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Joan of Arc
- A Life Transfigured
- By: Kathryn Harrison
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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The profoundly inspiring and fully documented saga of Joan of Arc, the young peasant girl whose "voices" moved her to rally the French nation and a reluctant king against British invaders in 1428, has fascinated artistic figures as diverse as William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, George...
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Barely counts as history
- By Cass on 18-08-19
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Joan of Arc
- A Life Transfigured
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 13 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 28-10-14
- Language: English
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The Money Kings
- The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
- By: Daniel Schulman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3
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Performance3
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The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice The incredible saga of the German-Jewish immigrants—with now familiar names like Goldman and Sachs, Kuhn and Loeb, Warburg and Schiff, Lehman and Seligman—who profoundly influenced the rise of modern finance (and so much more), from the New...
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The Money Kings
- The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 14-11-23
- Language: English
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Reagan
- The Life
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 31 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance48
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Story46
From master storyteller and New York Times bestselling Historian H. W. Brands comes the definitive biography of a visionary and transformative president In his magisterial new biography, H. W. Brands brilliantly establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the twentieth...
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Very Good
- By Moriarty on 14-08-17
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Reagan
- The Life
- Narrated by: Stephen Hoye
- Length: 31 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 12-05-15
- Language: English
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The First Tycoon
- The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- By: T.J. Stiles
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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A gripping, groundbreaking biography of the combative man whose genius and force of will created modern capitalism. Founder of a dynasty, builder of the original Grand Central, creator of an impossibly vast fortune, Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt is an American icon. Humbly born on Staten...
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Just ok.
- By A. Samtoy on 09-04-23
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The First Tycoon
- The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 28 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 21-04-09
- Language: English
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Custer's Trials
- A Life on the Frontier of a New America
- By: T.J. Stiles
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance11
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Story11
Winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for History From the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Book Award, a brilliant biography of Gen. George Armstrong Custer that radically changes our view of the man and his turbulent times. In this magisterial biography, T. J. Stiles paints a portrait...
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Custer as a complete human being
- By Alistair Fairweather on 04-10-24
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Custer's Trials
- A Life on the Frontier of a New America
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 23 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 27-10-15
- Language: English
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The Borgias
- The Hidden History
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall67
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Performance54
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Story55
The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers an...
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Great story... Impossible narration
- By Marc on 01-08-13
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The Borgias
- The Hidden History
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 02-04-13
- Language: English
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The Tudors
- The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance53
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Story54
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER For the first time in decades comes a fresh look at the fabled Tudor dynasty, comprising some of the most enigmatic figures ever to rule a country. “A thoroughly readable and often compelling narrative . . . Five centuries have not diminished the appetite for...
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One of the best on Tudor history
- By Deborah Wyman on 21-10-14
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The Tudors
- The Complete Story of England's Most Notorious Dynasty
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 24 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 23-02-10
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- By: Anthony Everitt
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall153
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Performance134
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Story132
What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world’s greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait. “[An] infectious sense of narrative momentum . . . Its energy is unflagging...
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A good listen
- By edward sidsaph on 10-09-19
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Alexander the Great
- His Life and His Mysterious Death
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 14 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 27-08-19
- Language: English
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 3 of a 3-Part Recording)
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall149
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Performance129
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Story128
Master of the Senate, Book Three of The Years of Lyndon Johnson, carries Johnson’s story through one of its most remarkable periods: his twelve years, from 1949 to 1960, in the United States Senate. A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Last 30 Years At the heart of the book is its...
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Edit out cassette tape instructions
- By Client d'Amazon on 10-04-20
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume III (Part 3 of a 3-Part Recording)
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 3.3
- Length: 18 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-08-05
- Language: English
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall75
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Performance64
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Story64
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham, “a big, grand, absorbing exploration of not just Jefferson and his role in history but also Jefferson the man, humanized as never before” (Entertainment Weekly) “Probably the best single-volume...
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Too many details!
- By Adriano on 23-12-15
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 13-11-12
- Language: English
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Stephen Lang
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Abridged
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Overall7
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Performance4
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Story4
Book Three of Robert A. Caro’s monumental work, The Years of Lyndon Johnson—the most admired and riveting political biography of our era—which began with the best-selling and prizewinning The Path to Power and Means of Ascent. Master of the Senate carries Lyndon Johnson’s story through...
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Brilliantly read but the abridgement does not work
- By Anonymous on 11-02-25
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Master of the Senate
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson III
- Narrated by: Stephen Lang
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 23-04-02
- Language: English
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Bobby Kennedy
- The Making of a Liberal Icon
- By: Larry Tye
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall74
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Performance62
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Story61
“A multilayered, inspiring portrait of RFK . . . [the] most in-depth look at an extraordinary figure whose transformational story shaped America.”—Joe Scarborough, The Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Soon to be a Hulu original series starring Chris Pine. Larry Tye appears on...
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A wonderful story of an important life
- By Crawford jamieson on 14-10-18
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Bobby Kennedy
- The Making of a Liberal Icon
- Narrated by: Marc Cashman
- Length: 19 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 05-07-16
- Language: English
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American Lion
- Andrew Jackson in the White House
- By: Jon Meacham
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance19
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Story19
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive biography of Andrew Jackson, a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever “Marvelously readable . . . brings alive a profoundly flawed but dazzlingly charismatic American...
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What a legend
- By Jason on 18-06-25
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American Lion
- Andrew Jackson in the White House
- Narrated by: Richard McGonagle
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 11-11-08
- Language: English
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The Book of Job
- When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
- By: Harold S. Kushner
- Narrated by: Harold S. Kushner
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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Part of the Jewish Encounter series From one of our most trusted spiritual advisers, a thoughtful, illuminating guide to that most fascinating of biblical texts, the book of Job, and what it can teach us about living in a troubled world. The story of Job is one of unjust things happening to a...
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Fascinating exploration of the book of Job.
- By Forsyth on 17-07-21
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The Book of Job
- When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person
- Narrated by: Harold S. Kushner
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 02-10-12
- Language: English
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Nero
- Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
- By: Anthony Everitt, Roddy Ashworth
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance6
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A striking, nuanced biography of Nero—the controversial populist ruler and last of the Caesars—and a vivid portrait of ancient Rome “Exciting and provocative . . . Nero is a pleasure to read.”—Barry Strauss, author of The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian...
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A more humane telling.
- By Zazafraz on 01-07-23
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Nero
- Matricide, Music, and Murder in Imperial Rome
- Narrated by: Greg Patmore
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 08-11-22
- Language: English
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A Life in Secrets
- Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII
- By: Sarah Helm
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance82
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Story82
From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain’s premiere secret agents during World War II. As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored special...
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Fascinating history of SOE operations WWII
- By honora on 30-10-18
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A Life in Secrets
- Vera Atkins and the Missing Agents of WWII
- Narrated by: Nicola Barber
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 23-10-18
- Language: English
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The Duchess
- By: Amanda Foreman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance37
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Story36
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one...
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wonderful listen
- By Artemis on 13-09-20
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The Duchess
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-04-16
- Language: English
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Al Capone
- His Life, Legacy, and Legend
- By: Deirdre Bair
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance50
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From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al...
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Should be called 'A Study of Al Capones Family'
- By Kevin on 24-01-17
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Al Capone
- His Life, Legacy, and Legend
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 25-10-16
- Language: English
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Isabella
- The Warrior Queen
- By: Kirstin Downey
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance41
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An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in history Born at a time when Christianity...
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Wide Screen History
- By Jim on 16-01-16
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Isabella
- The Warrior Queen
- Narrated by: Kimberly Farr
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 28-10-14
- Language: English
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Colonel Roosevelt
- By: Edmund Morris
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK “Colonel Roosevelt is compelling reading, and [Edmund] Morris is a brilliant biographer who practices his art at the highest level. . . . A moving, beautifully rendered account.”—Fred Kaplan, The Washington Post This...
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Colonel Roosevelt
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Series: Theodore Roosevelt, Book 3
- Length: 24 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 23-11-10
- Language: English
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