Good narrator and content

Pretty good detail without dragging it out too much, and a good narrator. Slightly monotonous after a while but I suppose that’s to be expected when we’ve had so many kings & queens over the years! Recommended.

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It is appropriately titled.

I found this interesting & quite entertaining, so it was engaging. However, probably not surprisingly considering how little written records of ordinary folks lives, and where the drama was , it is heavy on the history of the monarchy & the most of the rest of the history is religion or politics. It has helped fill in some of my knowledge & understanding which somehow bypassed me in school & since. But I will probably need to listen again, as while the narration is clear it's relatively fast, & between that, the Author skipping forwards or going back a couple of generations, and there being lots of Edwards, Charles (in two countries) & George's it can be tricky to remember who's the subject matter @ any given moment & when/where in timeline you are.

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Not Quite What It Says On The Tin

Now, this started very well, living up to the title until, oh, part-way through Elizabeth I. Thereafter the remit was discarded - a pity; I was eager for a different approach to the wars in Europe and the interminable bickering of Gladstone and Disraeli. Alas, no. I was tempted to archive it unfinished, but stuck with it because Peter Noble was making a reasonable fist of his job. 20th century was brief, though. The book ends in around 2007, so I suppose it's brief in that way...

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What an incredible piece of work!

I learned so much listening to this book, and enjoyed doing so all the way.

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Fantastic

I have been wanting a general overview of British history for some time now and this book sums it up very well.

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Mildly entertaining but

I gave up when all the Romano and Dark Age history seemed to be just closed over pop history without any actual evidence based conclusions.

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Brilliantly Irreverent

Exactly what it says on the tin, but very informative and insightful into the fallacy that is Great Britain, the conceit that was the British empire and quite possibly, the ‘own goal’ that is Brexit.

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An interesting look back. Suitable for non History buffs

I don’t like History, it was one of my least favourite subjects at school. I’m older now and more interested and tolerant of what happened around me and before me, to shape the country of my birth, so this is a good book to play catch-up with.

I’m enjoying it thus far. I may even be learning things as well! I have yet to finish it. I’m taking a break.

Too much history can’t be good for me! 😉 But I’ll be back, because it’s rather intriguing.

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Mediocre history.

The history itself is a bit all over the shop. Jumping back and forth sometimes and sometimes a bit inaccurate. Also manages to somehow give a biased opinion while appearing to not, particularly when it comes to recent history.

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Interesting

Interesting listen… I didn’t much of anything about the British monarchy cept for what we know now and a few of the popular names so it was good it listen to a few stories which has encouraged me to search for mire

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