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The Red Prince
- The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
- By: Helen Carr
- Narrated by: Helen Carr
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall295
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Performance277
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Story276
John Gaunt was the son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV, and the sire of all those Tudors. He has had pretty bad press: supposed usurper of Richard II’s crown and the focus of hatred in the Peasants’ Revolt, as they torched his home, the Savoy Palace. Helen Carr paints a complex portrait of a man who held the levers of power on the English and European stage, passionately upheld chivalric values, pressed for the Bible to be translated into English, and patronized the arts.
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The sniffing narrator
- By Shades of Blue Q on 30-05-21
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The Red Prince
- The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
- Narrated by: Helen Carr
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 25-05-21
- Language: English
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,676
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Performance2,088
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Story2,073
Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? And what are you going to eat? Ian Mortimer shows us that the past is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived. He sets out to explain what life was like in the most immediate way, through taking you to the Middle Ages. The result is the most astonishing social history book you are ever likely to read: evolutionary in its concept, informative and entertaining in its detail.
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Totally unputdownable - recommend 100%
- By Heather on 24-02-11
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Series: Time Traveler’s Guides
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 13-04-09
- Language: English
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Mortimer's A to Zs of English History
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Ian Mortimer
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance19
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Story19
In these sparkling A to Zs, time-travelling historian Ian Mortimer visits four classic periods of English history: the fourteenth century, the Elizabethan age, the Restoration and the Regency. As he ranges from the Great Plague to the Great Freeze, from Armada to Austen, and from tobacco to toenails, he shines a light into corners of history we never knew were so fascinating -- or so revealing of the whole.
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one of the best history book writers men
- By EMANON on 09-11-25
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Mortimer's A to Zs of English History
- Narrated by: Ian Mortimer
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 07-10-25
- Language: English
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The Templars
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,010
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Performance2,652
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Story2,652
The Knights Templar were the wealthiest, most powerful - and most secretive - of the military orders that flourished in the crusading era. Their story - encompassing as it does the greatest international conflict of the Middle Ages, a network of international finance, a swift rise in wealth and influence followed by a bloody and humiliating fall - has left a comet's tail of mystery that continues to fascinate and inspire historians, novelists and conspiracy theorists. Unabridged edition read by Dan Jones.
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A very engaging account of the Templar's history.
- By Simon B on 20-12-17
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The Templars
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 15 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 07-12-17
- Language: English
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Iron, Fire and Ice
- The Real History That Inspired Game of Thrones
- By: Ed West
- Narrated by: Rory Barnett
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance75
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Story73
A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father’s death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him. He is supported in this war by his mother, who has spirited away her two younger sons to safety. Against them is the queen, passionate, proud, and strong-willed and with more of the masculine virtues of the time than most men. She too is battling for the inheritance of her young son, not yet fully grown but already a sadist who takes delight in watching executions.
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History with all interesting and gory bits!
- By Jack Clancy on 03-03-20
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Iron, Fire and Ice
- The Real History That Inspired Game of Thrones
- Narrated by: Rory Barnett
- Length: 20 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-04-19
- Language: English
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The Plantagenets
- The Kings Who Made England
- By: Dan Jones
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,727
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Performance1,532
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Story1,524
This brilliant new audiobook explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain. England’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight...
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Entertaining and scholarly
- By Kirstine on 23-08-19
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The Plantagenets
- The Kings Who Made England
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 09-05-19
- Language: English
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Crusaders
- An Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall706
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Performance604
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Story599
From the preaching of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II in 1095 to the loss of the last crusader outpost in the Levant in 1302-03, and from the taking of Jerusalem from the Fatimids in 1099 to the fall of Acre to the Mamluks in 1291, Crusaders tells a tale soaked in Islamic, Christian and Jewish blood, peopled by extraordinary characters, and characterised by both low ambition and high principle.
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Excellent
- By A. S. Hunt on 25-02-20
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A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485
- Brief Histories
- By: Nicholas Vincent
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall435
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Performance373
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Story370
From the Norman Conquest to the Battle of Bosworth Field - how Britain was invaded and became a nation. The first volume in the stunning four-volume Brief History of Britain series. From the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Bosworth Field, Nicholas Vincent tells the story of how Britain was born. When William, Duke of Normandy, killed King Harold and seized the throne of England, England’s language, culture, politics, and law were transformed.
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Best introduction to medieval history
- By Anonymous on 08-04-13
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A Brief History of Britain 1066-1485
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 18 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-01-13
- Language: English
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- By: Neil Price
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall371
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Performance332
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Story331
The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture.
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Disappointed
- By Kindle Customer on 22-10-20
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 25-08-20
- Language: English
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Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee
- An Epically Short History of Our Kings and Queens
- By: Charlie Higson, Jim Moir
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance18
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Story18
A Waterstones Best History Book 2025 A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025 ‘Learned, entertaining and highly approachable’ BOB MORTIMER ‘A treat’ ALICE LOXTON ‘Five stars from me…’ AL MURRAY An unmissable collaboration between two comedy legends – an irresistible...
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PRONOUNCED CULLODEN NOT COLLUDEN. THE CULL COMES FIRST.
- By Foxglove on 26-02-26
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Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee
- An Epically Short History of Our Kings and Queens
- Length: 15 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-10-25
- Language: English
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The Face of Battle
- By: John Keegan
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall149
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Performance122
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Story118
In this major and wholly original contribution to military history, John Keegan reverses the usual convention of writing about war in terms of generals and nations in conflict, which tends to leave the common soldier as cipher. Instead, he focuses on what a set battle is like for the man in the thick of it.
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Takes a while to get going!
- By Mr on 15-08-12
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The Face of Battle
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 12-12-11
- Language: English
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The Brothers York
- An English Tragedy
- By: Thomas Penn
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall206
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Performance186
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Story183
Brought to you by Penguin. In early 1461, a teenage boy won a battle on a freezing morning in the Welsh marches, and claimed the crown of England. He was Edward IV, first king of the usurping house of York. The country, crippled by economic crisis, insurgency, and a corrupt and bankrupt...
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Tudor propaganda again
- By Kniphofia on 25-12-19
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The Brothers York
- An English Tragedy
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 03-10-19
- Language: English
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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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Overall862
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Performance749
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Story746
Lancater and York is a riveting account of the Wars of the Roses, from beloved historian Alison Weir. The war between the houses of Lancaster and York was characterised by treachery, deceit, and bloody battles. Alison Weir's lucid and gripping account focuses on the human side of history. At the centre of the book stands Henry VI, the pious king whose mental instability led to political chaos, and his wife Margaret of Anjou, who took up her arms in her husband's cause and battled in a violent man's world.
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Incredible Events - Oddly Dull in Presentation
- By Alison on 04-11-14
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Lancaster and York
- The Wars of the Roses
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 22 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 01-06-12
- Language: English
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A Brief History of the Samurai
- Brief Histories
- By: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall417
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Performance372
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Story374
From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior. The Samurai emerged as a warrior caste in Medieval Japan and would have a powerful influence on the history and culture of the country from the next 500 years. Clements also looks at the Samurai wars that tore Japan apart in the 17th and 18th centuries and how the caste was finally demolished in the advent of the mechanized world.
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Anecdotes bring life to samurai history
- By Tweetingcheetah on 27-07-14
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A Brief History of the Samurai
- Brief Histories
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-02-14
- Language: English
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The History of the Medieval World
- From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
- By: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall113
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Performance100
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Story100
From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T'ang Dynasty, from the birth of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled.
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A continuing rollercoaster ride through history
- By RG on 13-11-19
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The History of the Medieval World
- From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Series: The Story of the World
- Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 22-02-10
- Language: English
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The Hollow Crown
- The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,566
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Performance1,380
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Story1,377
Some of the greatest heroes and villains in British history were thrown together in these turbulent times: Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt and prudent rule at home marked the high point of the medieval monarchy; Edward IV, who was handed his crown by the scheming soldier Warwick the Kingmaker, before their alliance collapsed into a fight to the death; and the last Plantagenet, Richard III, who stole the throne and murdered his own nephews, the Princes in the Tower.
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More unbelievable then Game of Thrones!!
- By Foxhole on 28-01-19
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The Hollow Crown
- The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 31-07-18
- Language: English
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Battle for the Island Kingdom
- England's Destiny 1000-1066
- By: Don Hollway
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance14
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Story14
In a saga reminiscent of Game of Thrones and The Last Kingdom, Battle for the Island Kingdom reveals the life-and-death struggle for power which changed the course of history. The six decades leading up to 1066 were defined by bloody wars and intrigues, in which three peoples vied for supremacy over the island kingdom. In this epic retelling, Don Hollway (The Last Viking) recounts the clashes of Vikings, Anglo-Saxons and Normans, their warlords and their conniving queens.
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A fine account
- By Nigel on 15-01-26
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Battle for the Island Kingdom
- England's Destiny 1000-1066
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 15 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 09-11-23
- Language: English
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Chaucer's People
- Everyday Lives in Medieval England
- By: Liza Picard
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall104
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Performance92
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Story91
In Chaucer's People, Liza Picard guides us through the tumultuous world of the late 14th century in an ingenious, informative and entertaining way. Through the assorted cast of pilgrims Chaucer selected for The Canterbury Tales, Picard brings medieval social history to life and uncovers the detail behind Chaucer's poetic portraits. These are the lives lived beyond the court circles frequented by most of his well-heeled audience.
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A history of the details that Chaucer left out!
- By Bill on 06-11-17
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Chaucer's People
- Everyday Lives in Medieval England
- Narrated by: Emma Spurgin Hussey
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 05-10-17
- Language: English
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The Falls of Erith
- By: Kathryn Le Veque
- Narrated by: Brian J. Gill
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance8
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Story8
1305 A.D. - Being descended from great, though disgraced family, can be a greater curse than most. As a direct descendent of Simon de Montfort, Lady Gray de Montfort Serroux has lived her life with the axe of shame hanging over her head. Because of this, her marriage matches were limited and she wed a dishonorable man who widowed her when he was murdered in a gambling game. Left with a young daughter to support, Gray and her daughter and her mother have been living in poverty.
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Action Packed
- By June L. on 14-03-18
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The Falls of Erith
- Narrated by: Brian J. Gill
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 07-10-14
- Language: English
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A Short History of Europe
- From Pericles to Putin
- By: Simon Jenkins
- Narrated by: Simon Jenkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall319
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Performance266
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Story266
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Short History of Europe written and read by Simon Jenkins. Europe is an astonishingly successful place. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins grippingly tells the story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and...
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Nothing new and from a very British point of view
- By Anonymous on 06-01-19
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A Short History of Europe
- From Pericles to Putin
- Narrated by: Simon Jenkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-11-18
- Language: English
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