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Winner of a Bronze Award at the Spoken Word Awards 2003
Award-winning historian Simon Schama completes his monumental three-volume history of Britain, which accompanies the acclaimed television epic.
In The Fate of Empire, Schama illuminates the period of British history from 1770 to 2000 through a variety of historical themes – including the advance of technology and industry, women's increasing role in society, and the burgeoning British Empire – and key British characters such as Wordsworth, Burke, Queen Victoria, Churchill and George Orwell.
Lesser-known lives are also illuminated, such as Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman doctor, ‘Mother’ Mary Seacole, the forgotten Caribbean nurse and heroine of the Crimea War, and Dadabhai Naoroji, who, in c.1890, became the first Asian MP.
Audio books, unlike ordinary books, are a lot more useful and time efficient in the long run. To sit down and read a book can be a very enjoyable experience but unfortunately only when time permits. A lot of us therefore find us putting aside the books for more pressing matters, with audio books however you can do both. Audio books give you the freedom to listen anywhere, just by simply putting it on a MP3 player. For most book fanatics space is a real issue and usually their houses end up looking like a library. Since audiobooks are portable and in music file format such as Mp3 or WMA the space that’s really being used up is your hard drive which takes up a minuscule amount in comparison. So for the busy individual where free time is somewhat of a luxury, audio books may just be the solution you have been looking for, a way to combine free time and work effortlessly. |
Pale Horseman, TheAuthor : Bernard CornwellPerformed By : Jamie GloverPublished By - Harper Collins USDuration : 6 hoursType : Historical
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Sceptred Isle 1: Caesar to William the Conquerer - 55BC-1087, ThisAuthor : Christopher LeePerformed By : Anna MasseyPublished By - BBC Audiobooks LtdDuration : 3 hoursType : Non Fiction
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Who Launched The Lifeboat?Author : John GlasscockPerformed By : Full Cast ProductionPublished By - HosiprogDuration : 1 hourType : Dramatizations
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Six Wives of Henry VIII, TheAuthor : Antonia FraserPerformed By : Isla BlairPublished By - Orion Publishing GroupDuration : 7 hoursType : British
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Eyewitness 1920 - 1929Author : VariousPerformed By : VariousPublished By - BBC Audiobooks LtdDuration : 3 hours 40 minutesType : 20th Century
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