How to Be a Tudor
A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
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Ruth Goodman
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On the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period from the crowning of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I.
Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Tudor conditions, Goodman serves as our intrepid guide to 16th-century living. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this charming, illustrative work celebrates the ordinary lives of those who labored through the era. From sounding the "hue and cry" to alert a village to danger to malting grain for homemade ale, from the gruesome sport of bear-baiting to cuckolding and cross-dressing - the madcap habits and revealing intimacies of life in the time of Shakespeare are vividly rendered for the insatiably curious.
©2016 Ruth Goodman. First American Edition 2016. Recorded by arrangement with Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. (P)2016 HighBridge, a division of Recorded BooksLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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- De Marc-Andr? en 05-13-10
De: Ian Mortimer
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If Walls Could Talk
- An Intimate History of the Home
- De: Lucy Worsley
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 9 h y 43 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 446
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 392
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 391
Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two "dirty centuries?" Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did rich people fear fruit?In her brilliantly and creatively researched book, Lucy Worsley takes us through the bedroom, bathroom, living room, and kitchen.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Compelling.
- De Kirsten en 06-05-12
De: Lucy Worsley
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Life in a Medieval City
- De: Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 6 h y 49 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 88
Life in a Medieval City is the classic account of the year 1250 in the city of Troyes, in modern-day France. Acclaimed historians Frances and Joseph Gies focus on a high point of medieval civilization - before war and the Black Death ravaged Europe - providing a fascinating window into the sophistication of a period we too often dismiss as backward. Urban life in the Middle Ages revolved around the home, often a mixed-use dwelling for burghers with a store or workshop on the ground floor and living quarters upstairs.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Troyes, an old town but a new city
- De Darwin8u en 04-02-18
De: Frances Gies, y otros
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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
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,527
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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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A Million Years in a Day
- A Curious History of Everyday Life from the Stone Age to the Phone Age
- De: Greg Jenner
- Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 88
Who invented beds? When did we start cleaning our teeth? How old are wine and beer? Which came first: the toilet seat or toilet paper? What was the first clock? Every day, from the moment our alarm clock wakes us in the morning until our head hits our pillow at night, we all take part in rituals that are millennia old. Structured around one ordinary day, A Million Years in a Day reveals the astonishing origins and development of the daily practices we take for granted.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Super interesting!
- De Brandon en 07-07-16
De: Greg Jenner
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24 Hours in Ancient Rome: A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- 24 Hours in Ancient History Series, Book 1
- De: Philip Matyszak
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 6 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 134
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 118
In this entertaining and enlightening guide, best-selling historian Philip Matyszak introduces us to the people who lived and worked there. In each hour of the day we meet a new character - from emperor to slave girl, gladiator to astrologer, medicine woman to water-clock maker - and discover the fascinating details of their daily lives.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Took me back to Latin class and the origin of word
- De tony harris en 05-19-20
De: Philip Matyszak
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Chaucer's People
- Everyday Lives in Medieval England
- De: Liza Picard
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court-men and women who spent days at the pedal of a loom, or maintaining the ledgers of an estate, or on the high seas. In Chaucer's People, Liza Picard transforms The Canterbury Tales into a masterful guide for a gloriously detailed tour of medieval England, from the mills and farms of a manor house to the lending houses and Inns of Court in London. In Chaucer's People, we meet, again, the motley crew of pilgrims on the road to Canterbury.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A delight
- De Tad Davis en 05-10-19
De: Liza Picard
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Women's Work
- The First 20,000 Years: Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times
- De: Elizabeth Wayland Barber
- Narrado por: Donna Postel
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 213
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 181
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 180
Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women. Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Respectful treatment of the archeological record.
- De fiberflair en 02-23-21
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Corsets and Codpieces
- A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era
- De: Karen Bowman
- Narrado por: Susan Duerden
- Duración: 6 h y 9 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 103
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
Have you ever wondered why we wear the type of clothes we do? Packed with outlandish outfits, this exciting history of fashion trends reveals the flamboyant fashions adopted (and discarded) by our ancestors. In the days before cosmetic surgery, people used bum rolls and bombastic breeches to augment their figures, painted their faces with poisonous concoctions, and doused themselves with scent to cover body odor.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A poorly researched and weirdly sexist read
- De Interregnum Rex en 08-26-17
De: Karen Bowman
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The Domestic Revolution
- How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
No single invention epitomizes the Victorian era more than the black cast-iron range. Aware that the 21st-century has reduced it to a quaint relic, Ruth Goodman was determined to prove that the hot coal stove provided so much more than morning tea: It might even have kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Wielding the wit and passion seen in How to Be a Victorian, Goodman traces the tectonic shift from wood to coal in the mid-16th century - from sooty trials and errors during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the totally smog-clouded reign of Queen Victoria.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Zombie Apocalypse
- De PeachPecan en 12-25-20
De: Ruth Goodman
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Castles, Customs, and Kings
- True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors
- De: Debra Brown, M.M. Bennetts
- Narrado por: Ruth Golding
- Duración: 25 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 60
A compilation of essays from the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, this book provides a wealth of historical information from Roman Britain to early 20th-century England. Over 50 different authors share hundreds of real life stories and tantalizing tidbits discovered while doing research for their own historical novels.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Historical Tidbits
- De Troy en 08-03-15
De: Debra Brown, y otros
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The Victorian City
- Everyday Life in Dickens' London
- De: Judith Flanders
- Narrado por: Corrie James
- Duración: 16 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 171
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 141
Judith Flanders, one of Britain's foremost social historians, explores the world portrayed so vividly in Dickens' novels, showing life on the streets of London in colorful, fascinating detail. From the moment Charles Dickens, the century's best-loved English novelist and London's greatest observer, arrived in the city in 1822, he obsessively walked its streets, recording its pleasures, curiosities, and cruelties.
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2 out of 5 stars
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UNFORTUNATLY DISAPPOINTED, IS NOT INTERESTING
- De Count B en 02-04-18
De: Judith Flanders
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Servants
- A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times
- De: Lucy Lethbridge
- Narrado por: Helen Stern
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 143
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 135
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 134
From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to the poor child doing chores in a slightly less poor household, servants were essential to the British way of life. They were hired not only for their skills but also to demonstrate the social standing of their employers - even as they were required to tread softly and blend into the background. More than simply the laboring class serving the upper crust - as popular culture would have us believe - they were a diverse group that shaped and witnessed major changes in the modern home, family, and social order.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting but gaps in info, narration difficult
- De redsrule1 en 01-11-15
De: Lucy Lethbridge
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Little Heathens
- Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
- De: Mildred Armstrong Kalish
- Narrado por: Ruth Ann Phimister
- Duración: 9 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 124
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 108
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 109
As foreclosure fragments her family, five-year-old Mildred and her three siblings find refuge with her grandparents enjoying a modest retirement. When the "little heathens" flush the seniors and their child-rearing skills out of retirement, the grandparents deploy tough but loving bedtime schedules, Bible and prayer routines, and plenty of character-building chores. Having no electricity or indoor plumbing and with little heat or money on the farm, Mildred learns to find joy in the priceless blessings of life.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Makes you appreciate today's living
- De Susan en 03-11-11
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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England
- A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 780
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 668
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 665
Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman reveals in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee" to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to offer this colorfully crude portrait of offenses most foul.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I learned a lot about cultural norms..even today's
- De Alanna R en 03-18-19
De: Ruth Goodman
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Victorian London
- The Life of a City, 1840-1870
- De: Liza Picard
- Narrado por: Anton Lesser
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 41
Like her previous books, this book will be the result of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life, and the conditions in which most people lived, so often left out of history books. This period of mid-Victorian London encompasses a huge range of subjects.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Unforgettable journey into the past
- De Adeliese Baumann en 05-27-18
De: Liza Picard
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Cræft
- An Inquiry into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts
- De: Alexander Langlands
- Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Duración: 10 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 99
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 90
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 90
In Craeft, archaeologist and medieval historian Alexander Langlands argues that our modern understanding of craft only skims the surface. His journeys from his home in Wales have taken him along the Atlantic seaboard of Europe, from Spain through France and England to Scotland and Iceland in search of the lost meaning of craft.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too little information too much brag and biography
- De Thomas B. en 04-28-21
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Life in a Medieval Village
- De: Frances Gies, Joseph Gies
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 6 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 94
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 82
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 82
Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made communal living possible, explain what domestic life was like for serf and lord alike, and describe the central role of the church in maintaining social harmony.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A step back in time
- De Diana en 10-02-19
De: Frances Gies, y otros
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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England
- A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 780
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 668
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 665
Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman reveals in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee" to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to offer this colorfully crude portrait of offenses most foul.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I learned a lot about cultural norms..even today's
- De Alanna R en 03-18-19
De: Ruth Goodman
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The Domestic Revolution
- How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
No single invention epitomizes the Victorian era more than the black cast-iron range. Aware that the 21st-century has reduced it to a quaint relic, Ruth Goodman was determined to prove that the hot coal stove provided so much more than morning tea: It might even have kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Wielding the wit and passion seen in How to Be a Victorian, Goodman traces the tectonic shift from wood to coal in the mid-16th century - from sooty trials and errors during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the totally smog-clouded reign of Queen Victoria.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Zombie Apocalypse
- De PeachPecan en 12-25-20
De: Ruth Goodman
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Serving Victoria
- Life in the Royal Household
- De: Kate Hubbard
- Narrado por: Kate Hubbard
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
During her 63-year reign, Queen Victoria gathered around herself a household dedicated to her service. For some, royal employment was the defining experience of their lives; for others it came as an unwelcome duty or as a prelude to greater things. Serving Victoria follows the lives of six members of her household, from the governess to the royal children, from her maid of honor to her chaplain and her personal physician.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Queen
- De Joie Bostwick en 01-24-25
De: Kate Hubbard
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Chaucer's People
- Everyday Lives in Medieval England
- De: Liza Picard
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court-men and women who spent days at the pedal of a loom, or maintaining the ledgers of an estate, or on the high seas. In Chaucer's People, Liza Picard transforms The Canterbury Tales into a masterful guide for a gloriously detailed tour of medieval England, from the mills and farms of a manor house to the lending houses and Inns of Court in London. In Chaucer's People, we meet, again, the motley crew of pilgrims on the road to Canterbury.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A delight
- De Tad Davis en 05-10-19
De: Liza Picard
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Great Ladies
- The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens
- De: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Duración: 6 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 33
Some ladies who served at the Tudor court are only faceless silhouettes lost to the sands of time, but there are those who dedicated their lives to please their royal mistresses and left documentation, allowing us to piece their life stories together and link them to the stories of Tudor queens. These female attendants saw their queens and princesses up close and often used their intimate bonds to their own benefit. Some were beloved, others hated. This is the story of the ladies of the Tudor court like you've never heard it before.
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3 out of 5 stars
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the title is deceiving
- De Dr. A. en 12-15-19
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A Hidden History of The Tower of London
- England’s Most Notorious Prisoners
- De: John Paul Davis
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Famed as the ultimate penalty for traitors, heretics, and royalty alike, being sent to the Tower is known to have been experienced by no less than 8,000 unfortunate souls. Many of those who were imprisoned in the Tower never returned to civilization and those who did, often did so without their head! It is hardly surprising that the Tower has earned itself a reputation among the most infamous buildings on the planet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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History buffs, this is for you!
- De Amazon Customer en 05-11-22
De: John Paul Davis
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How to Behave Badly in Elizabethan England
- A Guide for Knaves, Fools, Harlots, Cuckolds, Drunkards, Liars, Thieves, and Braggarts
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 10 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 780
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 668
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 665
Every age and social strata has its bad eggs, rule-breakers, and nose-thumbers. As acclaimed popular historian and author of How to Be a Victorian Ruth Goodman reveals in her madcap chronicle, Elizabethan England was particularly rank with troublemakers, from snooty needlers who took aim with a cutting "thee" to lowbrow drunkards with revolting table manners. Goodman draws on advice manuals, court cases, and sermons to offer this colorfully crude portrait of offenses most foul.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I learned a lot about cultural norms..even today's
- De Alanna R en 03-18-19
De: Ruth Goodman
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The Domestic Revolution
- How the Introduction of Coal into Victorian Homes Changed Everything
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 11 h y 17 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 93
No single invention epitomizes the Victorian era more than the black cast-iron range. Aware that the 21st-century has reduced it to a quaint relic, Ruth Goodman was determined to prove that the hot coal stove provided so much more than morning tea: It might even have kick-started the Industrial Revolution. Wielding the wit and passion seen in How to Be a Victorian, Goodman traces the tectonic shift from wood to coal in the mid-16th century - from sooty trials and errors during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the totally smog-clouded reign of Queen Victoria.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Zombie Apocalypse
- De PeachPecan en 12-25-20
De: Ruth Goodman
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Serving Victoria
- Life in the Royal Household
- De: Kate Hubbard
- Narrado por: Kate Hubbard
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 22
During her 63-year reign, Queen Victoria gathered around herself a household dedicated to her service. For some, royal employment was the defining experience of their lives; for others it came as an unwelcome duty or as a prelude to greater things. Serving Victoria follows the lives of six members of her household, from the governess to the royal children, from her maid of honor to her chaplain and her personal physician.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Queen
- De Joie Bostwick en 01-24-25
De: Kate Hubbard
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Chaucer's People
- Everyday Lives in Medieval England
- De: Liza Picard
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 12 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 73
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 73
Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court-men and women who spent days at the pedal of a loom, or maintaining the ledgers of an estate, or on the high seas. In Chaucer's People, Liza Picard transforms The Canterbury Tales into a masterful guide for a gloriously detailed tour of medieval England, from the mills and farms of a manor house to the lending houses and Inns of Court in London. In Chaucer's People, we meet, again, the motley crew of pilgrims on the road to Canterbury.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A delight
- De Tad Davis en 05-10-19
De: Liza Picard
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Great Ladies
- The Forgotten Witnesses to the Lives of Tudor Queens
- De: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Jasicki
- Duración: 6 h y 58 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 36
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 33
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 33
Some ladies who served at the Tudor court are only faceless silhouettes lost to the sands of time, but there are those who dedicated their lives to please their royal mistresses and left documentation, allowing us to piece their life stories together and link them to the stories of Tudor queens. These female attendants saw their queens and princesses up close and often used their intimate bonds to their own benefit. Some were beloved, others hated. This is the story of the ladies of the Tudor court like you've never heard it before.
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3 out of 5 stars
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the title is deceiving
- De Dr. A. en 12-15-19
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A Hidden History of The Tower of London
- England’s Most Notorious Prisoners
- De: John Paul Davis
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 43
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 43
Famed as the ultimate penalty for traitors, heretics, and royalty alike, being sent to the Tower is known to have been experienced by no less than 8,000 unfortunate souls. Many of those who were imprisoned in the Tower never returned to civilization and those who did, often did so without their head! It is hardly surprising that the Tower has earned itself a reputation among the most infamous buildings on the planet.
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4 out of 5 stars
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History buffs, this is for you!
- De Amazon Customer en 05-11-22
De: John Paul Davis
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- De: Ian Mortimer
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 11 h y 45 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,290
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,967
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,957
Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? And what are you going to eat? Ian Mortimer shows us that the past is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived. He sets out to explain what life was like in the most immediate way, through taking you to the Middle Ages. The result is the most astonishing social history book you are ever likely to read: evolutionary in its concept, informative and entertaining in its detail.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Detailed, Interesting and Entertaining
- De Marc-Andr? en 05-13-10
De: Ian Mortimer
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Regency Britain
- De: Ian Mortimer
- Narrado por: Ian Mortimer
- Duración: 17 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 165
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 142
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 140
In the latest volume of his celebrated series of Time Traveler's Guides, Ian Mortimer turns to what is arguably the most-loved period in British history—the Regency, or Georgian England. A time of exuberance, thrills, frills, and unchecked bad behavior, it was perhaps the last age of true freedom before the arrival of the stifling world of Victorian morality. At the same time, it was a period of transition. Conveying the sights, sounds, and smells of the Regency period, this is history at its most exciting—the past not as something to be studied, but as lived experience.
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2 out of 5 stars
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SKIP THIS BOOK
- De Lady Aristotle en 09-05-22
De: Ian Mortimer
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The Hidden Lives of Tudor Women
- A Social History
- De: Elizabeth Norton
- Narrado por: Jennifer Dixon
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 679
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 600
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 598
The Tudor period conjures up images of queens and noblewomen in elaborate court dress, of palace intrigue and dramatic politics. But if you were a woman, it was also a time when death during childbirth was rife, when marriage was usually a legal contract, not a matter for love, and the education you could hope to receive was minimal at best. Yet the Tudor century was also dominated by powerful and dynamic women in a way that no era had been before.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I love this book!
- De Kathi en 08-17-17
De: Elizabeth Norton
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Matilda
- Empress, Queen, Warrior
- De: Catherine Hanley
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 12 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 202
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 183
A life of Matilda - empress, skilled military leader, and one of the greatest figures of the English Middle Ages.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Both entertaining and scholarly
- De Anonymous User en 09-10-19
De: Catherine Hanley
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The House of Dudley
- A New History of Tudor England
- De: Joanne Paul
- Narrado por: Kristin Atherton
- Duración: 17 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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Each Tudor monarch made their name with a Dudley by their side—or by crushing one beneath their feet. The Dudleys thrived at the court of Henry VII but were sacrificed to the popularity of Henry VIII. Rising to prominence in the reign of Edward VI, the Dudleys lost it all by advancing Jane Grey to the throne over Mary I. That was until the reign of Elizabeth I, when the family was once again at the center of power and would do anything to remain there . . . With three generations of felled favorites, what was it that caused this family to keep rising so high and falling so low?
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Enjoyed this book
- De Laura Lee en 07-28-23
De: Joanne Paul
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Henry IV
- The Righteous King
- De: Ian Mortimer
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 22 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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The talented, confident, and intelligent son of John of Gaunt, Henry IV started his reign as a popular and charismatic king after he dethroned the tyrannical and wildly unpopular Richard II. But six years into his reign, Henry had survived eight assassination and overthrow attempts. Having broken God's law of primogeniture by overthrowing the man many people saw as the chosen king, Henry IV left himself vulnerable to challenges from powerful enemies about the validity of his reign. Even so, Henry managed to establish the new Lancastrian dynasty and a new rule of law.
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Detailed and compelling
- De kayakman en 12-15-17
De: Ian Mortimer
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The Black Prince
- England's Greatest Medieval Warrior
- De: Michael Jones
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 16 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 237
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As a child, he was given his own suit of armor; at the age of 16, he helped defeat the French at Crecy. At Poitiers, in 1356, his victory over King John II of France forced the French into a humiliating surrender that marked the zenith of England's dominance in the Hundred Years War. As lord of Aquitaine, he ruled a vast swathe of territory across the west and southwest of France, holding a magnificent court at Bordeaux that mesmerized the brave but unruly Gascon nobility. He was Edward of Woodstock, eldest son of Edward III, and better known to posterity as "the Black Prince".
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding history
- De Scott en 02-17-19
De: Michael Jones
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Henry V
- The Warrior King of 1415
- De: Ian Mortimer
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 25 h y 43 m
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This insightful look at the life of Henry V and the Battle of Agincourt casts new light on a period in history often held up as legend. A great English hero, Henry V was lionized by Shakespeare and revered by his countrymen for his religious commitment, his sense of justice, and his military victories. Here, noted historian and biographer Ian Mortimer takes a look at the man behind the legend and offers a clear, historically accurate, and realistic representation of a ruler who was all too human.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Accessible, grounded, enjoyable
- De Justa Guy en 04-10-18
De: Ian Mortimer
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I Never Knew That About Royal Britain
- De: Christopher Winn
- Narrado por: Tim Bentinck
- Duración: 7 h y 34 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 13
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Best-selling author Christopher Winn explores Britain's royal past, unearthing a rich legacy of castles and palaces, cathedrals and country retreats, battlefields and monuments where kings and queens lived and died. In this exploration of royal British history, discover whose heart is buried near the Tower of London, which palace was built on top of a mulberry garden, the world's oldest and largest occupied castle, and the first building in Britain to have latrines.
De: Christopher Winn
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The Lost Queen
- The Life & Tragedy of the Prince Regent's Daughter
- De: Anne M. Stott
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 11 h y 30 m
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As the only child of the Prince Regent and Caroline of Brunswick, Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796-1817) was the heiress presumptive to the throne. Her parents' marriage had already broken up by the time she was born. She had a difficult childhood and a turbulent adolescence, but she was popular with the public, who looked to her to restore the good name of the monarchy.
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5 out of 5 stars
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excellent
- De meganajjcec en 10-12-20
De: Anne M. Stott
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The Great Plague
- A People's History
- De: Evelyn Lord
- Narrado por: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Duración: 5 h y 34 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 8
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In this intimate history of the extraordinary Black Plague pandemic that swept through the British Isles in 1665, Evelyn Lord focuses on the plague's effects on smaller towns, where every death was a singular blow affecting the entire community. Lord's fascinating reconstruction of life during plague times presents the personal experiences of a wide range of individuals, from historical notables to common folk. The Great Plague brings this dark era to vivid life through stories of loss and survival from those who grieved, those who fled, and those who hid to await their fate.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful
- De afCindy en 01-01-25
De: Evelyn Lord
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The Hundred Years War
- A People's History
- De: David Green
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways the war affected different groups, among them knights, clerics, women, peasants, soldiers, peacemakers, and kings.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Instructive
- De Faycal Ikhouane en 09-10-23
De: David Green
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre How to Be a Tudor
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- helen
- 07-11-19
Ruth is my favorite
She is the ideal historian for me! Being revolved around homemaking, cooking, and English History, she is all that and more wrapped up into one very intelligent, fun and overall perfect go to for Tudor life!
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- Angiecwp
- 05-17-18
so informing!
it was so cool to read/hear how thinks were done back then. I want to hear more!
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- Ashley
- 04-20-21
Everyday Life
For anyone who wonders about history beyond wars and the real stories behind tv dramas this is a good starting point to understanding the people of Tudor times.
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- ADS
- 05-30-20
Great book — confused by ending
The author’s experience with Tudor period practices — from knotting silk braid to making ale — made this book great fun. I was enjoying it, and coming to the end of the day with sleep, when the book seemed to suddenly end. Did they run out of studio time or something? Weird. But the rest of it is great!
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- S Bird
- 06-28-16
Emotionless narrator leaves a bit to be desired
Other than the slightly robotic narrator, the book was very good. I really enjoy Ruth Goodman and the Tudor time period.
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- JHR - Washington DC
- 11-25-22
Fascinating
Entertaining and very interesting. The author’s living history experience brings the subject to life. The narrator’s voice is a bit dreary but not distractingly so
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- JoyceB
- 12-29-21
Great listen!
Illuminating and humorous, thanks to Ruth Goodman for another winner! I definitely recommend to anyone who wants to delve deeper into Tudor life. Much more information than a typical novel set in the time period.
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- WildandFree
- 02-13-25
Love It!!!
Ruth Goodman is as always enthralling and fascinating as a writer and living historian. The depth of detail the fascinating tiny fragments she pieces together from everyday life draw you in and leave you entranced and longing for more!
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- Linda L.
- 08-03-18
for history lovers of the common
informative, accessible and entertaining. highly recommended for anyone interested in late medieval period, and "regular" peoples' lives and living.
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- Drapeau
- 03-09-21
Charming Book, Charming Narrator
Spaced over a day in the life of Tudor England, this delightful book takes us through such topics as personal hygiene, food preparation, work, social relations, worship, and sex. Learning about how hard the average Tudor individual worked made me feel lazy and spoiled. I must defend the narrator, Heather Wilds, from the charge of being a "robotic" reader. She has a beautiful voice and charming style. How much drama could you bring to a section on the varieties of wheat, or a detailed description of plowing techniques?
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