Royalty History
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King of the North Wind
- The Life of Henry II in Five Acts
- Auteur(s): Claudia Gold
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Oliver
- Durée: 13 h et 1 min
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Henry II had all the gifts of the gods. He was charismatic, clever, learned, empathetic, a brilliant tactician, with great physical strength and an astonishing self-belief. Henry was the creator of the Plantagenet dynasty of kings, who ruled through eight generations in command of vast lands in Britain and Europe. Virtually unbeaten in battle, and engaged in a ceaseless round of conquest and diplomacy, Henry forged an empire that matched Charlemagne's.
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King of the North Wind
- The Life of Henry II in Five Acts
- Narrateur(s): Jonathan Oliver
- Durée: 13 h et 1 min
- Date de publication: 2018-07-12
- Langue: Anglais
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Henry so famed during his lifetime has slipped into the shadows of history. King of the North Wind offers a fresh evaluation of this great yet tragic ruler....
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Catherine Parr: A Life from Beginning to End
- Biographies of British Royalty
- Auteur(s): Hourly History
- Narrateur(s): Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Durée: 58 min
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For many, she was simply the last of King Henry VIII’s many wives, but Catherine Parr was much more than that. She had a unique and incredible history all of her own. Catherine was a dynamic figure who survived more than her fair share of hardship. Even before she married Henry, she found herself caught up in the drama of England’s Reformation, and at one point, she was even held hostage in her own home by religious radicals.
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Catherine Parr: A Life from Beginning to End
- Biographies of British Royalty
- Narrateur(s): Matthew J. Chandler-Smith
- Durée: 58 min
- Date de publication: 2024-08-14
- Langue: Anglais
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For many, she was simply the last of King Henry VIII’s many wives, but Catherine Parr was much more than that. She had a unique and incredible history all of her own.
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The Ring and the Crown
- Auteur(s): Kate Williams
- Narrateur(s): Julia Franklin
- Durée: 4 h et 53 min
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An informative and entertaining look at royal weddings through English history. The excitement surrounding the marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton has prompted four of Britain's top historical biographers to look closely at Royal Weddings.
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The Ring and the Crown
- Narrateur(s): Julia Franklin
- Durée: 4 h et 53 min
- Date de publication: 2012-04-05
- Langue: Anglais
- An informative and entertaining look at royal weddings through English history....
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Marie Antoinette
- Auteur(s): Antonia Fraser
- Narrateur(s): Eleanor Bron
- Durée: 20 h et 18 min
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Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions. To many people, she is still 'la reine mechante', whose extravagance and frivolity helped to bring down the French monarchy; her indifference to popular suffering epitomised by the (apocryphal) words: 'let them eat cake'. Others are equally passionate in her defence: to them, she is a victim of misogyny.
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Not recommended
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2022-07-02
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Marie Antoinette
- Narrateur(s): Eleanor Bron
- Durée: 20 h et 18 min
- Date de publication: 2010-06-03
- Langue: Anglais
- Marie Antoinette's dramatic life-story continues to arouse mixed emotions....
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Cleopatra: A Biography
- Auteur(s): Duane W. Roller
- Narrateur(s): Mark Ashby
- Durée: 7 h et 5 min
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Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous - yet more poorly understood - than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the preservation of her dynasty and kingdom. Roller's authoritative account is the first to be based solely on primary materials from the Greco-Roman period: literary sources, Egyptian documents (Cleopatra's own writings), and representations in art and coinage produced while she was alive.
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Interesting and informative
- Écrit par Christy le 2020-11-26
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Cleopatra: A Biography
- Narrateur(s): Mark Ashby
- Durée: 7 h et 5 min
- Date de publication: 2013-05-06
- Langue: Anglais
- Few personalities from classical antiquity are more famous - yet more poorly understood - than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt....
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King Peggy
- An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
- Auteur(s): Eleanor Herman, Peggielene Bartels
- Narrateur(s): J. Karen Thomas
- Durée: 14 h et 13 min
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King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of an American secretary who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 souls on Ghana's central coast, half a world away. Upon arriving for her crowning ceremony in beautiful Otuam, she discovers the dire reality: there's no running water, no doctor, and no high school, and many of the village elders are stealing the town's funds. To make matters worse, her uncle (the late king) sits in a morgue awaiting a proper funeral in the royal palace, which is in ruins.
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King Peggy
- An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village
- Narrateur(s): J. Karen Thomas
- Durée: 14 h et 13 min
- Date de publication: 2012-02-21
- Langue: Anglais
- King Peggy chronicles the astonishing journey of an American secretary who suddenly finds herself king to a town of 7,000 souls on Ghana's central coast, half a world away....
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Royal Affairs
- A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy
- Auteur(s): Leslie Carroll
- Narrateur(s): Leslie Carroll
- Durée: 19 h et 1 min
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Royal unions have always been the stuff of scintillating gossip, from the passionate Plantagenets to Henry VIII’s alarming head count of wives and mistresses, to the Sapphic crushes of Mary and Anne Stuart right on up through the scandal-blighted coupling of Prince Charles and Princess Diana. Thrown into loveless, arranged marriages for political and economic gain, many royals were driven to indulge their pleasures outside the marital bed, engaging in delicious flirtations, lurid love letters, and rampant sex with voluptuous and willing partners.
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Royal Affairs
- A Lusty Romp Through the Extramarital Adventures That Rocked the British Monarchy
- Narrateur(s): Leslie Carroll
- Durée: 19 h et 1 min
- Date de publication: 2023-03-21
- Langue: Anglais
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A funny, raucous, and delightfully dirty history of 1,000 years of bedroom-hopping secrets and scandals of Britain’s royals, Royal Affairs will bring this arousing history alive....
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Princess Margaret
- The Royal House of Windsor
- Auteur(s): Helen Cathcart
- Narrateur(s): Lorna Bennett
- Durée: 8 h et 39 min
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Loyal sister and friend to Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret grew up in the public gaze and was one of the most-discussed women in the world. But what was early life like for the younger sibling of the future monarch? And what role did she carve for herself within the Royal Family?
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Princess Margaret
- The Royal House of Windsor
- Narrateur(s): Lorna Bennett
- Série: The Royal House of Windsor
- Durée: 8 h et 39 min
- Date de publication: 2022-11-22
- Langue: Anglais
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A compelling biography of Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon....
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Francis I
- The Maker of Modern France
- Auteur(s): Leonie Frieda
- Narrateur(s): Carole Boyd
- Durée: 13 h et 8 min
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Francis I (1494-1547) was inconstant, amorous, hotheaded and flawed. Yet he was also arguably the most significant king that France ever had. This is his story. A contemporary of Henry VIII of England, Francis saw himself as the first Renaissance king, a man who was the exemplar of courtly and civilised behaviour throughout Europe. A courageous and heroic warrior, he was also a keen aesthete, an accomplished diplomat and an energetic ruler who turned his country into a force to be reckoned with.
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Francis I
- The Maker of Modern France
- Narrateur(s): Carole Boyd
- Durée: 13 h et 8 min
- Date de publication: 2018-03-08
- Langue: Anglais
- Francis I (1494-1547) was inconstant, amorous, hotheaded and flawed. Yet he was also arguably the most significant king that France ever had....
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Daughters of the Sun
- Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
- Auteur(s): Ira Mukhoty
- Narrateur(s): Shernaz Patel
- Durée: 13 h et 8 min
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In 1526, when the nomadic Timurid warrior-scholar Babur rode into Hindustan, his wives, sisters, daughters, aunts and distant female relatives travelled with him. These women would help establish a dynasty and empire that would rule India for the next 200 years and become a byword for opulence and grandeur. In Daughters of the Sun, we meet remarkable characters like Khanzada Begum who, at 65, rode on horseback through 750 kilometres of icy passes and unforgiving terrain to parley on behalf of her nephew, Humayun....
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Daughters of the Sun
- Empresses, Queens and Begums of the Mughal Empire
- Narrateur(s): Shernaz Patel
- Durée: 13 h et 8 min
- Date de publication: 2018-11-02
- Langue: Anglais
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The very first attempt to chronicle the women who played a vital role in building the Mughal empire, Daughters of the Sun is an illuminating and gripping history of a little known aspect of the most magnificent dynasty the world has ever known....
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The Race to Save the Romanovs
- The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family
- Auteur(s): Helen Rappaport
- Narrateur(s): Damian Lynch
- Durée: 10 h et 48 min
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The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world, and its aftershocks still reverberate today. In Putin's autocratic Russia, the Revolution itself is considered a crime, and its anniversary was largely ignored. In stark contrast, the centenary of the massacre of the imperial family will be commemorated in 2018 by a huge ceremony to be attended by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. While the murder itself has received major attention, what has never been investigated in detail are the various plots behind the scenes to save the family.
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The Race to Save the Romanovs
- The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family
- Narrateur(s): Damian Lynch
- Durée: 10 h et 48 min
- Date de publication: 2018-06-26
- Langue: Anglais
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The murder of the Romanov family in July 1918 horrified the world, and its aftershocks still reverberate today....
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The Final Year of Anne Boleyn
- Auteur(s): Natalie Grueninger
- Narrateur(s): Polly Lee
- Durée: 10 h et 9 min
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There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. In this vivid and engaging account of the triumphant and harrowing final year of Queen Anne Boleyn's life, the author reveals a very human portrait of a brilliant, passionate, and complex woman.
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The Final Year of Anne Boleyn
- Narrateur(s): Polly Lee
- Durée: 10 h et 9 min
- Date de publication: 2023-11-28
- Langue: Anglais
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There are few women in English history more famous or controversial than Queen Anne Boleyn. In this vivid and engaging account of the triumphant and harrowing final year of Queen Anne Boleyn's life, the author reveals a very human portrait of a brilliant, passionate, and complex woman....
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Victoria
- A Life
- Auteur(s): A. N. Wilson
- Narrateur(s): Gareth Armstrong
- Durée: 19 h et 15 min
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To many Queen Victoria was a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique, portrayed as an aging, stiff widow. But in truth Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was passionate, expressive, humorous, and unconventional. A. N. Wilson’s exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources, showing us Queen Victoria as she’s never been seen before.
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Victoria
- A Life
- Narrateur(s): Gareth Armstrong
- Durée: 19 h et 15 min
- Date de publication: 2015-02-09
- Langue: Anglais
- To many Queen Victoria was a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique, portrayed as an aging, stiff widow....
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Empress
- The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
- Auteur(s): Ruby Lal
- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
- Durée: 8 h et 58 min
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In 1611, 34-year-old Nur Jahan, daughter of a Persian noble and widow of a subversive official, became the 20th and favorite wife of Emperor Jahangir, who ruled the vast Mughal Empire. Nur's confident assertion of talent and power is revelatory; it far exceeded the authority of her female contemporaries in Renaissance Europe, including Elizabeth I. Here, she finally receives her due in a deeply researched and evocative biography that awakens us to a fascinating history.
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Empress
- The Astonishing Reign of Nur Jahan
- Narrateur(s): Suzanne Toren
- Durée: 8 h et 58 min
- Date de publication: 2018-08-28
- Langue: Anglais
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Empress Nur Jahan's confident assertion of talent and power is revelatory; it far exceeded the authority of her female contemporaries in Renaissance Europe. Here, she finally receives her due in a deeply researched and evocative biography that awakens us to a fascinating history....
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Catherine the Great and Potemkin
- Power, Love and the Russian Empire
- Auteur(s): Simon Sebag Montefiore
- Narrateur(s): Sophie Roberts
- Durée: 27 h et 18 min
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It was history's most successful political partnership - as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin - wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented - was the love of her life and her co-ruler. Together they seized Ukraine and Crimea, defining the Russian empire to this day. Their affair was so tumultuous that they negotiated an arrangement to share power, leaving Potemkin free to love his beautiful nieces, and Catherine her young male favourites.
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Catherine the Great and Potemkin
- Power, Love and the Russian Empire
- Narrateur(s): Sophie Roberts
- Durée: 27 h et 18 min
- Date de publication: 2019-06-27
- Langue: Anglais
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It was history's most successful political partnership - as sensual and fiery as it was creative and visionary. Catherine the Great was a woman of notorious passion and imperial ambition. Prince Potemkin - wildly flamboyant and sublimely talented - was the love of her life and her co-ruler.
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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. She survived a turbulent life, marrying four times and enduring imprisonment before passing her claim to the crown of England to her son, Henry VII, the first of the Tudor monarchs.
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Margaret Beaufort
- Mother of the Tudor Dynasty
- Narrateur(s): Debra Burton
- Durée: 5 h et 47 min
- Date de publication: 2014-01-20
- Langue: Anglais
- Born in the midst of the Wars of the Roses, Margaret Beaufort became the greatest heiress of her time....
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The Eagle and the Hart
- The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
- Auteur(s): Helen Castor
- Narrateur(s): Helen Castor
- Durée: 20 h et 5 min
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Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke, cousins born just three months apart, were ten years old when Richard became king of England. They were thirty-two when Henry deposed him and became king in his place. Now, the story behind one of the strangest and most fateful events in English history (and the inspiration behind Shakespeare’s most celebrated history plays) is brought to vivid life by the acclaimed author of Blood and Roses, Helen Castor.
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The Eagle and the Hart
- The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV
- Narrateur(s): Helen Castor
- Durée: 20 h et 5 min
- Date de publication: 2024-10-15
- Langue: Anglais
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From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England.
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Daughters of Chivalry
- The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks
- Auteur(s): Kelcey Wilson-Lee
- Narrateur(s): Christine Rendel
- Durée: 12 h et 7 min
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Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized—and largely mythical—notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different, as Kelcey Wilson-Lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of Edward I, often known as Longshanks. The lives of these sisters—Eleanora, Joanna, Margaret, Mary, and Elizabeth—ran the gamut of experiences open to royal women in the Middle Ages.
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Daughters of Chivalry
- The Forgotten Princesses of King Edward Longshanks
- Narrateur(s): Christine Rendel
- Durée: 12 h et 7 min
- Date de publication: 2022-04-12
- Langue: Anglais
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Virginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized—and largely mythical—notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingers. Yet the reality was very different....
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A Brief History of British Kings and Queens
- Brief Histories
- Auteur(s): Mike Ashley
- Narrateur(s): Roger Davis
- Durée: 14 h et 41 min
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Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years. Fascinating portraits are expertly woven into a history of division and eventual union of the British Isles - even royals we think most familiar are revealed in a new and sometimes surprising light.This edition includes biographies of the royals of recorded British history, plus an overview of the semi-
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A Brief History of British Kings and Queens
- Brief Histories
- Narrateur(s): Roger Davis
- Durée: 14 h et 41 min
- Date de publication: 2013-02-28
- Langue: Anglais
- Here is the whole of recorded British royal history, from the legendary King Alfred the Great onwards, including the monarchies of England, Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom for over a thousand years...
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The Monarchy of England
- The Beginnings
- Auteur(s): David Starkey
- Narrateur(s): Tim Pigott-Smith
- Durée: 5 h et 15 min
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This is the first of three volumes, which, taken together under the over-arching title of Monarchy, will form a new, ground-breaking history of England as told through the lives of its Kings and Queens.
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The Monarchy of England
- The Beginnings
- Narrateur(s): Tim Pigott-Smith
- Durée: 5 h et 15 min
- Date de publication: 2005-08-23
- Langue: Anglais
- This is the first of three volumes, which will form a new, ground-breaking history of England as told through the lives of its Kings and Queens.
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