Genre: ‘History’
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The Dreadful Judgement
by Neil Hanson narrated by Simon Prebble
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7596 7 Reference: DIR1635
Duration: 9h 45m (approx.) on 8 CDs
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£19.99
A fire needs only three things: a spark to ignite it, and fuel and oxygen to feed it... The 1666 Great Fire of London was one of the most catastrophic events ever to hit the nation's capital. The previous year the city had suffered a grievous and prolonged epidemic of the Black Death, causing the deaths of thousands. It... Read More »
Great Tales from English History: Volume I
by Robert Lacey narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7169 3 Reference: DIR1529
Duration: 5h 45m (approx.) on 5 CDs
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£17.99
From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage and passion - a rich and vibrant narrative of heroes and villains, kings and rebels, artists and highwaymen, bishops and scientists. In Great Tales from English History, historian Robert Lacey captures the most pivotal... Read More »
Great Tales from English History: Volume II
by Robert Lacey narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7709 1 Reference: DIR1674
Duration: 6h (approx.) on 5 CDs
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£17.99
In this second volume of short essays, renowned historian Robert Lacey opens with Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and the flowering of the modern English language in the final years of the 14th century and ends with the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9, when Parliament secured control over the Crown. Along the way we hear about Dick... Read More »
Great Tales from English History: Volume III
by Robert Lacey narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2263 3 Reference: DIR2096
Duration: 6h 15m (approx.) on 6 CDs
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£17.99
Your Country Needs You! Edward the Abdicator and Peace in our Time - this latest volume of Great Tales From English History enters the twentieth century with a flourish. Starting in 1690, in the reign of William and Mary, this collection of freshly researched stories recounts the modern history of England. Robert Lacey's... Read More »
The Gunpowder Plot
by Antonia Fraser narrated by Patricia Gallimore
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7122 8 Reference: DIR1509
Duration: 16h 30m (approx.) on 14 CDs
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£24.99
With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of November 5 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot. Read More »
Henrietta Howard
by Tracy Borman narrated by Julia Franklin
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2374 6 Reference: RTL1152
Duration: 15h 15m (approx.) on 13 CDs
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£24.99
Henrietta Howard, later Countess of Suffolk, was the long-term mistress and confidante of George II. Orphaned at twelve and dragged into poverty by her brutal husband, Henrietta used her own ingenuity and determination to secure a role at the very heart of the royal court. But she was far more than mistress to the King: a... Read More »
Josephine
by Carolly Erickson narrated by Davina Porter
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6239 4 Reference: DIR1148
Duration: 15h (approx.) on 13 CDs
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£24.99
Popular biographer Carolly Erickson creates intimate and richly detailed portraits of her historical subjects. In this book she offers a provocative new perspective on Josephine and her fabled marriage to Napoleon. Josephine's story is as turbulent as the revolutionary era in which she lived-and even more tantalizing than... Read More »
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King
by Antonia Fraser narrated by Julia Franklin
ISBN: 978 1 4074 6038 3 Reference: DIR1015
Duration: 14h 30m (approx.) on 13 CDs
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£24.99
Love and Louis XIV centres around the Sun King and his relationships with numerous and fascinating women. His mother, Anne of Austria, to whom he was devoted; his first important mistress, Louise de la Valliere, who bore him several illegitimate children; Athenais Marquise de Montespan, who acted as unofficial Queen of... Read More »
Monarchy: From the Middle Ages to Modernity
by David Starkey narrated by the author
ISBN: 978 1 4074 2117 9 Reference: RTL1051
Duration: 11h (approx.) on 11 CDs
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£24.99
The crown of England is the oldest surviving political institution in Europe. Throughout this book Dr David Starkey emphasises the Crown's endless capacity to adapt to circumstances and reshape national policy, whilst he unmasks the personalities and achievements, the defeats and victories, which lie behind the kings and... Read More »
Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
by Tom Holland narrated by Steven Crossley
ISBN: 978 1 4074 7975 0 Reference: DIR1853
Duration: 16h (approx.) on 13 CDs
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£24.99
The Roman Republic was the most remarkable state in history. What began as a small community of peasants camped among the marshes and hills, ended up ruling the known world... Read More »
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