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A "fascinating historical detective work" that pins down the real story of the legendary medieval king and the court of Camelot (Spectator).
The Holy Grail, the kingdom of Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, and the magical sword Excalibur are all key ingredients of the legends surrounding King Arthur. But who was he really, where did he come from, and how much of what we read about him in stories that date back to the Dark Ages is true? So far, historians have failed to show that King Arthur really existed at all, and for a good reason—they have been looking in the wrong place.
In this "vivid and thought-provoking" book, Alistair Moffat shatters all existing assumptions about Britain's most enigmatic hero (Birmingham Evening Mail). With references to literary sources and historical documents, as well as archeology and the ancient names of rivers, hills, and forts, he strips away a thousand years of myth to unveil the real King Arthur. And in doing so, he solves one of the greatest riddles of them all—the site of Camelot itself
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In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the best-selling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians. Now, on the book's 40th anniversary, this fully revised and expanded edition illuminates further the fascinating and mysterious centuries between the Romans and the Norman Conquest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Brilliant!
- De Dee Goulet en 08-31-22
De: Michael Wood
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A Brief History of the Celts
- Brief Histories
- De: Peter Berresford Ellis
- Narrado por: Christopher Oxford
- Duración: 8 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 190
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 172
For centuries the Celts held sway in Europe. Even after their conquest by the Romans, their culture remained vigorous, ensuring that much of it endured to feed an endless fascination with Celtic history and myths, artwork and treasures. A foremost authority on the Celtic peoples and their culture, Peter Berresford Ellis presents an invigoration overview of their world. With his gift for making the scholarly accessible, he discusses the Celts' mysterious origins and early history and investigates their rich and complex society.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A bit dry, but overall interesting
- De Lokkish en 04-13-15
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The Pueblo Revolt
- The Secret Rebellion That Drove the Spaniards Out of the Southwest
- De: David Roberts
- Narrado por: David de Vries
- Duración: 9 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 40
The dramatic and tragic story of the only successful Native American uprising against the Spanish, the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Telling a story that doesn’t want to be told
- De Keegan en 12-28-20
De: David Roberts
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Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 8 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 302
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 257
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 257
This thorough guide explores those civilizations that have faded from the pages of our textbooks but played a significant role in the development of modern society. Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient World covers the Hyksos to the Hephthalites and everyone in between, providing a unique overview of humanity's history from approximately 3000 BCE-550 CE. Each entry exposes a diverse culture, highlighting their important contributions.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Gripping and seamless
- De Mike Heim en 05-13-21
De: Philip Matyszak
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The Vikings
- A New History
- De: Neil Oliver
- Narrado por: James A. Gillies
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 444
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 389
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 387
Drawing on the latest discoveries that have only recently come to light, Scottish archaeologist Neil Oliver goes on the trail of the real Vikings. Where did they emerge from? How did they really live? And just what drove them to embark on such extraordinary voyages of discovery over 1,000 years ago? The Vikings: A New History explores many of those questions for the first time in an epic story of one of the world's great empires of conquest.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing for a broad audience.
- De Grant en 08-07-18
De: Neil Oliver
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The Travels of Marco Polo
- De: Marco Polo
- Narrado por: Walter Covell
- Duración: 11 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 239
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 141
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 139
Marco Polo (1254-1324), is probably the most famous Westerner who traveled on the "Silk Road." His journey through Asia lasted 24 years. He traveled the whole of China and returned to tell the tale, which became one of the world's greatest travelogues.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An educational experience.
- De Doug en 06-23-03
De: Marco Polo
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The Viking Heart
- How Scandinavians Conquered the World
- De: Arthur Herman
- Narrado por: Kiff VandenHeuvel
- Duración: 18 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 160
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 137
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 138
Scandinavia has always been a world apart. For millennia Norwegians, Danes, Finns, and Swedes lived a remote and rugged existence among the fjords and peaks of the land of the midnight sun. But when they finally left their homeland in search of opportunity, these wanderers — including the most famous, the Vikings — would reshape Europe and beyond.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Confused and not worth the time and money
- De Jacob The Dane en 08-16-21
De: Arthur Herman
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The Greeks
- A Global History
- De: Roderick Beaton
- Narrado por: Anna Crowe
- Duración: 16 h y 38 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 91
More than 2,000 years ago, the Greek city-states, led by Athens and Sparta, laid the foundation for much of modern science, the arts, politics, and law. But the influence of the Greeks did not end with the rise and fall of this classical civilization. As historian Roderick Beaton illustrates, over three millennia Greek speakers produced a series of civilizations that were rooted in southeastern Europe but again and again ranged widely across the globe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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An Ethnography of the Greeks
- De gmurphy92 en 03-27-22
De: Roderick Beaton
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The Vikings
- A History
- De: Robert Ferguson
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 14 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 155
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 136
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 136
From Robert Ferguson comes a comprehensive and thrilling history, based on the latest scholarship, that offers the definitive portrait of the Vikings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good Historical Overview
- De Elizabeth Ciminelli en 04-25-12
De: Robert Ferguson
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Children of Ash and Elm
- A History of the Vikings
- De: Neil Price
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,561
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,343
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,338
The Viking Age - from 750 to 1050 saw an unprecedented expansion of the Scandinavian peoples into the wider world. As traders and raiders, explorers and colonists, they ranged from eastern North America to the Asian steppe. But for centuries, the Vikings have been seen through the eyes of others, distorted to suit the tastes of medieval clerics and Elizabethan playwrights, Victorian imperialists, Nazis, and more. None of these appropriations capture the real Vikings, or the richness and sophistication of their culture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding
- De Than en 10-06-20
De: Neil Price
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The Anglo-Saxons
- A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 - 1066
- De: Marc Morris
- Narrado por: Roy McMillan
- Duración: 13 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 971
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 853
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 849
Sixteen hundred years ago Britain left the Roman Empire and swiftly fell into ruin. Grand cities and luxurious villas were deserted and left to crumble, and civil society collapsed into chaos. Into this violent and unstable world came foreign invaders from across the sea, and established themselves as its new masters. The Anglo-Saxons traces the turbulent history of these people across the next six centuries. It explains how their earliest rulers fought relentlessly against each other for glory and supremacy, and then were almost destroyed by the onslaught of the vikings.
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3 out of 5 stars
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"Pretty Good"
- De Stephen en 05-30-21
De: Marc Morris
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Babylon
- Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization
- De: Paul Kriwaczek
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 12 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 758
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 650
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 646
Civilization was born 8,000 years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mountains and deserts began to create increasingly sophisticated urban societies. In the cities that they built, half of human history took place. In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements seven thousand years ago to the eclipse of Babylon in the sixth century BCE. Bringing the people of this land to life in vibrant detail, the author chronicles the rise and fall of power during this period.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Solid overview 3000 years of history
- De Alsor2000 en 07-19-20
De: Paul Kriwaczek
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A Brief History of the Vikings
- Brief Histories
- De: Jonathan Clements
- Narrado por: Mark Meadows
- Duración: 8 h y 53 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 77
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 67
Between the eighth and eleventh centuries, the Vikings surged from their Scandinavian homeland to trade, raid and invade along the coasts of Europe. Their influence and expeditions extended from Newfoundland to Baghdad, their battles were as far-flung as Africa and the Arctic. But were they great seafarers or desperate outcasts, noble heathens or oafish pirates, the last pagans or the first of the modern Europeans?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent
- De Jean en 05-09-13
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The Birth of Classical Europe
- A History from Troy to Augustine
- De: Simon Price, Peter Thonemann
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 14 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 156
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 130
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 129
To an extraordinary extent we continue to live in the shadow of the classical world. At every level, from languages to calendars to political systems, we are the descendants of a “classical Europe,” using frames of reference created by ancient Mediterranean cultures. As this consistently fresh and surprising new audio book makes clear, however, this was no less true for the inhabitants of those classical civilizations themselves, whose myths, history, and buildings were an elaborate engagement with an already old and revered past - one filled with great leaders and writers....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent overview of the Classical World
- De David I. Williams en 01-12-14
De: Simon Price, y otros
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Ragnar Lothbrok and a History of the Vikings
- Viking Warriors Including Rollo, Norsemen, Norse Mythology, Quests in America, England, France, Scotland, Ireland and Russia
- De: Noah Brown
- Narrado por: Dalan E. Decker
- Duración: 8 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 246
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 228
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 225
Ragnar Lothbrok was a legendary warrior who left a legacy among the Vikings like none other. Today's popular TV show may have popularized Ragnar's story, but the real facts are not very well known. Discover the truth behind this Viking warrior and the rich history of the Vikings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Happy with this purchase!
- De Michelle Watson en 09-08-19
De: Noah Brown
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The Age of the Vikings
- De: Anders Winroth
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 235
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 214
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 211
The Vikings maintain their grip on our imagination, but their image is too often distorted by medieval and modern myth. It is true that they pillaged, looted, and enslaved. But they also settled peacefully and developed a vast trading network. They traveled far from their homelands in swift and sturdy ships, not only to raid, but also to explore. Despite their fearsome reputation, the Vikings didn’t wear horned helmets, and even the infamous berserkers were far from invincible.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting history. Narrator could be better
- De Castle51 en 07-09-15
De: Anders Winroth
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Arabs
- A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes, and Empires
- De: Tim Mackintosh-Smith
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 25 h y 34 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 291
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 256
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 256
This kaleidoscopic book covers almost 3,000 years of Arab history and shines a light on the footloose Arab peoples and tribes who conquered lands and disseminated their language and culture over vast distances. Tracing this process to the origins of the Arabic language, rather than the advent of Islam, Tim Mackintosh-Smith begins his narrative more than a thousand years before Muhammad and focuses on how Arabic, both spoken and written, has functioned as a vital source of shared cultural identity over the millennia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good book bad narration
- De Anonymous User en 09-18-19
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The Wall
- Rome's Greatest Frontier
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
Hadrian's Wall is the largest and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running seventy-three miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least twenty-six miles down the Cumbrian coast. Many of its forts are as large as Britain's most formidable medieval castles, and the wide ditch dug to the south of the Wall, the vallum, is larger than any surviving prehistoric earthwork.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator
- De S. R. en 05-02-24
De: Alistair Moffat
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Scotland
- A History from Earliest Times
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Ruth Urquhart
- Duración: 23 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
Covering the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, the acclaimed historian and author explores the history of the Scottish nation. Focusing on key moments such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite risings, Moffat also features other episodes in history that are perhaps less well documented. From prehistoric timber halls to inventions and literature, Moffat's epic explores the drama of battle, change, loss, and innovation interspersed with the lives of ordinary Scottish folk, the men and women who defined a nation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story Emotionless reading Bad ending
- De S. R. en 02-14-22
De: Alistair Moffat
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The Highland Clans
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Ruth Urquhart
- Duración: 4 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
The story of the Highland clans of Scotland is famous, the names celebrated, and the deeds heroic. Having clung to ancient traditions of family, loyalty, and valor for centuries, the clans met the beginning of their end at the fateful Battle of Culloden in 1746. Alistair Moffat traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans; from Somerled the Viking to Robert the Bruce; from the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Risings; and from the Clearances to the present day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Informative with Concise Clan Histories
- De Rochelle B en 09-13-21
De: Alistair Moffat
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The Faded Map
- Lost Kingdoms of Scotland
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Neil McFarlane
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Modern communications have driven motorways and pylons through the countryside, dwarfed us with TV and telephone masts, and drastically altered the way in which we move around, see, and understand Scotland. Recent politics and logistics have established borders and jurisdictions which now seem permanent and impervious. The Faded Map looks beyond these to remember a land that was once quiet and green.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well narrated Etymological and historical travel through Scotland
- De Doug C en 06-15-24
De: Alistair Moffat
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Scotland’s Forgotten Past
- A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced, and Misunderstood
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Chris Bland
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
While Scotland's history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints, and warriors, there is a rich story to tell about the country's lesser-known places, people, and events. This colorful history of Scotland from award-winning writer Alistair Moffat chooses episodes, half-forgotten or misunderstood, that have been submerged by the wash of history. Bringing these stories to light and to life, this entertaining book reveals the richness and complexity of this nation on the northwest edge of Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great snippets of Scottish history
- De Doug C en 09-24-24
De: Alistair Moffat
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The First Kingdom
- De: Max Adams
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Somewhere in the dim void between the departure from Britain of the Roman legions at the start of the fifth century and the days of the venerable Bede, the kingdoms of Early Medieval Britain were formed. But by whom? And out of what? Max Adams scrutinises the narrative handed down to us by later historians and chronicles, stripping away the most lurid nonsense about Arthur and synthesising the research of the last 40 years to tease out strands of reality from myth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting, but not in my truck
- De Liz en 03-03-21
De: Max Adams
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The Wall
- Rome's Greatest Frontier
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
Hadrian's Wall is the largest and one of the most enigmatic historical monuments in Britain. Nothing else approaches its vast scale: a land wall running seventy-three miles from east to west and a sea wall stretching at least twenty-six miles down the Cumbrian coast. Many of its forts are as large as Britain's most formidable medieval castles, and the wide ditch dug to the south of the Wall, the vallum, is larger than any surviving prehistoric earthwork.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Narrator
- De S. R. en 05-02-24
De: Alistair Moffat
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Scotland
- A History from Earliest Times
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Ruth Urquhart
- Duración: 23 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 53
Covering the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, the acclaimed historian and author explores the history of the Scottish nation. Focusing on key moments such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite risings, Moffat also features other episodes in history that are perhaps less well documented. From prehistoric timber halls to inventions and literature, Moffat's epic explores the drama of battle, change, loss, and innovation interspersed with the lives of ordinary Scottish folk, the men and women who defined a nation.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Great story Emotionless reading Bad ending
- De S. R. en 02-14-22
De: Alistair Moffat
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The Highland Clans
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Ruth Urquhart
- Duración: 4 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 113
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 101
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 101
The story of the Highland clans of Scotland is famous, the names celebrated, and the deeds heroic. Having clung to ancient traditions of family, loyalty, and valor for centuries, the clans met the beginning of their end at the fateful Battle of Culloden in 1746. Alistair Moffat traces the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of the Romans; from Somerled the Viking to Robert the Bruce; from the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Risings; and from the Clearances to the present day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Extremely Informative with Concise Clan Histories
- De Rochelle B en 09-13-21
De: Alistair Moffat
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The Faded Map
- Lost Kingdoms of Scotland
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Neil McFarlane
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Modern communications have driven motorways and pylons through the countryside, dwarfed us with TV and telephone masts, and drastically altered the way in which we move around, see, and understand Scotland. Recent politics and logistics have established borders and jurisdictions which now seem permanent and impervious. The Faded Map looks beyond these to remember a land that was once quiet and green.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well narrated Etymological and historical travel through Scotland
- De Doug C en 06-15-24
De: Alistair Moffat
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Scotland’s Forgotten Past
- A History of the Mislaid, Misplaced, and Misunderstood
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Chris Bland
- Duración: 5 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 4
While Scotland's history cannot be separated from its kings and queens, saints, and warriors, there is a rich story to tell about the country's lesser-known places, people, and events. This colorful history of Scotland from award-winning writer Alistair Moffat chooses episodes, half-forgotten or misunderstood, that have been submerged by the wash of history. Bringing these stories to light and to life, this entertaining book reveals the richness and complexity of this nation on the northwest edge of Europe.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great snippets of Scottish history
- De Doug C en 09-24-24
De: Alistair Moffat
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The First Kingdom
- De: Max Adams
- Narrado por: Kris Dyer
- Duración: 16 h y 1 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 27
Somewhere in the dim void between the departure from Britain of the Roman legions at the start of the fifth century and the days of the venerable Bede, the kingdoms of Early Medieval Britain were formed. But by whom? And out of what? Max Adams scrutinises the narrative handed down to us by later historians and chronicles, stripping away the most lurid nonsense about Arthur and synthesising the research of the last 40 years to tease out strands of reality from myth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very interesting, but not in my truck
- De Liz en 03-03-21
De: Max Adams
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The Reivers
- The Story of the Border Reivers
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Peter Noble
- Duración: 13 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 4
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4
Nowhere else in Britain in the modern era, or indeed in Europe, did civil order break down over such a wide area, or for such a long time, as on the border country between Scotland and England. For more than a century, the hoofbeats of countless raiding parties drummed over the border. From Dumfriesshire to the high wastes of East Cumbria, from Roxburghshire to Redesdale, from the lonely valley of Liddesdale to the fortress city of Carlisle, swords and spears spoke while the law remained silent
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5 out of 5 stars
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Almost fiction like, but the stories real
- De John en 02-02-25
De: Alistair Moffat
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Scotland's Hidden Sacred Past
- De: Freddy Silva
- Narrado por: Freddy Silva
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 75
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 64
Around 6000 BC, a revolution took place on Orkney and the Western Isles of Scotland. An outstanding collection of stone circles, standing stones, round towers, and passage mounds appeared seemingly out of nowhere. And yet many such monuments were not indigenous to Britain, but to regions of the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean. Their creators were equally mysterious. Traditions tell of the Papae and Peti, "strangers from afar" who were physically different, dressed in white tunics, and lived aside from the regular population.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magical
- De Mori en 12-17-21
De: Freddy Silva
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To the Island of Tides
- A Journey to Lindisfarne
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: David Rintoul
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12
In To the Island of Tides, Alistair Moffat travels to - and through the history of - the fated island of Lindisfarne. Walking from his home in the Borders, through the historical landscape of Scotland and northern England, he takes us on a pilgrimage in the footsteps of saints and scholars, before arriving for a secular retreat on the Holy Isle. To the Island of Tides is a meditation on the power of place, but also a more personal journey - a chance for a personal stocktaking and a reflection on where life leads us.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not what I was hoping
- De Brian en 01-06-20
De: Alistair Moffat
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The Wolf Age
- The Vikings, the Anglo-Saxons and the Battle for the North Sea Empire
- De: Tore Skeie
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 10 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
The Wolf Age takes listeners on a thrilling journey through the bloody shared history of England and Scandinavia, and on across early medieval Europe, from the wild Norwegian fjords to the wealthy cities of Muslim Andalusia. Warfare, plotting, backstabbing, and bribery abound as Tore Skeie skillfully weaves sagas and skaldic poetry with breathless dramatization as he entertainingly brings the world of the Vikings and Anglo-Saxons to vivid life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Perspective matters
- De Ellen Wright en 08-08-24
De: Tore Skeie
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The Scots
- A Genetic Journey
- De: Alistair Moffat
- Narrado por: Ruth Urquhart
- Duración: 9 h y 37 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 30
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 30
An almost limitless archive of our history lies hidden inside our bodies, and this book traces the ancient story of Scotland from that scientific viewpoint. The mushrooming of genetic studies, of DNA analysis, is rewriting history in spectacular fashion. In Scotland: A Genetic Journey, Alistair Moffat explores the history that is printed on our genes, and in a remarkable new approach, uncovers the detail of where Scots are from, where they have journeyed, and who they are - and in so doing, vividly colors in a DNA map of Scotland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The author and narrator are amazing.
- De Gavino en 03-19-22
De: Alistair Moffat
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1217
- The Battles that Saved England
- De: Dr Catherine Hanley, Tina Ross - cartographer
- Narrado por: Veronika Hyks
- Duración: 7 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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1217 charts the nascent sense of national identity that began to swell. Three key battles would determine England’s destiny. The fortress of Dover was besieged, the city of Lincoln was attacked, and a great invasion force set sail and, unusually for the time, was intercepted at sea. Catherine Hanley expertly navigates medieval siege warfare, royal politics, and fighting at sea to bring this remarkable period of English history to life.
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Slightly interesting
- De Big World en 02-05-25
De: Dr Catherine Hanley, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms
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- Mollie
- 05-12-23
Heady Stuff
A great deep dive into the Celts, the Scottish Borders, and the possibility of a great unifying General named Arthur. So good I will read it again and get the print version.
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- S. R.
- 09-01-22
Classic Mr. Moffat
Deep, ancient, convoluted history researched, compiled and explained simply by the man who does it best. This book is so great I think I’m going to relisten as soon as I’m done. What I love about his books is that they create interest in the subject so that we are left wanting more. I wasn’t overly excited about the narrator, but she did fine. Highly recommend this book if your a member of the Celtic diaspora.
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- Jessica
- 10-18-24
Not what was expected
It’s supposed to be a book about Arthur, but he is hardly mentioned. It’s a wonderful narrative of early Scotland and its Borderlands, but as it being a full depiction of Arthur his times, and the lands he wandered is a bit misleading. His name wasn’t even mentioned until 45 minutes into the book and while he’s mentioned in passing there was only maybe one half chapter given over to his story, but it was not an in depth discussion. The last three hours of a ten hour book is where he comes in, in any distinction. I loved the book as a narrative of early Britain and its peoples, how language and places were influenced by them, and how outside forces ebbed and flowed to create the history that is still unfolding during and directly following the Roman conquest of The Isles.
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