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Best-selling author of Spilling the Beans, takes her personal journey around the different regions of England. The quintessential Englishwoman Clarissa Dickson Wright takes us on a personal journey through the country of her birth.
From Cornwall to Cumbria, Norfolk to Northumbria she brings her extraordinary knowledge, huge passion, forthright opinions and inimitable wit to the distinctive history and regional character of every corner of England. In her cornucopia of local knowledge she reveals, for example, how Boudicca was the original Essex girl, that Lincolnshire has a coriander crop second only in size to India's, and just why a Cornish pasty should never contain carrots.
As much an entertaining narrative as it is a travel companion, Clarissa's England will amuse, enlighten, surprise and delight all those who listen to it.
©2012 Clarissa Dixon Wright (P)2013 Hodder & StoughtonLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Detailed, Interesting and Entertaining
- De Marc-Andr? en 05-13-10
De: Ian Mortimer
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The Marches
- A Borderland Journey Between England and Scotland
- De: Rory Stewart
- Narrado por: Rory Stewart
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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Ten years after the walk across Central Asia and Afghanistan that he memorialized in The Places in Between, Rory Stewart set out on a new journey, traversing a thousand miles between England and Scotland. Stewart was raised along the border of the two countries, the frontier taking on poignant significance in his understanding of what it means to be both Scottish and English, of his relationship with his father, who's lived on this land his whole life, and of his ties to the rich history and culture of the region.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Uneven and unexpected, still worth it.
- De Nassir en 04-29-17
De: Rory Stewart
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Iberia
- De: James A. Michener
- Narrado por: Larry McKeever
- Duración: 37 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 271
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Spain is an immemorial land like no other, one that James A. Michener, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and celebrated citizen of the world, came to love as his own. Iberia is Michener’s enduring nonfiction tribute to his cherished second home. In the fresh and vivid prose that is his trademark, he not only reveals the celebrated history of bullfighters and warrior kings, painters and processions, cathedrals and olive orchards, he also shares the intimate, often hidden country he came to know, where the congeniality of living souls is thrust against the dark weight of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Michener's Masterpiece
- De ahusmc en 09-14-17
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The Discovery of France
- A Historical Geography
- De: Graham Robb
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 14 h y 4 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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A narrative of exploration - full of strange landscapes and even stranger inhabitants - that explains the enduring fascination of France. While Gustave Eiffel was changing the skyline of Paris, large parts of France were still terra incognita. Even in the age of railways and newspapers, France was a land of ancient tribal divisions, prehistoric communication networks, and pre-Christian beliefs. French itself was a minority language.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great history of the cultural formation of France
- De Scotty en 07-31-21
De: Graham Robb
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The Edge of the World
- A Cultural History of the North Sea and the Transformation of Europe
- De: Michael Pye
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 15 h y 24 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58
Saints and spies, pirates and philosophers, artists and intellectuals: They all crisscrossed the grey North Sea in the so-called "dark ages", the years between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of Europe's mastery over the oceans. Now the critically acclaimed Michael Pye reveals the cultural transformation sparked by those men and women: the ideas, technology, science, law, and moral codes that helped create our modern world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Super enjoyable
- De beakt en 10-01-19
De: Michael Pye
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A Child's History of the World
- De: V. M. Hillyer
- Narrado por: Jason Damron
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 33
One of the finest history books for children, this well-loved Hillyer classic features stories of world history from prehistoric man through the 20th century, inspiring an appreciation of how events relate to one another.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Why has this book been changed?
- De Carol en 02-21-21
De: V. M. Hillyer
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Life in Ancient Rome
- De: Lionel Casson
- Narrado por: John Glouchevitch
- Duración: 5 h y 8 m
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Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of life in ancient Rome - for slaves and emperors, soldiers and commanders alike - during the empire's greatest period, the first and second centuries AD.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Informative
- De Iván en 11-17-24
De: Lionel Casson
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A Voyage Long and Strange
- Rediscovering the New World
- De: Tony Horwitz
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 17 h y 16 m
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On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz makes an unsettling discovery. A history buff since early childhood, expensively educated at university - a history major, no less! - he's reached middle age with a third-grader's grasp of early America. In fact, he's mislaid more than a century of American history, the period separating Columbus' landing in 1492 from the arrival of English colonists at Jamestown in 16-oh-something. Did nothing happen in between?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Just Not For Me
- De Sara en 10-25-15
De: Tony Horwitz
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The Road to Little Dribbling
- Adventures of an American in Britain
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Nathan Osgood
- Duración: 14 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,590
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,426
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,417
Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed—and what hasn’t.
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3 out of 5 stars
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No Bryson?? Alas, another disappointed fan
- De Rick en 01-25-16
De: Bill Bryson
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The Clanlands Almanac
- Seasonal Stories from Scotland
- De: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
- Narrado por: Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 890
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 774
From First Footing to Samhain, Fringe Festival follies to whisky lore, Sam and Graham guide listeners through a year of Scottish legends, traditions, historical and contemporary events, sharing personal stories and tips as only these two chalk-and-cheese friends can. As entertaining as it is practical, The Clanlands Almanac is a light-hearted education in Scottish history and culture, told through the eyes of two passionate Scotsmen. The perfect escapist guide, The Clanlands Almanac is intended as a starting point for your own Scottish discoveries.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sam & Graham!!!
- De Annie en 11-25-21
De: Sam Heughan, y otros
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Wait for Me!
- Memoirs
- De: Deborah Mitford Duchess of Devonshire
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 14 h y 17 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 126
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 92
Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was born, "How disgusting of the poor darling to go and be a girl." Deborah's effervescent memoir chronicles her remarkable life, from an eccentric but happy childhood in the Oxfordshire countryside, to tea with Adolf Hitler and her controversially political sister Unity in 1937, to her marriage to the second son of the Duke of Devonshire.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The last of the Mitford Sisters
- De Irene en 01-11-11
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Black Diamonds
- The Downfall of an Aristocratic Dynasty and the Fifty Years That Changed England
- De: Catherine Bailey
- Narrado por: Gareth Armstrong
- Duración: 15 h y 14 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 65
When the sixth Earl Fitzwilliam died in 1902, he left behind the second largest estate in 20th-century England, valued at more than three billion dollars in today's money - a lifeline to the tens of thousands of people who worked either in the family's coal mines or on their expansive estate. The earl also left behind four sons, and the family line seemed assured. But was it?
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3 out of 5 stars
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Could use a good editor...
- De Phyllis en 04-30-18
De: Catherine Bailey
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Paris to the Past
- Traveling Through French History by Train
- De: Ina Caro
- Narrado por: Christa Lewis
- Duración: 14 h y 36 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 88
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 80
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 80
In one of the most inventive travel books in years, Ina Caro invites listeners on 25 one-day train trips that depart from Paris and transport us back through 700 years of French history. Whether taking us to Orléans to evoke the visions of Joan of Arc or to the Place de la Concorde to witness the beheading of Marie Antoinette, Caro animates history with her lush descriptions of architectural splendors and tales of court intrigue. "[An] enchanting travelogue" (Publishers Weekly), Paris to the Past has become one of the classic guidebooks of our time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Day Trip From Paris?... Look No Further!
- De Simone en 11-19-13
De: Ina Caro
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At Home
- A Short History of Private Life
- De: Bill Bryson
- Narrado por: Bill Bryson
- Duración: 16 h y 33 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,770
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,754
Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. Yet one day, he began to consider how very little he knew about the ordinary things of life as he found it in that comfortable home. To remedy this, he formed the idea of journeying about his house from room to room to “write a history of the world without leaving home.”
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5 out of 5 stars
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Bryson does it again
- De Robert en 10-15-10
De: Bill Bryson
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Making Haste from Babylon
- The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
- De: Nick Bunker
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 18 h y 19 m
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At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the northern hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Arctic, the comet became a sensation and a symbol, a warning of doom or a promise of salvation. Two years later, as the Pilgrims prepared to sail across the Atlantic on board the Mayflower, the atmosphere remained charged with fear and expectation. Men and women readied themselves for war, pestilence, or divine retribution. Against this background, and amid deep economic depression, the Pilgrims conceived their enterprise of exile.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent, detailed and eye-opening
- De David en 09-20-15
De: Nick Bunker
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Black Dragon River
- A Journey Down the Amur River at the Borderlands of Empires
- De: Dominic Ziegler
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
Black Dragon River is a personal journey down one of Asia's great rivers. The world's ninth largest river, the Amur serves as a large part of the border between Russia and China. As a crossroads for the great empires of Asia, this area offers journalist Dominic Ziegler a lens with which to examine the societies at Europe's only borderland with East Asia.
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5 out of 5 stars
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INFORMATIVE
- De JK en 10-14-22
De: Dominic Ziegler
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Travels in Siberia
- De: Ian Frazier
- Narrado por: Ian Frazier
- Duración: 20 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 424
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 310
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 309
Ian Frazier trains his eye for unforgettable detail on Siberia, that vast expanse of Asiatic Russia. He explores many aspects of this storied, often grim region. He writes about the geography, the resources, the native peoples, the history, the 40-below midwinter afternoons, the bugs. The book brims with Mongols, half-crazed Orthodox archpriests, fur seekers, ambassadors of the czar bound for Peking, tea caravans, German scientists, American prospectors, intrepid English nurses, and prisoners and exiles of every kind....
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5 out of 5 stars
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I Loved This Book
- De Sara en 01-05-14
De: Ian Frazier
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Clarissa's England
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- sixtiesdad
- 03-13-17
My New "Go to Sleep" Book.. (a compliment)
What did you love best about Clarissa's England?
I use Audio books to overcome insomnia. In order to be effective, the book must have a subject that's sufficiently interesting to keep me from my own busy thoughts, but also mundane enough to not stimulate those thoughts through the night. Clarissa's voice is melodic, her descriptions are compelling, and I'm glad to learn more about the places my ancestors came from back.. in.... zzzzzzzz.
What other book might you compare Clarissa's England to and why?
The Martian also works for insomnia.
Which scene was your favorite?
Hunting stags from horses, netting eels for three thousand pounds, and how AA made it to the UK... but they're pretty much all like that.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not possible
Any additional comments?
Got any more like this one Clarissa?
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- John S.
- 10-09-13
Definitely recommended
Having been a great fan of the Two Fat Ladies cooking program (as well as admiring Clarissa for her sense of humor in doing an episode of the comedy series Absolutely Fabulous), I looked forward to this one, and wasn't disappointed! In a (roughly) clockwise manner, she focuses on most (not quite all, avoiding metro London itself) English counties, giving an overview of how each has fit into her life, as well as historical and culinary highlights of the area. Narration may not be technically top-notch, but the author does do inflection well, especially in terms of dry humor. One odd point is that there's no final, concluding section at all; the book just ends rather abruptly.
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- Judith Smith
- 07-24-15
Through Clarissa's Eyes
I loved rambling through England with the Fat Lady. She was funny, intelligent and clearly in love with her country & it's fascinating history. But I was often sad when listening because Clarissa died too soon.
I liked that she paused between each chapter and county she covered.
I will hunt up a hard copy and with it in hand, Will listen again.
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- Kelaeriel
- 08-06-18
Good, though takes getting used to
It took me a while to get used to her accents & speaking style. Also she has some interests that I dont share. But overall, it's quite an interesting take on England & I got several vacation ideas.
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