Bestsellers
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 584
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 488
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 485
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, annoying music
- By Rob Smith on 2020-07-18
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A Brief History of the Samurai
- Brief Histories
- Written by: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior....
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La vie quotidienne au Moyen Âge
- Written by: Jean Verdon
- Narrated by: Mathieu Buscatto
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Entre "Naître" et "Mourir", les vingt-deux chapitres de ce livre - appelé à devenir un classique - scandent l'existence des hommes et des femmes...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Des petits bouts de tout
- By Alouane on 2023-06-23
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In Search of the Dark Ages
- Written by: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the best-selling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting History and Well Narrated
- By Some Guy on 2023-02-25
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The Once and Future Sex
- Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
- Written by: Eleanor Janega
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 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
A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior....
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5 out of 5 stars
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easy to listen to
- By Anonymous User on 2024-05-01
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- Written by: Neil Price
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe....
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3 out of 5 stars
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An engaging written history of the Vikings...
- By Anonymous User on 2021-01-10
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Written by: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 584
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 488
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 485
The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great story, annoying music
- By Rob Smith on 2020-07-18
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A Brief History of the Samurai
- Brief Histories
- Written by: Jonathan Clements
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 9
From a leading expert in Japanese history, this is one of the first full histories of the art and culture of the Samurai warrior....
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La vie quotidienne au Moyen Âge
- Written by: Jean Verdon
- Narrated by: Mathieu Buscatto
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 6
Entre "Naître" et "Mourir", les vingt-deux chapitres de ce livre - appelé à devenir un classique - scandent l'existence des hommes et des femmes...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Des petits bouts de tout
- By Alouane on 2023-06-23
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In Search of the Dark Ages
- Written by: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 14 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4
In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the best-selling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Interesting History and Well Narrated
- By Some Guy on 2023-02-25
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The Once and Future Sex
- Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society
- Written by: Eleanor Janega
- Narrated by: Samara Naeymi
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 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
A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior....
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5 out of 5 stars
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easy to listen to
- By Anonymous User on 2024-05-01
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- Written by: Neil Price
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 17 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 60
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 52
The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe....
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3 out of 5 stars
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An engaging written history of the Vikings...
- By Anonymous User on 2021-01-10
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Brothers York
- A Royal Tragedy
- Written by: Thomas Penn
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 23 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 6
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Story5 out of 5 stars 6
The Brothers York is the story of three remarkable brothers, two of whom were crowned kings of England and the other an heir presumptive, whose antagonism was fueled by the mistrust and vendettas of the age that brought their family to power....
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The Great Mortality
- An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time
- Written by: John Kelly
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 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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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
The Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern....
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- Written by: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
The 14th century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague....
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good but missed the mark
- By Alexandre Lariviere on 2021-07-14
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Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- Written by: John Foxe
- Narrated by: Robin Lawson
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 9
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Originally published in the 16th century, this is the classic history of the lives, sufferings, and deaths of the early Christian martyrs. As interesting as fiction, it is written with both passion and tenderness,...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Powerful
- By Amazon Customer on 2021-09-09
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- Written by: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? And what are you going to eat....
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4 out of 5 stars
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With ease didst i survive thanks to thy most excellent guide!
- By Liam on 2020-12-03
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The Early Middle Ages
- Written by: Philip Daileader, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Philip Daileader
- Length: 12 hrs and 32 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 121
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 120
These 24 lectures trace a journey from Scandinavia across central Europe to the farthest reaches of the Byzantine and Islamic empires, providing insight to this one-lost era....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Background
- By PaladinPhil on 2019-02-02
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Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife
- The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women
- Written by: Hetta Howes
- Narrated by: Amy Noble
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 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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An invaluable reassessment of what we think we know about the daily lives of women in medieval Europe.
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Medieval Europe
- Written by: Chris Wickham
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 55
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 43
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Story4 out of 5 stars 43
The millennium between the breakup of the western Roman Empire and the Reformation was a long and hugely transformative period....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pretty Good Historical Overview w/ a Few Problems
- By Ryan K. on 2017-10-28
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Heart of Europe
- A History of the Holy Roman Empire
- Written by: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 34 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 28
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 23
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Story4 out of 5 stars 23
The Holy Roman Empire lasted 1,000 years, far longer than ancient Rome. Yet this formidable dominion never inspired the awe of its predecessor....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Difficult to Digest, but a Worthwhile Pickup
- By 099880897979 on 2022-12-15
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Life in a Medieval Village
- Written by: Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
- Narrated by: Anne Flosnik
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story5 out of 5 stars 2
Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages....
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Jewish Life in Medieval Spain
- A New History
- Written by: Jonathan Ray
- Narrated by: Josh Bloomberg
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Jewish Life in Medieval Spain is a detailed exploration of the Jewish experience in medieval Spain from the dawn of Sephardic society in the ninth century to the expulsion of 1492.
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Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- Written by: Judith Herrin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 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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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization....
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The Bright Ages
- A New History of Medieval Europe
- Written by: Matthew Gabriele, David M. Perry
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, The Bright Ages shows the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality - a brilliant reflection of humanity itself....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Secularly biased
- By Ian weir on 2024-03-03
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The Greatest Knight
- The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones
- Written by: Thomas Asbridge
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 20
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 20
Asbridge charts the unparalleled rise to prominence of a man bound to a code of honor yet driven by unquenchable ambition....
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2 out of 5 stars
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STORY OF MARSHALL IS AMAZING but not this one.
- By Giggs on 2024-03-15
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The History of the Medieval World
- From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade
- Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 22 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 98
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 86
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 85
This erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled....
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1 out of 5 stars
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so disappointing
- By ELIZABETH L ROSS on 2019-06-05
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Mosquito Mayhem
- de Havilland’s Wooden Wonder in Action in WWII
- Written by: Martin W. Bowman
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 9
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10
The Mosquito was probably World War II's most versatile combat aircraft. This book contains hundreds of firsthand accounts from many of the two-man crews who flew in them; pilots and navigators....
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Les templiers
- Written by: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Nicolas Djermag
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 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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Ils ont commencé comme pèlerins, ont combattu comme moines guerriers, se sont enrichis comme banquiers et ont fini sur le bûcher comme hérétiques : Dan Jones...
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Genghis Khan
- His Conquests, His Empire, His Legacy
- Written by: Frank McLynn
- Narrated by: Tim Andres Pabon
- Length: 24 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 8
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7
Frank McLynn brings vividly to life the strange world of the Mongols and describes Temujin's rise from boyhood outcast to becoming Genghis Khan....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good book
- By patrick on 2023-07-20
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The History and Folklore of Vampires
- The Stories and Legends Behind the Mythical Beings
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 1 hr and 21 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
The History and Folklore of Vampires chronicles how vampires became so popular....
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Sailing from Byzantium
- How a Lost Empire Shaped the World
- Written by: Colin Wells
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3
A gripping intellectual adventure story, Sailing from Byzantium sweeps you from the deserts of Arabia to the dark forests of northern Russia....
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The Templars
- The History and the Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons
- Written by: Michael Haag
- Narrated by: Guy Bethell
- Length: 11 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 21
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 19
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Story4 out of 5 stars 19
Arguably one of the most provocative, puzzling, and misunderstood organizations of medieval times, the legendary Knights Templar have always been shrouded in a veil of mystery....
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3 out of 5 stars
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An okay overview. Narrator voice slurry at times.
- By Lisa on 2024-05-11
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Samarkand
- The History and Legacy of One of Asia's Oldest Cities
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Jim D. Johnston
- Length: 1 hr and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Samarkand is one of the oldest cities of Central Asia, founded nearly 3,000 years ago....
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The Viking Age: New Perspectives on History and Culture
- Written by: Jennifer Paxton, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer Paxton
- Length: 6 hrs and 37 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 1
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Story4 out of 5 stars 1
In this 12-lecture course that corrects the record on a transformative period in world history, professor and prolific Viking Age scholar Jennifer Paxton unpack the scope and scale of Viking exploits in Europe.
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Harun al-Rashid: The Life and Legacy of the Abbasid Caliph During the Islamic Golden Age
- Written by: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Bill Hare
- Length: 1 hr and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
Like many historical figures, Harun al-Rashid’s biography has become part reality and part myth....