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This Sceptred Isle: The Twentieth Century 1901-1919
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
Duration 15h 15m
Continuing the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the twentieth century to the present day - taking us through decades of whirlwind change and technological advancement.
View BookA Life In Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of Soe
Author: Sarah Helm
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Author Sarah Helm
Narrator Frances Jeater
Duration 19h 55m
From an award-winning journalist comes this real-life cloak-and-dagger tale of Vera Atkins, one of Britain's premiere secret agents during World War II. As the head of the French Section of the British Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins recruited, trained, and mentored special operatives whose job was to organize and arm the resistance in Na...
View BookCrown of Blood: The Deadly Inheritance of Lady Jane Grey
Author: Nicola Tallis
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Author Nicola Tallis
Narrator Charlotte Strevens
Duration 12h 22m
'Good people, I am come hither to die, and by a law I am condemned to the same.' These were the words uttered by the seventeen-year-old Lady Jane Grey as she stood on the scaffold awaiting death on a cold February morning in 1554. Forced onto the throne by the great power players at court, Queen Jane reigned for just thirteen tumultuous days before...
View BookAuthor: Clarissa Dickson Wright
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Author Clarissa Dickson Wright
Narrator Clarissa Dickson Wright
Duration 13h 30m
In this major new history of English food, Clarissa Dickson Wright takes the reader on a journey from the time of the Second Crusade and the feasts of medieval kings to the cuisine - both good and bad - of the present day. She looks at the shifting influences on the national diet as new ideas and ingredients have arrived, and as immigrant communiti...
View BookAuthor: William Dalrymple
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Author William Dalrymple
Narrator Robert Bathurst
Duration 4h 30m
In Rangoon in November 1862, an anonymous coffin is buried in eerie silence, and the turf carefully replaced to disguise the spot. So ended the life of Bahadur Shah Zafar II, the last of the great Mughals. Zafar was a remarkable poet who turned Delhi into a city of great cultural brilliance and learning. But in 1857 his capital became the centre of...
View BookAuthor: John Goodbody
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Author John Goodbody
Narrator Barry Davies
Duration 6h 20m
John Goodbody, for many years chief sports writer for 'The Times' newspaper, has covered every Olympics since 1964. In this entertaining and informative account, he tells the main stories of each of the modern Olympics. Here are some of the heroes and heroines who have made sporting history, as well as the main disasters and scandals that attend th...
View BookAuthor: Clare Balding
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Author Clare Balding
Narrator Clare Balding
Duration 1h
Clare Balding looks back at the last time that the Olympic Games came to London in 1948. Three years after the end of the Second World War, Britain was still gripped by austerity. Rationing was still in force, severe bomb damage was still much in evidence and no new sports facilities could be built. Visiting athletes were put up in schools and RAF...
View BookAuthor: Richard Hampton, David Weston
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Author Richard Hampton, David Weston
Narrator Derek Jacobi
Duration 2h 30m
The fascinating story of England's history and of the public and private life of her Royal Family is highlighted by extracts from the diaries and speeches of English Monarchs and observations by their contemporaries.
View BookAuthor: Edmund de Waal
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Author Edmund de Waal
Narrator Michael Maloney
Duration 10h 39m
264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the Tokyo apartment of his great uncle Iggie. Later, when Edmund inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger than he could ever have imagined...In this stunningly original memoir, Edmund de...
View BookAuthor: Afua Hirsch
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Author Afua Hirsch
Narrator Afua Hirsch
Duration 11h 27m
Afua Hirsch is British. Her parents are British. She was raised, educated and socialised in Britain. Her partner, daughter, sister and the vast majority of her friends are British. So why is her identity and sense of belonging a subject of debate? The reason is simply because of the colour of her skin. Blending history, memoir and individual experi...
View BookAuthor: Barack Obama
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Author Barack Obama
Narrator Andre Braugher
Duration 16m
In this tender, beautiful letter to his daughters, President Barack Obama has written a moving tribute to thirteen groundbreaking Americans and the ideals that have shaped our nation. From the artistry of Georgia O'Keeffe, to the courage of Jackie Robinson, to the patriotism of George Washington, President Obama sees the traits of these heroes with...
View BookAuthor: Winston S. Churchill
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Author Winston S. Churchill
Narrator Edward De Souza
Duration 3h 55m
A history of Britain by one of its finest statesmen, a man who had himself crucially shaped events during one of the greatest crisis of modern times. Churchill's resonant prose brings to life the political, constitutional and military landmarks of our history: his purpose, to show that a sense of how man may live decently and democratically grew fr...
View BookAuthor: George Orwell
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Author George Orwell
Narrator Jeremy Northam
Duration 8h 54m
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's account of his experiences fighting in the Spanish Civil War, and a portrait of disillusionment with his early politics. Orwell's experiences include being shot in the neck by a sniper, and being forced into hiding as factions of the Left battled on the streets of Barcelona. Orwell entered Spain intending to g...
View BookAuthor: Christopher Hibbert
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Author Christopher Hibbert
Narrator Christopher Oxford
Duration 15h 45m
Horatio Nelson was a national hero who secured a century of maritime supremacy for his country and became the focus of British identity and aspiration. Christopher Hibbert creates a portrait of the man - at once humble yet ambitious, kind but at times irritable, exceptionally lovable and yet often vain and self-pitying, unswerving in his sense of p...
View BookAn Utterly Impartial History of Britain
Author: John O'Farrell
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Author John O'Farrell
Narrator John O'Farrell
Duration 4h
Many of us were put off history by the dry and dreary way it was taught at school. Back then 'The Origins of the Industrial Revolution' somehow seemed less compelling than the chance to test the bold claim on Timothy Johnson's 'Shatterproof' ruler. But here at last is a chance to have a good laugh and learn all that stuff you feel you really ought...
View BookThis Sceptred Isle: 55 Bc - 1087 Caesar To William the Conqueror
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptred Isle, Book 1
Duration 3h
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful.This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times. Britain was at the egde of the known world when, under the Emperor Claudius, the Romans brought to the...
View BookThis Sceptred Isle: 1660-1702 Restoration and Glorious Resolution
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptred Isle, Book 5
Duration 3h 6m
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful.This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times. After the death of Oliver Crowmwell, the Protectorate collapsed and parliament voted for the return of...
View BookAuthor: Gilda O'Neill
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Author Gilda O'Neill
Narrator Michael Tudor Barnes
Duration 7h 35m
Were things really better in the good old days? The 19th century was a time when there were not only massive gulfs being created between the upper, middle, and working classes, but there was also a growing awareness of the existence of an even more impoverished underclass: a terrifying demi-monde of criminals, tarts, and no-hope low lifes. Gilda O'...
View BookThis Sceptred Isle: 1547-1660 Elizabeth I To Cromwell
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptred Isle, Book 4
Duration 3h 4m
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful.This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times. The story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901...
View BookThis Sceptred Isle: 1327-1547 the Black Prince To Henry V
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptred Isle, Book 3
Duration 3h 1m
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful.This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times. King Edward the Third was only fourteen years old when he succeeded to the throne of England in 1327....
View BookThis Sceptred Isle 1087-1327: The Making of the Nation
Author: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey
SeriesThis Sceptred Isle, Book 2
Duration 3h 14m
The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. 'Wonderful This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years.' Paul Donovan, Sunday Times. William the Conqueror famously acquired for himself the throne of England but there were to be many st...
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