05-2025
By: Saul David
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Eye of the Storm
- Twenty-Five Years in Action with the SAS
- By: Peter Ratcliffe, Noel Botham, Brian Hitchen
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance57
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Story55
Peter Ratcliffe served in the SAS for 25 years. Blooded in Oman in the 1970s, he also saw action in Northern Ireland, in the Falklands War, and in the Gulf campaign....
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Terrible Naration
- By Michael S. on 05-03-2020
By: Peter Ratcliffe, and others
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The Armada
- By: Garrett Mattingly
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 15 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance2
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Story2
In August of 1588, a Spanish fleet of 130 ships departed from La Coruña under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia....
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Churchill, Hitler and "The Unnecessary War"
- How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World
- By: Patrick J. Buchanan
- Narrated by: Don Leslie
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance29
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Story29
Were World Wars I and II–which can now be seen as a thirty-year paroxysm of slaughter and destruction–inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Were the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts ever suffered by mankind fated by forces beyond man’s control? Or were they products of calamitous...
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Must read for any 20th century enthusiast.
- By Isaac on 06-10-2025
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Sky Warriors
- British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
- By: Saul David
- Narrated by: Adam James
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War. The legendary ‘Red Devils’ were among the finest combat troops of the Second World War. Created at Churchill’s instigation in June 1940...
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Outstanding and comprehensive history
- By Medic_Wilson on 04-06-2024
By: Saul David
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Crusader
- Lionheart, Book 2
- By: Ben Kane
- Narrated by: Philip Stevens
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall56
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Performance51
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Story50
1189. The long-awaited goal of Richard Plantagenet, the Lionheart, comes true as he is crowned King of England....
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Great Yarn
- By CMc on 05-02-2023
By: Ben Kane
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The Scots
- A Genetic Journey
- By: Alistair Moffat
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies, and this book traces the ancient story of Scotland from that scientific viewpoint....
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Excellent
- By Susan Jane on 05-02-2023
By: Alistair Moffat
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Culloden
- The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle
- By: Tony Pollard - Edited by
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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Story3
In this fascinating and original book, a team of leading historians and archaeologists reconsiders every aspect of the battle. They examine the latest historical and archaeological evidence, question every assumption, and rewrite the story of the campaign in vivid detail....
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Fascinating read.
- By rod fraser on 18-10-2021
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Out
- How Brexit Got Done and the Tories Were Undone
- By: Tim Shipman
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 42 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance0
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Out follows from May's resignation through to the tussles over the final Brexit deal, the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic and our shortest serving PM ever.
By: Tim Shipman
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Northern Ireland: The Fragile Peace
- By: Feargal Cochrane
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Story4
After two decades of relative peace following the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the Brexit referendum in 2016 reopened the Northern Ireland question. In this thoughtful and engaging book, Feargal Cochrane considers the region's troubled history....
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Amazing
- By Anonymous on 22-09-2022
By: Feargal Cochrane
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Royals at War
- The Untold Story of Harry and Meghan's Shocking Split with the House of Windsor
- By: Dylan Howard, Andy Tillett
- Narrated by: David Linski
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance26
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Story26
Reveals shocking revelations about Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and the British royal family - and the divisive rifts between them....
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Terrible
- By sue catterwell on 29-06-2021
By: Dylan Howard, and others
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Mythology of the British Isles
- The Geoffrey Ashe Histories
- By: Geoffrey Ashe
- Narrated by: Jeremy Nichols
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
From the dark centuries of British prehistory to the ninth century AD, comes tales of giants and fairy-folk of druids and saints. From King Lear and King Arthur, to Fingal, Beowulf, Gwendolen, and Guinevere legendary characters have shaped the making of the nation....
By: Geoffrey Ashe
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The Secret Royals
- Spying and the Crown
- By: Richard J. Aldrich, Rory Cormac
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 23 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
For the first time, The Secret Royals uncovers the remarkable relationship between the royal family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the death of Princess Diana....
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A super book for monarchists
- By Robyn on 05-02-2023
By: Richard J. Aldrich, and others
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The Road Less Traveled
- The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917
- By: Philip Zelikow
- Narrated by: Philip Zelikow
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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This revealing historical examination looks at the pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War, when all sides—Germany, Britain, and America—believed the war could have been concluded and changed the course of history. Two years into the most terrible conflict the world had...
By: Philip Zelikow
New Releases
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The Knight's Pledge
- Will Bowman, Book 2
- By: Scott Mariani
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Will Bowman, now fully entangled in Richard Lionheart's crusade, has reached the Holy Land. However, just as he and his crew are about to touch down in Acre, they are drawn into an intense battle at sea, where they are faced with the dreaded Byzantine weapon: Greek Fire. Barely escaping with his life, Will gains the trust of Richard Lionheart, moving into his service. But as the siege of Acre continues, and Richard's campaign grows ever more brutal and barbaric, Will begins to wonder just how safe his new position is.
By: Scott Mariani
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The First King of England
- Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
- By: David Woodman
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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The First King of England is a foundational biography of Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, languages, and cultures that would come to be known as the “kingdom of the English.”
By: David Woodman
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Amazing Grace
- William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: John Behrens
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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This biography of England’s heroic abolitionist commemorates the 200th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United Kingdom William Wilberforce (1759–1833) has been hailed as a one of society’s great reformers. His great goal was the abolition of the slave trade and of slavery in...
By: Eric Metaxas
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The Colonialist
- The Vision of Cecil Rhodes
- By: William Kelleher Storey
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Cecil John Rhodes became one of the most influential people in the history of the British Empire. He made a fortune in South Africa by leading the world's most important diamond mining company, De Beers. While he was a busy entrepreneur, he was also a member of the Cape Colony's legislature and served as prime minister from 1890 to 1896, a key period for the development of racial discrimination.
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Scottish History and Mythology
- An Enthralling Journey Through Scotland's Past and Legendary Myths
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Unlock Scotland’s secrets: journey through history and myth in one exciting audiobook.
By: Billy Wellman
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The Impossible Bomb
- The Hidden History of British Scientists and the Race to Create an Atomic Weapon
- By: Gareth Williams
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement—but scientists working in Britain played a vital role in its development. Including Nobel Prize winners and Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, these scientists have long since been forgotten. But without their expertise, Robert Oppenheimer's research at Los Alamos would never have succeeded. Gareth Williams unearths the true story of the top-secret British atomic program, codenamed "Tube Alloys," established in 1940.
By: Gareth Williams
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The Knight's Pledge
- Will Bowman, Book 2
- By: Scott Mariani
- Narrated by: David Blair
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Will Bowman, now fully entangled in Richard Lionheart's crusade, has reached the Holy Land. However, just as he and his crew are about to touch down in Acre, they are drawn into an intense battle at sea, where they are faced with the dreaded Byzantine weapon: Greek Fire. Barely escaping with his life, Will gains the trust of Richard Lionheart, moving into his service. But as the siege of Acre continues, and Richard's campaign grows ever more brutal and barbaric, Will begins to wonder just how safe his new position is.
By: Scott Mariani
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The First King of England
- Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
- By: David Woodman
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
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The First King of England is a foundational biography of Æthelstan (d. 939), the early medieval king whose territorial conquests and shrewd statesmanship united the peoples, languages, and cultures that would come to be known as the “kingdom of the English.”
By: David Woodman
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Amazing Grace
- William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: John Behrens
- Length: 10 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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This biography of England’s heroic abolitionist commemorates the 200th anniversary of the ending of slavery in the United Kingdom William Wilberforce (1759–1833) has been hailed as a one of society’s great reformers. His great goal was the abolition of the slave trade and of slavery in...
By: Eric Metaxas
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The Colonialist
- The Vision of Cecil Rhodes
- By: William Kelleher Storey
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Cecil John Rhodes became one of the most influential people in the history of the British Empire. He made a fortune in South Africa by leading the world's most important diamond mining company, De Beers. While he was a busy entrepreneur, he was also a member of the Cape Colony's legislature and served as prime minister from 1890 to 1896, a key period for the development of racial discrimination.
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Scottish History and Mythology
- An Enthralling Journey Through Scotland's Past and Legendary Myths
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
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Unlock Scotland’s secrets: journey through history and myth in one exciting audiobook.
By: Billy Wellman
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The Impossible Bomb
- The Hidden History of British Scientists and the Race to Create an Atomic Weapon
- By: Gareth Williams
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement—but scientists working in Britain played a vital role in its development. Including Nobel Prize winners and Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany, these scientists have long since been forgotten. But without their expertise, Robert Oppenheimer's research at Los Alamos would never have succeeded. Gareth Williams unearths the true story of the top-secret British atomic program, codenamed "Tube Alloys," established in 1940.
By: Gareth Williams
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The Great Train Robbery: The Crime of the Century (1855)
- Masterminds and Misdeeds: True Tales of Infamous Heists, Book 1
- By: James G. Edwards II
- Narrated by: Tom Merrill
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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In an era before modern forensics and digital surveillance, a group of clever criminals orchestrated a railway heist so precise, it baffled Victorian law enforcement and captivated the public. On a summer night in 1855, as a train carried war funds from London to Folkestone, thieves swapped the shipment’s gold bars with lead and escaped undetected.
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The Painter's Fire
- A Forgotten History of the Artists Who Championed the American Revolution
- By: Zara Anishanslin
- Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The war that we now call the American Revolution was not only fought in the colonies with muskets and bayonets. On both sides of the Atlantic, artists armed with paint, canvas, and wax played an integral role in forging revolutionary ideals.
By: Zara Anishanslin
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Fast Jets on the Front Line
- Flying Phantoms, Javelins and Tornados in the Cold War
- By: Alan Munro
- Narrated by: Graham Mack
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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In Fast Jets on the Front Line, Alan Munro reflects on his time in the RAF and the Cold War jets which he flew. Having started his career after basic training on the Gloster Javelin with No. 228 OCU, Alan went on to become a flying instructor at No. 1 Flying Training School, Linton-on-Ouse. But with the United Kingdom's withdrawal from East of Suez, he found himself with a ground posting and questioning whether he would see front-line flying again.
By: Alan Munro
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Buckingham Palace
- Top 10 Fascinating Facts
- By: Caspar Dene
- Narrated by: Ellen Dunbavin
- Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins
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Step behind the gilded gates and discover the extraordinary story of the world’s most famous royal residence. Buckingham Palace: Top 10 Fascinating Facts invites listeners on a captivating journey through history, architecture, and tradition, revealing the secrets and surprises hidden within one of Britain’s greatest landmarks.
By: Caspar Dene
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Campaigns of Curiosity
- By: Elizabeth L. Banks, Brooke Kroeger - introduction
- Narrated by: Jennifer Rubins
- Length: 6 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrating a decade of Columbia Global Reports, the Forerunners series revives groundbreaking works of investigative journalism and incisive analysis published a century before CGR’s founding. These texts, once forgotten or underexplored, reflect CGR’s core mission: fearless reporting...
By: Elizabeth L. Banks, and others
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John Wickliffe
- Morning Star of the Reformation
- By: James Wylie
- Narrated by: Nicklas Arthur
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The life and times of John Wickliffe, and his battle for the liberties of England from the fetters of political and religious tyranny. A History.
By: James Wylie