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Descartes: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Descartes in just one hour. Descartes was the first modern philosopher. His scepticism led him to doubt all certainties, until finally he arrived at his famous maxim 'I think therefore I am'. He would also apply his...
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- By P. McAlea on 07-05-14
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Descartes: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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The French Mind
- 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal
- By: Peter Watson
- Narrated by: Richard Attlee
- Length: 29 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Majestic, ambitious' Literary Review _________________________________________________________________________________________ We are endlessly fascinated by the French. We are fascinated by their way of life, their creativity, sophistication and self-assurance, and even their insistence that...
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Misleading title and synopsis
- By i-king on 02-10-22
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The French Mind
- 400 Years of Romance, Revolution and Renewal
- Narrated by: Richard Attlee
- Length: 29 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 17-03-22
- Language: English
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The Great Cat Massacre
- And Other Episodes in French Cultural History
- By: Robert Darnton
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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The landmark history of France and French culture in the eighteenth-century, a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730s held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so...
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The Great Cat Massacre
- And Other Episodes in French Cultural History
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 14-07-20
- Language: English
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The Franco-Prussian War
- 1870–71
- By: Stephen Badsey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents The Franco-Prussian War by Stephen Badsey, read by Ric Jerrom. This is an introduction to the Franco-Prussian War, a war that marked the beginning of the creation of modern Europe. The Franco-Prussian War started in 1870 when Otto von Bismarck engineered a war with the French...
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Well worth a listen
- By Chris A. on 11-12-22
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The Franco-Prussian War
- 1870–71
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 20-01-22
- Language: English
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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 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents Paris, City of Dreams by Mary McAuliffe, read by Tim H. Dixon. "Armchair historians in particular will appreciate McAuliffe’s readable yet detailed history" Booklist, Starred Review Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude...
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Fabulously rich book, defied expectations
- By C on 25-04-21
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Paris, City of Dreams
- Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
- Narrated by: Tim H. Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 23-01-21
- Language: English
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Conquest
- The English Kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War
- By: Juliet Barker
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Henry V's second invasion of France in 1417 launched a campaign that would put the crown of France on an English head. Only the miraculous appearance of a visionary peasant girl - Joan of Arc - would halt the English advance. Yet despite her victories, her influence was short-lived: Henry VI had his coronation in Paris six months after her death and his kingdom endured for another twenty years. When he came of age he was not the leader his father had been. It was the dauphin, whom Joan had crowned Charles VII, who would finally drive the English out of France.
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Excellent book, poor reading
- By Anonymous on 23-02-25
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Conquest
- The English Kingdom of France in the Hundred Years War
- Narrated by: Sarah Durham
- Length: 17 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 23-01-25
- Language: English
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Reflections on the Revolution in France
- By: Edmund Burke
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
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Written in the form of a letter to a Frenchman, Edmund Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France is an impassioned attack on the French Revolution and its hasty destruction of the Church, the old elites, and the Crown. Burke tackles the new republic and its allegiance to principles such as liberty and equality, as well as its failure to recognize the complexities of human nature, society, and wisdom accumulated over time, contending that gradual change and adjustment is far better than immediate upheaval.
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Reflections on the Revolution in France
- Narrated by: Matt Addis
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 16-05-20
- Language: English
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Marseille 1940
- Die große Flucht der Literatur
- By: Uwe Wittstock
- Narrated by: Julian Mehne
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Juni 1940: Hitlers Wehrmacht hat Frankreich besiegt. Die Gestapo fahndet nach Heinrich Mann und Lion Feuchtwanger, nach Hannah Arendt, Franz Werfel und unzähligen anderen, die in Frankreich seit 1933 Asyl gefunden haben. Sie alle müssen fliehen und geraten schließlich nach Marseille, um von dort einen Weg in die Freiheit zu suchen. Derweil riskiert der Amerikaner Varian Fry sein Leben, um die Verfolgten außer Landes zu schmuggeln. Szenisch dicht erzählt Uwe Wittstock die aufwühlende Geschichte ihrer Flucht unter tödlichen Gefahren, von unfassbarem Mut und größter Verzweiflung, von trotziger Hoffnung und Mitmenschlichkeit in düsterer Zeit.
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Excellent story
- By Gabriele Bock on 15-11-24
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Marseille 1940
- Die große Flucht der Literatur
- Narrated by: Julian Mehne
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 19-02-24
- Language: German
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Napoleon Bonaparte
- Strategist, Statesman, Legend
- By: Jasmine Dyggan
- Narrated by: Sage Nuñez-String
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall71
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Performance58
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This book, Napoleon Bonaparte: Strategist, Statesman, Legend, explores ten essential chapters of his extraordinary life, from his Corsican roots to his rise as Europe’s most feared general, from the grandeur of his empire to the bitterness of his exile. It paints a vivid portrait of a man who changed history not only with the sword, but with the pen and the law.
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Good concise summary. Just what I wanted.
- By Amazon Customer on 01-04-26
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Napoleon Bonaparte
- Strategist, Statesman, Legend
- Narrated by: Sage Nuñez-String
- Length: 2 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 14-10-25
- Language: English
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Les grands ministres qui ont fait la France
- By: Collectif, Jean-Christian Petitfils
- Narrated by: Jérôme Fonlupt
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
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Comment, de siècle en siècle, de monarchie en république, des personnalités d'exception ont construit l'État et la nation France. Parmi ceux qui, durant près d'un millénaire et pour le meilleur, ont marqué de leur empreinte, parfois de leur génie, l'histoire de notre pays, les souverains, les chefs militaires, les écrivains et les artistes occupent généralement le devant de la scène. Or, ceux qui l'ont construite et portée haut ne sont pas toujours reconnus au niveau de leurs mérites, ni même simplement bien connus.
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Les grands ministres qui ont fait la France
- Narrated by: Jérôme Fonlupt
- Length: 11 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-05-26
- Language: French
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Catherine de Medici
- A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of French Royalty)
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Noel Fuller
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Few women in history have inspired such contradictory reactions as Catherine de Medici. To her admirers, she was a brilliant stateswoman and a steadying force in an era of great religious conflict. To her enemies, she was something far darker: a scheming foreigner, an Italian serpent coiled at the heart of the French court. What almost everyone agreed on was that she was extraordinary.
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Catherine de Medici
- A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of French Royalty)
- Narrated by: Noel Fuller
- Length: 1 hr and 12 mins
- Release date: 04-05-26
- Language: English
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The War Memoirs
- By: Charles de Gaulle
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 41 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The complete war memoirs of the resistance leader Charles de Gaulle, who led France out of its darkest hour during the Nazi occupation during World War II. “Faced with the political disaster, I had to become France.” This was how Charles de Gaulle answered the call of history. One of the few...
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The War Memoirs
- Narrated by: Raphael Corkhill
- Length: 41 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 19-11-24
- Language: English
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Tom Reiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count...
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 18-09-12
- Language: English
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Vichy, histoire d'une dictature 1940 - 1944
- By: Laurent Joly, Collectif
- Narrated by: Philippe Sollier
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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Les dernières découvertes sur la France de Pétain. Plus de quatre-vingts ans après sa disparition, le régime de Vichy continue de hanter notre mémoire collective. En quelques jours, en juillet 1940, la République s'est effondrée. Derrière le maréchal Pétain, héros national devenu chef de l'État français, et le politicien sans scrupules Pierre Laval, des opportunistes jouant la carte allemande et des doctrinaires d'extrême droite prennent le pouvoir.
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Vichy, histoire d'une dictature 1940 - 1944
- Narrated by: Philippe Sollier
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 27-11-25
- Language: French
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The French Revolution in San Domingo
- By: Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
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The French Revolution in San Domingo by Lothrop Stoddard is a captivating and meticulously researched classic that vividly chronicles the dramatic, horrifying chaos of France's richest colony during the revolutionary pandemonium of the 1790s. Once known as San Domingue (Santo Domingo), the prosperous French-speaking portion of the island eventually became the independent nation of Haiti at the end of the revolutionary period.
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The French Revolution in San Domingo
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 21-02-26
- Language: English
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The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life
- By: Napoleon Bonaparte, R. M. Johnston - editor
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
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These are entirely Napoleon Bonaparte's own words, written and spoken, and collected in journal form. A particular focus here has been put on Napoleon's writings that pertain to military and state matters. The dates in terms of the revolutionary calendar have been modernized, and names and titles of individuals mentioned have been maintained with no attempt at uniformity. This production was begun on the 250th year of Napoleon's birth.
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Authentic
- By Alex Mcg on 20-10-23
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The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 20-12-19
- Language: English
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade
- A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
- By: Joel Warner
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE The captivating, deeply reported true story of how one of the most notorious novels ever written—Marquis de Sade’s 120 Days of Sodom—landed at the heart of one of the biggest scams in modern literary history. “Reading The Curse of the Marquis de Sade...
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Informative and exciting listening
- By Anonymous on 14-06-25
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The Curse of the Marquis de Sade
- A Notorious Scoundrel, a Mythical Manuscript, and the Biggest Scandal in Literary History
- Narrated by: Stephen Mendel
- Length: 9 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 21-02-23
- Language: English
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The Last President of Europe
- Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World
- By: William Drozdiak
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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A revelatory examination of the global impact of Emmanuel Macron's tumultuous presidency. A political novice leading a brand new party, in 2017 Emmanuel Macron swept away traditional political forces and emerged as president of France. Almost immediately he realized his task was not only to...
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Insightful
- By Anonymous on 21-03-22
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The Last President of Europe
- Emmanuel Macron's Race to Revive France and Save the World
- Narrated by: Paul Hodgson
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 28-04-20
- Language: English
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Saint-Germain-des-Pres: Paris's Rebel Quarter
- Great Parisian Neighborhoods Series, Book 1
- By: John Baxter
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
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For many years, Saint-Germain-des-Pres has been a stronghold of sans culottes, a refuge to artists, a paradise for bohemians. It's where Marat printed L'Ami du Peuple and Thomas Paine wrote The Rights of Man. Napoleon, Hemingway, and Sartre have all called it home. Descartes is buried there. Now best-selling author and Paris expert John Baxter takes listeners on a narrative tour of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, which is also where Baxter makes his home.
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Saint-Germain-des-Pres: Paris's Rebel Quarter
- Great Parisian Neighborhoods Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Graham Halstead
- Series: Great Parisian Neighborhoods, Book 1
- Length: 4 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-11-16
- Language: English
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Masterpieces and Mysteries
- Top 10 Fascinating Facts About the Louvre Museum
- By: Caspar Dene
- Narrated by: Kimberley Loomis
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
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The Louvre is more than the world’s largest art museum. It is a fortress, a palace, a treasure house of revolutions, and a stage for mysteries that continue to fascinate millions. To step inside its echoing halls is to journey through nearly a thousand years of history—where monarchs once schemed, artists found inspiration, and the world’s most famous masterpieces found their home. In Masterpieces and Mysteries, architectural historian Caspar Dene takes you far beyond the crowds gathered at the Mona Lisa.
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Great for a commute
- By Anonymous on 10-04-26
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Masterpieces and Mysteries
- Top 10 Fascinating Facts About the Louvre Museum
- Narrated by: Kimberley Loomis
- Length: 2 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 27-10-25
- Language: English
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