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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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In this dynamic and engaging biography, Anthony Everitt plunges us into the fascinating, scandal-ridden world of ancient Rome in its most glorious heyday. Accessible to us through his legendary speeches but also through an unrivaled collection of unguarded letters to his close friend Atticus, Cicero comes to life here as a witty and cunning political operator.
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Fantastic Review of the Greatest Latin Writer
- By Adam on 13-02-2017
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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 18-11-2014
- Language: English
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
- An African Childhood
- By: Alexandra Fuller
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1972, when Alexandra Fuller was two years old, her parents finally abandoned their English life and returned to what was then Southern Rhodesia and to the beginning of a civil war. By the time she was eight, the war was in full swing. Her parents veered from being determined farmers to being blind drunk, whilst Alexandra and her sister, the only survivors of five children, alternately take up target practice and sing Rod Stewart songs from sun bleached rocks.
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Beautiful
- By Anonymous on 25-10-2024
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Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight
- An African Childhood
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 25-12-2003
- Language: English
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The Blood Countess
- Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster
- By: Shelley Puhak
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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There have long been whispers, coming from the castle; from the village square; from the dark woods. The great lady—a countess, from one of Europe's oldest families—is a vicious killer. Some even say she bathes in the blood of her victims. When the king's men force their way into her manor house, she has blood on her hands, caught in the act of murdering yet another of her maids. She is walled up in a tower and never seen again, except in the uppermost barred window, where she broods over the countryside, cursing all those who dared speak up against her.
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The Blood Countess
- Murder, Betrayal, and the Making of a Monster
- Narrated by: Vivienne Leheny
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 17-02-2026
- Language: English
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The Poison King
- The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy
- By: Adrienne Mayor
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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A National Book Award finalist for this epic work, Adrienne Mayor delivers a gripping account of Mithradates, the ruthless visionary who began to challenge Rome’s power in 120 B.C. Machiavelli praised his military genius. Kings coveted his secret elixir against poison. Poets celebrated his victories, intrigues, and panache. But until now, no one has told the full story of his incredible life.
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Amazing story intellecualy considered.
- By Anonymous on 31-10-2024
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The Poison King
- The Life and Legend of Mithradates, Rome’s Deadliest Enemy
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 28-01-2011
- Language: English
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Inventing a Nation
- Washington, Adams, Jefferson
- By: Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht, Gore Vidal
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Volumes have been written about George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson, but no previous work captures the intimate and vital details the way Inventing a Nation does. Vidal's consummate skill takes you into the minds and private rooms of these great men, illuminating their opinions of one another and their concerns about crafting a workable democracy.
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intriguing, illuminating, informative
- By Raji G. on 16-08-2018
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Inventing a Nation
- Washington, Adams, Jefferson
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht, Gore Vidal
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 19-08-2004
- Language: English
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A Venetian Affair
- A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the 18th Century
- By: Andrea di Robilant
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Acclaimed author Andrea di Robilant sweeps listeners back to 18th-century Venice for a spellbinding tale of forbidden love. Originally serialized in The New Yorker, this dazzling story is based on actual family letters. The letters describe a searing and illicit affair between the author’s ancestor, a great Venetian statesman, and a beautiful half-English girl. The couple pursued their passion with reckless abandon, offending nearly everyone, and even getting some help along the way from the infamous Casanova.
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A Venetian Affair
- A True Tale of Forbidden Love in the 18th Century
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 30-11-2011
- Language: English
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The Paper Garden
- An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72
- By: Molly Peacock
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Paper Garden, celebrated poet Molly Peacock explores the remarkable life of 18th-century British gentlewoman-turned-artist Mary Delany. In the 1770s, at the age of 72, the twice-widowed and nearly broke Delany turned her interest in botany into beautiful paper “mosaick” flowers still revered today.
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The Paper Garden
- An Artist Begins Her Life's Work at 72
- Narrated by: Jill Tanner
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 03-06-2012
- Language: English
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Great Catherine
- The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
- By: Carolly Erickson
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance8
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Prize-winning historian and biographer, Carolly Erickson has created an eminently readable biography that recognizes the humanity of Great Catherine—Empress of Russia—with her majesty and immense capability. Dispelling some of the myths surrounding her voracious sexual appetite, the biographer portrays Catherine as a lonely woman far ahead of her time—achieving greatness in an era when women were executed on a husband’s whim.
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Empress Catherine really is the Great
- By Susan Horne on 29-08-2024
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Great Catherine
- The Life of Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 17-11-2011
- Language: English
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The Escape Artists
- A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Neal Bascomb, a New York Times best-selling author, delivers the spellbinding story of the downed Allied airmen who masterminded the remarkably courageous - and ingenious - breakout from Germany's most devilish POW camp.
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The Escape Artists
- A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 18-09-2018
- Language: English
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The First Elizabeth
- By: Carolly Erickson
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Elizabeth was not just Queen, she was ruler. In an age of male supremacy she, by sheer force of character, became not only the unchallenged leader of the English but also the first leader of an empire upon which the sun never set. Erickson’s biography tells the truth about this extraordinary woman and profiles some amazing people - their personalities and culture.
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The First Elizabeth
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 18 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 23-01-2012
- Language: English
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Mistress Anne
- The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn
- By: Carolly Erickson
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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A powerful ruler, an alluring young woman, a scandal that would rock the nation: Anne Boleyn’s life story sounds more like a juicy TV docu-drama than a chapter of English history. Although she is not of noble birth or even especially beautiful, Anne Boleyn manages to rise to the very pinnacle of the English aristocracy. Renowned for her extraordinarily vivid recreations of historical events, Carolly Erickson brings out the full fascinating story of the enigmatic Anne Boleyn.
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some gaps in knowledge but overall good book
- By Charlie on 23-11-2023
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Mistress Anne
- The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 18-07-2011
- Language: English
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Book of Ages
- The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
- By: Jill Lepore
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of our most accomplished and widely admired historians, a revelatory portrait of Benjamin Franklin' s youngest sister and a history of history itself. Like her brother, Jane Franklin was a passionate reader, a gifted writer, and an astonishingly shrewd political commentator.
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Book of Ages
- The Life and Opinions of Jane Franklin
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 01-11-2013
- Language: English
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Alexander
- By: Christopher Pelling -translated by, Plutarch
- Narrated by: Christopher Pelling
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Plutarch: Alexander is the essential companion to Plutarch's Caesar, the life paired with Alexander in Plutarch's Parallel Lives. This new English version of Alexander is followed by an Afterword about Plutarch’s Parallel Lives by the translator, Christopher Pelling, Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University.
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Alexander
- Narrated by: Christopher Pelling
- Length: 3 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 19-08-2025
- Language: English
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Thomas Paine
- Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
- By: Craig Nelson
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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John Adams told Thomas Jefferson that “history is to ascribe the American Revolution to Thomas Paine.” Thomas Edison called him “the equal of Washington in making American liberty possible.” He was a founder of both the United States and the French Revolution. He invented the phrase, “The United States of America.” He rose from abject poverty in working-class England to the highest levels of the era’s intellectual elite. And yet, by the end of his life, Thomas Paine was almost universally reviled.
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Thomas Paine
- Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of Modern Nations
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 19-04-2011
- Language: English
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The Education of Henry Adams
- By: Henry Adams
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 21 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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This autobiography was immediately hailed as a masterpiece upon publication and has even been called the greatest nonfiction book ever written. Henry Adams, whose great-grandfather and grandfather were both U.S. presidents, fills his story with one unforgettably brilliant observation after another. Filled with uncommon wisdom, this book also serves as a thoughtful history of 19th-century America.
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Long but interesting.
- By Anonymous on 17-06-2023
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The Education of Henry Adams
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 21 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 23-05-2011
- Language: English
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The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: Part 1: The Early Years, West Point, Mexico
- By: Ulysses S. Grant
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States and commander of the Union forces in the Civil War, tells the story of his life in his own words. In this opening volume, Grant covers his early years, including his time at the U.S. military academy at West Point and his service during the Mexican War under Zachary Taylor. Grant wrote his memoirs in order to rescue his family from debt and they were published as he lay dying of throat cancer. Today, they are an American classic.
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The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant: Part 1: The Early Years, West Point, Mexico
- Narrated by: Peter Johnson
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-12-1999
- Language: English
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The Importance of Not Being Ernest
- A Writing Life with an Uninvited Hemingway
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky’s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway's legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway’s death. The Importance of Not Being Ernest explores the intersections between Hemingway’s and Kurlansky’s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain.
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The Importance of Not Being Ernest
- A Writing Life with an Uninvited Hemingway
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 9 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 21-06-2022
- Language: English
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Joseph McCarthy
- Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator
- By: Arthur Herman
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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For the first time, here is a biography of Joe McCarthy that cuts through the clichés and misconceptions surrounding this central figure of the "red scare" of the '50s and reexamines his life and legacy in the light of newly declassified archival sources from the FBI, the National Security Agency, the US Congress, the Pentagon, and the former Soviet Union. After more than four decades, here is the untold story of America's most hated political figure, shorn of the rhetoric and stereotypes of the past.
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Joseph McCarthy
- Reexamining the Life and Legacy of America's Most Hated Senator
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 16 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 30-11-2016
- Language: English
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Master of Rome
- A Life of Julius Caesar
- By: David Potter
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Master of Rome tells the dramatic story of one of history's most intriguing figures, who rose from the fringes of Roman political society to unprecedented heights. Along the way, Potter identifies the extraordinary qualities that enabled Caesar to dominate the world in which he lived.
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Master of Rome
- A Life of Julius Caesar
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 23-09-2025
- Language: English
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Destined to Witness
- Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
- By: Hans Massaquoi
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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What would life be like for a Black boy growing up in Nazi Germany? This unprecedented autobiography answers that question with the spellbinding true story of Hans J. Massaquoi’s life in Hamburg during the height of Hitler’s regime. Hans is the son of a Black Liberian diplomat father and a white German mother. His father returns to Africa at the beginning of the war, leaving them behind in poverty without the means to flee. Within this tense atmosphere, increasingly violent Nazi policies and Allied bombing raids make Hans and his mother’s lives a day-to-day survival struggle.
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Destined to Witness
- Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 26-06-2013
- Language: English
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