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Meghan and Harry
- The Real Story
- By: Lady Colin Campbell
- Narrated by: Lucinda Bell Howard
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
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A balanced account of game changes, conflicts and ambitions....
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Author plain mean
- By Anonymous User on 30-12-2020
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Three Times a Countess
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer
- By: Tina Gaudoin
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Debutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. Three Times a Countess recounts Raine's compelling and glamorous life....
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Simply lovely
- By Anonymous User on 11-11-2022
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The New Royals
- Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown
- By: Katie Nicholl
- Narrated by: Heather Price
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Vanity Fair Royals correspondent and bestselling author of William and Harry and Kate explores the remarkable life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the legacy she has handed down to the next generation....
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Most boring book in history!!
- By Glen Donaldson on 09-10-2022
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Cleopatra
- Her History, Her Myth
- By: Francine Prose
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy....
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts....
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Great book, poor narration
- By SCBB on 19-09-2023
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My Mother and I
- By: Ingrid Seward
- Narrated by: Julie Teal, Ingrid Seward
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of how King Charles was shaped and moulded by his heritage....
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Mother and son getting together
- By Anonymous User on 04-05-2024
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Meghan and Harry
- The Real Story
- By: Lady Colin Campbell
- Narrated by: Lucinda Bell Howard
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
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A balanced account of game changes, conflicts and ambitions....
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Author plain mean
- By Anonymous User on 30-12-2020
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Three Times a Countess
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of Raine Spencer
- By: Tina Gaudoin
- Narrated by: Alix Dunmore
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Debutante of the year. Able politician. Femme fatale. Just some of the many labels attached to the irrepressible, controversial Raine Spencer: Countess, socialite and stepmother to Diana, Princess of Wales. Three Times a Countess recounts Raine's compelling and glamorous life....
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Simply lovely
- By Anonymous User on 11-11-2022
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The New Royals
- Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown
- By: Katie Nicholl
- Narrated by: Heather Price
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Vanity Fair Royals correspondent and bestselling author of William and Harry and Kate explores the remarkable life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II and the legacy she has handed down to the next generation....
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Most boring book in history!!
- By Glen Donaldson on 09-10-2022
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Cleopatra
- Her History, Her Myth
- By: Francine Prose
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 6 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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A feminist reinterpretation of the myths surrounding Cleopatra casts new light on the Egyptian queen and her legacy....
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts....
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Great book, poor narration
- By SCBB on 19-09-2023
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My Mother and I
- By: Ingrid Seward
- Narrated by: Julie Teal, Ingrid Seward
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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This is the story of how King Charles was shaped and moulded by his heritage....
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Mother and son getting together
- By Anonymous User on 04-05-2024
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The Count of Virtue
- Giangaleazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan
- By: E.R. Chamberlin
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Fourteenth-century Italy was chaotic: mercenaries swarmed across the land as competing city-states attempted to vie with each other for power, while pestilence and famine decimated populations. Into this cauldron was born Giangalezzo Visconti....
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A Queen for All Seasons
- A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II
- By: Joanna Lumley
- Narrated by: Joanna Lumley
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and edited by Joanna Lumley....
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Queen Elizabeth 2 inside out.
- By Toby on 28-01-2023
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
- How the Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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The Mongol queens of the thirteenth century ruled the greatest empire the world has ever known. Yet sometime near the end of the century, censors cut a section from The Secret History of the Mongols, leaving a single tantalizing quote from Genghis Khan: “Let us reward our female offspring”....
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Valuable and informative
- By LD on 03-08-2023
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Once a King
- The Lost Memoir of Edward VIII
- By: Jane Marguerite Tippett
- Narrated by: Esther Wane, Gregory Cox
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Using never before seen sources, Once a King is a fresh, revelatory and gripping insight into the Duke of Windsor - King Edward VIII - who gave up the throne to marry the woman he loved, twice divorced American Wallis Simpson....
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A very important book
- By Robyn on 01-11-2023
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War of the Windsors
- The Inside Story of Charles, Andrew and the Rivalry That Has Defined the Royal Family
- By: Nigel Cawthorne
- Narrated by: Samuel Hill
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
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Telling the story of their lives from children to modern day, this fascinating and revelatory book will look at the fraught relationship (and fiery rivalry) between King Charles and Prince Andrew....
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Elizabeth
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
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A personal account of the life and character of Britain's longest-reigning monarch....
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Outstanding tribute to HMTQ
- By Michelle Moreira on 13-12-2022
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 22 hrs and 26 mins
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This acclaimed best seller from popular historian Alison Weir is a fascinating look at the Tudor family dynasty and its most infamous ruler....
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Engaging
- By Daniel Stockwell on 06-03-2016
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Elizabeth the Queen
- The Life of a Modern Monarch
- By: Sally Bedell Smith
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 21 hrs and 27 mins
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In this magisterial new biography, New York Times best-selling author Sally Bedell Smith brings to life one of the world’s most fascinating and enigmatic women: Queen Elizabeth II....
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Elizabeth the Queen
- By Anonymous User on 11-11-2022
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Catherine the Great
- Portrait of a Woman
- By: Robert K. Massie
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins
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Robert K. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination....
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Definitely an interesting read
- By Cath on 13-02-2021
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Lancaster and York
- The Wars of the Roses
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 22 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Lancater and York is a riveting account of the Wars of the Roses, from the beloved and best-selling historian Alison Weir....
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Fantastic history
- By Simon on 11-04-2017
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Mortal Monarchs
- 1,000 Years of Royal Deaths
- By: Suzie Edge
- Narrated by: Suzie Edge
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
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Medical historian Dr Suzie Edge examines 1,000 years of royal deaths to present a humorous deep-dive into the varied—and oft-gruesome—deaths of the king and queens of England and Scotland....
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Interesting and told by the author
- By Marg on 05-11-2023
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The Black Prince
- By: Michael Jones
- Narrated by: Hamilton McLeod
- Length: 16 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Michael Jones tells the remarkable story of a great warrior-prince, Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III – and paints an unforgettable portrait of warfare and chivalry in the late Middle Ages....
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The Royals
- By: Kitty Kelley
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
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Kitty Kelley has gone behind palace walls to provide the first three-dimensional, comprehensive, and evenhanded portrait of the men and women who make up the British Royal family....
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The mess the royals make
- By Jacqueline Van Wickevoort Crommelin on 04-05-2024
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The Diana Chronicles
- By: Tina Brown
- Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor
- Length: 21 hrs and 21 mins
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Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she "the people's princess" or a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic? Only Tina Brown can give us the truth....
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Finally a book that’s not just another fawning ode to Saint Diana.
- By Anonymous User on 11-02-2021
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Shogun
- The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler
- By: A.L. Sadler, Stephen Turnbull - foreword, Alexander Bennett - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan....
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Not as good as I expected
- By Marc Fearby on 15-03-2024
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The Tudors
- The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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For the first time in decades, here, in a single volume, is a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. ....
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Objective it is not
- By Kirsty on 31-05-2016
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Princess Mary
- The First Modern Princess
- By: Elisabeth Basford, Hugo Vickers - foreword
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Princess Diana is seen as the first member of the British royal family to tear up the rulebook, and the duchess of Cambridge is modernizing the monarchy in strides. But before them was another who paved the way: Princess Mary....
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‘Princess Mary’, byElisabeth Basford
- By lone on 25-03-2023
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Our Queen
- By: Robert Hardman
- Narrated by: Robert Hardman
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
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The remarkable story of The Queen, as she approaches her Diamond Jubilee as the leader of the Monarchy..Throughout history, there has been no Monarch like her....
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The Final Year of Anne Boleyn
- By: Natalie Grueninger
- Narrated by: Polly Lee
- Length: 10 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. In this vivid and engaging account of the triumphant and harrowing final year of Queen Anne Boleyn's life, the author reveals a very human portrait of a brilliant, passionate, and complex woman....
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Well researched and supported
- By Elizabeth Finch on 22-03-2024
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The Sphinx
- The Life of Gladys Deacon - Duchess of Marlborough
- By: Hugo Vickers
- Narrated by: Hugo Vickers
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the most beautiful and brilliant women of her time, Gladys Deacon dazzled as much as she puzzled the glittering social circles in which she moved....
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Brilliant Book
- By Joanne on 01-07-2020
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The White Ship
- Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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The sinking of the White Ship on the 25th November 1120 is one of the greatest disasters that England has ever suffered. Its repercussions would change English and European history for ever....
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A récit of staggering detail and colour
- By robert head on 27-06-2022
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Killers of the King
- The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain’s history, Parliament faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender....
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Secret Lives of the Tsars
- Three Centuries of Autocracy, Debauchery, Betrayal, Murder, and Madness from Romanov Russia
- By: Michael Farquhar
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Scandal! Intrigue! Cossacks! Here the world’s most engaging royal historian chronicles the world’s most fascinating imperial dynasty: the Romanovs, whose three-hundred-year reign was remarkable for its shocking violence, spectacular excess, and unimaginable venality....
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Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Her Successors
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history....
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Great book, but difficult to listen to
- By SCBB on 16-09-2023
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Uncrowned
- Royal Heirs Who Didn't Take the Throne
- By: Ashley Mantle
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
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Through the centuries, succession to the English throne has largely been dictated by blood. Children were born to the role, their destinies entwined with that of the nation. They would be raised with the expectation that they would eventually take their place on the throne and rule the land. But not all those expected to wear the crown completed this journey. Ashley Mantle explores the lives of several heirs apparent, from the Norman Conquest to the present day, who were destined to assume the throne of England but, for one reason or another, did not.
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The Cleopatras
- By: Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrated by: Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, and film. She captivated Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the two greatest Romans of the day, and died in a blaze of glory, with an asp clasped to her breast - or so the legend tells us. But the real-life story of the historical Cleopatra VII is even more compelling. She was the last of seven Cleopatras who ruled Egypt before it was subsumed into the Roman Empire. These extraordinary women keep a close grip on power in the wealthiest country of the ancient world.
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Queen Victoria of England - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
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Queen Victoria of England, long-reigning sovereign and "Grandmother of Europe": Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
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Thorns, Lust and Glory
- The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn
- By: Estelle Paranque
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really tore apart this illustrious marriage, making her the whore of England, an abandoned woman executed on the scaffold? While many stories of Anne Boleyn's downfall have been told, few have truly traced the origins of her tragic fate.
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Julian, Ancient Lives Series
- Rome's Last Pagan Emperor
- By: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Johns
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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As emperor, Julian set about reforming the administration, conquering new territories, and reviving ancient religions. He was scorned in his time for repudiating Christianity and demonized as an apostate for willfully rejecting Christ. Through the centuries, Julian has been viewed by many as a tragic figure who sought to save Rome from its enemies and the corrupting influence of Christianity. Christian writers and historians have seen Julian much differently: as a traitor to God and violent oppressor of Christians.
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The Waiting Game
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens
- By: Nicola Clark
- Narrated by: Karen Cass, Nicola Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Every queen had ladies-in-waiting. Her confidantes and chaperones, they are the forgotten agents of the Tudor court. Ever present and yet hidden behind the scenes, these women held the secrets and the hearts of some of the Tudor period's most powerful men and women. Experts at survival, negotiating the competing demands of their families and their queen, the ladies-in-waiting of Henry VIII's wives were far more than decorative 'extras': they were serious political players who changed the course of history, and four of them became queen themselves.
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Uncrowned
- Royal Heirs Who Didn't Take the Throne
- By: Ashley Mantle
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
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Through the centuries, succession to the English throne has largely been dictated by blood. Children were born to the role, their destinies entwined with that of the nation. They would be raised with the expectation that they would eventually take their place on the throne and rule the land. But not all those expected to wear the crown completed this journey. Ashley Mantle explores the lives of several heirs apparent, from the Norman Conquest to the present day, who were destined to assume the throne of England but, for one reason or another, did not.
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The Cleopatras
- By: Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Narrated by: Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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Cleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen. A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music, art, and film. She captivated Julius Caesar and Marc Antony, the two greatest Romans of the day, and died in a blaze of glory, with an asp clasped to her breast - or so the legend tells us. But the real-life story of the historical Cleopatra VII is even more compelling. She was the last of seven Cleopatras who ruled Egypt before it was subsumed into the Roman Empire. These extraordinary women keep a close grip on power in the wealthiest country of the ancient world.
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Queen Victoria of England - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Queen Victoria of England, long-reigning sovereign and "Grandmother of Europe": Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
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Thorns, Lust and Glory
- The Betrayal of Anne Boleyn
- By: Estelle Paranque
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
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Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries. Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue. How did this courtier's daughter become the queen of England, and what was it that really tore apart this illustrious marriage, making her the whore of England, an abandoned woman executed on the scaffold? While many stories of Anne Boleyn's downfall have been told, few have truly traced the origins of her tragic fate.
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Julian, Ancient Lives Series
- Rome's Last Pagan Emperor
- By: Philip Freeman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Johns
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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As emperor, Julian set about reforming the administration, conquering new territories, and reviving ancient religions. He was scorned in his time for repudiating Christianity and demonized as an apostate for willfully rejecting Christ. Through the centuries, Julian has been viewed by many as a tragic figure who sought to save Rome from its enemies and the corrupting influence of Christianity. Christian writers and historians have seen Julian much differently: as a traitor to God and violent oppressor of Christians.
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The Waiting Game
- The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor Queens
- By: Nicola Clark
- Narrated by: Karen Cass, Nicola Clark
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
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Every queen had ladies-in-waiting. Her confidantes and chaperones, they are the forgotten agents of the Tudor court. Ever present and yet hidden behind the scenes, these women held the secrets and the hearts of some of the Tudor period's most powerful men and women. Experts at survival, negotiating the competing demands of their families and their queen, the ladies-in-waiting of Henry VIII's wives were far more than decorative 'extras': they were serious political players who changed the course of history, and four of them became queen themselves.
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Tsarina Catherine the Great - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
- By: George Fritsche
- Narrated by: George Fritsche
- Length: 5 mins
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Tsarina Catherine the Great, German-born ruler of Russia: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
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Mary Stuart - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
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Mary Stuart, Queen Elizabeth I of England's adversary and Queen of Scots: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
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Royal Romances
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- By: The History Journals, Liam Dale
- Narrated by: Liam Dale
- Length: 40 mins
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When you look back in history at royal romances, surprising as it may seem, few have happy ever after endings, and in many instances the idea of “Love and Marriage” being inextricably linked is not quite as common as you might at first think. In fairy stories handsome Kings and Princes regularly sweep fair maidens off their feet, transforming them into Princesses and Queens, and although a rarer occurrence, a Royal Princess can create a Prince out of the most unpromising of characters!
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Queen Elizabeth I of England - A short biography
- 5 Minutes. Short on time - long on info!
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Queen Elizabeth I of England, Virgin Queen and daughter of Henry VIII: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!
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Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers
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- By: Anne Somerset
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It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong. In Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers, Anne Somerset masterfully traces Victoria’s political evolution, from headstrong teenager to seasoned octogenarian. This book demonstrates her passionate involvement in state affairs, and casts fresh light on her relationships with her ten prime ministers.
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Power and Glory
- Elizabeth II and the Rebirth of Royalty
- By: Alexander Larman
- Narrated by: Sophie Roberts
- Length: 11 hrs and 7 mins
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Power and Glory brings us to the dramatic conclusion of Larman's 'Windsors trilogy'. It begins with the fallout from the revelation of the Duke of Windsor's wartime treachery, and ends with the Coronation of Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953. In between, it depicts a monarchy - and a country - struggling to cope with the aftermath of World War Two, in an era where old certainties have been replaced by the rise of a new, uncertain world, and where love, tragedy and modernity battle for supremacy.
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Herod the Great
- Jewish King in a Roman World
- By: Martin Goodman
- Narrated by: Will Tulin
- Length: 6 hrs
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A vivid account of the political triumphs and domestic tragedies of the Jewish king Herod the Great during the turmoil of the Roman revolution.
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Good informative book ,
- By Frances on 14-04-2024
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A Very Private School
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Charles Spencer
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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In this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend a boarding school. A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed firsthand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding system. Drawing on the memories of many of his schoolboy contemporaries, as well as his own letters and diaries from the time, he reflects on the hopelessness and abandonment he felt aged eight, describing the pain of homesickness and the appalling inescapability of it all.
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- By Anonymous User on 04-05-2024
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Royal Audience
- 70 Years, 13 Presidents: One Queen's Special Relationship with America
- By: David Charter
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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From the moment she first enchanted the world as a youthful princess, Queen Elizabeth II found a unique place in American hearts—and she also played an unprecedented role in forging transatlantic ties. Over her seventy-year reign, she developed extraordinary and varied personal bonds with thirteen U.S. presidents—Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, both Bush Sr. and Jr., Clinton, Obama, Trump, and Biden—that other diplomats and leaders could only dream of.
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Young Elizabeth
- Princess. Prisoner. Queen.
- By: Nicola Tallis
- Narrated by: Helen Keeley
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Elizabeth I is one of England's most famous monarchs, whose story as the ‘Virgin Queen' is well known. But queenship was by no means a certain path for Henry VIII's younger daughter, who spent the majority of her early years as a girl with an uncertain future. Before she was three years old Elizabeth had been both a princess and then a bastard following the brutal execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn.
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History
- By S.Attenborough on 03-03-2024
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My Lady Castlemaine
- Being a Life of Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine, Afterwards Duchess of Cleveland
- By: Philip Walsingham Sergeant
- Narrated by: Julia Eve
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Philip Walsingham Sergeant's biography of Barbara from 1912 draws on contemporary writings to tell her story, giving a more vivid and faithful presentation of the spirit of the time. He traces her life from her early girlhood, through her time at Court, her exile, and ending with her involvement in a bigamy trial.
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My Mother and I
- By: Ingrid Seward
- Narrated by: Julie Teal, Ingrid Seward
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of how King Charles was shaped and moulded by his heritage. His mother was the woman he always loved but could never be close to. As Queen she held the Pandora’s box of the crown and all he could do was wait and learn. In his mother’s old age, he finally received the affection and respect from her he had craved for so long. This book documents his life through many personal anecdotes from his family and his friends from the moment the guns saluted his birth until St. Edwards Crown was placed on his head and he was officially declared as the King at his Coronation.
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Mother and son getting together
- By Anonymous User on 04-05-2024