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A Mad Catastrophe
- The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire
- By: Geoffrey Wawro
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Wawro
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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The Austro-Hungarian army that marched east and south to confront the Russians and Serbs in the opening campaigns of World War I had a glorious past but a pitiful present. Speaking a mystifying array of languages and lugging outdated weapons, the Austrian troops were hopelessly unprepared for the industrialized warfare that would shortly consume Europe.
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Disappointing
- By Anonimo Nonlodico on 22-03-16
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A Mad Catastrophe
- The Outbreak of World War I and the Collapse of the Habsburg Empire
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Wawro
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 29-08-14
- Language: English
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The Cut Out Girl
- A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: Winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award
- By: Bart van Es
- Narrated by: Bart van Es
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall296
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Performance264
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*** WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 *** WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018 Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Cut Out Girl written and read by Bart van Es. 'A masterpiece of history and memoir' Evening Standard 'Superb. This is a necessary book -...
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A compelling listening and revelatory account.
- By Amazon Customer on 09-08-18
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The Cut Out Girl
- A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found: Winner of the Costa Book of the Year Award
- Narrated by: Bart van Es
- Length: 8 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 02-08-18
- Language: English
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The Last Shah
- America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
- By: Ray Takeyh
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance13
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Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne in 1941 to the 1979 revolution that brought the present Islamist government to power.
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Informative and fascinating history of modern Iran.
- By Kevin Leigh on 25-09-24
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The Last Shah
- America, Iran, and the Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 28-06-22
- Language: English
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Why Liberalism Failed
- By: Patrick J. Deneen
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall67
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Performance57
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Of the three dominant ideologies of the 20th century - fascism, communism, and liberalism - only the last remains. This has created a peculiar situation in which liberalism's proponents tend to forget that it is an ideology and not the natural end-state of human political evolution. As Patrick Deneen argues in this provocative book, liberalism is built on a foundation of contradictions.
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What happens if history did not end?
- By Hedgehog on 05-05-19
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Why Liberalism Failed
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 22-05-18
- Language: English
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Churchill: History in an Hour
- By: Andrew Mulholland
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall79
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Performance65
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour… Sir Winston Churchill was a soldier, journalist, writer, Nobel Prize winner and, above all, a leader. Conservative then Liberal then Conservative again, his political instincts won him a sustained career at the summit of British government...
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Interesting overview
- By TheNameless on 13-02-19
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Churchill: History in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 55 mins
- Release date: 24-04-14
- Language: English
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Three Sisters
- A triumphant story of love and survival from the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz now a major Sky TV series
- By: Heather Morris
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall737
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Performance670
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'Gripping, heartbreaking and uplifting.' Christy Lefteri, author of the million-copy bestseller The Beekeeper of Aleppo THEIR STORY WILL BREAK YOUR HEART THEIR JOURNEY WILL FILL YOU WITH HOPE YOU WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR NAMES When they are little girls, Cibi, Magda and Livia make a promise to...
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Disappointing
- By Christineb on 18-10-21
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Three Sisters
- A triumphant story of love and survival from the author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz now a major Sky TV series
- Narrated by: Finty Williams
- Series: The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Book 3
- Length: 13 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 14-10-21
- Language: English
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Naples 1944
- War, Liberation and Chaos
- By: Keith Lowe
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Winner of The 2025 Duke of Wellington Medal Winner for Military History An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the HWA Non-fiction Crown Award ‘A rigorous, myth-busting look at the city’s chaotic recovery in the wake of war and...
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Outstanding performance by Jot Davies
- By Ellie Pyemont on 26-05-25
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Naples 1944
- War, Liberation and Chaos
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 16 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 11-10-24
- Language: English
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The International Brigades
- Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War
- By: Giles Tremlett
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 23 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall49
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Performance45
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Bloomsbury presents The International Brigades by Giles Tremlett, read by Laurence Bouvard. 'Magnificent. Narrative history at its vivid and compelling best' Fergal Keane The first major history of the International Brigades: a tale of blood, ideals and tragedy in the fight against fascism. The...
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Very good
- By Mr. S. A. Dominguez on 24-07-21
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The International Brigades
- Fascism, Freedom and the Spanish Civil War
- Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
- Length: 23 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 15-10-20
- Language: English
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The Renoir Girls
- A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal
- By: Catherine Ostler
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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‘Remarkable and haunting . . . a revelation’ Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes ‘A dazzling achievement, heartbreaking, glamourous, elegiac, revelatory and utterly gripping’ Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of The World: A Family History of Humanity ‘Truly beautiful and...
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Interesting biography of aspiring new money and aristocracy
- By Mrs N. Chaldecott on 02-06-26
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The Renoir Girls
- A Hidden History of Art, War & Betrayal
- Narrated by: Lucy Scott
- Length: 13 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 09-04-26
- Language: English
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Anne Frank Remembered
- By: Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall67
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Performance65
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For more than two years, Miep Gies and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives each day to bring food, news, and emotional support to the victims. From her own remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the moment she places a small, red-orange, checkered diary -- Anne's legacy -- in Otto Frank's hands, Miep Gies remembers her days with simple honesty and shattering clarity.
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excellent
- By Mary on 28-04-15
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Anne Frank Remembered
- Narrated by: Barbara Rosenblat
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 18-08-09
- Language: English
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The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- By: Adam Tooze
- Narrated by: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Performance98
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"Masterful . . . [A] painstakingly researched, astonishingly erudite study…Tooze has added his name to the roll call of top-class scholars of Nazism." —Financial Times An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam...
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Genuinely brilliant
- By Derrick on 29-11-21
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The Wages of Destruction
- The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
- Narrated by: Adam Tooze, Simon Vance
- Length: 30 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 03-08-21
- Language: English
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3
- Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
- By: William Manchester, Paul Reid
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer, Paul Reid
- Length: 53 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance31
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Spanning the years 1940 to 1965, Defender of the Realm, the third volume of William Manchester’s The Last Lion, picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister - when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill portrayed by Manchester and Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning-fast intellect, and an irresistible will to action.
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Mammoth biography
- By Derrick on 23-07-14
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3
- Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer, Paul Reid
- Series: Last Lion, Book 3
- Length: 53 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 06-11-12
- Language: English
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The Age of Empire
- 1875-1914
- By: Eric Hobsbawm
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall73
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Performance65
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The splendid finale to Eric Hobsbawm's study of the 19th century, The Age of Empire covers the area of Western Imperialism and examines the forces that swept the world to the outbreak of World War One - and shaped modern society.
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Excellent historic analysis
- By Anonymous on 05-09-20
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The Age of Empire
- 1875-1914
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-02-20
- 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
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 29-04-21
- Language: English
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Six Days of War
- June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- By: Michael B. Oren
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall200
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Performance155
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In Israel and the West, it is called the Six Day War. In the Arab world, it is known as the June War or, simply, as "the Setback". Never has a conflict so short, unforeseen, and largely unwanted by both sides so transformed the world. The Yom Kippur War, the war in Lebanon, the Camp David accords, the controversy over Jerusalem and Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the intifada, and the rise of Palestinian terror are all part of the outcome of those six days.
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Very biased, but worthwhile
- By Flopadoo on 24-07-13
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Six Days of War
- June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 12-12-05
- Language: English
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The Path Between the Seas
- The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 31 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance21
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The National Book Award–winning epic chronicle of the creation of the Panama Canal, a first-rate drama of the bold and brilliant engineering feat that transformed global trade routes and shaped modern American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize–winning author and master historian David...
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Good book, annoying narrator
- By Patrick Donovan on 10-06-16
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The Path Between the Seas
- The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
- Narrated by: Nelson Runger
- Length: 31 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 24-01-11
- Language: English
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Inferno
- 12 Battles of the World Wars that Shaped the 20th Century
- By: Dan Hill
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Inferno is a gripping history of the world wars told through twelve battles that shaped the fate of the 20th century. From Verdun and the Somme to the Battle of Britain, Stalingrad, D-Day and the fall of Berlin, this is war at full intensity: the clashes that shattered armies, toppled regimes...
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Inferno
- 12 Battles of the World Wars that Shaped the 20th Century
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 10-09-26
- Language: English
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Into the Black
- By: Rowland White
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall379
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Performance339
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On 12th April 1981 a revolutionary new spacecraft blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia was the most advanced flying machine ever built – the high watermark of post-war aviation development. A direct descendant of the record-breaking X-planes the likes...
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Into the crap...
- By Shaun on 13-06-16
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Into the Black
- Narrated by: Eric Meyers
- Length: 15 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 10-03-16
- Language: English
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The Cruel Victory
- The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944
- By: Paddy Ashdown
- Narrated by: Paddy Ashdown
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance30
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From best-selling and award winning author of A Brilliant Little Operation comes the long neglected D-Day story of the Resistance uprising and subsequent massacre on the Vercors massif – the largest action by the French Resistance during the Second World War. In early 1941, three separate...
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Heavy going but a powerful listern
- By neil on 16-03-17
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The Cruel Victory
- The French Resistance, D-Day and the Battle for the Vercors 1944
- Narrated by: Paddy Ashdown
- Length: 15 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 14-08-14
- 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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Performance110
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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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incredibly interesting book
- By Ms Miller on 21-03-26
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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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