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    • Soulcraft and Statecraft in Renaissance Italy
    • By: James Hankins
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 23 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 09-28-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
    • Convulsed by a civilizational crisis, the great thinkers of the Renaissance set out to reconceive the nature of society. Corrupt and reckless tyrants sowing discord and ruling through fear; elites who prized wealth and status over the common good; military leaders waging endless wars....

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    • Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000
    • By: Chris Wickham
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Series: Penguin History of Europe Series, Book 2
    • Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 07-10-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 336 ratings
    • Historian Chris Wickham defies the conventional view of the Dark Ages in European history with a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible scholarship. The Inheritance of Rome presents a fresh understanding of the crucible in which Europe would ultimately be created....

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    • The Forging of the Fascist Alliance
    • By: Christian Goeschel
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 09-25-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • From 1934 until 1944, Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that affected both countries. While Germany is regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has underrepresented Mussolini's influence on his German ally....

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    • A Personal Journey into the Violent International Empire of Naples' Organized Crime System
    • By: Roberto Saviano
    • Narrated by: Michael Kramer
    • Length: 11 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 12-01-08
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 307 ratings
    • A groundbreaking major best seller in Italy, Gomorrah is Roberto Saviano's gripping nonfiction account of the decline of Naples under the rule of the Camorra....

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    • By: E.R. Chamberlin
    • Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 35 ratings
    • On Christmas Day, 800, Charlemagne was crowned "Emperor of the Romans" by Pope Leo III. Under his guidance the Carolingian Renaissance flourished, with his capital of Aachen becoming a center of learning and artistic genius....

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    • From Constantine to the Destruction of Roman Italy
    • By: Michael Kulikowski
    • Narrated by: Simon Shepherd
    • Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 05-11-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 21 ratings
    • The Tragedy of Empire begins in the late fourth century with the reign of Julian, the last non-Christian Roman emperor, and takes listeners to the final years of the Western Roman Empire at the end of the sixth century....

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    • From Fascism to Democracy
    • By: Mark Gilbert
    • Narrated by: Michael Langan
    • Length: 18 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 09-24-24
    • Language: English
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    • Italy Reborn is both an original account of this crucial period in Italian history and a remarkable example of how democracies are made.

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    • Life of a Revolutionary
    • By: Giuseppe Fiori, Tom Nairn - translator
    • Narrated by: Tim Bruce
    • Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
    • Release date: 07-06-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • Antonio Gramsci was born in Sardinia in 1891, became the leader of the Italian Communist Party in his early 30s, was arrested by Mussolini’s police in 1927, and remained imprisoned until shortly before his death 10 years later....

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    • The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
    • By: Dennis Romano
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-27-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
    • No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.”....

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    • By: Daniel Silva
    • Narrated by: John Lee
    • Series: Gabriel Allon, Book 3
    • Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 09-12-03
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,373 ratings
    • Detective Gabriel Allon returns in this stunning thriller of ancient and modern betrayal....

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    • The Hidden History
    • By: G. J. Meyer
    • Narrated by: Enn Reitel
    • Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 04-02-13
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 719 ratings
    • The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone....

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    • Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise
    • By: Fernand Braudel, Siân Reynolds - translator
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
    • Release date: 06-07-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
    • In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, "Italy" exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean....

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    • A Novel of World War II and da Vinci's Italy
    • By: Laura Morelli
    • Narrated by: Reba Buhr, Christa Lewis, Paul Woodson, P.J. Ochlan
    • Length: 11 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 440 ratings
    • An exciting, dual-timeline historical novel about the creation of one of Leonardo da Vinci's most famous paintings, Portrait of a Lady with an Ermine, and the woman who fought to save it from Nazi destruction during World War II....

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    • A Comprehensive 5-Day Travel Guide to Florence + Tuscany, Italy & Unforgettable Italian Travel
    • By: Passport to European Travel Guide
    • Narrated by: Melanie Fraser
    • Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-16
    • Language: English
    • 3.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
    • You see, we know your trip begins long before you even book the flight, so this guide is chock full of dynamite tips on everything you need to know before you go....

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    • A Novel of World War II Italy
    • By: Laura Morelli
    • Narrated by: Stina Nielsen, Christa Lewis
    • Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
    • Release date: 08-01-23
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • In a race across Nazi-occupied Italy, two women—a German photographer and an American stenographer—hunt for priceless masterpieces looted from the Florentine art collections....

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    • The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism
    • By: John Foot
    • Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
    • Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
    • Release date: 06-09-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
    • A dark tale of violence, ideals and a country at war, in Blood and Power, historian John Foot draws on decades of research to chart the turbulent years between 1915 and 1945, and beyond....

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    • Deep Travels Through Italy's Food Culture
    • By: Matt Goulding
    • Narrated by: Will Damron
    • Series: Roads & Kingdoms Presents, Book 3
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 03-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 67 ratings
    • Town by town, bite by bite, author Matt Goulding brings Italy to life through intimate portraits of its food culture and the people pushing it in new directions. Pasta, Pane, Vino captures the breathtaking diversity of Italian regional food culture....

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    • By: Marcus Aurelius
    • Narrated by: Peter Batchelor
    • Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
    • Release date: 03-24-15
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 202 ratings
    • This audio consists of a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor AD 161-180, setting forth his ideas on Stoic philosophy....

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    • The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily
    • By: Nancy Goldstone
    • Narrated by: Christine Lakin
    • Length: 15 hrs and 6 mins
    • Release date: 10-17-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 74 ratings
    • The riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial - and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages....

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