AuthorLeon Ashworth
NarratorRuth Sillers
Duration58m
CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, History
Key StageKS3
PublisherInhouse
VersionUnabridged
Part of a series which focuses on some of the most colourful characters from history. This audio book describes the life and times of King Henry VIII, contrasting the daily life of the privileged few with that of ordinary people living in the turbulent time of Henry's reign.
Author: Pam Pollack
Author Pam Pollack
Narrator Karyn O'Bryant
Duration 56m
Joan of Arc was born in a small French village during the worst period of the Hundred Years' War. For generations, France had been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visions telling her to join forces with the King of France. By the time she was a teenager, she was leading troops into battle in the name of her country....
View BookAuthor: Tom Olson
Author Tom Olson
Narrator George Newbern
SeriesLost, Book 2
Duration 3h 25m
On April 11, 1970, the Apollo 13 space shuttle set off for the third intended American moon landing. Two days later and 200,000 miles from Earth, disaster struck when an oxygen tank exploded on board the spacecraft, leaving three astronauts with only one goal: to make it home alive. From "Houston, we've had a problem" to the final tense moments at...
View BookAuthor: Livia Bitton-Jackson
Author Livia Bitton-Jackson
Narrator Christine Williams
Duration 6h 37m
Imagine being a thirteen-year-old girl in love with boys, school, family-life itself. Then suddenly, in a matter of hours, your life is shattered by the arrival of a foreign army. You can no longer attend school, have possessions, talk to your neighbors. One day your family has to leave your house behind and move into a crowded ghetto, where you lo...
View BookAuthor: Kadir Nelson
Author Kadir Nelson
Narrator Debbie Allen
Duration 1h 38m
Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soul is the winner of numerous awards, including the 2012 Coretta Scott King Author Award and Illustrator Honor, and the recipient of five starred reviews. The story of America and African Americans is a story of hope and inspiration and unwavering courage. This is the story of the men, women, and children who toiled in the...
View BookBritish History Makers: Guy Fawkes
Author: Leon Ashworth
Author Leon Ashworth
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 1h
Part of a series that focuses on some of the most colourful characters from history. This audio book features Guy Fawkes, describing his life and the events he orchestrated that could have changed the course of history.
View BookThe Boys Who Challenged Hitler
Author: Phillip Hoose
Author Phillip Hoose
Narrator Phillip Hoose
Duration 4h 51m
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill...
View BookAuthor: Irene Gut Updike
Author Irene Gut Updike
Narrator Hope Davis
Duration 7h 6m
IRENE GUT WAS just 17 in 1939, when the Germans and Russians devoured her native Poland. Just a girl, really. But a girl who saw evil and chose to defy it.
View BookAuthor: Kenneth C. Davis
Author Kenneth C. Davis
Narrator Macleod Andrews
Duration 4h 40m
With 2018 marking the 100th anniversary of the worst disease outbreak in modern history, the story of the Spanish flu is more relevant today than ever. This dramatic narrative, told through the stories and voices of the people caught in the deadly maelstrom, explores how this vast, global epidemic was intertwined with the horrors of World War I-and...
View BookBritish History Makers: Horatio Nelson
Author: Leon Ashworth
Author Leon Ashworth
Narrator Karola Gajda
Duration 55m
Part of a series which focuses on some of the most colourful characters from history. Facts and documentary evidence give an insight into the life of Nelson.
View BookBritish History Makers: Oliver Cromwell
Author: Leon Ashworth
Author Leon Ashworth
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 55m
Part of a series that focuses on some of the most colourful characters from history. This audio book focuses on the life and times of Oliver Cromwell, explaining how he helped to shape history.
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