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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
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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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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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Alexandra Fuller tells the idiosyncratic story of her life growing up white in rural Rhodesia as it was becoming Zimbabwe. The daughter of hardworking, yet strikingly unconventional English-bred immigrants, Alexandra arrives in Africa at the tender age of two. She moves through life with a hardy resilience, even as a bloody war approaches. Narrator Lisette Lecat reads this remarkable memoir of a family clinging to a harsh landscape and the dying tenets of colonialism.
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rich language, perfect narration
- By Anonymous User on 17-04-2024
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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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Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 15 hrs and 52 mins
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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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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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Underwhelming as History, Fairly Good as Narrative
- By Kindle Customer on 29-04-2021
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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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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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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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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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I Loved it
- By Mordsith on 17-03-2020
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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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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 Anonymous User 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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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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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
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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 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
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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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Anthony Fokker
- The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation
- By: Marc Dierikx
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
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Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. Fokker came from an affluent Dutch family. Despite not receiving a traditional education, he stumbled his way into aviation as a young stunt pilot in Germany in 1910. He survived a series of spectacular crashes and rose to fame. A combination of industrial espionage, luck, and deception then propelled him to become Germany's leading WWI aircraft manufacturer. When the German Revolution swept the country, Fokker made a spectacular escape to the US.
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great listen
- By Anonymous User on 21-11-2023
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Anthony Fokker
- The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation
- Narrated by: L. J. Ganser
- Length: 16 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 03-04-2018
- Language: English
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Twelve Years a Slave
- By: Solomon Northup
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Twelve Years a Slave (Originally published in 1853 with the sub-title: "Narrative of Solomon Northup, a citizen of New-York, kidnapped in Washington city in 1841, and rescued in 1853, from a cotton plantation near the Red River in Louisiana") is the written work of Solomon Northup; a man who was born free, but was bound into slavery later in life. Northup's account describes the daily life of slaves in Bayou Beof, their diet, the relationship between the master and slave, the means that slave catchers used to recapture them and the ugly realities that slaves suffered.
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Twelve Years a Slave
- Narrated by: Peter Jay Fernandez
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-09-2013
- 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 User 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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These Fevered Days
- Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson
- By: Martha Ackmann
- Narrated by: Martha Ackmann
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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On August 3, 1845, young Emily Dickinson declared, "All things are ready" - and with this resolute statement, her life as a poet began. Despite spending her days almost entirely "at home" (the occupation listed on her death certificate), Dickinson's interior world was extraordinary. She loved passionately, was ambivalent toward publication, embraced seclusion, and created 1,789 poems that she tucked into a dresser drawer. In These Fevered Days, Martha Ackmann unravels the mysteries of Dickinson's life through 10 decisive episodes that distill her evolution as a poet.
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These Fevered Days
- Ten Pivotal Moments in the Making of Emily Dickinson
- Narrated by: Martha Ackmann
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 17-03-2020
- Language: English
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Josephine
- A Life of the Empress
- By: Carolly Erickson
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
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Popular biographer Carolly Erickson creates intimate and richly detailed portraits of her historical subjects. In this book she offers a provocative new perspective on Josephine and her fabled marriage to Napoleon.
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Josephine
- A Life of the Empress
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 14 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 14-04-2011
- 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
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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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Turncoat
- Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty
- By: Stephen Brumwell
- Narrated by: Andrew Sellon
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
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General Benedict Arnold's failed attempt to betray the fortress of West Point to the British in 1780 stands as one of the most infamous episodes in American history. In the light of a shining record of bravery and unquestioned commitment to the Revolution, Arnold's defection came as an appalling shock. Contemporaries believed he had been corrupted by greed; historians have theorized that he had come to resent the lack of recognition for his merits and sacrifices. In this provocative book, Stephen Brumwell challenges such interpretations and draws on unexplored archives to reveal other crucial factors that illuminate Arnold's abandonment of the revolutionary cause he once championed.
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Turncoat
- Benedict Arnold and the Crisis of American Liberty
- Narrated by: Andrew Sellon
- Length: 17 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 29-05-2018
- 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
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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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Roughing It
- A Personal Narrative
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
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"If there is any life that is happier than the life we led on our timber ranch, it must be the sort of life which I have not read of in books or experienced in person," wrote Mark Twain, and now you can share in that experience. The beloved American humorist spent seven years on a "pleasure trip" through the untamed wilderness of Nevada. Twain intended to spend three months touring silver mines, but the lure of rough terrain and comfortable clothes proved irresistible - as will this vibrant travelogue.
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Roughing It
- A Personal Narrative
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 16 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 25-03-2002
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar
- Winston Churchill: Man of the Century
- By: Professor John Ramsden
- Narrated by: Professor John Ramsden
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
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Churchill was an improbable hero for what was to be called "the century of the common man", not only because he was personally so very uncommon, but because he was from an elite British family and was never closely in touch with "ordinary people" in Britain, let alone the rest of the world. Yet to pigeonhole Churchill that way is misleading. Winston Churchill was seen even in his own lifetime as a historic figure, one of the great men of world history.
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The Modern Scholar
- Winston Churchill: Man of the Century
- Narrated by: Professor John Ramsden
- Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 14-01-2009
- Language: English
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