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The Florentines
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
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Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened that transformed the entire culture of Western civilisation. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly change in such a striking fashion that there could be no going back on what had taken place. Likewise, the thought and self-conception of humanity would take on a completely new aspect. Sciences would be born or emerge in an entirely new guise. The ideas that broke this mould largely began, and continued to flourish, in the city of Florence in the province of Tuscany.
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A helpful series of biographical summaries
- By Nigel Jarvis on 07-01-2023
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The Florentines
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 14 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 17-06-2021
- Language: English
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The Savage Storm
- The Battle for Italy 1943
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
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It should have been an easy victory. After the triumph in Tunisia, the sweeping success of Sicily, and with Italy finally knocked out of the war, the Allies were quietly confident that Rome would be theirs before Christmas 1943. And yet it didn't happen. Hitler decided not to give ground, and the stage was set for one of the grimmest and most attritional phases of the war. Even though they were short of supplies and support, German forces, even in retreat, made the Allies fight for every bitter yard.
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The immersive nature the author creates
- By Anonymous User on 17-01-2024
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The Savage Storm
- The Battle for Italy 1943
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 18 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 21-09-2023
- Language: English
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The Invention of Sicily
- A Mediterranean History
- By: Jamie Mackay
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
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Sicily has always acted as a gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Fought over by the Phoenicians and Greeks, the Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, and the Spanish and the French for thousands of years, Sicily became a unique melting pot where diverse traditions merged, producing a unique heritage and singular culture. In this fascinating account of the island from the earliest times to the present day, author and journalist Jamie Mackay leads us through this most elusive of places.
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Brilliant overview
- By Daniel on 12-02-2023
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The Invention of Sicily
- A Mediterranean History
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 13-07-2021
- Language: English
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1434
- The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
- By: Gavin Menzies
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
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The brilliance of the Renaissance laid the foundation of the modern world. Textbooks tell us that it came about as a result of a rediscovery of the ideas and ideals of classical Greece and Rome. But now bestselling historian Gavin Menzies makes the startling argument that in the year 1434, China - then the world's most technologically advanced civilization - provided the spark that set the European Renaissance ablaze. From that date onward, Europeans embraced Chinese ideas, discoveries, and inventions, all of which form the basis of Western civilization today.
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too long
- By Anonymous User on 09-10-2022
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1434
- The Year a Magnificent Chinese Fleet Sailed to Italy and Ignited the Renaissance
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 9 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 28-01-2014
- Language: English
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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
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The Borgia family have become a byword for evil. Corruption, incest, ruthless megalomania, avarice, and vicious cruelty - all have been associated with their name. And yet, paradoxically, this family lived when the Renaissance was coming into its full flowering in Italy. Examples of infamy flourished alongside some of the finest art produced in western history.
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really good high level introduction to the corruption of the church
- By Charlie on 26-11-2023
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The Borgias
- Power and Depravity in Renaissance Italy
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 06-08-2019
- Language: English
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- By: Dennis Romano
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
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No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.” During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Venice was celebrated as a model republic in an age of monarchs. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it became famous for its freewheeling lifestyle characterized by courtesans, casinos, and Carnival.
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 27-02-2024
- Language: English
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Mafia Republic
- Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present
- By: John Dickie
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
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In 1946, Italy became a democratic Republic, thereby entering the family of modern Western nations. But deep within Italy there lurked a forgotten curse: three major criminal brotherhoods, whose methods had been honed over a century of experience. As Italy grew, so did the mafias. Sicily's Cosa Nostra, the camorra from Naples, and the mysterious 'ndrangheta from Calabria stood ready to enter the wealthiest and bloodiest period of their long history. Italy made itself rich by making scooters, cars and handbags.
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Great book
- By John on 03-01-2023
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Mafia Republic
- Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 14-05-2020
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Italy
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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Discover the prodigious global influence of il bel paese in this star-studded retelling of Italy's past-from a foremost author of historic Italy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced book.
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The Shortest History of Italy
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 26-04-2024
- Language: English
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History of Italy
- A Captivating Guide to Italian History, Starting from the First Settlements Through the Middle Ages to the Modern Period
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs
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It is not an easy job to draw the border between the history of Italy and the history of Rome. In so many places, the two political and geographical entities collide. They wouldn’t be possible without each other, but they each have their own story. Rome’s history is only a small fragment of Italy’s history. Although it is just a city, Rome was the birthplace of the republic, a great empire, and notable philosophers, poets, and artists.
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History of Italy
- A Captivating Guide to Italian History, Starting from the First Settlements Through the Middle Ages to the Modern Period
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 4 hrs
- Release date: 29-01-2021
- Language: English
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Mussolini's War
- Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943
- By: John Gooch
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
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While staying closely aligned with Hitler, Mussolini remained carefully neutral until the summer of 1940. Then, with the wholly unexpected and sudden collapse of the French and British armies, Mussolini declared war on the Allies in the hope of making territorial gains in Southern France and Africa. This decision proved a horrifying miscalculation, dooming Italy to its own prolonged and unwinnable war, immense casualties and an Allied invasion in 1943 which ushered in a terrible new era for the country.
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Mussolini's War
- Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 21 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 07-05-2020
- Language: English
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Sigonella 85 - La sfida atlantica
- By: Matteo Liuzzi
- Narrated by: Simone Guida
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Il podcast Sigonella 85 ripercorre le 51 ore drammatiche del dirottamento dell’Achille Lauro, “la nave più bella del mondo“, per poi concentrarsi su ciò che è avvenuto a Sigonella: il primo no detto da un Governo Italiano agli Americani, un rifiuto che ha scatenato la più profonda crisi Italia-USA mai verificatasi dal Dopoguerra, e che ha messo in discussione gli equilibri di tutto il mondo. Un contrasto diplomatico che ha rischiato di trasformarsi in uno scontro militare. Eppure, a sentire chi, quella sera, era presenta a Sigonella, le cose non sarebbero andate così come ci sono sempre state raccontate.
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Wow
- By Emanuele on 08-03-2024
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Sicily
- By: John Julius Norwich
- Narrated by: Paul Duncan, Michael Healy
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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The stepping stone between Europe and Africa, the gateway between the East and the West, at once a stronghold, clearinghouse and observation post, Sicily has been invaded and fought over by Phoenicians and Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, Spaniards and the French for thousands of years. It has belonged to them all - and yet has properly been part of none.
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Shocking pronunciation!
- By ellie picone on 02-12-2018
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Sicily
- Narrated by: Paul Duncan, Michael Healy
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 12-04-2018
- Language: English
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Ortona
- Canada's Epic World War II Battle
- By: Mark Zuehlke
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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In one furious week of fighting in December 1943, the First Canadian Infantry Division took Ortona, Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold the medieval port at all costs. When the battle was over, the Canadians emerged victorious despite heavy losses.
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Brave Canadians
- By tlcdc on 08-02-2024
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Ortona
- Canada's Epic World War II Battle
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 06-01-2012
- Language: English
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The Darkening Age
- The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
- By: Catherine Nixey
- Narrated by: Lalla Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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In The Darkening Age, Catherine Nixey tells the little-known - and deeply shocking - story of how a militant religion deliberately tried to extinguish the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in unquestioning adherence to the 'one true faith'. The Roman Empire had been generous in embracing and absorbing new creeds. But with the coming of Christianity, everything changed. This new faith, despite preaching peace, was violent, ruthless and intolerant. And once it became the religion of empire, its zealous adherents set about the destruction of the old gods.
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Beautifully performed & Riveting tale
- By Sheena on 10-04-2020
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The Darkening Age
- The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
- Narrated by: Lalla Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 14-06-2018
- Language: English
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Rome
- By: Robert Hughes
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
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Rome - as a city, as an empire, as an enduring idea - is in many ways the origin of everything Robert Hughes has spent his life writing about with such dazzling irreverence and exacting rigour. In this magisterial book he traces the city's history from its mythic foundation with Romulus and Remus to Fascism, Fellini and beyond. For almost a thousand years, Rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world.
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Totally engaging.
- By Paul Marley on 27-06-2018
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Rome
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 11 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 22-12-2011
- Language: English
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Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History
- By: Sandra Benjamin
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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Emigration of people from Sicily often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to the island through the centuries. These have included several who became Sicily's rulers, along with Jews, Ligurians, and Albanians. Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spaniards, Bourbons, the Savoy Kingdom of Italy and the modern era have all held sway, and left lasting influences on the island's culture and architecture.
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Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 19-04-2012
- Language: English
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The Borgias
- The Hidden History
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait of the infamous Renaissance family and their storied milieu.
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Delightfully Deliciously Thorough :-)
- By Deirdre E Siegel on 10-10-2022
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The Borgias
- The Hidden History
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 02-04-2013
- Language: English
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Blood and Soil
- The Memoir of a Third Reich Brandenburger
- By: Sepp de Giampietro, Lawrence Paterson - foreword, Eva Burke - translator
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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The Brandenburgers were Hitler's Special Forces, a band of mainly foreign German nationals who used disguise and fluency in other languages to complete daring missions into enemy territory. Overshadowed by stories of their Allied equivalents, their history has largely been ignored. First published in 1984, de Giampietro's highly-personal and eloquent memoir is a vivid account of his experiences. In astonishing detail, he delves into the reality of life in the unit from everyday concerns and politics to training and involvement in Brandenburg missions.
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Amazing firsthand account
- By Anonymous User on 14-11-2022
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Blood and Soil
- The Memoir of a Third Reich Brandenburger
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 23-03-2021
- Language: English
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Rise and Fall of the Borgias
- By: William Landon, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: William Landon
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
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Since its rise to the highest ranks of power in Renaissance Europe, the Borgia family has developed a scandalous reputation. While they were indeed ostentatious, calculating, worldly, cruel - and even, occasionally, murderous - you may be surprised to find that the Borgias were not terribly different from other powerful and ambitious families of their day. So why has history set them apart as one of the most corrupt and reviled families in history?
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Rather dry
- By Anonymous User on 26-02-2024
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Rise and Fall of the Borgias
- Narrated by: William Landon
- Length: 4 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 19-11-2019
- Language: English
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The Pope and Mussolini
- The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
- By: David I. Kertzer
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
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From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI’s secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. This groundbreaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives, including reports from Mussolini’s spies inside the highest levels of the Church, will forever change our understanding of the Vatican’s role in the rise of Fascism in Europe.
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loved it
- By Amazon Customer on 18-08-2019
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The Pope and Mussolini
- The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 14 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 28-01-2014
- Language: English
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