Showing results by publisher "Naxos AudioBooks" in Biographies

This is a story from the Famous People in History collection.

This is a story from the More Famous Composers collection.

This is a story from the More Famous Composers collection.

This is a story from the More Famous Composers collection.

This is a story from the More Famous Composers collection.

This is a story from the Famous People in History collection.

This is a story from the Famous People in History collection.

This is a story from the Famous People in History II collection.

This is a story from the Famous People in History II collection.

This is a story from the Famous People in History II collection.

This is a story from the Great Explorers collection.

This is a story from the Great Explorers collection.

This is a story from the Great Explorers collection.

This is a story from the Great Explorers collection.

This is a story from the Great Explorers collection.

This is a story from the Great Explorers collection.

Famous Heroes of the American West is a lively account of the "Wild West" and its renowned figures, narrated with vigor by Adam Sims. The lives of Davy Crockett, Christopher Kit" Carson, Calamity Jane, and Sitting Bull, among others, are explored in detail. Their exploits, adventures, and alliances make for fascinating listening.

Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (age six to 12) that tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Having released it unabridged in three volumes, Naxos AudioBooks now offers an attractive collection of the main stories and personalities. This skilful abridgement nevertheless maintains the narrative of British history, from the arrival of Julius Caesar to the height of the British Empire and the long reign of Queen Victoria.

Written by the author of the ever-popular Jane Eyre, Villette is widely admired as Charlotte Brontë’s finest work. The story follows the fortunes of a young teacher at a girls’ school in the French town of Villette and is superbly told by Mandy Weston. It is an adventure story, a romance, and a French lesson all in one! The much-praised unabridged recording returns here in a more accessible abridged format.

Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall is an Edwardian history book for younger listeners (age six to 12) which tells the story of England, concluding with the reign of Queen Victoria. Antonia Fraser and many other current historians declare that it was this book that opened the delights of history for them. It fell from fashion in the 1960s, but its recent re-release in hardback has seen it become a publishing surprise in the UK, with sales of some 75,000 copies in a few months.