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Victorian London
- The Life of a City, 1840-1870
- By: Liza Picard
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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All the splendours and horrors of Victorian life will be vividly recalled....
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Brilliant
- By Heather on 09-08-06
By: Liza Picard
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris
- By: Benjamin Harris, Henry Curling
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
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Rifleman Harris was a soldier in the elite 95th Rifles, one of Britains most prestigous infantry units during the Napoleonic wars. In this memoir, Harris relates his experiences in Denmark, the Peninsular, and at Walcheren....
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Another winner
- By Anonymous User on 14-04-20
By: Benjamin Harris, and others
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
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Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace....
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Wonderful and informative
- By A. Curtis on 18-09-17
By: Andrew Marr
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- By: John Hussey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
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The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages....
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It is great! Now PLEASE RELEASE VOLUME 2!
- By Nigel on 31-03-21
By: John Hussey
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Like Wolves on the Fold
- The Defense of Rorke's Drift
- By: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, Lieutenant Colonel Huw Lloyd-Jones - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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On January 22, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana....
By: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, and others
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The Tale Untwisted
- General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee's Lost Orders
- By: Gene M. Thorp, Alexander B. Rossino
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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The discovery of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on September 13, 1862, is one of the most important and hotly disputed events of the American Civil War....
By: Gene M. Thorp, and others
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Victorian London
- The Life of a City, 1840-1870
- By: Liza Picard
- Narrated by: Anton Lesser
- Length: 6 hrs and 39 mins
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All the splendours and horrors of Victorian life will be vividly recalled....
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Brilliant
- By Heather on 09-08-06
By: Liza Picard
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Recollections of Rifleman Harris
- By: Benjamin Harris, Henry Curling
- Narrated by: Felbrigg Napoleon Herriot
- Length: 4 hrs and 7 mins
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Rifleman Harris was a soldier in the elite 95th Rifles, one of Britains most prestigous infantry units during the Napoleonic wars. In this memoir, Harris relates his experiences in Denmark, the Peninsular, and at Walcheren....
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Another winner
- By Anonymous User on 14-04-20
By: Benjamin Harris, and others
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
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Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation was shaken by war and peace....
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Wonderful and informative
- By A. Curtis on 18-09-17
By: Andrew Marr
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- By: John Hussey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
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The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages....
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It is great! Now PLEASE RELEASE VOLUME 2!
- By Nigel on 31-03-21
By: John Hussey
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Like Wolves on the Fold
- The Defense of Rorke's Drift
- By: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, Lieutenant Colonel Huw Lloyd-Jones - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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On January 22, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana....
By: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, and others
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The Tale Untwisted
- General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee's Lost Orders
- By: Gene M. Thorp, Alexander B. Rossino
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 5 hrs and 1 min
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The discovery of Robert E. Lee's Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on September 13, 1862, is one of the most important and hotly disputed events of the American Civil War....
By: Gene M. Thorp, and others
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Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- By: Joan Druett
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 8 hrs and 35 mins
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In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of Auckland Island....
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The endurence of the brave seamen.
- By Kindle Customer Patricia TAYLOR on 01-01-24
By: Joan Druett
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Crimea
- By: Orlando Figes
- Narrated by: Malk Williams
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
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The terrible conflict that dominated the mid-19th century, the Crimean War, killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire....
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Great listen overall
- By Fingers on 31-01-19
By: Orlando Figes
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Last Woman Hanged
- The Terrible True Story of Louisa Collins
- By: Caroline Overington
- Narrated by: Jennifer Vuletic
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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In January 1889, Louisa Collins, a mother of 10 children, became the first woman hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol and the last woman hanged in New South Wales. Both of Louisa's husbands had died suddenly and the Crown, convinced that Louisa poisoned them with arsenic, put her on trial....
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Interesting and thought provoking
- By Book Lover on 24-02-22
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London Labour and the London Poor
- By: Henry Mayhew
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 27 hrs and 14 mins
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London Labour and the London Poor is a rare and fascinating insight into the lives and struggles of the 19th-century poor. Written by journalist and reformer Henry Mayhew, it collects hundreds of testimonials from the lower strata of Victorian society....
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1840s London brought to life
- By hhj on 25-11-19
By: Henry Mayhew
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American Civil Wars
- A Continental History, 1850-1873
- By: Alan Taylor
- Narrated by: Graham Winton
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
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The American Civil War stands at the center of the story, its military history and the drama of emancipation the highlights....
By: Alan Taylor
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On the Origin of Species
- By: Charles Darwin
- Narrated by: Richard Dawkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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A literally world-changing book, Darwin put forward the anti-religious and scientific idea that humans in fact evolved over millions of generations from animals....
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Something Old made Something New
- By Tim on 05-03-11
By: Charles Darwin
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American Civil War: A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Grant Finley
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
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Beginning with the birth of the nation, slavery divided and caused conflict for the United States of America, worsening during the country's early decades....
By: Hourly History
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Wonderful Adventures of Mrs Seacole in Many Lands
- Penguin Classics
- By: Mary Seacole
- Narrated by: Yasmin Mwanza
- Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins
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Written in 1857, this is the autobiography of a Jamaican woman whose fame rivalled Florence Nightingale's during the Crimean War....
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Fascinating historical insight
- By Arlene Finnigan on 28-03-22
By: Mary Seacole
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The Balkans
- By: Mark Mazower
- Narrated by: Robert O'Keefe
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
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In this fascinating work, winner of the Wolfson Prize for History Mark Mazower uncovers the history of the Balkans with detail and clarity....
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Good short overview of history of Balkans
- By Lukas on 16-11-19
By: Mark Mazower
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London in the Nineteenth Century
- By: Jerry White
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 7 mins
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Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert....
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Outstanding, fascinating
- By JWW on 12-06-20
By: Jerry White
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Tambora
- The Eruption That Changed the World
- By: Gillen D'Arcy Wood
- Narrated by: Tom Pile
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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When Indonesia's Mount Tambora erupted in 1815, it unleashed the most destructive wave of extreme weather the world has witnessed in thousands of years....
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Paris, City of Dreams
- Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
- By: Mary McAuliffe
- Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo. Paris, City of Dreams traces the transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III’s Second Empire into the beloved city of today....
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Fabulously rich book, defied expectations
- By C on 25-04-21
By: Mary McAuliffe
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First Battle of Bull Run
- A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Length: 59 mins
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When Union and Confederate forces met at the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, 1861, each side was confident of victory. The Northern and Southern Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis each hoped for a triumph that would bring a swift and decisive end to the Civil War....
By: Hourly History
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The River War
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 13 hrs and 57 mins
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The northeastern quarter of the continent of Africa is drained and watered by the Nile....
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History clearly set out and read very well
- By G. Roberts on 29-03-20
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The China Mirage
- The Hidden History of American Disaster in Asia
- By: James Bradley
- Narrated by: Pete Larkin
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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The China Mirage explores a difficult century that defines US-Chinese relations to this day....
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for a Chinese like me, this book is insightful.
- By Anonymous User on 01-09-19
By: James Bradley
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire....
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History Retold
- By Wil on 24-05-10
By: Andrew Marr
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Formation
- The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation
- By: Fola Fagbule, Feyi Fawehinmi
- Narrated by: Elnathan John
- Length: 13 hrs and 27 mins
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Formation: The Making of Nigeria from Jihad to Amalgamation tracks the unlikely series of events and characters that turned a collection of disparate nations into a British colony in 1914....
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Nigeria History….Thriller
- By Oghoyone, U on 18-12-22
By: Fola Fagbule, and others
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The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac
- By: Adolfo Ovies
- Narrated by: Bob Neufeld
- Length: 13 hrs and 17 mins
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The Boy Generals: George Custer, Wesley Merritt, and the Cavalry of the Army of the Potomac is the first installment in a remarkable trilogy to examine the strategy, tactics, and relationships of the leading Union army’s mounted arm....
By: Adolfo Ovies
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Hymns of the Republic
- The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
- By: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrated by: Robert Petkoff
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
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From the New York Times best-selling, celebrated, and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes the spellbinding, epic account of the dramatic conclusion of the Civil War....
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Great introduction to the civil war
- By JS on 11-09-22
By: S. C. Gwynne
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Liberty's Dawn
- A People's History of the Industrial Revolution
- By: Emma Griffin
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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This "provocative study" looks at hundreds of autobiographies penned between 1760 and 1900 to offer an intimate firsthand account of how the Industrial Revolution was experienced by the working class (the New Yorker)....
By: Emma Griffin
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The Scramble for Africa: The History and Legacy of the Colonization of Africa by European Nations During the New Imperialism Era
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
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The modern history of Africa was, until very recently, written on behalf of the indigenous races by the white man....
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Awkward narration
- By Stuart Affleck on 27-11-19
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The Colonies of British South Africa
- The History and Legacy of British Imperialism in Modern South Africa and Zimbabwe
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
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In 1795, the British, emerging after the Napoleonic Wars as the globe’s naval superpower, assumed control of the Cape as part of the spoils of war. In doing so, they recognized the enormous strategic value of the Cape as global shipping routes were developing and expanding....
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Savarkar (Part 2) B
- A Contested Legacy, 1924-1966
- By: Vikram Sampath
- Narrated by: Pratik Sharma
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
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In this concluding volume of the Savarkar series, exploring a vast range of original archival documents from across India and outside it, in English and several Indian languages, historian Vikram Sampath brings to light the life and works of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar....
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Excellent
- By N on 28-10-23
By: Vikram Sampath
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Le chant du départ
- Napoléon 1
- By: Max Gallo
- Narrated by: Jean-Marc Galéra
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
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Il est arrivé le 15 mai 1779 à l'École royale militaire de Brienne. Il n'a pas encore dix ans et parle à peine le français... Il va rester cinq ans dans cette école...
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Trop de roman et pas assez d'histoire
- By Chika on 25-04-20
By: Max Gallo