Bestsellers
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A Woman of No Importance
- The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- Written by: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story5 out of 5 stars 75
A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine....
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5 out of 5 stars
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No issues with EXCELLENT narration!
- By Ron Larocque on 2019-07-16
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Normandy '44
- D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story5 out of 5 stars 29
D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west - the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Kindle Customer on 2023-08-12
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Picasso the Foreigner
- An Artist in France, 1900-1973
- Written by: Annie Cohen-Solal, Sam Taylor - translator
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Before Picasso became Picasso—the iconic artist now celebrated as one of France's leading figures—he was constantly surveilled by the police. Amidst political tensions in the spring of 1901, he was flagged as an anarchist by the security services....
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Kiki Man Ray
- Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
- Written by: Mark Braude
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning historian Mark Braude illuminates for the first time Kiki de Montparnasse's seminal influence not only on Man Ray's art, but on the culture of 1920s Paris and beyond....
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The Collapse of the Third Republic
- An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 48 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
As an international war correspondent and radio commentator, William L. Shirer didn't just research the fall of France. He was there. In just six weeks, he watched the Third Reich topple one of the world's oldest military powers - and institute a rule of terror and paranoia....
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5 out of 5 stars
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10 stars
- By Roberta W on 2024-10-27
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- Written by: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 218
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 196
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Story5 out of 5 stars 196
From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times best-selling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well woven tale
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-12-10
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A Woman of No Importance
- The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- Written by: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 74
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Story5 out of 5 stars 75
A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II, from the author of Clementine....
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5 out of 5 stars
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No issues with EXCELLENT narration!
- By Ron Larocque on 2019-07-16
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Normandy '44
- D-Day and the Epic 77-Day Battle for France
- Written by: James Holland
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 24 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 29
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Story5 out of 5 stars 29
D-Day, June 6, 1944, and the 76 days of bitter fighting in Normandy that followed the Allied landing, have become the defining episode of World War II in the west - the object of books, films, television series, and documentaries....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- By Kindle Customer on 2023-08-12
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Picasso the Foreigner
- An Artist in France, 1900-1973
- Written by: Annie Cohen-Solal, Sam Taylor - translator
- Narrated by: Carlotta Brentan
- Length: 19 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Before Picasso became Picasso—the iconic artist now celebrated as one of France's leading figures—he was constantly surveilled by the police. Amidst political tensions in the spring of 1901, he was flagged as an anarchist by the security services....
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Kiki Man Ray
- Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
- Written by: Mark Braude
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 9 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Award-winning historian Mark Braude illuminates for the first time Kiki de Montparnasse's seminal influence not only on Man Ray's art, but on the culture of 1920s Paris and beyond....
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The Collapse of the Third Republic
- An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
- Written by: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 48 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 26
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 25
As an international war correspondent and radio commentator, William L. Shirer didn't just research the fall of France. He was there. In just six weeks, he watched the Third Reich topple one of the world's oldest military powers - and institute a rule of terror and paranoia....
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5 out of 5 stars
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10 stars
- By Roberta W on 2024-10-27
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- Written by: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 218
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 196
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Story5 out of 5 stars 196
From the massively popular podcaster and New York Times best-selling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well woven tale
- By Amazon Customer on 2024-12-10
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Citizens
- A Chronicle of the French Revolution
- Written by: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 36 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a decadent aristocracy and corrupt court....
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Paris in Ruins
- Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
- Written by: Sebastian Smee
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Incisive and absorbing, Paris in Ruins captures the shifting passions and politics of the art world, revealing how the siege and the chaos of the Commune had a profound impact on modern art, and how artistic genius can emerge from darkness and catastrophe.
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Bismarck's War
- The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
- Written by: Rachel Chrastil
- Narrated by: Sarah Borges
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3 out of 5 stars 2
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 2
Historian Rachel Chrastil presents a definitive new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I....
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The Escape Line
- How the Ordinary Heroes of Dutch-Paris Resisted the Nazi Occupation of Western Europe
- Written by: Megan Koreman
- Narrated by: Christa Lewis
- Length: 11 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Between 1942 and 1945, a group of ordinary citizens formed a network to smuggle Dutch Jews and others targeted by the Nazis south into France, via Paris, and then to Switzerland. This network became known as the Dutch-Paris Escape Line....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- By Roberta W on 2024-10-21
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A New World Begins
- The History of the French Revolution
- Written by: Jeremy D. Popkin
- Narrated by: Pete Cross, Jeremy D. Popkin
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the listener in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Learned a lot
- By Kathryn Smith on 2023-08-17
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Wine and War
- The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
- Written by: Donald Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine....
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Twilight of the Elites
- Prosperity, the Periphery, and the Future of France
- Written by: Christophe Guilluy, Malcolm DeBevoise - Translated by
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 5 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 1
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Story3 out of 5 stars 1
Christophe Guilluy, a French geographer, makes the case that France has become an "American society" - one that is both increasingly multicultural and increasingly unequal....
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The Years
- Written by: Annie Ernaux
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 8
The Years is a personal narrative of the period of 1941 to 2006 told through the lens of memory....
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Nelson's Trafalgar
- The Battle That Changed the World
- Written by: Roy Adkins
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy, under Lord Horatio Nelson, dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon....
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L'Histoire de France pour les nuls
- Written by: Jean-Joseph Julaud
- Narrated by: Jean-Christophe Acquaviva, Aline Chetail
- Length: 35 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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L'Histoire de France des origines à nos jours, racontée avec passion et humour ! Un champ de ruines, voilà ce que risquent de devenir vos connaissances en...
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The Longest Day
- June 6, 1944
- Written by: Cornelius Ryan
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 10
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy....
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A Concise History of France
- Written by: Roger Price
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 19 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1
Ranging from the early Middle Ages to the present, this is the broadest and most up-to-date study of French history available in English. Among its themes are the relationships between state and society, the impact of war, competition for power, and the ways in which power has been used....
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The Return of Martin Guerre
- Written by: Natalie Zemon Davis
- Narrated by: Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Length: 3 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered into the court on a wooden leg, denounced Arnaud, and reestablished his claim to the identity, property, and wife of Martin Guerre....
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4 out of 5 stars
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This was intriguing!
- By Roberta W on 2024-10-28
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Le chant du départ
- Napoléon 1
- Written by: Max Gallo
- Narrated by: Jean-Marc Galéra
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 12
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 12
Il est arrivé le 15 mai 1779 à l'École royale militaire de Brienne. Il n'a pas encore dix ans et parle à peine le français... Il va rester cinq ans dans cette école...
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The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution
- Written by: Timothy Tackett
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Between 1793 and 1794, thousands of French citizens were imprisoned and hundreds sent to the guillotine by a dictatorship that claimed to be acting in the public interest. Only a few years earlier, revolutionaries had proclaimed a new era of tolerance, equal justice, and human rights....
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Des Gaulois aux Carolingiens
- Histoire de France 1
- Written by: Bruno Dumézil
- Narrated by: Bruno Dumézil
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 5
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Story5 out of 5 stars 5
En près de cinq heures, cet audio retrace l'histoire de France depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à la fin de l'empire carolingien...
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3 out of 5 stars
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Décevant
- By JBF on 2021-10-06
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The Great Cat Massacre
- And Other Episodes in French Cultural History
- Written by: Robert Darnton
- Narrated by: Ken Kliban
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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The landmark history of France and French culture in the 18th century, a winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize....
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Napoleon
- A Life
- Written by: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 27 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 76
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 75
The story of Napoleon has been written many times. In some versions, he is a military genius, in others a war-obsessed tyrant. Historian Adam Zamoyski cuts through the mythology and explains Napoleon against the background of the European Enlightenment and what he was seeking to achieve....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great narration. Historically biased writing.
- By Quadratic on 2019-06-10
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Paris '44
- The Shame and the Glory
- Written by: Patrick Bishop
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Celebrating the eightieth anniversary of the liberation of Paris, Paris '44 is a heart-stopping countdown narrative recreating the liberation of Paris in 1944, one of the great hinge moments of WW2.
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When Paris Sizzled
- The 1920s Paris of Hemingway, Chanel, Cocteau, Cole Porter, Josephine Baker, and Their Friends
- Written by: Mary McAuliffe
- Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Story4 out of 5 stars 5
When Paris Sizzled vividly portrays the City of Light during the fabulous 1920s, when Parisians emerged from the horrors of war to find that a new world greeted them....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding!
- By Roberta W on 2024-08-17
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- Written by: Tom Reiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 25
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 24
General Alex Dumas is a man almost unknown today, yet his story is strikingly familiar—because his son, the novelist Alexandre Dumas, used his larger-than-life feats as inspiration for such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very enjoyable dive into the forgotten father
- By Alex Martin on 2020-11-05
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The Catacombs of Rome and Paris
- The History and Legacy of Europe's Most Famous Ossuaries
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 2 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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The Catacombs of Rome and Paris examines the origins of these necropolises, their development throughout the years, and the period of rediscovery that put these subterranean cemeteries on the map....
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1217
- The Battles that Saved England
- Written by: Dr Catherine Hanley, Tina Ross - cartographer
- Narrated by: Veronika Hyks
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1215 King John had agreed to the terms of Magna Carta, but he then reneged on his word, plunging the kingdom into war. The rebellious barons offered the throne to the French prince Louis and set off the chain of events that almost changed the course of English history.
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The Cartiers
- The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
- Written by: Francesca Cartier Brickell
- Narrated by: Hattie Morahan
- Length: 23 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 9
The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s....