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A History of Britain: Volume 3
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 381
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 341
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 335
Timothy West reads the third and concluding volume of award-winning historian Simon Schama's compelling chronicle of the British Isles. Here he illuminates the period from 1776 to 2000 through a variety of historical themes, including Victorian advances in technology and industry, women's increasing role in society, and the burgeoning British Empire which promised civilisation and material betterment for all.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An interesting and entertaining final volume
- By Douglas on 02-17-14
- A History of Britain: Volume 3
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
A Must Read
Reviewed: 02-22-22
I have loved all three volumes of this stunning series and will read all of them again and use them for references. Highlighting key personalities and developing their character within the context of their time period makes the writing personal, intimated and riveting.
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The Silence of the Girls
- By: Pat Barker
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Michael Fox
- Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,568
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,297
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,285
The ancient city of Troy has withstood a decade under siege of the powerful Greek army, who continue to wage bloody war over a stolen woman - Helen. In the Greek camp, another woman watches and waits for the war's outcome: Briseis. She was queen of one of Troy's neighboring kingdoms until Achilles, Greece's greatest warrior, sacked her city and murdered her husband and brothers. Briseis becomes Achilles' concubine, a prize of battle, and must adjust quickly in order to survive a radically different life, as one of the many conquered women who serve the Greek army.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This Narrator Is A Spoken Word Goddess.
- By Texastential on 12-31-18
- The Silence of the Girls
- By: Pat Barker
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Michael Fox
Stunning
Reviewed: 01-21-22
This is a must read! It is beautiful, vibrant and resonant. I think it should be required reading in classic and history.
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Agincourt
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Charles Keating
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4,851
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,683
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,678
Bernard Cornwell, the New York Times best-selling "reigning king of historical fiction" (USA Today), tackles his most thrilling, rich, and enthralling subject yet - the heroic tale of Agincourt. The epic battle immortalized by William Shakespeare in his classic Henry V is the background for this breathtaking tale of heroism, love, devotion, and duty from the legendary author of the Richard Sharpe novels and the Saxon Tales.
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4 out of 5 stars
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What is WITH that music?
- By Lois on 08-26-15
- Agincourt
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Charles Keating
Captivating
Reviewed: 10-02-21
Excellent beautifully read I am hooked on Cornwell the fiction is perfectly woven with fact I Ioved it!
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Framley Parsonage
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Timothy West
- Length: 19 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 511
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 420
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 415
In the fourth audiobook in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, the values of a Victorian gentleman, the young clergyman Mark Robarts, are put to the test. Though he lives a comfortable life, has a doting wife, children and a patroness in Lady Lufton, his ambitions stretch beyond the little village of Framley. Through a combination of naivety and social climbing, Robarts is compromised and brought to the brink of financial and social ruin by the disreputable politician, Sowerby.
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5 out of 5 stars
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WHAT IS TO BE DONE TO MAKE T WEST READ MORE A.T.?
- By Charles Parselle on 09-18-11
- Framley Parsonage
- By: Anthony Trollope
- Narrated by: Timothy West
Trollope at His Wittiest
Reviewed: 09-17-21
Trollope leaves not stone unturned as reveals the noblest and least moral tribe surrounding the parsonage.
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Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14,140
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12,557
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12,533
On May 1, 1915, with WWI entering its tenth month, a luxury ocean liner as richly appointed as an English country house sailed out of New York, bound for Liverpool, carrying a record number of children and infants. The passengers were surprisingly at ease, even though Germany had declared the seas around Britain to be a war zone. For months, German U-boats had brought terror to the North Atlantic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Naivety VS Barbarians Of War
- By Sara on 03-05-16
- Dead Wake
- The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
Stunning
Reviewed: 07-06-21
Don't miss this book. It is a revelation, so beautifully researched, as always! There is so much rich information and thoroughly good story telling.
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To Die but Once
- A Maisie Dobbs Novel
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 10 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,983
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,792
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,781
Spring 1940. With Britons facing what has become known as "the Bore War" - nothing much seems to have happened yet - Maisie Dobbs is asked to investigate the disappearance of a local lad, a young apprentice craftsman working on a "hush-hush" government contract. As Maisie's inquiry reveals a possible link to the London underworld, another mother is worried about a missing son - but this time the boy in question is one beloved by Maisie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Maisie, Billy, and All Return. Yes!
- By cdo on 05-11-18
- To Die but Once
- A Maisie Dobbs Novel
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
I Could Not Stop Listening
Reviewed: 05-28-21
An Excellent Listen...LOVE the reader. She is completely captivating and one in spirit with the writing. There is so much to learn about pre- war England in this book and the later books. If I was still teaching Western Civ, I would suggest these series for summer reading for a history class. It would give depth, context and a sense of events for a history student of any age. Bravo, Jacqueline Winspear and Maisie, you have done it, again! xo
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The Consequences of Fear
- A Maisie Dobbs Novel
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
- Length: 10 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1,959
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,764
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,751
As Europe buckles under Nazi occupation, Maisie Dobbs investigates a possible murder that threatens devastating repercussions for Britain's war efforts in this latest installment in the New York Times best-selling mystery series.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Smart woman, bland romance
- By Winsome on 04-02-21
- The Consequences of Fear
- A Maisie Dobbs Novel
- By: Jacqueline Winspear
- Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy
A Stunning Read
Reviewed: 05-27-21
Each book in the Maisie Dobbs series is a little more complex. When I got to the end of Book 15, it felt like the most satisfying read, complete and satisfying. There is no hanging thread. Everything is woven back through the plot....and yet, What is next! Maisie, don't leave me! I am in love with this series, the cultural history, the plot, the characters. I really do thing this series needs to be produced on film through the PBS and Masterpiece. It is all so visceral and visual...Do it, Maisie! xo
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The Dark Angel
- By: Elly Griffiths
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 861
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 761
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 755
It’s not every day that you’re summoned to the Italian countryside on business, so when archaeologist Angelo Morelli asks for Ruth Galloway’s help identifying bones found in the tiny hilltop town of Fontana Liri, she jumps at the chance to go, bringing her daughter along with her for a working vacation. Upon arriving, she begins to hear murmurs of Fontana Liri’s strong resistance movement during World War II and senses the townspeople are dancing around a deeply buried secret. But how could that be connected to the ancient remains she’s been studying?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book.
- By Kindle Customer on 05-17-18
- The Dark Angel
- By: Elly Griffiths
- Narrated by: Jane McDowell
Griffiths Tix All the Boxes
Reviewed: 05-01-21
I love the characters in the this series. I can not help myself! Griffiths doesn't always satisfy in every single book but she ties up so many loose ends in, The Dark Angel. Whilst touching on current social problems of our era, she explores human nature from WWII, to Fascism, to present day Immigration, to racism encapsulated in a wonderful, full bodied plot that explores our changing moral compass and our shared human condition...don't miss it. It was a delightful read!
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Far from the Madding Crowd
- Penguin Classics
- By: Thomas Hardy, Rosemarie Morgan - introduction
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
- Length: 15 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 19
Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic work and performance
- By Amazon Customer on 05-10-21
- Far from the Madding Crowd
- Penguin Classics
- By: Thomas Hardy, Rosemarie Morgan - introduction
- Narrated by: Olivia Vinall
His Best
Reviewed: 03-24-21
I love every moment of this book. The ancient agricultural customs, feats days to mark the year, reading of the stars, the reference to time, the characterizations filled up my heart once more. It is an all time favorite.
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The Ratline
- The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive
- By: Philippe Sands
- Narrated by: Philippe Sands, Katja Riemann, Stephen Fry
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 269
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 234
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 233
Baron Otto von Wächter, Austrian lawyer, husband, father, high Nazi official, senior SS officer, former governor of Galicia during the war, creator and overseer of the Krakow ghetto, indicted after as a war criminal for the mass murder of more than 100,000 Poles, hunted by the Soviets, the Americans, the British, by Simon Wiesenthal, on the run for three years, from 1945 to 1948....
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5 out of 5 stars
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The ratline
- By W Zuelzer on 04-24-21
- The Ratline
- The Exalted Life and Mysterious Death of a Nazi Fugitive
- By: Philippe Sands
- Narrated by: Philippe Sands, Katja Riemann, Stephen Fry
Breathless
Reviewed: 03-24-21
After living in Austrian and in Italy for many years, I felt that I had read a fair amount of texts on the subject of the Final Solution. Nevertheless, this book left me breathless. The primary source material, the ability of the author to tell the story from many points of vuew and in many voices, was riveting. This is a must read book, told and read in the most profound way. It should on every school 20th century syllabus. I can not wait to read East West Street.
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