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The Rest is History
- The official book from the makers of the hit podcast
- By: Goalhanger, Tom Holland, Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance185
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Bloomsbury presents The Rest is History by The Rest is History, read by Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook. 'An idiosyncratic ride through history' Independent 'Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The Times The nation’s favourite historians, Tom...
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Same as Podcast but without debate
- By Amazon Customer on 04-12-23
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The Rest is History
- The official book from the makers of the hit podcast
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: English
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A Short History of Europe
- From Pericles to Putin. Discover the perfect gift for readers of European history!
- 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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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. Discover the perfect gift for readers of European history!
- Narrated by: Simon Jenkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-11-18
- Language: English
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Chernobyl
- History of a Tragedy
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall937
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Performance825
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Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 'An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics' - Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens 'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a...
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The narrator can't pronounce "nuclear"
- By MR on 23-05-19
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Chernobyl
- History of a Tragedy
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 31-01-19
- Language: English
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- By: Martin Gilbert
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall226
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Performance211
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It was to be the war to end all wars, and it began at 11:15 on the morning of June 28, 1914, in an outpost of the Austro-Hungarian Empire called Sarajevo. It would officially end nearly five years later. Unofficially, however, it has never ended: Many of the horrors we live with today are rooted in the First World War. The Great War left millions of civilians and soldiers maimed or dead. It also saw the creation of new technologies of destruction: tanks, planes, and submarines; machine guns and field artillery; poison gas and chemical warfare.
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Awful narrator
- By Pimco PC on 19-05-20
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The First World War
- A Complete History
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 33 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 12-05-20
- Language: English
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An African History of Africa
- Instant Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards
- By: Zeinab Badawi
- Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall173
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Performance164
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Brought to you by Penguin. Everyone is originally from Africa, and this book is therefore for everyone. For too long, Africa's history has been neglected. Dominated by western narratives of slavery and colonialism, its past has been fragmented, overlooked and denied its rightful place in our...
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Well researched but very predictable
- By Inge on 20-04-24
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An African History of Africa
- Instant Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Nero Book Awards
- Narrated by: Zeinab Badawi
- Length: 15 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 18-04-24
- Language: English
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The Tudors
- An Alternative History of Britain
- By: Timothy Venning
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Timothy Venning's series of alternative histories explores the pathways of British events from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the English Civil War. In this volume, he presents an in-depth analysis of the Tudor period. Venning discusses the fateful moments at which history could easily have taken a different turn. In a fascinating series of "what if" scenarios, Venning presents a detailed look at the possible and likely results. While speculative, the scenarios are all plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context.
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The Tudors
- An Alternative History of Britain
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Series: An Alternative History of Britain
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 19-03-24
- Language: English
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Regina
- A New History of Women and Power
- By: Kate Williams
- Narrated by: Esther Wane, Kate Williams
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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From Cleopatra to Grace Kelly, an epic new history of royal women that shatters the myths we have built around them. 'Erudite, clever, brilliant' KATE MOSSE 'A royal smash. Kate Williams is at the top of her game' KATE LISTER 'A fascinating and excellent chronicle of female rulers' SIMON SEBAG...
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Amazing stories of women, familiar and unfamiliar
- By Jane Susie Sheep on 18-06-26
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Regina
- A New History of Women and Power
- Narrated by: Esther Wane, Kate Williams
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 04-06-26
- Language: English
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Black Flags, Blue Waters
- The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
- By: Eric Jay Dolin
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall54
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Performance49
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Set against the backdrop of the Age of Exploration, Black Flags, Blue Waters reveals the dramatic and surprising history of American piracy's "Golden Age" when lawless pirates plied the coastal waters of North America and beyond. Best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin illustrates how American colonists at first supported these outrageous pirates in an early display of solidarity against the Crown, and then violently opposed them. Upending popular misconceptions and cartoonish stereotypes, Dolin provides this wholly original account of these seafaring outlaws.
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Are most American narrators rubbish? STAY AWAY
- By Amazon Customer on 02-10-20
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Black Flags, Blue Waters
- The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 16-10-18
- Language: English
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The Holocaust
- A New History
- By: Laurence Rees
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall810
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Performance735
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Story732
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The Holocaust by Laurence Rees, read by Jonathan Keeble. This landmark work answers two of the most fundamental questions in history - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees has spent twenty-five years meeting...
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History Repeats Itself ?
- By Nanbar3 on 10-02-17
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The Holocaust
- A New History
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 19 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 26-01-17
- Language: English
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Never Had It So Good
- A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Roger Davis
- Length: 37 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall93
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Performance83
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'A rich treasure-chest of a book' ANTHONY HOWARD, Sunday Telegraph 'A spectacular history of the sixties' NICK COHEN, Observer 'Sandbrook's book is a pleasure to read ... he is a master of the human touch' RICHARD DAVENPORT-HINES, TLS 'Rivetingly readable' GODFREY SMITH, Sunday Times From the...
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Nasal performance
- By Mr Greg Cox on 26-07-24
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Never Had It So Good
- A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Roger Davis
- Length: 37 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 25-07-24
- Language: English
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Courtiers
- The Secret History of the Georgian Court
- By: Lucy Worsley
- Narrated by: Lucy Worsley
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance82
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Ambitious and talented people flocked to court of George II and Queen Caroline in search of power and prestige, but Kensington Palace was also a gilded cage. Successful courtiers needed level heads and cold hearts; their secrets were never safe. Among them, a Vice Chamberlain with many vices, a Maid of Honour with a secret marriage, a pushy painter, an alcoholic equerry, a Wild Boy, a penniless poet, a dwarf comedian, two mysterious turbaned Turks and any number of discarded royal mistresses.
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Fascinatingly told
- By Amazon Customer on 21-07-25
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Courtiers
- The Secret History of the Georgian Court
- Narrated by: Lucy Worsley
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 17-06-25
- Language: English
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Queer Georgians
- A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and homemakers
- By: Anthony Delaney
- Narrated by: Anthony Delaney
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance58
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Brought to you by Penguin. History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored. Mother Clap's Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place...
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Sometimes shocking surprising intriguing
- By J. Hunt on 04-11-25
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Queer Georgians
- A hidden history of lovers, lawbreakers and homemakers
- Narrated by: Anthony Delaney
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 04-09-25
- Language: English
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Balkan Ghosts
- A Journey Through History
- By: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance72
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From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.
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An enduring masterpiece
- By Aucher on 11-09-23
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Balkan Ghosts
- A Journey Through History
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 28-01-20
- Language: English
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall161
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Performance139
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Story138
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. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation...
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Wonderful and informative
- By A. Curtis on 18-09-17
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 20 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 06-10-16
- Language: English
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A History of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 29 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall371
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Performance319
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Story314
A History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and...
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Great Storytelling with few minor problems
- By Mads on 16-05-18
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A History of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: David Timson
- Length: 29 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-10-16
- Language: English
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The Habsburg Empire
- A New History
- By: Pieter M. Judson
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance72
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Rejecting fragmented histories of nations in the making, this bold revision surveys the shared institutions that bridged difference and distance to bring stability and meaning to the far-flung empire. By supporting new schools, law courts, and railroads along with scientific and artistic advances, the Habsburg monarchs sought to anchor their authority in the cultures and economies of Central Europe. A rising standard of living throughout the empire deepened the legitimacy of Habsburg rule.
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Life Under Habsburg Rule
- By Senior on 05-01-18
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The Habsburg Empire
- A New History
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 18 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 25-01-17
- Language: English
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The Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- By: Thomas Childers
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance50
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In The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and anti-Semitic as he lived on the margins of society. Fueled by outrage at the punitive terms imposed on Germany by the Versailles Treaty, he found his voice and drew a loyal following.
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Okay bar one or two things
- By Amazon Customer on 27-09-20
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The Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-09-20
- Language: English
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Heretics and Believers
- A History of the English Reformation
- By: Peter Marshall
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 35 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance53
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Centuries on, what the Reformation was and what it accomplished remain deeply contentious. Peter Marshall's sweeping new history argues that 16th-century England was a society neither desperate for nor allergic to change, but one open to ideas of "reform" in various competing guises. This engaging history reveals what was really at stake in the overthrow of Catholic culture and the reshaping of the English Church.
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The best book on the subject I have read.
- By Campesque on 30-07-18
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Heretics and Believers
- A History of the English Reformation
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 35 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 29-05-18
- Language: English
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Palestine
- A Four Thousand Year History
- By: Nur Masalha
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall45
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Performance42
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This rich and magisterial work traces Palestine's millennia-old heritage, uncovering cultures and societies of astounding depth and complexity that stretch back to the very beginnings of recorded history.
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Myth busting
- By Ismail on 23-07-22
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Palestine
- A Four Thousand Year History
- Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 21-12-21
- Language: English
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Iran
- A Modern History
- By: Abbas Amanat
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall96
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Performance83
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Story82
This history of modern Iran is not a survey in the conventional sense but an ambitious exploration of the story of a nation. It offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The book covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic.
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An excellent scholarly work
- By Parissa on 22-10-18
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Iran
- A Modern History
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 41 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 07-08-18
- Language: English
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