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Battle for the Falklands
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,867
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Performance1,642
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Story1,634
The Falklands War was one of the strangest in British history - 28,000 men sent to fight for a tiny relic of empire 8,000 miles from home. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity, but the British victory confirmed the quality of British arms and boosted the political fortunes of the Conservative government.
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Comprehensive But Not What I Hoped For
- By S. Morris on 26-07-16
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Battle for the Falklands
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-06-14
- Language: English
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Midnight in Chernobyl
- The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
- By: Adam Higginbotham
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall835
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Performance739
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Story736
Brought to you by Penguin. The dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history’s worst...
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Amazing!
- By Jamie Cowan on 09-04-19
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Midnight in Chernobyl
- The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster
- Narrated by: Jacques Roy
- Length: 13 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 14-02-19
- Language: English
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Roberts Ridge
- A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
- By: Malcolm MacPherson
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall177
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Performance153
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Story149
For the U.S. Navy's elite team of SEALs, the mission seemed straightforward enough: to take control of a towering, 10,240-foot mountain peak called Takur Ghar, a key post in their plan to smash Taliban al Qaeda in eastern Afghanistan.
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Riveting Read
- By Stephen on 14-10-10
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Roberts Ridge
- A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 04-06-08
- Language: English
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The Passage of Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
- By: Robert A. Caro
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 32 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall294
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Performance257
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Story254
The Passage of Power follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career - 1958 to 1964. It is a time that would see him trade the extraordinary power he had created for himself as Senate Majority Leader for what became the wretched powerlessness of a Vice President in an administration that disdained and distrusted him. Yet it was, as well, the time in which the presidency, the goal he had always pursued, would be thrust upon him in the moment it took an assassin’s bullet to reach its mark.
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Fascinating insight into a pivotal decade
- By Kirstine on 01-03-14
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The Passage of Power
- The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Series: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Book 4
- Length: 32 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 01-05-12
- Language: English
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Hiding Place
- By: Corrie ten Boom
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall256
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Performance224
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Story224
Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who became a heroine of the Resistance, a survivor of Hitler's concentration camps, and one of the most remarkable evangelists of the 20h century. In World War II she and her family risked their lives to help Jews and underground workers escape from the Nazi's, and for their work they were tested in the infamous Nazi death camps. Only Corrie among her whole family survived to tell the story of how faith ultimately triumphs over evil.
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Excelent reading of a book I loved many years ago
- By Mumoffive on 13-04-13
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Hiding Place
- Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 29-07-09
- Language: English
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GCHQ
- Centenary Edition
- By: Richard Aldrich
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall537
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Performance473
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Story473
FULLY UPDATED CENTENARY EDITION ‘An important book’ Max Hastings, Sunday Times ‘An intriguing history of covert surveillance … thoroughly engaging’ Daily Telegraph GCHQ is the largest and most secretive intelligence organisation in the UK, and has existed for 100 years – but we still...
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Sober and detailed history
- By Philip on 15-10-19
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GCHQ
- Centenary Edition
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 11-07-19
- Language: English
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London in the Nineteenth Century
- By: Jerry White
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall125
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Performance108
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Story108
Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert. London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. Most of all it was the London of Dickens. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'.
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Outstanding, fascinating
- By JWW on 12-06-20
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London in the Nineteenth Century
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 21 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 20-12-18
- Language: English
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Error of Judgement
- The Birmingham Bombings and the Scandal That Shook Britain
- By: Chris Mullin
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance20
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Story20
On the evening of 21st November 1974, bombs planted by the IRA in two crowded Birmingham pubs exploded, killing 21 people and injuring at least 170. Within a day of the explosion, six men - Paddy Hill, Gerry Hunter, Richard McIlkenny, Billy Power, Johnny Walker and Hughie Callaghan - were arrested and charged. All were found guilty. Methodically, with total clarity and a tone that is both gripping and impassioned, then investigative journalist Mullin unpicked every detail of the case.
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Chris Mullins brilliant
- By Michelle on 14-10-25
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Error of Judgement
- The Birmingham Bombings and the Scandal That Shook Britain
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 15-02-24
- Language: English
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The House of Dudley
- A New History of Tudor England. A TIMES Book of the Year 2022
- By: Joanne Paul
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall148
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Performance135
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Story134
Brought to you by Penguin. Told for the very first time is the true story of the secret royal family. 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...
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Thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining book.
- By Amazon Customer on 24-04-22
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The House of Dudley
- A New History of Tudor England. A TIMES Book of the Year 2022
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 17 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 31-03-22
- Language: English
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Operation Biting
- The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall109
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Performance105
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Story105
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller… I couldn't put Max Hastings's new book down' DAILY MAIL 'Hastings is a master of drama, a writer intimately familiar with the mind of the soldier' THE TIMES...
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Good
- By mike on 29-10-24
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Operation Biting
- The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler’s Radar
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 23-05-24
- Language: English
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D-Day
- June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of WW II
- By: Stephen E. Ambrose
- Narrated by: Jesse Boggs
- Length: 25 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall182
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Performance174
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Story173
Stephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history. D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their lives, when the horrors, complexities, and triumphs of life are laid bare. Distinguished...
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Very little about the British and Canadians
- By michael on 08-01-17
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D-Day
- June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of WW II
- Narrated by: Jesse Boggs
- Length: 25 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 06-11-12
- Language: English
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Charles and Camilla
- Portrait of a Love Affair
- By: Gyles Brandreth
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall93
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Performance81
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Story80
This is a story of the most well documented, most commented on love affair of our times. Yet the personalities behind the facade remain elusive and the nature of their relationship is an enigma. This is the first major biography of Charles and Camilla, two people who have battled against the curious lot that fate has thrown their way. Gyles Brandreth returns to the same ground as his last book, the bestselling "Philip and Elizabeth"; "Portrait of a Marriage".
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Fascinating Detailed Account Of Royal Life
- By Joan on 03-03-18
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Charles and Camilla
- Portrait of a Love Affair
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 09-12-14
- Language: English
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King of Kings
- The Fall of the Shah and the Revolution That Forged Modern Iran
- By: Scott Anderson
- Narrated by: Malcom Hillgartner, Scott Anderson
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance22
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Story22
Brought to you by Penguin. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER NEW STATESMAN, ATLANTIC AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A spellbinding narrative history of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and its devastating consequences by the Sunday Times bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia. Before the...
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Interesting
- By Hamid on 30-09-25
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King of Kings
- The Fall of the Shah and the Revolution That Forged Modern Iran
- Narrated by: Malcom Hillgartner, Scott Anderson
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
- Release date: 07-08-25
- Language: English
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The Russia Anxiety
- And How History Can Resolve It
- By: Mark B. Smith
- Narrated by: Sam Woolf
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance16
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Story16
Brought to you by Penguin. Russia is an exceptional country, the biggest in the world. It is both European and exotic, powerful and weak, brilliant and flawed. Why are we so afraid of it? Time and again, we judge Russia by unique standards. We have usually assumed that it possesses higher levels...
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The Russians are coming!
- By Christohe on 09-03-22
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The Russia Anxiety
- And How History Can Resolve It
- Narrated by: Sam Woolf
- Length: 17 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 04-07-19
- Language: English
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Unleashed
- By: Boris Johnson
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall877
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Performance824
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Story824
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, DAILY MAIL, TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES ‘ABSOLUTELY, TOTALLY, MIND-BLOWINGLY EXPLOSIVE’ ED BALLS 'SENSATIONAL' DAILY MAIL THE UNMISSABLE, UNVARNISHED MEMOIRS OF BORIS JOHNSON Boris Johnson has always been larger...
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Tiresome
- By Mats on 13-10-24
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Unleashed
- Length: 25 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 10-10-24
- Language: English
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Victory in the West 1945
- By: Peter Caddick-Adams TD VR BA (Hons) PhD FRHistS FRGS KJ
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall170
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Performance151
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Story151
March 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is finally within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift disillusionment. The final 100 days of the Second World War will prove to be bitterly and bloodily fought, village by village, town by town. Acclaimed military historian Peter Caddick-Adams brings this closing stage of the Allies' fight against Nazi Germany brilliantly to life. He explores the immense challenges they faced in crossing the Rhine on a 300-mile front.
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Anti British Bias
- By Marea on 23-10-22
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Victory in the West 1945
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 19-05-22
- Language: English
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Abyss
- The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall333
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Performance298
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Story299
A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings ‘the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis’ Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States...
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Detailed analysis well narrated
- By TonyG on 25-10-22
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Abyss
- The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 19 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 29-09-22
- Language: English
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Armageddon
- The Battle for Germany 1944-45
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: John Sessions
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Abridged
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Overall302
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Performance227
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Story224
In this compelling study Max Hastings addresses the big human and military questions. Why did the Allies not win the war in 1944, when they were vastly stronger than the Germans? Why did the Russians produce the best generals? What was it like to fight the British, American, German and Soviet...
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Masterful history. Story telling at its best.
- By J NEILL on 18-11-08
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Armageddon
- The Battle for Germany 1944-45
- Narrated by: John Sessions
- Length: 7 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 13-02-08
- Language: English
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Barbarians at the Gate
- The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- By: Bryan Burrough, John Helyar
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall184
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Performance162
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Story164
#1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco at the hands of a buyout from investment firm KKR. A book that stormed both the bestseller list and the public imagination, a book that...
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Brilliantly read.
- By Jazz on 27-06-21
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Barbarians at the Gate
- The Fall of RJR Nabisco
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 22 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 22-06-21
- Language: English
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Napoleon the Great
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 37 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,785
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Performance1,599
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Story1,596
Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just 20 years, from October 1795, when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. After seizing power in a coup d'état, he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the revolution had descended.
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37 very listenable hours!
- By mjh on 24-02-15
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Napoleon the Great
- Narrated by: Stephen Thorne
- Length: 37 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 20-02-15
- Language: English
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