Bestsellers
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Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling....
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Gutterball!
- By Jimmyjoejangles on 01-10-23
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Henry V
- The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unparalleled leadership of England's greatest medieval king.
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Worth a listen
- By Chris Corsini on 11-08-24
By: Dan Jones
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The Plantagenets
- The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world....
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Old book--new narrator
- By Kay Long/The Lady Kay on 02-02-24
By: Dan Jones
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Diana
- Her True Story - in Her Own Words
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney, Caroline Langrishe
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The sensational biography of Princess Diana, now revised to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death....
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Wonderful overall with one issue...
- By globewest on 07-02-17
By: Andrew Morton
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The Palace Papers
- Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
- By: Tina Brown
- Narrated by: Tina Brown
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Picking up where Tina Brown’s masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after the traumatic years when Diana’s blazing celebrity ripped through the House of Windsor like a comet....
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Audible narration is dreadful
- By M M. on 05-03-22
By: Tina Brown
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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 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England.
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A thrilling read
- By Rich C on 11-30-24
By: Helen Castor
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Spare
- By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling....
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Gutterball!
- By Jimmyjoejangles on 01-10-23
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Henry V
- The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 14 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unparalleled leadership of England's greatest medieval king.
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Worth a listen
- By Chris Corsini on 11-08-24
By: Dan Jones
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The Plantagenets
- The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world....
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Old book--new narrator
- By Kay Long/The Lady Kay on 02-02-24
By: Dan Jones
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Diana
- Her True Story - in Her Own Words
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney, Caroline Langrishe
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The sensational biography of Princess Diana, now revised to commemorate the 20th anniversary of her death....
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Wonderful overall with one issue...
- By globewest on 07-02-17
By: Andrew Morton
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The Palace Papers
- Inside the House of Windsor - the Truth and the Turmoil
- By: Tina Brown
- Narrated by: Tina Brown
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Picking up where Tina Brown’s masterful The Diana Chronicles left off, The Palace Papers reveals how the royal family reinvented itself after the traumatic years when Diana’s blazing celebrity ripped through the House of Windsor like a comet....
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Audible narration is dreadful
- By M M. on 05-03-22
By: Tina Brown
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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 5 mins
- Unabridged
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From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England.
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A thrilling read
- By Rich C on 11-30-24
By: Helen Castor
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Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen
- By: Lili‘uokalani
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1893, Liliuokalani, the Queen of Hawaii, was deposed and five years later her nation became an incorporated territory of the US. Published shortly after these events, Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen is an incredibly personal history of the islands that she was born to rule....
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Learn to pronounce Hawaiian words before narrating
- By ArchJoanne on 11-15-19
By: Lili‘uokalani
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The Last Tsar
- The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs
- By: Tsuyoshi Hasegawa
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The Last Tsar tells the the definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world’s foremost expert.
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Lady in Waiting
- My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown
- By: Anne Glenconner
- Narrated by: Anne Glenconner
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
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An extraordinary memoir of drama, tragedy, and royal secrets by Anne Glenconner - a close member of the royal circle and lady-in-waiting to Princess Margaret. As seen on Netflix's The Crown....
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Horrible Reading
- By Teddy hall on 03-27-20
By: Anne Glenconner
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The Six Wives of Henry VIII
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 22 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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This acclaimed best seller from popular historian Alison Weir is a fascinating look at the Tudor family dynasty and its most infamous ruler....
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Overview AND Sordid Details
- By Troy on 10-29-13
By: Alison Weir
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The Lady in the Tower
- The Fall of Anne Boleyn
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Judith Boyd
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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The imprisonment and execution of Queen Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's second wife, in 1536 was unprecedented in English history and never before has there been a book devoted entirely to her fall.
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Great book, bad narration.
- By Nancy V on 01-03-25
By: Alison Weir
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Revenge
- Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors
- By: Tom Bower
- Narrated by: Andrew Wincott
- Length: 16 hrs and 23 mins
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This instant #1 internationally bestselling “explosive tell-all” (Daily Express, London) reveals the inside story about Meghan Markle’s journey from minor actress and attempted activist to the woman powerful enough to fracture the British Royal Family.
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THE Truth, Not “HER Truth”
- By Trump16 on 09-05-22
By: Tom Bower
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Catherine de Medici
- Renaissance Queen of France
- By: Leonie Frieda
- Narrated by: Sarah Le Fevre
- Length: 21 hrs and 36 mins
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Poisoner, despot, necromancer - the dark legend of Catherine de Medici is centuries old. In this critically hailed biography, Leonie Frieda reclaims the story of this unjustly maligned queen to reveal a skilled ruler battling extraordinary political and personal odds....
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Narrator didn't get one name right
- By Georgina García- Menocal on 09-15-19
By: Leonie Frieda
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Spare
- Il minore
- By: Prince Harry
- Narrated by: Fabrizio Rocchi
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
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È stata una delle più strazianti immagini del Ventesimo secolo: due ragazzini, due principi, che seguono il feretro della madre sotto gli occhi addolorati del mondo...
By: Prince Harry
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Courtiers
- Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor
- By: Valentine Low
- Narrated by: Valentine Low
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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The gripping account of how the Royal family really operates, from the journalist who has spent years studying them....
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author narrator
- By Amazon Customer on 01-26-23
By: Valentine Low
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Shogun
- The Life and Times of Tokugawa Ieyasu: Japan's Greatest Ruler
- By: A.L. Sadler, Stephen Turnbull - foreword, Alexander Bennett - foreword
- Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
- Length: 17 hrs and 56 mins
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Uncover the true story of the man who unified medieval Japan....
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This is a boring reference book
- By Antone Ferreira on 05-25-24
By: A.L. Sadler, and others
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Catherine the Great
- Portrait of a Woman
- By: Robert K. Massie
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 23 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Robert K. Massie returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess who became Catherine the Great. Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed herself into empress of Russia by sheer determination....
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Loved everyone minute!
- By Elizabeth on 02-05-12
By: Robert K. Massie
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The Romanovs
- 1613-1918
- By: Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrated by: Simon Beale
- Length: 28 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the intimate story of 20 tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition....
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Scholarly but gripping
- By William on 06-16-16