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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
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The Plantagenet queens of England played a role in some of the most dramatic events in our history. Crusading queens, queens in rebellion against their king, queen seductresses, learned queens, queens in battle, queens who enlivened England with the romantic culture of southern Europe - these determined women often broke through medieval constraints to exercise power and influence, for good and sometimes for ill.
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Eleanor of aquitaine
- By grannie on 23-07-21
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Queens of the Crusades: Eleanor of Aquitaine and Her Successors
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Series: England's Medieval Queens, Book 2
- Length: 17 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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The Royal Art of Poison
- Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicines and Murder Most Foul
- By: Eleanor Herman
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roiling, vomit-inducing agony of a little something added to their food or wine by an enemy. To avoid poison, they depended on tasters, unicorn horns and antidotes tested on condemned prisoners. The Royal Art of Poison is a hugely entertaining work of popular history that traces the use of poison as a political - and cosmetic - tool in the royal courts of Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the Kremlin today.
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A really great book!
- By James Moynihan on 20-06-20
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The Royal Art of Poison
- Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicines and Murder Most Foul
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-07-19
- Language: English
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The Queen
- By: Matthew Dennison
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
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For millions of people, both in Britain and across the world, Elizabeth II is the embodiment of monarchy. Her long life spans nearly a century of national and global history, from a time before the Great Depression to the era of COVID-19. Her reign embraces all but seven years of Britain's postwar history; she has been served by 15 UK prime ministers from Churchill to Johnson, and witnessed the administrations of 13 US presidents from Truman to Trump. The vast majority of Britons cannot remember a world without Elizabeth II as head of state and the Commonwealth.
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such a lovely book to listen to.
- By Mr C J Basford on 07-01-23
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The Queen
- Narrated by: Eleanor Bron
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-06-21
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons
- Brief Histories
- By: Geoffrey Hindley
- Narrated by: Eleanor David
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
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Starting AD 400 (around the time of their invasion of England) and running through to the 1100s (the 'Aftermath'), historian Geoffrey Hindley shows the Anglo-Saxons as formative in the history not only of England but also of Europe. The society inspired by the warrior world of the Old English poem Beowulf saw England become the world's first nation state and Europe's first country to conduct affairs in its own language, and Bede and Boniface of Wessex establish the dating convention we still use today.
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Hard work. But...not bad.
- By Laurie on 16-10-15
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A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Eleanor David
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 11-02-13
- Language: English
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On Bloody Sunday
- A New History of the Day and Its Aftermath - by the People Who Were There
- By: Julieann Campbell
- Narrated by: Annie Farr, Eleanor Methven, Gordon Griffin, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
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In January 1972, a peaceful civil rights march in Northern Ireland ended in bloodshed. Troops from Britain's 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment opened fire on marchers, leaving 13 dead and 15 wounded. Seven of those killed were teenage boys. The day became known as 'Bloody Sunday'. The events occurred in broad daylight and in the full glare of the press. Within hours, the British military informed the world that they had won an 'IRA gun battle'. This became the official narrative for decades until a family-led campaign instigated one of the most complex inquiries in history.
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Captivating
- By Tracey Millar on 08-03-22
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On Bloody Sunday
- A New History of the Day and Its Aftermath - by the People Who Were There
- Narrated by: Annie Farr, Eleanor Methven, Gordon Griffin, Julieann Campbell, Maggie Ollerenshaw, Melanie MacHugh, Niall Cusack, Pat Lynch, Simon Nelson
- Length: 14 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 20-01-22
- Language: English
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A Brief History of Robin Hood: The True History Behind the Legend
- Brief Histories
- By: Nigel Cawthowne
- Narrated by: Eleanor David
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
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Who was Robin Hood? Throughout history the figures of the hooded man of Sherwood Forest and his band of outlaws have transfixed readers, listeners, and viewers; but where does the myth come from? The story appeared out of the legend of the Green man, but found its location during the reign of Richard I, the Lionheart, who was away from England fighting in the crusades. In his absence, his brother John laid waste to the country. But does this tell the full story?
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Very interesting
- By steve on 22-05-13
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A Brief History of Robin Hood: The True History Behind the Legend
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Eleanor David
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 21-12-12
- Language: English
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Plantagenet Princesses
- The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II
- By: Douglas Boyd
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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The names of few medieval monarchs and their queens are better known than Eleanor of Aquitaine, uniquely queen of France and queen of England, and her second husband Henry II. Although academically labeled "medieval," their era was the violent transition from the Dark Ages, when countries' borders were defined with fire and sword. If princes fought for their succession to crowns, the princesses were traded—usually by their mothers—to strangers for political power without the bloodshed.
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Disappointing, do not recommend.
- By Amazon Customer on 12-09-23
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Plantagenet Princesses
- The Daughters of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II
- Narrated by: Gareth Richards
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 05-09-23
- Language: English
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The Chronicle Box Set
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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Join us for an exhilarating and immersive adventure through 500 years of history, told entirely in the words of those who were there. With their artless prose and their polished & witty gossip, these are the men and women who have shaped our past. Brought to life by an award-winning all-star cast of 30 celebrated actors, including Charles Dance, Harriet Walter, David Suchet, Maureen Lipman, Timothy West, Jenny Agutter and many more.
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The Chronicle Box Set
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Timothy West, Eleanor Bron, James Bolam, full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 23-06-22
- Language: English
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The Chronicle: Book Two
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, and others
- Length: 3 hrs
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Then climb aboard and join Oscar Wilde in America amused at the sight of local gun slingers looting the house where outlaw Jesse James had been killed a few days earlier. Meet John Betjeman as he implores the BBC to engage the impoverished Dylan Thomas while Jane Austen demands the return of her unpublished novel. Austen Chamberlain rages at Hitler for sending a wreath emblazoned with the Swastika to be placed at the foot of the Cenotaph.
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The Chronicle: Book Two
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Timothy West, Eleanor Bron, James Bolam, full cast
- Length: 3 hrs
- Release date: 14-06-22
- Language: English
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The Chronicle—Book Four
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
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Voices from the Past with David Suchet as Lord Nelson writing to his beloved Emma on the eve of Trafalgar, hoping in God that he will live to finish his letter after the Battle, while Harriet Walter as Virginia Woolf hangs about the House of Commons mourning the passing of Edward VIII and the coming of King Albert I. Winston Churchill is captured and imprisoned by the Boers and Jane Austen sells 'Pride & Prejudice' for £110.
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The Chronicle—Book Four
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Timothy West, Eleanor Bron, James Bolam, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 15-06-22
- Language: English
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The Chronicle: Book One
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
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One moment Liselotte, the Duchess of Orleans is observing the Prince of Orange consummating his marriage in thick woollen drawers and the next, Harold Nicolson is at the Savoy Grill dining with the Prince of Wales and Mrs Simpson who is, 'bejewelled, eyebrow-plucked, virtuous and wise'. There's a young medical student watching his friend bowing to the crowd as he is hanged on the roof of Horsemonger Lane Gaol.
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The Chronicle: Book One
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Timothy West, Eleanor Bron, James Bolam, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 14-06-22
- Language: English
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The Chronicle: Book Three
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- By: Mr Punch
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, and others
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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At Waterloo, women are stripping the corpses of their valuable shoes and stockings yet the Highlanders are left in mass graves with their coarse tartan socks still on. Roy Strong attending a private dinner with the Prime Minister notes that Margaret Thatcher in floaty chiffon is 'the apotheosis of the boss's wife, with the appeal of cosmeticised putty.' Even at the coronation of George IV, Queen Caroline, who is denied entry to the Abbey, is observed looking like 'a blowsy landlady'.
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The Chronicle: Book Three
- An Epic Historical Pageant
- Narrated by: Charles Dance, Maureen Lipman, David Suchet, Harriet Walter, Timothy West, Eleanor Bron, James Bolam, full cast
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 14-06-22
- Language: English
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