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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- By: Chips Channon
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall157
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Performance140
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Story140
Born in Chicago in 1897, 'Chips' Channon settled in England after the Great War, married into the immensely wealthy Guinness family, and served as Conservative MP for Southend-on-Sea from 1935 until his death in 1958. His career was unremarkable. His diaries are quite the opposite. Elegant, gossipy and bitchy by turns, they are the unfettered observations of a man who went everywhere and who knew everybody.
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Wholly inappropriate choice of reader
- By John Adamson on 08-04-21
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Henry ‘Chips’ Channon: The Diaries (Volume 1)
- 1918-38
- Narrated by: Tom Ward
- Series: The Diaries, Book 1
- Length: 39 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 08-04-21
- Language: English
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Attack Warning Red!
- How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War
- By: Julie McDowall
- Narrated by: Julie McDowall
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall107
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Performance99
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Story99
The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 changed the nature of war forever. The awesome power of the atomic blast and its deadly fallout meant that nowhere was safe: every town, village, street and home in Britain fell under the nuclear shadow, and the threat of annihilation coloured every aspect of ordinary life for the next forty years. As the media reported on the inevitability of approaching conflict with the Soviet Union, the British people were told to prepare for the coming apocalypse.
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Terrifying!
- By Liam_H on 19-04-23
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Attack Warning Red!
- How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War
- Narrated by: Julie McDowall
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 06-04-23
- Language: English
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A Great and Terrible King
- Edward I and the Forging of Britain
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall219
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Performance195
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Story194
This is the first major biography for a generation of a truly formidable king. Edward I is familiar to millions as 'Longshanks', conqueror of Scotland and nemesis of Sir William Wallace ('Braveheart'). Edward was born to rule England, but believed that it was his right to rule all of Britain. His reign was one of the most dramatic of the entire Middle Ages, leading to war and conquest on an unprecedented scale and leaving a legacy of division that has lasted from his day to our own.
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Marc Morris’ Masterpiece
- By A. J. Taylor on 17-10-21
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A Great and Terrible King
- Edward I and the Forging of Britain
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 18 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 30-09-21
- Language: English
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A Journey
- By: Tony Blair
- Narrated by: Tony Blair
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Abridged
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Overall1,217
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Performance765
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Story762
A Journey is Tony Blair’s first-hand account of his years in office and beyond. Here he describes for the first time his role in shaping our recent history, from the aftermath of Princess Diana’s death to the war on terror. He reveals the leadership decisions that were necessary to reinvent his party, the relationships with colleagues, the gruelling negotiations for peace in Northern Ireland, the battles over education and health, the implementation of the biggest reforms to public services since 1945.
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An Honest, Frank and Personal Journey...
- By Neil on 17-09-10
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A Journey
- Narrated by: Tony Blair
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 01-09-10
- Language: English
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The Story of the World in 100 Moments
- By: Neil Oliver
- Narrated by: Neil Oliver
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall169
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Performance148
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Story148
In his brilliant and excitingly ambitious new book, Neil Oliver takes us on a whistlestop tour around the world and through a million years to give us a unique and invaluable grasp of how human history pieces together. From the east to the west, north to south, these 100 moments act like stepping stones allowing us to make sense of how these pivotal events have shaped the world we know today. Including many moments listeners will expect, there are also surprises, and with them, some remarkable, unforgettable stories that give a whole new insight on our past.
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I found this audiobook compelling
- By Mr Daniel S Kelly on 08-10-21
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The Story of the World in 100 Moments
- Narrated by: Neil Oliver
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-09-21
- Language: English
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Tudor
- By: Leanda De Lisle
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall74
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Performance68
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Story68
The Tudors are a national obsession; they are our most notorious family in history. But, as Leanda de Lisle shows in this gripping new history, beyond the well-worn headlines is a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth, in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family’s obscure Welsh origins, the ordinary man known as Owen Tudor who would fall (literally) into a Queen’s lap, and later her bed.
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A great companion piece to "The Wars of the Roses"
- By Jim on 16-09-13
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Tudor
- Narrated by: Sandra Duncan
- Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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Thames
- Sacred River, Volume 2: The Working River
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Abridged
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Overall28
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Performance21
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Story21
The Thames has been a highway, a frontier, and an attack route; it has been a playground and a sewer, a source of water, and a source of power. Every stretch has its own character, atmosphere, and stories. Thames: Sacred River explores the river from source to sea. Peter Ackroyd, best-selling author of London: The Biography, tells the story of the river and the people who have lived on and by it over the centuries.
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hooked...
- By Debbie on 11-04-21
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Thames
- Sacred River, Volume 2: The Working River
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 29-08-07
- Language: English
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George V
- Never a Dull Moment
- By: Jane Ridley
- Narrated by: Joanna David
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall133
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Performance122
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Story121
The lasting reputation of George V is for dullness. He was a crack shot and an outstanding stamp collector, but that's about it. The flamboyance and hedonism of his father, Edward VII, defined an era whose influence and magnetism is still felt today. The contrast between the two could hardly be greater.
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Tough going..
- By rightlemon on 24-03-22
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George V
- Never a Dull Moment
- Narrated by: Joanna David
- Length: 22 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 04-11-21
- Language: English
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A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England
- By: Suzannah Lipscomb
- Narrated by: Suzannah Lipscomb
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance87
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Story86
Join historian Suzannah Lipscomb as she reveals the hidden secrets of palaces, castles, theatres and abbeys to uncover the stories of Tudor England. From the famous palace at Hampton Court where dangerous court intrigue was rife, to less well-known houses, such as Anne Boleyn's childhood home at Hever Castle or Tutbury Castle, where Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned, follow in the footsteps of the Tudors in the places that they knew.
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A must listen!
- By Amazon Customer on 31-01-23
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A Visitor's Companion to Tudor England
- Narrated by: Suzannah Lipscomb
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 30-09-21
- Language: English
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The Eagle and the Hart
- The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
- By: Helen Castor
- Narrated by: Helen Castor
- Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall158
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Performance144
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Story144
Richard of Bordeaux and Henry Bolingbroke were first cousins, born just three months apart. Their two lives were from the beginning entwined. When they were still children, Richard was crowned King Richard II with Henry at his side, carrying the sword of state: a ten-year-old lord in the service of his ten-year-old king. Helen Castor tells this story of one of the strangest and most fateful relationships in English history. It is a story about power, and masculinity in crisis, and a nation brought to the brink of catastrophe and disintegration – and then brought back.
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Biased, apparently telepathic, brings no new perspective, but is beautiful written
- By Bonnie on 10-11-24
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The Eagle and the Hart
- The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
- Narrated by: Helen Castor
- Length: 20 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 03-10-24
- Language: English
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Long Road from Jarrow
- A journey through Britain then and now
- By: Stuart Maconie
- Narrated by: Stuart Maconie
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall232
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Performance216
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Story216
In the autumn of 1936, some 200 men from the Tyneside town of Jarrow marched 300 miles to London in protest against the destruction of their towns and industries. Precisely 80 years on, Stuart Maconie walks from north to south, retracing the route of the emblematic Jarrow Crusade. Following history's footsteps, Maconie is in search of what modern Britain is really like today.
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Fabulous, edgy recreation of the Jarrow March
- By Mr SA Lambe on 27-08-17
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Long Road from Jarrow
- A journey through Britain then and now
- Narrated by: Stuart Maconie
- Length: 12 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 20-07-17
- Language: English
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Medieval Horizons
- Why the Middle Ages Matter
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Ian Mortimer
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall141
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Performance115
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Story115
We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark and backward time, characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. We believe that life was unchanging over the period, so if a peasant fell asleep in in the year 1000 and woke up six hundred years later, he would return to a world that was instantly recognisable. We hold that change is facilitated by science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries, from the steam engine to the Internet, that created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong.
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Labours some points and sometimes inaccurate
- By l on 05-05-23
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Medieval Horizons
- Why the Middle Ages Matter
- Narrated by: Ian Mortimer
- Length: 10 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 23-02-23
- Language: English
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Samuel Pepys
- The Unequalled Self
- By: Claire Tomalin
- Narrated by: Jill Balcon
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Abridged
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Overall136
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Performance101
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Story101
Samuel Pepys kept a diary in which he wrote with astonishing candour about the life he saw around him in London in the 1660s, and about his private desires and ambitions. The diary was kept for fewer than 10 years of his long life: Claire Tomalin tells the whole story of the Fleet Street tailor's son who made himself rich and powerful, an MP and adviser to royalty.
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Essential reading before you read the diaries.
- By MrPower on 23-07-20
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Samuel Pepys
- The Unequalled Self
- Narrated by: Jill Balcon
- Length: 6 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 14-02-05
- Language: English
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The Fatal Englishman
- Three Short Lives
- By: Sebastian Faulks
- Narrated by: James Wilby
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance9
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Story9
Christopher Wood, a beautiful young Englishman, decided to be the greatest painter the world had seen. He went to Paris in 1921. By day, he studied; by night, he attended the parties of the beau monde. He knew Picasso, worked for Diaghilev and was a friend of Cocteau. In the last months of his 29-year life, he fought a ravening opium addiction to succeed in claiming a place in history of English painting.
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One of my favourite books
- By Albert T on 03-01-26
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The Fatal Englishman
- Three Short Lives
- Narrated by: James Wilby
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 05-08-21
- Language: English
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Undercover
- By: Joe Carter
- Narrated by: Simon Paisley Day
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall180
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Performance156
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Story156
Twenty years undercover - one man's true story of life as an undercover cop. A must-listen for fans of Donnie Brasco. For over 20 years, Joe Carter has worked for the police as an undercover cop. He travelled the globe on different passports. He fraternised with thieves and international drugs and arms dealers. He worked alongside the most dangerous criminals. Always fearing that this life would come crashing down around him at any point.
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It Was Dull
- By MLH on 19-09-16
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Undercover
- Narrated by: Simon Paisley Day
- Length: 7 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 07-07-16
- Language: English
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Our Island Stories
- Country Walks Through Colonial Britain
- By: Corinne Fowler
- Narrated by: Corinne Fowler
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance10
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Story10
The countryside is almost sacred to many Britons. There is a depth of feeling about rural places, the moors and lochs, valleys and mountains, cottages and country houses. Yet the British countryside, so integral to our national identity, is rarely seen as having anything to do with British colonialism. In Our Island Stories, Corinne Fowler brings rural life and colonial rule together with transformative results. Through ten country walks with varied companions, Fowler combines local and global history, connecting the Cotswolds to Calcutta, Dolgellau to Virginia, and Grasmere to Canton.
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Best history book of its generation
- By James F. on 28-10-24
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Our Island Stories
- Country Walks Through Colonial Britain
- Narrated by: Corinne Fowler
- Length: 14 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 02-05-24
- Language: English
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London
- The Biography, Trade and Enterprise
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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Overall53
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Performance35
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Story36
Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
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London
- The Biography, Trade and Enterprise
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-11-05
- Language: English
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Isle of Dogs
- My Canine Adventures Through Britain
- By: Clare Balding
- Narrated by: Clare Balding
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance23
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Story23
There's nothing the British love quite as much as their dogs. From hunting to our hearths, and from herding sheep to guiding humans, our dogs have accompanied us through centuries of change, and that special relationship is still evolving today. So, just what is it that makes our bond so special? In this fascinating adventure across Britain, Clare Balding explores our unique heritage of canine tradition and meets just some of the many people who live, work and innovate with their dogs.
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A good listen!
- By Amazon Customer on 16-05-26
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Isle of Dogs
- My Canine Adventures Through Britain
- Narrated by: Clare Balding
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 12-10-23
- Language: English
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The Devonshires
- By: Roy Hattersley
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 21 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance23
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Story24
From 1381 - when Sir John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England, was killed during the Peasant’s Revolt - to 1906, when the Duke of Devonshire’s resignation brought down the Tory government: the family’s fortunes (and misfortunes) mirrored the life of the nation. The Devonshires is also the story of the huge support networks of servants and labour needed to sustain the supremacy of a family whose accumulated wealth, from the dissolution of the monasteries to the coming of the railways, saw them found ship ports, holiday resorts, scientific laboratories, stud farms and some of the most significant buildings in the land.
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Politics rather than about the cavendishes
- By Janet on 05-06-19
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The Devonshires
- Narrated by: Michael Jayston
- Length: 21 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 09-05-13
- Language: English
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Frostquake
- The Frozen Winter of 1962 and How Britain Emerged a Different Country
- By: Juliet Nicolson
- Narrated by: Lucy Briers
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance40
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Story40
On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not stop for 10 weeks. The drifts in East Sussex reached 23 feet. In London, milkmen made deliveries on skis. On Dartmoor 2,000 ponies were buried in the snow and starving foxes ate sheep alive. It wasn't just the weather that was bad. The threat of nuclear war had reached its terrifying height with the recent Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Interesting
- By Mirium on 03-03-21
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Frostquake
- The Frozen Winter of 1962 and How Britain Emerged a Different Country
- Narrated by: Lucy Briers
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 04-02-21
- Language: English
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