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Remembering Peasants
- A Personal History of a Vanished World
- By: Patrick Joyce
- Narrated by: Philip Bird
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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A way of life that once encompassed most of humanity is vanishing in one of the greatest transformations of our time: the eclipse of the rural world by the urban. In this new history of peasantry, Patrick Joyce tells the story of this lost world and its people. In contrast to the usual insulting stereotypes, we discover a rich and complex culture: traditions, songs, celebrations, and revolts, across Europe from the plains of Poland to the farmsteads and villages of Italy and Ireland, through the 19th century to the present day.
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Superb!
- By Martin and Sofia Carter on 21-06-25
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Remembering Peasants
- A Personal History of a Vanished World
- Narrated by: Philip Bird
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 15-02-24
- Language: English
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Beautiful and Impossible Things
- By: Oscar Wilde, Gyles Brandreth - introduction
- Narrated by: John Telfer, Gyles Brandreth - introduction
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance15
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This selection of essays by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) demonstrate the varied power of his genius. Compiled from his lecture tours, newspaper articles, essays and epigrams, these writings show that beneath his trademark wit and love of paradox, Oscar Wilde was an original and remarkably modern writer.
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Wisely chosen, beautifully read
- By Dr Stu Eagles on 01-05-23
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Beautiful and Impossible Things
- Narrated by: John Telfer, Gyles Brandreth - introduction
- Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 22-02-18
- Language: English
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Alone in Japan
- A Journey to the Future
- By: Tom Feiling
- Narrated by: Tom Feiling
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance22
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Brought to you by Penguin. No sex. No kids. No future? When Tom Feiling moved to Tokyo as a student in the early nineties, Japan was a beacon of the future: a rising superpower, a technology giant, and a global symbol of prosperity, civility and success. When he returned twenty-four years later...
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Worry trend of de population
- By Amazon Customer on 31-03-26
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Alone in Japan
- A Journey to the Future
- Narrated by: Tom Feiling
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 26-02-26
- Language: English
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- Son of the Century
- By: Antonio Scurati, Anne Milano Appel - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance15
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THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER M. is a startling look into the fascist mindset, a portrait of unrelenting determination, and an impeccable work of historical fiction. Italy is exhausted. Tired of the political class. Tired of the inept moderates and the agonizing machinations of a...
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The rise of Mussolini's fascists
- By Mr. P. G. Harris on 01-05-22
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- Son of the Century
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Series: M., Book 1
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 29-04-21
- Language: English
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Elizabeth I and Her Circle
- By: Susan Doran
- Narrated by: Joanna Daniel
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance34
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This is the story of Elizabeth I's inner circle and the crucial human relationships which lay at the heart of her personal and political life. Using a wide range of original sources - including private letters, portraits, verse, drama, and state papers - Susan Doran provides a vivid and often dramatic account of political life in Elizabethan England and the queen at its center.
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A Revelation
- By Jim on 17-07-15
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Elizabeth I and Her Circle
- Narrated by: Joanna Daniel
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 23-06-15
- Language: English
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Operation Overflight
- A Memoir of the U-2 Incident
- By: Francis Gary Powers, Curt Gentry
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance42
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U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is a central character in the movie “Bridge of Spies” starring Tom Hanks. In his classic 1970 memoir, Powers reveals the full story behind what happened in the most sensational espionage case in Cold War history. After his U-2 reconnaissance plane was shot...
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Interesting and informative narration of the U2 incident
- By Timothy Dolan on 05-01-26
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Operation Overflight
- A Memoir of the U-2 Incident
- Narrated by: Jon Lindstrom
- Length: 14 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 15-09-15
- Language: English
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Rogues and Scholars
- Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000
- By: James Stourton
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Bloomsbury presents Rogues and Scholars: Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000 by James Stourton, read by Charles Armstrong. The modern art market was born on a single night. On 15 October 1958 Sotheby’s of Bond Street staged an ‘event sale’ of Impressionist paintings from...
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Excellent research
- By Ludovic on 28-08-25
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Rogues and Scholars
- Boom and Bust in the London Art Market, 1945–2000
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-09-24
- Language: English
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The Poisonous Solicitor
- By: Stephen Bates
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall40
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Performance31
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In 1922, Major Herbert Armstrong, a Hay-on-Wye solicitor, was found guilty of, and executed for, poisoning his wife, Katharine, with arsenic. Armstrong's case has all the ingredients of a classic murder mystery, from a plot by Agatha Christie or Dorothy Sayers (indeed some aspects of his story appear in Sayers' Unnatural Death). It is a near-perfect whodunnit.
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Brilliant
- By Caro on 16-08-23
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The Poisonous Solicitor
- Narrated by: Toby Longworth
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-05-22
- Language: English
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Endgame
- Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
- By: Frank Brady
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall199
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Performance166
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From Frank Brady, who wrote one of the best-selling books on Bobby Fischer of all time and who was himself a friend of Fischer’s, comes an impressively researched biography that for the first time completely captures the remarkable arc of Bobby Fischer’s life. When Bobby Fischer passed away in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy. Everyone knew the basics of his life—he began as a brilliant youngster, then became the pride of American chess, then took a sharp turn, struggling with paranoia and mental illness. But nobody truly understood him.
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Think chess is boring, not your thing? think again
- By Anonymous on 27-05-20
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Endgame
- Bobby Fischer’s Remarkable Rise and Fall—from America’s Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
- Narrated by: Ray Porter
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 01-02-11
- Language: English
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Nazi Billionaires
- The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
- By: David de Jong
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance113
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‘Lucid and damning … an absorbing – and infuriating – tale of complicity, coverup and denial’ PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author of EMPIRE OF PAIN A groundbreaking investigation of how the Nazis helped German tycoons make billions from the horrors of the Third Reich and World War II – and...
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everybody should read this
- By Christina on 10-07-26
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Nazi Billionaires
- The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties
- Narrated by: Michael David Axtell
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 19-04-22
- Language: English
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1939: The Last Season
- By: Anne de Courcy
- Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance16
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The season of 1939 brought all those 'in Society' to London. The young debutante daughters of the upper classes were presented to the king and queen to mark their acceptance into the new adult world of their parents. They sparkled their way through a succession of balls and parties and sporting events. As the hot summer drew on, the newspapers filled with ever more ominous reports of the relentless progress towards war. There was nothing to do but wait - and dance.
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Exceeded my Expectations
- By Hibley on 02-09-21
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1939: The Last Season
- Narrated by: Maggie Ollerenshaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 25-03-21
- Language: English
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The Last Titans: Churchill and de Gaulle
- By: Richard Vinen
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Bloomsbury presents The Last Titans: Churchill and de Gaulle by Richard Vinen, read by Charles Armstrong. 'Deeply researched yet highly readable, with fresh and often provocative insights' DAVID REYNOLDS 'A vivid and shrewd reckoning ... setting its assessment in the perspective of today's...
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The Last Titans: Churchill and de Gaulle
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 11 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 28-08-25
- Language: English
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The French Revolution
- A Political History
- By: John Hardman
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1786, France's ancien régime was functioning as usual. Its alliance with the victorious American colonies had restored its diplomatic prestige, the economy seemed to be flourishing, and internal politics seemed quiet. But just a few short years later, the dynasty which had ruled France for over 800 years was swept away. What happened to cause such devastating change to the long-established political structure?
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The French Revolution
- A Political History
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-11-25
- Language: English
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The Last Train
- A Family History of the Final Solution
- By: Peter Bradley
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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‘Haunting.’ Jonathan Freedland ‘Powerful.’ Daniel Finkelstein The profoundly moving and deeply intimate story of one Jewish family’s fate in the Holocaust, following the thread from Germany to Latvia and to Britain. In November 1941, Peter Bradley's grandparents, Sally and Bertha...
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One family ‘s story tells so much
- By Amazon Customer on 18-06-22
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The Last Train
- A Family History of the Final Solution
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 12-05-22
- Language: English
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Martin Luther
- The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance73
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Metaxas is a scrupulous chronicler and has an eye for a good story. . . . full, instructive, and pacey.” —The Washington Post From #1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern...
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Thorough, honest, inspiring and funny
- By Paul, Northern Ireland on 30-09-18
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Martin Luther
- The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-10-17
- Language: English
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The Age of Revolution
- 1789-1848
- By: Eric Hobsbawm
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall150
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Performance117
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Eric Hobsbawm traces with brilliant anlytical clarity the transformation brought about in every sphere of European life by the Dual revolution - the 1789 French revolution and the Industrial Revolution that originated in Britain. This enthralling and original account highlights the significant 60 years when industrial capitalism established itself in Western Europe and when Europe established the domination over the rest of the world it was to hold for half a century.
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Grand history narrative.
- By Amazon Customer on 24-01-20
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The Age of Revolution
- 1789-1848
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 23-01-20
- Language: English
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Victory in the Kitchen
- The Life of Churchill's Cook
- By: Annie Gray
- Narrated by: Annie Gray
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance15
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Victory in the Kitchen is a culinary biography: a life lived through food, ranging from rural Berkshire to wartime London, via Belle Epoque Paris and prohibition-era New York. While Georgina Landemare saw herself as ordinary, her accomplishments, and the life she lived, were anything but. She started her career as a nursemaid and ended it cooking for one of the best-known figures in British history, Winston Churchill, a man to whom food was central as a diplomatic tool in a time when the world was embroiled in a worldwide war.
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An amazing step back in time
- By KarenA on 21-09-22
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Victory in the Kitchen
- The Life of Churchill's Cook
- Narrated by: Annie Gray
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-07-20
- Language: English
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First World War for Dummies
- By: Dr. Sean Lang
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance46
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From the Somme to Gallipoli to the home front, First World War for Dummies provides an authoritative, accessible, and engaging introduction to the War to End All Wars. It takes a global perspective of this global conflict, proving insight into the actions and motivations of the participants and how each nation's story fits into the wider one.
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Amazing Audio-book!!
- By TJA on 28-02-20
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First World War for Dummies
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 12-11-19
- Language: English
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Max Hastings On War
- By: Max Hastings
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
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Overall16
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Performance15
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From Max Hastings comes a collection of talks and lectures exploring the wars of the 20th century with the verve, insight and originality that has made him a number one bestselling historian. What is war like to live through, for civilian victims, especially women, as well as soldiers, sailors...
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Max Hastings On War
- Length: 13 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 29-09-22
- Language: English
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The Girl in the Green Sweater
- A Life in Holocaust’s Shadow
- By: Krystyna Chiger, Daniel Paisner - contributor
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall30
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Performance29
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In 1943, with Lvov's 150,000 Jews having been exiled, killed, or forced into ghettos and facing extermination, a group of Polish Jews daringly sought refuge in the city's sewer system. The last surviving member this group, Krystyna Chiger, shares one of the most intimate, harrowing, and ultimately triumphant tales of survival to emerge from the Holocaust. The Girl in the Green Sweater is Chiger's harrowing first-person account of the 14 months she spent with her family in the fetid, underground sewers of Lvov.
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such defiance, so brave
- By Arran on 03-07-25
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The Girl in the Green Sweater
- A Life in Holocaust’s Shadow
- Narrated by: Romy Nordlinger
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 27-10-20
- Language: English
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