Simon Schama
A History of Britain: Volume 1
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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE - 1492
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs, Saul Reichlin
- Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
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It is a story like no other: an epic of endurance against destruction, of creativity in oppression, joy amidst grief, the affirmation of life against the steepest of odds....
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Don't waste your money
- By Mr David Newton on 30-01-16
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The Story of the Jews: Finding the Words, 1000 BCE - 1492
- Narrated by: Andrew Sachs, Saul Reichlin
- Length: 21 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 14-10-13
- Language: English
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Citizens
- Chronicle of the French Revolution
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Sara Powell
- Length: 38 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 145
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In this New York Times best seller, award-winning author Simon Schama presents an ebullient country, vital and inventive, infatuated with novelty and technology - a strikingly fresh view of Louis XVI's France....
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Biography based approach to the revolution
- By Andrew on 23-01-22
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Citizens
- Chronicle of the French Revolution
- Narrated by: Sara Powell
- Length: 38 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 22-07-21
- Language: English
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A History of Britain: Volume 1
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,785
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,571
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,558
The story of Britain from the earliest settlements in 3000BC to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well written but hard to manage as an audiobook
- By Roderic on 23-01-14
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A History of Britain: Volume 1
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Series: A History of Britain, Book 1
- Length: 15 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 06-09-12
- Language: English
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The Face of Britain
- The Nation Through Its Portraits
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
Simon Schama has written a tour de force about British portraits over the centuries in which the image-maker, the subject and everyone else looking on are brought to life....
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The Face of Britain
- The Nation Through Its Portraits
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan, Simon Schama
- Length: 14 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 16-09-15
- Language: English
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The Embarrassment of Riches
- An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness.
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The Embarrassment of Riches
- An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 20 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 12-11-24
- Language: English
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A History of Britain: Volume 2
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 863
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 742
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 739
Timothy West reads the second volume of Simon Schama's compelling chronicle of the British Isles....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, engaging but lots to remember
- By Roderic on 12-11-14
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A History of Britain: Volume 2
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Series: A History of Britain, Book 2
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-09-12
- Language: English
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Foreign Bodies
- Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Simon Schama
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 24
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 22
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Story4 out of 5 stars 22
A new and vibrant cultural history, investigating the tangled and complex history of pandemics and vaccines, by bestselling author and historian Simon Schama....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Accessible history of plagues read by the author
- By ProfP on 04-06-23
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Foreign Bodies
- Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations
- Narrated by: Simon Schama
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 25-05-23
- Language: English
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A History of Britain, Volume 3
- The Fate of Empire, 1776 - 2000
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 125
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 123
Award-winning historian Simon Schama completes his monumental three-volume history of Britain, which accompanies the acclaimed television epic....
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5 out of 5 stars
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schama master class
- By Mr. R. J. Mason on 30-08-11
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A History of Britain, Volume 3
- The Fate of Empire, 1776 - 2000
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 27-04-05
- Language: English
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A History of Britain: Volume 3
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 607
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 537
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 534
Timothy West reads the third and concluding volume of award-winning historian Simon Schama's compelling chronicle of the British Isles....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent and thought-provoking perspective
- By Roderic on 23-04-15
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A History of Britain: Volume 3
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Series: A History of Britain, Book 3
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 06-09-12
- Language: English
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A History of Britain, Volume 1
- At the Edge of the World, 3000 BC - AD 1603
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 455
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 332
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 330
To look back at the past is to understand the present....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Hisory of England?
- By S Tait on 25-01-08
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A History of Britain, Volume 1
- At the Edge of the World, 3000 BC - AD 1603
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 27-04-05
- Language: English
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A History of Britain, Volume 2
- The British Wars, 1603 - 1776
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 209
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 139
Simon Schama's sweeping history of Britain breathes life into our past centuries, vividly depicting exactly what life was like for our ancestors....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unswitchoffable
- By S.H. on 27-08-21
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A History of Britain, Volume 2
- The British Wars, 1603 - 1776
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 27-04-05
- Language: English
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Rough Crossings
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 80
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 65
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 65
Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African American slaves....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic insight into history of Abolition
- By Amazon Customer on 25-09-22
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Rough Crossings
- Narrated by: Paterson Joseph
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 01-09-15
- Language: English
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Belonging
- The Story of the Jews: When Words Fail (1492-1900)
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 36 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 151
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 137
Belonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A wide ranging history of the Jewish people.
- By Amazon Customer on 15-12-17
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Belonging
- The Story of the Jews: When Words Fail (1492-1900)
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Length: 36 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 12-10-17
- Language: English
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Wordy
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Simon Schama, Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14
Sir Simon Schama has been at the forefront of the arts, political commentary, social analysis and historical study for over 40 years....
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1 out of 5 stars
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sounding off is right
- By M. Giles on 09-10-19
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Wordy
- Narrated by: Simon Schama, Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 25-07-19
- Language: English
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The American Future
- A History
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Abridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 41
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 29
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Story4 out of 5 stars 29
Award-winning historian Simon Schama's landmark exploration of how America's past influences its future 'I can tell you exactly when American democracy came back from the dead, because I was there . . .'
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1 out of 5 stars
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WARNING - This is the abridged version!
- By Anthony on 07-10-18
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The American Future
- A History
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 18-11-08
- Language: English
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Ciudadanos [Citizens]
- Una crónica de la Revolución francesa [A Chronicle of the French Revolution]
- By: Simon Schama, Anibal Leal Fernández - traductor
- Narrated by: Germán Gijón
- Length: 37 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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¿Fue la libertad la causa o el producto de la Revolución francesa? La mejor crónica sobre uno de los periodos estelares de la humanidad....
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Ciudadanos [Citizens]
- Una crónica de la Revolución francesa [A Chronicle of the French Revolution]
- Narrated by: Germán Gijón
- Length: 37 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 08-06-23
- Language: Spanish
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