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Hunting Eichmann
- Chasing Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
- By: Neal Bascomb
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall178
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Performance159
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Story158
Best-selling author Neal Bascomb has garnered critical acclaim for such riveting nonfiction as Higher and Red Mutiny. Based on extensive interviews and previously classified details, Hunting Eichmann is a compelling account of the relentless hunt for the nefarious Adolf Eichmann.
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Fantastic narration of an amazing story
- By Neville on 29-10-18
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Hunting Eichmann
- Chasing Down the World's Most Notorious Nazi
- Narrated by: Paul Hecht
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 27-02-09
- Language: English
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Passchendaele
- The Story of the Third Battle of Ypres 1917
- By: Lyn Macdonald
- Narrated by: Alison Dowling
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall58
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Performance52
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Story52
Brought to you by Penguin. 'Four years of war turned Ypres into a ghost town. Not a leaf grew on a tree. Scarcely one stone stood upon another. From the battered ramparts the eye swept clean across a field of rubble to the swamp-lands beyond . . .' The Third Battle of Ypres, ending in a...
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A story that needed to be told
- By MR JAMES PARIS on 29-01-21
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Passchendaele
- The Story of the Third Battle of Ypres 1917
- Narrated by: Alison Dowling
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 03-12-20
- Language: English
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Revolusi
- Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World (SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE)
- By: David Van Reybrouck, David Colmer - translator, David McKay - translator
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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Story14
Brought to you by Penguin. **Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2024** A story of staggering scope and drama, Revolusi is the masterful and definitive account of the epic revolution that sparked the decolonisation of the modern world. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2024* On a...
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Great book, awfully read
- By Jansen on 02-09-25
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Revolusi
- Indonesia and the Birth of the Modern World (SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE)
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-02-24
- Language: English
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Francis Bacon
- Revelations
- By: Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall60
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Performance52
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Story51
The Times Art Book of the Year 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD 2022 ‘Must surely be the definitive life of Francis Bacon … A biography that no Bacon fan – or indeed foe – can afford to overlook … Mesmerising’ THE TIMES ‘A magnificent triumph … I was captivated by every...
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Well narrated but poorly edited
- By Anonymous on 22-01-21
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Francis Bacon
- Revelations
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 28 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 21-01-21
- Language: English
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Balkan Ghosts
- A Journey Through History
- By: Robert D. Kaplan
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall80
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Performance72
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Story72
From the assassination that triggered World War I to the ethnic warfare in Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia, the Balkans have been the crucible of the 20th century, the place where terrorism and genocide first became tools of policy. Chosen as one of the Best Books of the Year by the New York Times, and greeted with critical acclaim as "the most insightful and timely work on the Balkans to date" (The Boston Globe), Kaplan's prescient, enthralling, and often chilling political travelogue is already a modern classic.
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An enduring masterpiece
- By Aucher on 11-09-23
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Balkan Ghosts
- A Journey Through History
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 28-01-20
- Language: English
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The CIA Book Club
- The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War
- By: Charlie English
- Narrated by: James Parsons
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance20
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Story20
A Book of the Year in the Daily Telegraph and Economist LONGLISTED for the CWA ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction 2026 'This book reads like a spy novel' FINANICAL TIMES 'Entertaining and vivid' OBSERVER...
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Started well then gets bogged down in the details
- By Liz on 12-03-26
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The CIA Book Club
- The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War
- Narrated by: James Parsons
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 13-03-25
- Language: English
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The Unwomanly Face of War
- By: Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear - translator, Larissa Volokhonsky - translator
- Narrated by: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall167
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Performance144
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Story144
Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexeivich, read by Julia Emelin and Yelena Shmulenson. Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, The Unwomanly Face of War is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories from Soviet women who...
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Sadness of War
- By helloitsmefolks on 11-03-18
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The Unwomanly Face of War
- Narrated by: Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson
- Length: 14 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-11-17
- Language: English
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The Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- By: Thomas Childers
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall53
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Performance50
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Story50
In The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany, Thomas Childers shows how the young Hitler became passionately political and anti-Semitic as he lived on the margins of society. Fueled by outrage at the punitive terms imposed on Germany by the Versailles Treaty, he found his voice and drew a loyal following.
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Okay bar one or two things
- By Amazon Customer on 27-09-20
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The Third Reich
- A History of Nazi Germany
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 26 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 02-09-20
- Language: English
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Women vs Hollywood
- The Fall and Rise of Women in Film
- By: Helen O'Hara
- Narrated by: Helen O'Hara
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall139
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Performance122
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Story120
Hollywood was born just over a century ago, at a time of huge forward motion for women's rights. With no rules in place to stop them, there were women who forged ahead in many areas of filmmaking. Yet, despite the work of early pioneers like Dorothy Arzner, Mabel Normand, Mary Pickford and Alice Guy-Blaché, it soon came to embody the same old sexist standards. Women found themselves fighting a system that fed on their talent, creativity and beauty but refused to pay them the same respect as their male contemporaries - until now....
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Go Girls!
- By Nick Ord on 31-01-23
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Women vs Hollywood
- The Fall and Rise of Women in Film
- Narrated by: Helen O'Hara
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 18-02-21
- Language: English
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Malice in Wonderland
- The witty and perceptive diaries of Cecil Beaton's authorised biographer, 'the most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet' - FINANCIAL TIMES
- By: Hugo Vickers
- Narrated by: Hugo Vickers
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance23
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Story23
Hugo Vickers's adventures in the world of Cecil Beaton: an unputdownable portrait of a vanishing age, featuring untold anecdotes and thrilling titbits of royal gossip 'A fascinating document, a window on to a lost world of glamour, grandeur and snobbery . . . an elegy, sad and comical, to a...
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Tedious twaddle
- By Alex G on 07-04-26
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Malice in Wonderland
- The witty and perceptive diaries of Cecil Beaton's authorised biographer, 'the most knowledgeable royal biographer on the planet' - FINANCIAL TIMES
- Narrated by: Hugo Vickers
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 13-05-21
- Language: English
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The Nazis Knew My Name
- By: Maya Lee, Magda Hellinger, David Brewster
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Zoe Carides
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall14
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Performance14
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'This thought-provoking book is a must-read for anyone interested in the Holocaust' – Ariana Neumann The extraordinarily moving memoir by Australian Slovakian Holocaust survivor Magda Hellinger, who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage, kindness and...
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A well written book giving a different view of the holocaust.
- By Anonymous on 22-05-23
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The Nazis Knew My Name
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton, Zoe Carides
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 09-09-21
- Language: English
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A Northern Wind
- Britain 1962-65
- By: David Kynaston
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 27 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance30
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Story30
How much can change in less than two and a half years? In the case of Britain in the Sixties, the answer is: almost everything. From the seismic coming of the Beatles to a sex scandal that rocked the Tory government to the arrival at No 10 of Harold Wilson, a prime minister utterly different from his Old Etonian predecessors. A Northern Wind, the keenly anticipated next instalment of David Kynaston’s acclaimed Tales of a New Jerusalem series, brings to vivid life the period between October 1962 and February 1965.
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Swinging sixties
- By D. Parr on 25-10-23
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A Northern Wind
- Britain 1962-65
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Series: Tales of a New Jerusalem
- Length: 27 hrs
- Release date: 28-09-23
- Language: English
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Lost Kingdom
- The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance42
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Story41
From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe and the prizewinning author of Chernobyl, the essential history of Russian imperialism. In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine -- only the latest iteration of a centuries-long effort to expand Russian boundaries...
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informative.
- By Marcin on 20-09-22
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Lost Kingdom
- The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 10-10-17
- Language: English
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Wallis in Love
- By: Andrew Morton
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall129
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Performance115
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Story114
Wallis in Love brings a fascinating new perspective on the 20th century's most controversial royal scandal. Andrew Morton's impeccable research and unerring skill for riveting storytelling combine to present a strong case for a new and startling reveal: that the woman who rocked the world with her uncompromising passion for the Prince of Wales may have fooled everyone by keeping the object of her true passion hidden away....
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NOTHING NEW
- By Mojo on 23-03-18
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Wallis in Love
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 11 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 13-02-18
- Language: English
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Northern Ireland: The Fragile Peace
- By: Feargal Cochrane
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance24
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Story24
After two decades of relative peace following the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, the Brexit referendum in 2016 reopened the Northern Ireland question. In this thoughtful and engaging book, Feargal Cochrane considers the region's troubled history, from the struggle for Irish independence in the 19th century to the present.
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Bigoted Rubbish
- By Pezzer on 08-11-21
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Northern Ireland: The Fragile Peace
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-05-21
- Language: English
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The Walls Have Ears
- The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
- By: Helen Fry
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance71
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Story71
A history of the elaborate and brilliantly sustained World War II intelligence operation by which Hitler's generals were tricked into giving away vital Nazi secrets At the outbreak of World War II, MI6 spymaster Thomas Kendrick arrived at the Tower of London to set up a top secret operation...
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Returned after a 5 minute listen.
- By Gadgetfanatic on 27-09-19
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The Walls Have Ears
- The Greatest Intelligence Operation of World War II
- Narrated by: Jean Gilpin
- Length: 11 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 24-09-19
- Language: English
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The First Day of the Blitz: September 7, 1940
- By: Peter Stansky
- Narrated by: Edwin David
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance5
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On September 7, 1940, the long-feared and anticipated attack by the German Luftwaffe plunged London into a cauldron of fire and devastation. This compelling book recreates that day in all its horror, using rich archival sources and first-hand accounts, many never before published. Eminent historian Peter Stansky weaves together the stories of people who recorded their experiences of the opening hours of the Blitz. Then, exploring more deeply, the author examines what that critical day meant to the nation at the time, and what it came to mean in following years.
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The First Day of the Blitz: September 7, 1940
- Narrated by: Edwin David
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 12-03-18
- Language: English
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A Flower Traveled in My Blood
- The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children
- By: Haley Cohen Gilliland
- Narrated by: Alejandra Reynoso
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2
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Performance1
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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2025 THE WASHINGTON POST’S 5 BEST NONFICTION BOOKS OF 2025 THE ATLANTIC’S 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2025 THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S BEST BOOKS OF 2025 TIME MAGAZINE’S BEST BOOKS...
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Truly astounding!
- By "kattiek" on 12-03-26
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A Flower Traveled in My Blood
- The Incredible True Story of the Grandmothers Who Fought to Find a Stolen Generation of Children
- Narrated by: Alejandra Reynoso
- Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 15-07-25
- Language: English
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Upstairs & Downstairs
- My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid
- By: Hilda Newman, Tim Tate
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall283
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Performance251
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Story250
The year was 1935: the twilight of the English aristocracy. It was a time of wealth and glamour; of lavish balls and evening gowns; of tiaras and a coronation. As personal maid to Lady Coventry, Hilda Newman had a unique insight into the leisured life of one of Britain's most noble families. In her fascinating memoir of life upstairs and down, Hilda takes us back to this period between the wars; a gilded era which would soon be dramatically changed by the Second World War.
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Mildly interesting
- By Amazon Customer on 01-10-19
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Upstairs & Downstairs
- My Life In Service as a Lady's Maid
- Narrated by: Helen Lloyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 19-09-19
- Language: English
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The Trigger
- By: Tim Butcher
- Narrated by: Tim Butcher
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance44
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Story45
On a summer morning in Sarajevo a hundred years ago, a teenage assassin fired not just the opening shots of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Gavrilo Princip triggered conflict that would claim millions of lives in battle, and turmoil that would change our world. Tim Butcher uncovers the unreported details of Princip’s life and draws on his own experience.
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Enlightening
- By circus god on 06-01-15
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The Trigger
- Narrated by: Tim Butcher
- Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 03-07-14
- Language: English
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