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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- By: Francis Fukuyama
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall547
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Performance462
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Story459
Virtually all human societies were once organized tribally, yet over time most developed new political institutions which included a central state that could keep the peace and uniform laws that applied to all citizens. Some went on to create governments that were accountable to their constituents. We take these institutions for granted, but they are absent or are unable to perform in many of today’s developing countries—with often disastrous consequences for the rest of the world.
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Best explanation of pre-modern Humanity
- By Alex on 14-12-16
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Series: Political Order, Book 1
- Length: 22 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 27-12-11
- Language: English
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Method and Madness
- The Hidden Story of Israel's Assaults on Gaza
- By: Norman G. Finkelstein
- Narrated by: Gary Dana
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall114
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Performance102
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Story102
In the past five years, Israel has mounted three major assaults on the 1.8 million Palestinians trapped behind its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Taken together, Operation Cast Lead (2008-9), Operation Pillar of Defense (2012), and Operation Protective Edge (2014) have resulted in the deaths of some 3,700 Palestinians. Meanwhile a total of 90 Israelis were killed in the invasions. On the face of it, this succession of vastly disproportionate attacks has often seemed frenzied and pathological.
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Fantastic insight into Israeli terror machine
- By Tomislav Jakopec on 11-03-22
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Method and Madness
- The Hidden Story of Israel's Assaults on Gaza
- Narrated by: Gary Dana
- Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 07-07-15
- Language: English
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The Ascent of Humanity
- Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
- By: Charles Eisenstein
- Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
- Length: 27 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance20
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Story20
The author of The More Beautiful World Our Hearts Know Is Possible explores the history and potential future of civilization, tracing the converging crises of our age to the illusion of the separate self Our disconnection from one another and the natural world has mislaid the foundations of...
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Everyone should read this book
- By Alex on 02-11-20
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The Ascent of Humanity
- Civilization and the Human Sense of Self
- Narrated by: Steve Wojtas
- Length: 27 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 22-08-17
- Language: English
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In Moscow's Shadows
- By: Mark Galeotti
- Original Recording
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Overall4
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Performance4
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Russia, behind the headlines as well as in the shadows. This podcast is the audio counterpart to Mark Galeotti's blog of the same name, a place where "one of the most informed and provocative voices on modern Russia", can talk about Russia historical and (more often) contemporary, discuss new books and research, and sometimes talk to other Russia-watchers. If you'd like to keep the podcast coming and generally support my work, or want to ask questions or suggest topics for me to cover, do please contribute to my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/InMoscowsShadowsThe podcast's corporate partner...
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Simply the best source on modern Russia
- By Karen Jones on 22-02-25
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Marlborough: His Life and Times
- By: Winston Churchill
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 81 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall131
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Performance119
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Story118
John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough (1644-1722), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of England. Victorious in the Battles of Blenheim (1704) and Ramillies (1706) and countless other campaigns, Marlborough, whose political intrigues were almost as legendary as his military skill, never fought a battle he didn't win. Marlborough also bequeathed the world another great British military strategist and diplomat, his descendant, Winston S. Churchill.
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You had better come prepared
- By Turquelblue on 10-08-16
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Marlborough: His Life and Times
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 81 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 24-11-15
- Language: English
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Mouth Full of Blood
- Essays, Speeches, Meditations
- By: Toni Morrison
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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Story12
Spanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around us. They are concerned with race, gender and globalisation. The sweep of American history and the current state of politics. The duty of the press and the role of the artist. Throughout A Mouth Full of Blood our search for truth, moral integrity and expertise is met by Toni Morrison with controlled anger, elegance and literary excellence.
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Outstanding
- By Amazon Customer on 15-03-21
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Mouth Full of Blood
- Essays, Speeches, Meditations
- Narrated by: Bahni Turpin
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 21-02-19
- Language: English
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The Royal Art of Poison
- Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicines and Murder Most Foul
- By: Eleanor Herman
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall293
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Performance264
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Story265
For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roiling, vomit-inducing agony of a little something added to their food or wine by an enemy. To avoid poison, they depended on tasters, unicorn horns and antidotes tested on condemned prisoners. The Royal Art of Poison is a hugely entertaining work of popular history that traces the use of poison as a political - and cosmetic - tool in the royal courts of Western Europe from the Middle Ages to the Kremlin today.
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A really great book!
- By James Moynihan on 20-06-20
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The Royal Art of Poison
- Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicines and Murder Most Foul
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 04-07-19
- Language: English
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Harry Potter - the Ultimate Quiz
- 400 Questions and Answers
- By: Jack Goldstein
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance36
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Story36
Join quizmaster Jason Zenobia for The Ultimate Harry Potter Quiz and find out who can rightfully wear the crown as the king or queen of Harry Potter knowledge. Perhaps you’ve read the books from cover to cover three times each, or you’ve visited the studio tour every year since it opened...but how much of it all can you remember? Do you know, for instance, which animal each character casts as their Patronus charm? Can you reel off the names of all of the shops in Hogsmeade? What is Mandrake root used for...and which two types of Dragon still roam the British Isles?
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Meh. it's ok.
- By Kez on 21-12-19
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Harry Potter - the Ultimate Quiz
- 400 Questions and Answers
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 3 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 18-09-18
- Language: English
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A History of Fascism, 1914–1945
- By: Stanley G. Payne
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance16
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Story16
Focusing mostly on Italy and Germany but also considering Spain, Romania, Japan, and movements in other countries, Payne describes fascism as revolutionary ultranationalism based on national rebirth, extreme elitism, mass mobilization, and the promotion of violence and military virtues. He also suggests that the early Russian communists borrowed many techniques from fascism, and that though we are fairly well-inoculated against fascism itself, the values it represents could still emerge in new forms.
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Many minor errors throws shade on other claims
- By Josephine on 01-09-25
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A History of Fascism, 1914–1945
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 20 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 27-03-18
- Language: English
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- Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier
- By: Patrick Grant
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall271
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Performance263
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Story263
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER ‘Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book’ CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'Patrick’s book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back to basics’ JOE LYCETT We used to care a lot about our clothes. We didn’t have many but those we had...
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Stood out for good... Until they didn't
- By Mrs B on 01-11-24
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Less
- Stop Buying So Much Rubbish: How Having Fewer, Better Things Can Make Us Happier
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-05-24
- Language: English
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The Plot to Kill King
- The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- By: Dr. William F. Pepper Esq.
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance27
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Story27
William Pepper was James Earl Ray's lawyer in the trial for the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., and even after Ray's conviction and death, Pepper continues to adamantly argue Ray's innocence. This myth-shattering expose is a revised, updated, and heavily expanded volume of Pepper's original best-selling and critically-acclaimed book of the same name, with 26 years of additional research included. The result reveals dramatic new details of the night of the murder, the trial, and why Ray was chosen to take the fall for an evil conspiracy.
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Fantastically detailed, thorough & shocking
- By Donna Shannon on 30-01-21
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The Plot to Kill King
- The Truth Behind the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
- Narrated by: Noah Michael Levine
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 16-12-16
- Language: English
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180 Degrees
- Unlearn the Lies You've Been Taught to Believe
- By: Feargus Greenwood
- Narrated by: Ben Hawkes
- Length: 24 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Stop for a moment and take a look at the world around you. Does everything seem normal? Or is it all upside down? Do you think this is happening just by chance? And if it isn’t, wouldn’t you like to know what is really going on?
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180 Degrees
- Unlearn the Lies You've Been Taught to Believe
- Narrated by: Ben Hawkes
- Length: 24 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 30-12-25
- Language: English
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Donovan
- America’s Master Spy
- By: Richard Dunlop, William Stephenson - foreword
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 25 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance16
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The fascinating biography of the man who laid the foundation for the CIA. One of the most celebrated and highly decorated heroes of World War I, a noted trial lawyer, presidential adviser and emissary, and chief of America’s Office of Strategic Services during World War II, William J. Donovan was a legendary figure. Donovan, originally published in 1982, penetrates the cloak of secrecy surrounding this remarkable man. The result is the definitive biography that Donovan himself had always expected Dunlop would write.
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not intersting not one spy story
- By george on 22-10-17
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Donovan
- America’s Master Spy
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 25 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 14-02-14
- Language: English
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Unsolved Child Murders
- Eighteen American Cases, 1956-1998
- By: Emily G. Thompson
- Narrated by: Pamela Almand
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall126
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Performance111
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Story110
An estimated 800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States. Only one in 10,000 are found dead. Yet unsolved child murders are almost a daily occurrence - of nearly 52,000 juvenile homicides between 1980 and 2008, more than 20 percent remain open. Drawing on FBI reports, police and court records, and interviews with victims’ families, this book provides details and evidence for 18 unsolved cases from 1956 to 1998.
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Interesting
- By Anne Dudley on 20-11-21
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Unsolved Child Murders
- Eighteen American Cases, 1956-1998
- Narrated by: Pamela Almand
- Length: 9 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 08-10-19
- Language: English
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Do Let’s Have Another Drink
- The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
- By: Gareth Russell
- Narrated by: Fiona Hampton
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance28
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Story29
A Times Best Book on the Royal Family of the Year 2022 This is a biography of the Queen Mother with all the dull bits stripped out. When told that Lady Mountbatten was being buried at sea, the Queen Mother replied cheerfully. ‘Dear old Edwina, she always did like to make a splash!’ During...
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Dreadful
- By Tessa on 17-10-22
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Do Let’s Have Another Drink
- The Singular Wit and Double Measures of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
- Narrated by: Fiona Hampton
- Length: 7 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 13-10-22
- Language: English
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Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- By: Christopher Hitchens
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,539
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Performance1,267
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Story1,259
In this long-awaited and candid memoir, Hitchens re-traces the footsteps of his life to date, from his childhood in Portsmouth, with his adoring, tragic mother and reserved Naval officer father; to his life in Washington DC, the base from which from he would launch fierce attacks on tyranny of all kinds. Along the way, he recalls the girls, boys and booze; the friendships and the feuds; the grand struggles and lost causes; and the mistakes and misgivings that have characterised his life.
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Honest but difficult listening
- By Penny on 18-06-16
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Hitch-22
- A Memoir
- Narrated by: Christopher Hitchens
- Length: 17 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 26-12-11
- Language: English
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Our Dollar, Your Problem
- An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead
- By: Kenneth Rogoff
- Narrated by: Evan Sibley
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance8
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Drawing in part on his own experiences, including with policymakers and world leaders, Kenneth Rogoff animates the remarkable postwar run of the dollar—how it beat out the Japanese yen, the Soviet ruble, and the euro—and the challenges it faces today from crypto and the Chinese yuan, the end of reliably low inflation and interest rates, political instability, and the fracturing of the dollar bloc.
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Our Dollar, Your Problem
- An Insider's View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead
- Narrated by: Evan Sibley
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 10-06-25
- Language: English
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Victoria
- A Life
- By: A. N. Wilson
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall198
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Performance168
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Story167
To many Queen Victoria was a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique, portrayed as an aging, stiff widow. But in truth Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was passionate, expressive, humorous, and unconventional. A. N. Wilson’s exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources, showing us Queen Victoria as she’s never been seen before.
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Riveting and entertaining?
- By Richard H on 27-06-19
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Victoria
- A Life
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-02-15
- Language: English
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Blood Will Tell
- A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII
- By: Kyra Cornelius Kramer
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance22
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With his tumultuous love life, relentless pursuit of a male heir, and drastic religious transformation, England's King Henry VIII's life sounds more like reality television than history. He was a man of fascinating contradictions. What could have caused his incredible paradoxes? Could there be a simple medical explanation for the king's descent into tyranny? Where do the answers lie? Blood will tell.
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Impossible
- By Boko on 15-12-20
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Blood Will Tell
- A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII
- Narrated by: Pam Ward
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 17-01-19
- Language: English
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Five Days in London, May 1940
- By: John Lukacs
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall136
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Performance109
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Story109
In the days between May 24th and 28th, 1940, the British War Cabinet held a historical debate over whether to negotiate with Hitler or to continue the war. In this magisterial work, John Lukacs demonstrates the decisive importance of those five days. Lukacs takes us hour by hour into the critical unfolding of events at 10 Downing Street, where Churchill, who had only been prime minister for a fortnight, painfully considered his war responsibilities.
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Excellent history
- By Amazon Customer on 15-11-07
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Five Days in London, May 1940
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 14-12-06
- Language: English
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