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Martin Luther
- The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
- By: Eric Metaxas
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
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From author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation....
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A Metaxas Hat Trick
- By Tommy on 11-04-17
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Martin Luther
- The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World
- Narrated by: Eric Metaxas
- Length: 20 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 10-03-17
- Language: English
- From author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation....
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Fatal Discord
- Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind
- By: Michael Massing
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 34 hrs and 52 mins
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This deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history examines two of the greatest minds of European history - Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther - and their heated rivalry....
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Excellent work - up until the discussion of America
- By Michele Esposito on 08-24-19
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Fatal Discord
- Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 34 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 02-27-18
- Language: English
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This deeply textured dual biography and fascinating intellectual history examines two of the greatest minds of European history - Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther - and their heated rivalry....
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- By: Joel F. Harrington
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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Excellent
- By James on 03-30-18
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The Faithful Executioner
- Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century
- Narrated by: James Gillies
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 10-19-17
- Language: English
- In The Faithful Executioner, Harrington vividly re-creates a life filled with stark contrasts, from the young apprentice's rigorous training under his executioner father....
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Conquistadores
- A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
- By: Fernando Cervantes
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
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A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world....
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A fresh mature perspective on the Spanish conquest
- By Chencheno111 on 03-19-22
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Conquistadores
- A New History of Spanish Discovery and Conquest
- Narrated by: Luis Soto
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 09-14-21
- Language: English
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A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world....
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The Private Lives of the Tudors
- Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
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England's Tudor monarchs - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I - are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal families in history....
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The Narration Is Awful
- By Appollo 500 on 10-27-18
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The Private Lives of the Tudors
- Uncovering the Secrets of Britain's Greatest Dynasty
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 15 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 02-21-18
- Language: English
- England's Tudor monarchs - Henry VII, Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I - are perhaps the most celebrated and fascinating of all royal families in history....
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Francis I
- The Maker of Modern France
- By: Leonie Frieda
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Catherine de Medici's father-in-law, King Francis of France, was the perfect Renaissance knight, the movement's exemplar and its Gallic interpreter. An aesthete, a diplomat par excellence....
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Rekindling salamandrine fires...
- By Adeliese Baumann on 09-29-18
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Francis I
- The Maker of Modern France
- Narrated by: Carole Boyd
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 04-10-18
- Language: English
- Catherine de Medici's father-in-law, King Francis of France, was the perfect Renaissance knight, the movement's exemplar and its Gallic interpreter. An aesthete, a diplomat par excellence....
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Thomas Cromwell
- The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
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Grounded in excellent primary source research, Thomas Cromwell gives an inside look at a monarchy that has captured the Western imagination for centuries....
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narration is very well done & book is quite good
- By horoscopy on 02-18-15
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Thomas Cromwell
- The Untold Story of Henry VIII's Most Faithful Servant
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 14 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 01-06-15
- Language: English
- Grounded in excellent primary source research, Thomas Cromwell gives an inside look at a monarchy that has captured the Western imagination for centuries....
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Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
- The Secret History Behind the Tudor Throne
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Recounting Henry VIII's life and signal moments through the lens of his male relationships, Tracy Borman’s new biography reveals Henry’s personality in all its multi-faceted, contradictory glory, and sheds fresh light on his reign for anyone fascinated by the Tudor era and its legacy....
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Exceptional.
- By bigdjunta on 08-02-19
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Henry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
- The Secret History Behind the Tudor Throne
- Narrated by: Julie Teal
- Length: 17 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 02-05-19
- Language: English
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Recounting Henry VIII's life and signal moments through the lens of his male relationships, Tracy Borman’s new biography reveals Henry’s personality in all its multi-faceted, contradictory glory, and sheds fresh light on his reign for anyone fascinated by the Tudor era and its legacy....
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Organized as a travel guide for the time-hopping tourist, The Time-Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England is an entertaining popular history with a twist....
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ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!
- By The Louligan on 01-27-14
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The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Series: Time Traveler’s Guides
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 06-27-13
- Language: English
- Organized as a travel guide for the time-hopping tourist, The Time-Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England is an entertaining popular history with a twist....
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Emperor
- A New Life of Charles V
- By: Geoffrey Parker
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 26 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers....
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Amazing.
- By bigdjunta on 10-21-19
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Emperor
- A New Life of Charles V
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 26 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 06-11-19
- Language: English
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The life of Emperor Charles V (1500-1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers....
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Conquerors
- How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
- By: Roger Crowley
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
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Within a short time span, a tiny country whose population did not exceed a million created a maritime empire that stretched from Brazil to Nagasaki....
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Beautifully balanced
- By Nigel Roberts on 05-08-16
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Conquerors
- How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
- Length: 13 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 12-01-15
- Language: English
- Within a short time span, a tiny country whose population did not exceed a million created a maritime empire that stretched from Brazil to Nagasaki....
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How to Be a Tudor
- A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
- By: Ruth Goodman
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
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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....
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Excellent book!
- By Kathi on 02-18-16
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How to Be a Tudor
- A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
- Narrated by: Heather Wilds
- Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-15-16
- Language: English
- 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....
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The Last Days of the Incas
- By: Kim MacQuarrie
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 21 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1532, the 54-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru....
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Interesting but problematic
- By Matthew on 11-05-07
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The Last Days of the Incas
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 21 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-17-07
- Language: English
- In 1532, the 54-year-old Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro led a force of 167 men, including his four brothers, to the shores of Peru....
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Spice
- The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World
- By: Roger Crowley
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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The story of the 16th-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific.
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Spice or Megellan?
- By BarbieAlaska on 06-21-24
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Spice
- The 16th-Century Contest That Shaped the Modern World
- Narrated by: Samuel Roukin
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 06-18-24
- Language: English
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The story of the 16th-century’s epic contest for the spice trade, which propelled European maritime exploration and conquest across Asia and the Pacific.
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The Jewel House
- Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
- By: Deborah Harkness
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
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Best-selling author Deborah E. Harkness explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London....
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Should have read reviews first!
- By Doris Elaine Wilkinson on 07-27-16
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The Jewel House
- Elizabethan London and the Scientific Revolution
- Narrated by: Kate Reading
- Length: 14 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 10-13-14
- Language: English
- Best-selling author Deborah E. Harkness explores the streets, shops, back alleys, and gardens of Elizabethan London....
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- By: David Wootton
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
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A groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world....
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A Good Read Spoiled
- By David A. Donnelly on 12-23-16
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The Invention of Science
- A New History of the Scientific Revolution
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 22 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 04-19-16
- Language: English
- A groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world....
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The Dawning of the Apocalypse
- The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century
- By: Gerald Horne
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Acclaimed historian Gerald Horne troubles America's settler colonialism's "creation myth"....
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Horrible narration
- By William Harrington on 06-05-22
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The Dawning of the Apocalypse
- The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, Settler Colonialism, and Capitalism in the Long Sixteenth Century
- Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-15-21
- Language: English
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Acclaimed historian Gerald Horne troubles America's settler colonialism's "creation myth"....
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A Hangman’s Diary
- The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617
- By: Franz Schmidt, Albrecht Keller - editor and translator, C. Calvert BA - translator, and others
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
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Now an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman's Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason for the punishment....
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Good , but …
- By Steve Bruno on 08-18-21
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A Hangman’s Diary
- The Journal of Master Franz Schmidt, Public Executioner of Nuremberg, 1573-1617
- Narrated by: John McLain
- Length: 4 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-17-21
- Language: English
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Now an esoteric of legal and criminal history, A Hangman's Diary gives a year-by-year breakdown on all of Master Franz Schmidt's executions, which included hangings, beheadings, and other methods, as well as details of each capital crime and the reason for the punishment....
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Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 2
- By: John Guy
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
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Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in it....
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Henry VIII: The Quest for Fame
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 2
- Narrated by: John Banks
- Series: Penguin Monarchs
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 06-28-18
- Language: English
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Henry VIII's reign transformed the physical and spiritual landscape of England. In this revealing new account, John Guy explores how Henry himself understood the world and his place in it....
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Defenders of the Faith
- Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
- By: James Reston Jr.
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
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A best-selling historian recounts 16 years that shook the world - the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna....
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Good account of interesting period of history
- By ItalCali on 03-11-22
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Defenders of the Faith
- Charles V, Suleyman the Magnificent, and the Battle for Europe, 1520-1536
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 14 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 01-29-19
- Language: English
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A best-selling historian recounts 16 years that shook the world - the epic clash between Europe and the Ottoman Turks that ended the Renaissance and brought Islam to the gates of Vienna....
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