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Sceptred Isle 5: Restoration and Glorious Revolution - 1660-1702, This
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Sceptred Isle 5: Restoration and Glorious Revolution - 1660-1702, This

Author : Christopher Lee
Performed By : Anna Massey
Published By - BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 3 hours
Type : Non Fiction
British
Pre 1900
Download Price : $22.25
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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

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.

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Talking of History Number 5: The English - A Crash Course for Americans

Talking of History Number 5: The English - A Crash Course for Americans

Author : Berwick Coates
Performed By : Berwick Coates
Published By - Berwick Coates
Duration : 48 minutes
Type : British
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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...
Six Wives of Henry VIII, The

Six Wives of Henry VIII, The

Author : Antonia Fraser
Performed By : Isla Blair
Published By - Orion Publishing Group
Duration : 7 hours
Type : British
Women
Royalty and Heads of State
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Poets of the Great War

Poets of the Great War

Author : Various
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Published By - Select Music & Distribution
Duration : 1 hour 50 minutes
Type : Poetry
British
Military
Knowledge & Learning
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Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices. More info...
Sceptred Isle: Twentieth Century - 1939-1959, This

Sceptred Isle: Twentieth Century - 1939-1959, This

Author : Christopher Lee
Performed By : Anna Massey
Published By - BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Duration : 3 hours 5 minutes
Type : Non Fiction
British
20th Century
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Continuing the award-winning BBC radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day More info...
Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth II, The

Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth II, The

Author : Pearson Phillips
Performed By : Nanette Newman
Published By - Select Music & Distribution
Duration : 3 hours
Type : British
Biographical
Royalty and Heads of State
Women
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In this informative yet entertaining audio-biography, Pearson Phillips reflects on Queen Elizabeth II , her life and times. More info...