Showing results by publisher "Macmillan Digital Audio" in History
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The Fall of Light
- By: Niall Williams
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Francis Foley is a proud, stubborn man, and cannot stand to be beholden to anyone. Quick to anger and slow to forgiveness, it is his temper that, one day, costs his sons their home -- and their mother. This will not be the last of their losses however: as the four boys and their father embark on...
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The Fall of Light
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 16-10-2014
- Language: English
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Four Sisters
- The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses
- By: Helen Rappaport
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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On 17 July 1918, four young women walked down twenty-three steps into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg. The eldest was twenty-two, the youngest only seventeen. Together with their parents and their thirteen-year-old brother, they were all brutally murdered. Their crime: to be the daughters...
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Four Sisters
- The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 31-07-2014
- Language: English
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How to Survive a Plague
- The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS
- By: David France
- Narrated by: Rory O'Malley
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of The Green Carnation Prize for LGBTQ literature Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT non-fiction Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize 2017 'This superbly written chronicle will stand as a towering work in its field' Sunday Times 'Inspiring, uplifting and necessary reading' -...
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Heartbreaking and inspiring account of AIDS crisis
- By Anonymous on 11-01-2022
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How to Survive a Plague
- The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS
- Narrated by: Rory O'Malley
- Length: 24 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 21-09-2017
- Language: English
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The Isles
- A History
- By: Norman Davies
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Abridged
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If ever a history book were a tract for the times, it is The Isles: A History ... a masterwork..' Roy Porter, The Times 'Davies is among the few living professional historians who write English with vitality, sparkle, economy and humour. The pages fly by, not only because the pace is well judged...
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The Isles
- A History
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 10-02-2026
- Language: English
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The King's Assassin
- The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I, now a major TV series
- By: Benjamin Woolley
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Now a major TV series, Mary & George, starring Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine. The King’s Assassin is the scandalous story of George Villiers, lover – and murderer – of King James I. The rise of George Villiers from minor gentry to royal power seemed to defy gravity. Becoming...
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The King's Assassin
- The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I, now a major TV series
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 01-11-2018
- Language: English
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Rasputin
- The Biography
- By: Douglas Smith
- Narrated by: PJ Ochlan
- Length: 33 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. The spectre of the lustful Siberian holy man and peasant still casts its eerie shadow over Russia's bloody twentieth century. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his...
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Hard to listen
- By Anonymous on 14-08-2021
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Egyptians
- By: Sir Tony Robinson
- Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders Egyptians, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the Egyptians! It's history, but not as we know it! Find out...
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Egyptians
- Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 03-05-2012
- Language: English
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World War II
- By: Sir Tony Robinson
- Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of Best Books with Facts in the 2013 Blue Peter awards, voted for by children. In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders World War II, Sir Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and...
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Great way for kids to learn history
- By Amy M. on 09-05-2020
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World War II
- Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson
- Length: 1 hr and 49 mins
- Release date: 21-03-2013
- Language: English
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The Skripal Files
- Putin, Poison and the New Spy War
- By: Mark Urban
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 9 hrs
- Unabridged
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The Skripal Files tells the full story behind the Salisbury Poisonings, one of the most shocking incidents to occur in Britain in recent memory. Mark Urban interviewed Sergei Skripal in the months before the poisoning and explains why Skripal was targeted for assassination. 'A scrupulous piece...
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Well researched & well presented.
- By Sandra on 02-10-2023
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The Skripal Files
- Putin, Poison and the New Spy War
- Narrated by: Mark Urban
- Length: 9 hrs
- Release date: 04-10-2018
- Language: English
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World War I
- By: Sir Tony Robinson
- Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance5
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In Sir Tony Robinson's Weird World of Wonders World War I Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about World War I. It's history, but not as we know it! Find out everything...
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History kids can understand
- By Amy M. on 24-01-2021
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World War I
- Narrated by: Sir Tony Robinson
- Length: 1 hr and 37 mins
- Release date: 16-01-2014
- Language: English
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Spitfire Ace
- By: Martin Davidson
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey, Tyler Butterworth, David Shaw Parker
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Abridged
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The Battle of Britain, 1940, was one of the most famous air battles in the history of warfare and it is a story of ruthless organisation, brilliant control and command. But at its heart is one particular figure, a legend ever since - the RAF fighter pilot. And one particular plane - a piece of...
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Spitfire Ace
- Narrated by: Steven Pacey, Tyler Butterworth, David Shaw Parker
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-06-2007
- Language: English
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation...
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-10-2016
- Language: English
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A History of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
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A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and...
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A History of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2007
- Language: English
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Between the Waves
- The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016
- By: Tom McTague
- Narrated by: Eliot Chapman
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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'Between the Waves is powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political life' Rory Stewart, author of Politics on the Edge 'Britain’s best political writer' Sebastian Payne This is the definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous...
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Between the Waves
- The Hidden History of a Very British Revolution 1945-2016
- Narrated by: Eliot Chapman
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 16-09-2025
- Language: English
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The Sands of Ammon
- By: Valerio Massimo Manfredi
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
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Continuing the international bestselling saga of Alexander the Great, Valerio Massimo Manfredi's The Sands of Ammon brilliantly describes his quest to conquer Asia, the limitless domain ruled by the Great King of the Persians. In a seemingly impossible venture, the mighty Alexander and his men...
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The Sands of Ammon
- Narrated by: Derek Jacobi
- Series: Alexander (abridged), Book 2
- Length: 3 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-02-2007
- Language: English
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The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram
- A Compelling Story of Courage and Endurance in the Second World War
- By: David M. Guss
- Narrated by: Joshua Manning
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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'Endlessly fascinating. Cram's story sizzles with adventure.' Giles Milton, Sunday Times A genuinely new Second World War story, The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram is a riveting account of the wartime exploits of Alastair Cram, brilliantly told by the American author, David Guss. Cram was taken...
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Average allround but good story
- By adam on 14-09-2021
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The 21 Escapes of Lt Alastair Cram
- A Compelling Story of Courage and Endurance in the Second World War
- Narrated by: Joshua Manning
- Length: 12 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 31-05-2018
- Language: English
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Divine Might
- Goddesses in Greek Myth
- By: Natalie Haynes
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Captivatingly read by the author, Natalie Haynes. In Divine Might Natalie Haynes, author of the bestselling Pandora’s Jar, returns to the world of Greek myth and this time she examines the role of the goddesses. We meet Athene, who sprang fully formed from her father’s head: goddess of war...
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Divine Might
- Goddesses in Greek Myth
- Narrated by: Natalie Haynes
- Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 05-11-2024
- Language: English
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Selfie
- How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
- By: Will Storr
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Will Storr
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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We live in the age of the individual. We are supposed to be slim, prosperous, happy, extroverted and popular. This is our culture’s image of the perfect self. We see this person everywhere: in advertising, in the press, all over social media. We’re told that to be this person you just have...
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Selfie
- How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
- Narrated by: Jack Hawkins, Will Storr
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 29-11-2024
- Language: English
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Tutankhamun's Trumpet
- The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects
- By: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Beautifully written, sumptuously illustrated, constantly fascinating‘ The Times On 26 November 1922 Howard Carter first peered into the newly opened tomb of an ancient Egyptian boy-king. When asked if he could see anything, he replied: ‘Yes, yes, wonderful things.’ In Tutankhamun’s...
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Tutankhamun's Trumpet
- The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 11-11-2024
- Language: English
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation...
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 15-10-2009
- Language: English
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