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'Wonderful... This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years ' Paul Donovan , Sunday Times
Christopher Lee's
history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution, this is a compelling journey through centuries of dramatic change.
Volume 5, covering the years 1660 to 1702, is about great change: the restoration of the monarchy, the Great Plague and the Great Fire in the nation's capital and, follow/ing the immense unpopularity of James ll's Catholicism, a ruler from a different country on the throne, William of Orange.
Narrated by Anna Massey , and featuring extracts from Sir Winston Churchill's A History of the English-speaking Peoples read by Peter Jeffrey, This Sceptred Isle is absorbing, informative and essential history.
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. |
Talking of History Number 5: The English - A Crash Course for AmericansAuthor : Berwick CoatesPerformed By : Berwick CoatesPublished By - Berwick CoatesDuration : 48 minutesType : BritishDownload Price : $8.49
This series sets out to show what the English thought about losing their American colonies (not much), how they collected an empire (and lost it), how they became "top nation" (and then slipped). More info...
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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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Poets of the Great WarAuthor : VariousPerformed By : Full Cast ProductionPublished By - Select Music & DistributionDuration : 1 hour 50 minutesType : Poetry
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Sceptred Isle: Twentieth Century - 1939-1959, ThisAuthor : Christopher LeePerformed By : Anna MasseyPublished By - BBC Audiobooks LtdDuration : 3 hours 5 minutesType : Non Fiction
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Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth II, TheAuthor : Pearson PhillipsPerformed By : Nanette NewmanPublished By - Select Music & DistributionDuration : 3 hoursType : British
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