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Meilleures ventes
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- Auteur(s): Joel F. Harrington
- Narrateur(s): James Gillies
- Durée: 9 h et 39 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting and surprisingly touching book
- Écrit par Jon le 2018-10-28
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Emperor
- A New Life of Charles V
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey Parker
- Narrateur(s): Nigel Patterson
- Durée: 26 h et 24 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 2
The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers....
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London's Triumph
- Merchants, Adventurers, and Money in Shakespeare's City
- Auteur(s): Stephen Alford
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 10 h et 31 min
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At the start of the 16th century, England was hardly involved in the wider world, and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city....
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Martin Luther
- The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
- Auteur(s): Eric Metaxas
- Narrateur(s): Eric Metaxas
- Durée: 20 h et 39 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 57
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 57
From author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation....
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2 out of 5 stars
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DISAPPOINTING
- Écrit par brien thurstson le 2024-03-06
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Spice
- The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World
- Auteur(s): Roger Crowley
- Narrateur(s): Samuel Roukin
- Durée: 8 h et 57 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 1
The story of the 16th-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I will never look at spices the same again
- Écrit par Rainbow J. le 2025-01-28
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Conquistadores
- A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
- Auteur(s): Fernando Cervantes
- Narrateur(s): Luis Soto
- Durée: 15 h et 8 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 2
A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the conquistadors
- Écrit par James Burns le 2023-04-12
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- Auteur(s): Joel F. Harrington
- Narrateur(s): James Gillies
- Durée: 9 h et 39 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 41
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 40
In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting and surprisingly touching book
- Écrit par Jon le 2018-10-28
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Emperor
- A New Life of Charles V
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey Parker
- Narrateur(s): Nigel Patterson
- Durée: 26 h et 24 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 2
The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers....
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London's Triumph
- Merchants, Adventurers, and Money in Shakespeare's City
- Auteur(s): Stephen Alford
- Narrateur(s): John Lee
- Durée: 10 h et 31 min
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Au global0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Histoire0 out of 5 stars 0
At the start of the 16th century, England was hardly involved in the wider world, and London remained a gloomy, introverted medieval city....
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Martin Luther
- The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
- Auteur(s): Eric Metaxas
- Narrateur(s): Eric Metaxas
- Durée: 20 h et 39 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 68
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 57
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 57
From author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation....
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2 out of 5 stars
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DISAPPOINTING
- Écrit par brien thurstson le 2024-03-06
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Spice
- The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World
- Auteur(s): Roger Crowley
- Narrateur(s): Samuel Roukin
- Durée: 8 h et 57 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 1
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 1
The story of the 16th-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I will never look at spices the same again
- Écrit par Rainbow J. le 2025-01-28
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Conquistadores
- A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
- Auteur(s): Fernando Cervantes
- Narrateur(s): Luis Soto
- Durée: 15 h et 8 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 2
A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the conquistadors
- Écrit par James Burns le 2023-04-12
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Reformations
- The Early Modern World, 1450-1650
- Auteur(s): Carlos M. N. Eire
- Narrateur(s): David Drummond
- Durée: 39 h et 42 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 2
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 2
Carlos Eire, popular professor and gifted writer, chronicles the 200-year era of the Renaissance and Reformation with particular attention to issues that persist as concerns in the present day....
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- Auteur(s): David Wootton
- Narrateur(s): James Langton
- Durée: 22 h et 5 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 4
A groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good
- Écrit par Eugenius Radius le 2018-01-02
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A Hangman’s Diary
- The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617
- Auteur(s): Franz Schmidt, Albrecht Keller - editor and translator, C. Calvert BA - translator, Autres
- Narrateur(s): John McLain
- Durée: 4 h et 51 min
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Au global3 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 2
Now an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman's Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason for the punishment....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Intermittent static ruins experience
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2024-10-28
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Imprudent King
- A New Life of Philip II
- Auteur(s): Geoffrey Parker
- Narrateur(s): Nigel Patterson
- Durée: 18 h et 36 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 3
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 3
Philip II is not only the most famous king in Spanish history, but one of the most famous monarchs in English history: the man who married Mary Tudor and later launched the Spanish Armada against her sister Elizabeth I....
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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
- Auteur(s): Benvenuto Cellini
- Narrateur(s): Robert Whitfield
- Durée: 15 h et 31 min
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Au global3 out of 5 stars 1
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars 1
Master Italian sculptor, goldsmith, and writer Benvenuto Cellini is best remembered for his magnificent autobiography....
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
- Auteur(s): Ian Mortimer
- Narrateur(s): Mike Grady
- Durée: 17 h et 45 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 12
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 11
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 11
Organized as a travel guide for the time-hopping tourist, The Time-Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England is an entertaining popular history with a twist....
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Fatal Discord
- Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind
- Auteur(s): Michael Massing
- Narrateur(s): Tom Parks
- Durée: 34 h et 52 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 5
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 5
This deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history examines two of the greatest minds of European history - Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther - and their heated rivalry....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sprawling and captivating throughout
- Écrit par Big Gucci Kony le 2024-09-28
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The Dawning of the Apocalypse
- The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century
- Auteur(s): Gerald Horne
- Narrateur(s): Bill Andrew Quinn
- Durée: 8 h et 18 min
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars 3
Acclaimed historian Gerald Horne troubles America's settler colonialism's "creation myth"....
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God's Shadow
- Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World
- Auteur(s): Alan Mikhail
- Narrateur(s): James Cameron Stewart
- Durée: 16 h et 11 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 7
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Long neglected in world history, the Ottoman Empire was a hub of intellectual fervor, geopolitical power, and enlightened pluralistic rule. At the height of their authority in the 16th century, the Ottomans controlled more territory and ruled over more people than any world power....
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5 out of 5 stars
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A well explained book on an influential person
- Écrit par Burak Can le 2020-08-27
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Popes and Feminists
- How the Reformation Frees Women from Feminism
- Auteur(s): Elise Crapuchettes
- Narrateur(s): Elise Crapuchettes
- Durée: 4 h et 35 min
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Before the Reformation, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, being a wife or mother was not a holy vocation. The only “spiritual” calling for women was to be found in a convent. The Reformers confronted the bad theology which led to this....
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Cabeza de Vaca's Adventures in the Unknown Interior of America
- Auteur(s): Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca
- Narrateur(s): Frasier Mackenzie
- Durée: 5 h et 5 min
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Cabeza de Vaca was part of a 1527 Spanish expedition to explore the region north of the Gulf of Mexico. His group lost contact with their ships, and traveled on foot across Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and northern Mexico for the next eight years....
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Protestants
- The Faith That Made the Modern World
- Auteur(s): Alec Ryrie
- Narrateur(s): Tim Bruce
- Durée: 20 h et 14 min
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In this dazzling global history that charts five centuries of innovation and change, Alec Ryrie makes the case that Protestants made the modern world....
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The Teutonic Knights
- A Military History
- Auteur(s): William Urban
- Narrateur(s): Brian Troxell
- Durée: 12 h et 49 min
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The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. William Urban's narrative charts the rise and fall of the Order and, in an accessible and engaging style, throws light on a band of knights whose deeds and motives have long been misunderstood....
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The Jewel House
- Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
- Auteur(s): Deborah Harkness
- Narrateur(s): Kate Reading
- Durée: 14 h et 13 min
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Best-selling author Deborah E. Harkness explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London....
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Spain
- The Centre of the World 1519-1682
- Auteur(s): Robert Goodwin
- Narrateur(s): Jeremy Clyde
- Durée: 21 h et 2 min
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Robert Goodwin delves into previously unrecorded sources to bring a tumultuous and exciting period to life. Spain is a revealing portrait of an empire at the height of its power and a world at the dawn of a new age....
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Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
- The Secret History Behind the Tudor Throne
- Auteur(s): Tracy Borman
- Narrateur(s): Julie Teal
- Durée: 17 h et 53 min
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Au global5 out of 5 stars 2
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Recounting Henry VIII's life and signal moments through the lens of his male relationships, Tracy Borman’s new biography reveals Henry’s personality in all its multi-faceted, contradictory glory, and sheds fresh light on his reign for anyone fascinated by the Tudor era and its legacy....
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Rebel in the Ranks
- Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World
- Auteur(s): Brad S. Gregory
- Narrateur(s): Sean Runnette
- Durée: 9 h et 45 min
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On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther....
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Vagabond Princess
- The Great Adventures of Gulbadan
- Auteur(s): Ruby Lal
- Narrateur(s): Elizabeth Wiley
- Durée: 11 h et 12 min
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Situated in the early decades of the magnificent Mughal Empire, this first ever biography of Princess Gulbadan offers an enthralling portrait of a charismatic adventurer and unique pictures of the multicultural society in which she lived.
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The Return of Martin Guerre
- Auteur(s): Natalie Zemon Davis
- Narrateur(s): Sarah Mollo-Christensen
- Durée: 3 h et 35 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 9
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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!
- Écrit par Roberta W le 2024-10-28
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- Auteur(s): Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage - translator
- Narrateur(s): Ric Jerrom
- Durée: 25 h et 49 min
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During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. Author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East....
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New World, Inc.
- Auteur(s): John Butman, Simon Targett
- Narrateur(s): Chris Kipiniak
- Durée: 12 h et 32 min
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Three generations of English merchant adventurers - not the Pilgrims, as we have so long believed - were the earliest founders of America. Profit - not piety - was their primary motive....
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Elizabeth's London
- Everyday Life in Elizabethan London
- Auteur(s): Liza Picard
- Narrateur(s): Liza Picard
- Durée: 7 h et 24 min
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Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London....
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Margaret Beaufort
- Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
- Auteur(s): Elizabeth Norton
- Narrateur(s): Debra Burton
- Durée: 5 h et 47 min
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Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time....
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In Bed with the Tudors
- From Elizabeth of York to Elizabeth I
- Auteur(s): Amy Licence
- Narrateur(s): Debra Burton
- Durée: 7 h et 33 min
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Illegitimate children, adulterous queens, impotent kings, and a whole dynasty resting on their shoulders....