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The Korean War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,261
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Performance1,117
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On 25 June, 1950, the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last century. The seemingly limitless power of the Chinese-backed North was thrown against the ferocious firepower of the UN-backed South in a war that can be seen today as the stark prelude to Vietnam.
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MASH It Isn't
- By S. Morris on 07-03-18
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The Korean War
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 05-06-14
- Language: English
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The Third Reich in Power
- By: Richard J. Evans
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 31 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall221
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Performance170
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Story168
The definitive account of Germany's malign transformation under Hitler's total rule and the implacable march to war. This magnificent second volume of Richard J. Evans's three-volume history of Nazi Germany was hailed by Benjamin Schwartz of The Atlantic Monthly as "the definitive English-language account... gripping and precise." It chronicles the incredible story of Germany's radical reshaping under Nazi rule.
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What you did not know, very interesting
- By Rolf Bonde Bondeson on 27-06-11
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The Third Reich in Power
- Narrated by: Sean Pratt
- Length: 31 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 16-06-10
- Language: English
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Operation Biting
- The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall109
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Performance105
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Story105
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller… I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down' DAILY MAIL 'Hastings is a master of drama, a writer intimately familiar with the mind of the soldier' THE TIMES...
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Good
- By mike on 29-10-24
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Operation Biting
- The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 23-05-24
- Language: English
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White Heat
- A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties
- By: Dominic Sandbrook
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Roger Davis
- Length: 39 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall94
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Performance85
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Story85
Harold Wilson's famous reference to 'white heat' captured the optimistic spirit of a society in the midst of breathtaking change. From the gaudy pleasures of Swinging London to the tragic bloodshed in Northern Ireland, from the intrigues of Westminster to the drama of the World Cup, British life...
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Excellent book ruined by terrible narration
- By cathy smith on 09-10-24
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White Heat
- A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties
- Narrated by: Dominic Sandbrook, Roger Davis
- Length: 39 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 03-10-24
- Language: English
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The Zimmermann Telegram
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall101
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Performance85
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Story84
In the dark winter of 1917, as World War I was deadlocked, Britain knew that Europe could be saved only if the United States joined the war. But President Wilson remained unshakable in his neutrality. Then, with a single stroke, the tool to propel America into the war came into a quiet British office. One of countless messages intercepted by the crack team of British decoders, the Zimmermann telegram was a top-secret message from Berlin inviting Mexico to join Japan in an invasion of the United States.
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Such great fun
- By Alistair Fairweather on 27-10-25
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The Zimmermann Telegram
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 18-03-10
- Language: English
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Ortona
- Canada's Epic World War II Battle
- By: Mark Zuehlke
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall66
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Performance60
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Story59
In one furious week of fighting in December 1943, the First Canadian Infantry Division took Ortona, Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold the medieval port at all costs. When the battle was over, the Canadians emerged victorious despite heavy losses.
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Gripping
- By Paul Macro on 26-09-22
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Ortona
- Canada's Epic World War II Battle
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 06-01-12
- Language: English
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Between the Waves
- A rich new history of Britain's relationship with Europe
- By: Tom McTague
- Narrated by: Eliot Chapman
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall24
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Performance24
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Story24
**Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction** This is the definitive history of Britain’s tumultuous relationship with Europe – as it’s never been told before. 'Powerful, precise, morally engaged, wonderfully alert to character, context and the greater purpose of political...
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Fabulous
- By Edward Shorthouse on 07-11-25
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Between the Waves
- A rich new history of Britain's relationship with Europe
- Narrated by: Eliot Chapman
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 04-09-25
- Language: English
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- By: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall42
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Performance42
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Story42
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Drawing on exhaustive research, this “masterful narrative history” (Booklist) details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world. “Thundering, magnificent...
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A disaster
- By Catalin on 03-10-23
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A World Undone
- The Story of the Great War, 1914 to 1918
- Narrated by: Robin Sachs
- Length: 27 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 27-09-22
- Language: English
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Two Sisters
- By: Åsne Seierstad
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance26
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Story25
One morning in October 2013, 19-year-old Ayan Juma and her 16-year-old sister, Leila, left their family home in Oslo. Later that day they sent an email to their parents. 'Peace, God's mercy and blessings upon you, Mum and Dad... Please do not be cross with us....' Leila and Ayan had decided to travel to Syria 'and help out down there as best we can'. They had been planning for months. By the time their desperate father, Sadiq, tracks them to Turkey, they have already crossed the border.
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compelling and interesting
- By liv j. on 04-08-19
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Two Sisters
- Narrated by: Gunnar Cauthery
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-03-18
- Language: English
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George III
- The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Philip Stevens
- Length: 36 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall132
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Performance112
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Story112
Brought to you by Penguin. George III, Britain's longest-reigning king, has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring injuries upon this country than any other modern English king' (WEH...
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One of the Greatest Historian’s Best Books
- By A. J. Taylor on 11-11-21
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George III
- The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch
- Narrated by: Philip Stevens
- Length: 36 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-10-21
- Language: English
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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
- By: Michelle Morgan
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall293
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Performance264
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Story262
'Ghoulishly entertaining' Jacqueline Banerjee, Times Literary Supplement 'This is a great book for dipping into . . . the cases themselves are written engagingly and with appealing dramatisation of key events.' Kim Fleet, Crime Review A grisly book dedicated to the crimes, perversions and...
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Oh god the accents
- By Mrs Trellis on 22-08-18
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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 12-04-18
- Language: English
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Reckonings
- Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice
- By: Mary Fulbrook
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 29 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance9
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Mary Fulbrook's encompassing book explores the lives of individuals across a full spectrum of suffering and guilt, each one capturing one small part of the greater story. Using "reckoning" in the widest possible sense to evoke how the consequences of violence have expanded almost infinitely through time. Fulbrook exposes the disjuncture between official myths about "dealing with the past" and the extent to which the vast majority of Nazi perpetrators evaded responsibility.
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A stunning account of the Holocaust and the aftermath
- By E P on 07-12-21
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Reckonings
- Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 29 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 18-02-20
- Language: English
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Russian Roulette
- The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
- By: Michael Isikoff, David Corn
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall124
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Performance107
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Story108
The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency. "Russian Roulette is...the most thorough and riveting account." -- The New York Times Russian Roulette is a...
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Democracy as fools?
- By Snow Angel on 09-04-18
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Russian Roulette
- The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 13-03-18
- Language: English
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The World of the Cold War
- 1945-1991
- By: Vladislav Zubok
- Narrated by: Rufus Wright
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance14
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Brought to you by Penguin. A sweeping, original history of the Cold War, from an acclaimed historian of the USSR Why did the Cold War erupt so soon after the Second World War? How did it escalate so rapidly, spanning five continents over six decades? And what led to the spectacular collapse of...
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Outstanding introduction to the subject
- By Carol Ann on 03-06-25
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The World of the Cold War
- 1945-1991
- Narrated by: Rufus Wright
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-05-25
- Language: English
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Fighter
- Penguin Modern Classics
- By: Len Deighton
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance77
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Story75
Brought to you by Penguin History is swamped by patriotic myths about the aerial combat fought between the RAF and the Luftwaffe over the summer of 1940. In his gripping history of the Battle of Britain, Len Deighton drew on a decade of research and his own wartime experiences to puncture these...
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Really interesting
- By Ian Smith on 11-03-22
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Fighter
- Penguin Modern Classics
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 29-07-21
- Language: English
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- By: Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance30
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Kenneth Rose was one of the most astute observers of the establishment for over 70 years. The wry and amusing journals of the royal biographer and historian made objective observation a sculpted craft. His impeccable social placement located him within the beating heart of the national elite for decades. He was capable of writing substantial history, such as his priceless material on the abdication crisis from conversations with both the Duke of Windsor and the Queen Mother.
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British History at it’s Best
- By Anonymous on 08-11-20
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Who's In, Who's Out
- The Journals of Kenneth Rose
- Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
- Length: 24 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 13-12-18
- Language: English
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Fly, Wild Swans
- My Mother, Myself and China
- By: Jung Chang
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance61
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THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL TO WILD SWANS, THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION A Book of the Year in The Times; Daily Telegraph; Financial Times and Waterstones 'A must-read … magnificent’ DAILY TELEGRAPH ***** 'Beautiful and moving'...
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A Little Disappointed
- By JET on 27-10-25
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Fly, Wild Swans
- My Mother, Myself and China
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 16-09-25
- Language: English
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Witness to Nuremberg
- The Many Lives of the Man Who Translated at the Nazi War Trials
- By: W. Richard Sonnenfeldt
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance90
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In this gripping memoir by the chief American interpreter at the Nuremberg trials, Richard Sonnenfeldt recounts a remarkable life. By age 22 he had fought in the Battle of the Bulge and helped liberate the Dachau concentration camp, when he was appointed chief interpreter for the American prosecution of Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg trials.
During his service, he spent pretrial time with Hermann Göering as well as other top Nazi leaders.
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What an amazing life
- By Paul P. on 01-04-13
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Witness to Nuremberg
- The Many Lives of the Man Who Translated at the Nazi War Trials
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 28-02-12
- Language: English
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The Husband Hunters
- Social Climbing in London and New York
- By: Anne de Courcy
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance87
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Dozens of young American heiresses married into the British peerage, bringing with them all the fabulous wealth, glamour and sophistication of the Gilded Age. Anne de Courcy sets the stories of these young women and their families in the context of their times. Based on extensive firsthand research, drawing on diaries, memoirs and letters, this richly entertaining group biography reveals what they thought of their new lives in England - and what England thought of them.
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Husband Hunters
- By NanaRose on 27-11-17
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The Husband Hunters
- Social Climbing in London and New York
- Narrated by: Clare Corbett
- Length: 10 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 01-06-17
- Language: English
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Remember Us
- My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
- By: Vic Shayne, Martin Small
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance65
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Remember Us is a look back at the lost world of the shtetl: a wise Zayde offering prophetic and profound words to his grandson, the rich experience of Shabbos, and the treasure of a loving family. All this is torn apart with the arrival of the Holocaust, beginning a crucible fraught with twists and turns so unpredictable and surprising that they defy any attempt to find reason within them. Through the eyes of 91-year-old Holocaust survivor Martin Small, we learn that these priceless memories that are too painful to remember are also too painful to forget.
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A fascinating story and insight into Jewish life
- By fifitrixabelled on 29-08-21
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Remember Us
- My Journey from the Shtetl Through the Holocaust
- Narrated by: Peter Altschuler
- Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 25-01-13
- Language: English
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