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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 Mother
- The Untold Story of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother
- By: Lady Colin Campbell
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Campbell
- Length: 25 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother has been called the 'most successful queen since Cleopatra'. Her personality was so captivating that even her arch-enemy, Wallis Simpson, wrote about 'her legendary charm'. Portrayed as a selfless partner to the king in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech, The Queen Mother is most often remembered from her later years as the smiling granny with the pastel hats. When she died in 2002, just short of her 102nd birthday, she was praised for a long life well lived. But there was another side to her story.
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Awful and nasty
- By Kirsty Morris on 23-05-22
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The Queen Mother
- The Untold Story of Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mother
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Campbell
- Length: 25 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 03-03-22
- Language: English
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Winter King
- The Dawn of Tudor England
- By: Thomas Penn
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
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A fresh look at the endlessly fascinating Tudors - the dramatic and overlooked story of Henry VII and his founding of the Tudor Dynasty - filled with spies, plots, counter-plots, and an uneasy royal succession to Henry VIII. Near the turn of the sixteenth century, England had been ravaged for decades by conspiracy and civil war. Henry Tudor clambered to the top of the heap, a fugitive with a flimsy claim to England’s crown who managed to win the throne and stay on it for 24 years.
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A Lesser-Known But Fascinating King
- By Olivier on 23-09-12
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Winter King
- The Dawn of Tudor England
- Narrated by: Simon Vance
- Length: 14 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 06-03-12
- Language: English
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- By: Ben Macintyre
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
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On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in the heart of Moscow, holding a plastic carrier bag. In his grey suit and tie, he looked like any other Soviet citizen. The bag alone was mildly conspicuous, printed with the red logo of Safeway, the British supermarket.
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Brilliant Documentary of the Cold War
- By Paul on 03-10-18
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The Spy and the Traitor
- The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
- Narrated by: Ben Macintyre
- Length: 14 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 20-09-18
- Language: English
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A Promised Land
- By: Barack Obama
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
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In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world, describing in strikingly personal detail both his political education and the landmark moments of the first term of his historic presidency - a time of dramatic transformation and turmoil.
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Dropping a classic
- By jesse on 17-11-20
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A Promised Land
- Narrated by: Barack Obama
- Length: 29 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 17-11-20
- Language: English
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A Very Stable Genius
- Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
- By: Carol D. Leonnig, Philip Rucker
- Narrated by: Carol Leonnig, Hillary Huber, Philip Rucker
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
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The definitive insider narrative and the most fully characterised account yet of the chaos, scandal and destruction of Trump's first term, from two Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalists. Drawing on nearly three years of reporting, hundreds of hours of interviews and more than 200 sources, including some of the most senior members of the administration, friends and firsthand witnesses who have never spoken before, Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig take us inside some of the most controversial moments of Trump's presidency.
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Narrator is awful
- By Saira on 06-03-20
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A Very Stable Genius
- Donald J. Trump's Testing of America
- Narrated by: Carol Leonnig, Hillary Huber, Philip Rucker
- Length: 18 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 27-02-20
- Language: English
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Isabella
- The She-Wolf of France
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 21 hrs and 45 mins
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Here is the first full-length biography of a much maligned but astonishingly colourful Queen of England. In Newgate Street, in the city of London, stand the meagre ruins of Christ Church. On the same site once stood a royal mausoleum set to rival Westminster Abbey in the 14th century. Among the many crowned heads buried there was Isabella of France, Edward II's queen - one of the most notorious femme fatales in history. But how did she acquire her evil reputation? And is it justified?
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Excellent Historical Work
- By Gregory on 18-02-11
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Isabella
- The She-Wolf of France
- Narrated by: Lisette Lecat
- Length: 21 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 18-01-07
- Language: English
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Imprudent King
- A New Life of Philip II
- By: Geoffrey Parker
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
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Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I. This compelling biography of the most powerful European monarch of his day begins with his conception (1526) and ends with his ascent to Paradise (1603), two occurrences surprisingly well documented by contemporaries. Eminent historian Geoffrey Parker draws on four decades of research on Philip as well as a recent, extraordinary archival discovery - a trove of 3,000 documents in vaults in New York City....
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Exceptional biography, grippingly retold.
- By "der_niblungen_herr" on 28-02-19
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Imprudent King
- A New Life of Philip II
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 18 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 09-10-18
- Language: English
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Elizabeth of York
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 22 hrs and 53 mins
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Elizabeth of York would have ruled England, but for the fact that she was a woman. One of the key figures of the Wars of the Roses, daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, she married Henry Tudor to bring peace to a war-torn England. In Elizabeth of York: The First Tudor Queen, Alison Weir builds a portrait of this beloved queen, placing her in the context of the magnificent, ceremonious, often brutal world she inhabited.
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Hard work
- By mollymoon1 on 13-07-15
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Elizabeth of York
- Narrated by: Maggie Mash
- Length: 22 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 07-11-13
- Language: English
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Keir Starmer
- The Biography
- By: Tom Baldwin
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
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Keir Starmer: The Biography is an authoritative study of a man who now stands on the brink of becoming Britain's next Prime Minister. If he succeeds, Starmer will be the first Labour leader in a generation to win power, even though most voters still say they don’t know much about him. It not only tells Starmer’s story but also examines the paradox of a politician often uncomfortable with politics, someone who is both remarkably ordinary and capable of defying all efforts to define him.
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A better future for us all.
- By DN Cumbria on 05-03-24
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Keir Starmer
- The Biography
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 13 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 29-02-24
- Language: English
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A Royal Duty
- By: Paul Burrell
- Narrated by: Paul Burrell
- Length: 18 hrs and 45 mins
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In A Royal Duty, Paul Burrell reveals the truth about Princess Diana, as well as a faithful account of her thoughts. He was the favourite footman who formed a unique relationship with the Queen. He was the butler who the Princess of Wales called "my rock" and "the only man I can trust". He was accused of theft, then acquitted following the historic intervention of the monarch. He was the Princess' most intimate confidant.
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You'll never see the royals the same again..
- By honeybee on 29-05-13
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A Royal Duty
- Narrated by: Paul Burrell
- Length: 18 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 30-10-07
- Language: English
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Mistress Anne
- The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn
- By: Carolly Erickson
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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A powerful ruler, an alluring young woman, a scandal that would rock the nation: Anne Boleyn’s life story sounds more like a juicy TV docu-drama than a chapter of English history. Although she is not of noble birth or even especially beautiful, Anne Boleyn manages to rise to the very pinnacle of the English aristocracy. Renowned for her extraordinarily vivid recreations of historical events, Carolly Erickson brings out the full fascinating story of the enigmatic Anne Boleyn.
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Free as a member
- By Kezza 007 on 02-09-23
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Mistress Anne
- The Exceptional Life of Anne Boleyn
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 18-07-11
- Language: English
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Late Admissions
- Confessions of a Black Conservative
- By: Glenn Loury
- Narrated by: Glenn Loury
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
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A shockingly frank memoir from a prize-winning economist, reflecting on his remarkable personal odyssey and his changing positions on identity, race, and belief.
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Late Admissions
- Confessions of a Black Conservative
- Narrated by: Glenn Loury
- Length: 18 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-06-24
- Language: English
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Johnson at 10
- By: Anthony Seldon, Raymond Newell
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
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After his sudden rise to power in the summer of 2019 amid the Brexit deadlock, Boris Johnson presided over the most dramatic period of British history in almost a century. From the controversial prorogation of Parliament in August 2019 to the historic landslide victory later that year, the agonising upheaval of Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic—and the scandals unleashed by both—the Afghanistan crisis, and the conflict in Ukraine, Johnson's premiership was more turbulent than any other in living memory.
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Well balanced account
- By Vicuña on 05-05-23
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Johnson at 10
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 04-05-23
- Language: English
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LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination
- By: Phillip F. Nelson
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
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The case against Lyndon B. Johnson and his role in Kennedy's assassination has never been sounder. LBJ aims to prove that Vice President Johnson played an active role in the assassination of President Kennedy and that he began planning his takeover of the U.S. presidency even before being named the vice presidential nominee in 1960. Nelson's careful and meticulous research has led him to uncover secrets from one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in our country's history.
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History is slowly giving up its secrets
- By lowryboy on 15-06-17
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LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 27 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 03-02-13
- Language: English
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The Quizmaster
- From Life on the Streets to a Global Quizzing Sensation
- By: Jay Flynn
- Narrated by: Jay Flynn
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
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Online quizmaster Jay Flynn was down on his luck as the Covid pandemic broke. He'd lost his pub, The Crown in Lancashire, which he'd been running with his wife, and was looking for ways to keep the loyal locals together for whom the regular weekly quiz was a lifeline. He set up a quiz night on Facebook but forgot to mark the event as private. Before long 800 people had registered their interest and it was about to go viral around the world.
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Outstanding
- By tribeland on 12-06-24
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The Quizmaster
- From Life on the Streets to a Global Quizzing Sensation
- Narrated by: Jay Flynn
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 16-05-24
- Language: English
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The Making of Oliver Cromwell
- By: Ronald Hutton
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
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Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) - the only English commoner to become the overall head of state - is one of the great figures of history, but his character was very complex. He was at once courageous and devout, devious and self-serving; as a parliamentarian, he was devoted to his cause; as a soldier, he was ruthless. Cromwell's speeches and writings surpass in quantity those of any other ruler of England before Victoria, and, for those seeking to understand him, he has usually been taken at his word. In this remarkable new work, Ronald Hutton untangles the facts from the fiction.
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With God in his side
- By Rachel Redford on 20-09-21
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The Making of Oliver Cromwell
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 13 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 07-09-21
- 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
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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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Matilda
- Empress, Queen, Warrior
- By: Catherine Hanley
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
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A life of Matilda - empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages.
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Hysterical introduction!
- By john on 04-01-20
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Matilda
- Empress, Queen, Warrior
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 23-04-19
- Language: English
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Philip
- The Final Portrait
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
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Philip - elusive, complex, controversial, challenging, often humorous, sometimes irascible - is the man Elizabeth II once described as her 'constant strength and guide'. Who was he? What was he really like? What is the truth about those 'gaffes' and the rumours of affairs? This is the final portrait of an unexpected and often much-misunderstood figure. It is also the portrait of a remarkable marriage that endured for more than 70 years.
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Wonderful
- By Delissa on 02-05-21
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Philip
- The Final Portrait
- Narrated by: Gyles Brandreth
- Length: 17 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 27-04-21
- Language: English
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