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James Madison
- America's First Politician
- By: Jay Cost
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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An intellectual biography of James Madison, arguing that he invented American politics as we know it How do you solve a problem like James Madison? The fourth president is one of the most confounding figures in early American history; his political trajectory seems almost intentionally...
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James Madison
- America's First Politician
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 14 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 09-11-21
- Language: English
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Inventing Human Rights
- A History
- By: Lynn Hunt
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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How were human rights invented, and how does their tumultuous history influence their perception and our ability to protect them today? From Professor Lynn Hunt comes this extraordinary cultural and intellectual history, which traces the roots of human rights to the rejection of torture as a means for finding the truth. She demonstrates how ideas of human relationships portrayed in novels and art helped spread these new ideals and how human rights continue to be contested today.
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Inventing Human Rights
- A History
- Narrated by: Siiri Scott
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 11-10-22
- Language: English
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With Musket & Tomahawk, Vol III
- The West Point–Hudson Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777
- By: Michael O. Logusz
- Narrated by: Dennis Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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In this third volume of Michael Logusz's epic study of the Wilderness War of 1777, a sizable British military force, augmented with German and loyalist soldiers, attacks the Northern Army's southern front in the fall of 1777 in hopes of assisting a much larger British Army that is threatened to the north of New York City in the wilderness region of Saratoga.
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With Musket & Tomahawk, Vol III
- The West Point–Hudson Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777
- Narrated by: Dennis Johnson
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 28-03-16
- Language: English
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The Industrial Revolution
- The History and Legacy of the Rapid Scientific and Technological Advancements that Ushered in the Modern World
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Between the 18th and early 19th centuries, Britain experienced massive leaps in technological, scientific, and economical advancement. This powerful period has since been immortalized as the great Industrial Revolution, during which Britain became a formidable force that boasted unmatched economical growth, drastic changes in living conditions, and even the emergence of a neglected social class. Vast portions of rural lands were transformed into interconnected, complex, and multitasking cities.
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The Industrial Revolution
- The History and Legacy of the Rapid Scientific and Technological Advancements that Ushered in the Modern World
- Narrated by: Scott Clem
- Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
- Release date: 12-05-17
- Language: English
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Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune
- How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England
- By: Rory Muir
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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In Regency England the eldest son usually inherited almost everything—while his younger brothers, left with little inheritance, had to make a crucial decision: What should they do to make an independent living? Historian Rory Muir weaves together the stories of many obscure and well-known young men of good family but small fortune, shedding light on an overlooked aspect of Regency society. This is the first scholarly yet accessible exploration of the lifestyle and prospects of these younger sons.
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Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune
- How Younger Sons Made Their Way in Jane Austen's England
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 23-01-24
- Language: English
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The Enlightenment That Failed
- Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830
- By: Jonathan I. Israel
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 60 hrs and 58 mins
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The Enlightenment That Failed explores the growing rift between those Enlightenment trends and initiatives that appealed exclusively to elites and those aspiring to enlighten all of society by raising mankind's awareness, freedoms, and educational level generally. Jonathan I. Israel explains why the democratic and radical secularizing tendency of the Western Enlightenment, after gaining some notable successes during the revolutionary era (1775-1820) in numerous countries, especially in Europe, North America, and Spanish America, ultimately failed.
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Longer Than "War & Peace!!!"
- By James Uscroft on 08-11-24
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The Enlightenment That Failed
- Ideas, Revolution, and Democratic Defeat, 1748-1830
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 60 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 14-12-21
- Language: English
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The Riddle of the Rosetta
- How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- By: Jed Z. Buchwald, Diane Greco Josefowicz
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1799, a French Army officer was rebuilding the defenses of a fort on the banks of the Nile when he discovered an ancient stele fragment bearing a decree inscribed in three different scripts. So begins one of the most familiar tales in Egyptology - that of the Rosetta Stone and the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs. This book draws on fresh archival evidence to provide a major new account of how the English polymath Thomas Young and the French philologist Jean-François Champollion vied to be the first to solve the riddle of the Rosetta.
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The Riddle of the Rosetta
- How an English Polymath and a French Polyglot Discovered the Meaning of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
- Narrated by: Christopher Grove
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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Queen Anne
- By: Herbert Paul
- Narrated by: Melissa Thompson
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
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An examination of the politics and social mores of Queen Anne's reign. The book includes sections on the War of Spanish succession, politics, literature, and society and manners. Queen Anne’s reign had lasting effects, like the dominance of the Church of England, The Act of Union, and the flowering of literature.
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A book for fact and speculation.
- By Shades of Blue Q on 08-01-21
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Queen Anne
- Narrated by: Melissa Thompson
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 13-06-19
- Language: English
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Liberty Equality Fashion
- The Women who Styled the French Revolution
- By: Anne Higonnet
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee, Anne Higonnet
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Joséphine Bonaparte, future Empress of France; Térézia Tallien, the most beautiful woman in Europe; and Juliette Récamier, muse of intellectuals, had nothing left to lose. After surviving incarceration and forced incestuous marriage during the worst violence of the French Revolution of 1789, they dared sartorial revolt.
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Liberty Equality Fashion
- The Women who Styled the French Revolution
- Narrated by: Elisabeth Lagelee, Anne Higonnet
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 30-04-24
- Language: English
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American Revolution: A History from Beginning to End
- One Hour History Revolution, Book 2
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
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The American Revolution, which had its roots in 1765 with a rejection of British authority to tax the colonies without fair representation and ended with the British defeat at Yorktown, was one of the most momentous events in the history of the North American continent. In this audiobook, American Revolution, you will discover the history behind the conflict and why it came about.
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American Revolution: A History from Beginning to End
- One Hour History Revolution, Book 2
- Narrated by: Stephen Paul Aulridge Jr.
- Series: One Hour History Revolution, Book 2
- Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
- Release date: 21-12-17
- Language: English
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Thomas Paine Classic Collection
- Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man
- By: Thomas Paine
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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This Thomas Paine Classic Collection contains three of Thomas Paine's most notable books: Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man. Born during the Age of Enlightenment and one of America’s Founding Fathers, Thomas Paine wrote incredible works that continue to resonate with people in the modern world. Inside this collection, you’ll find some of Thomas Paine’s most famous and influential works, from his arguments against the Church to the nature of government and revolution.
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I'll buy the paperback
- By A. Hall on 08-06-20
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Thomas Paine Classic Collection
- Common Sense, The Age of Reason, and The Rights of Man
- Narrated by: Russell Newton
- Length: 17 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 14-01-20
- Language: English
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The Lion at Dawn
- Forging British Strategy in the Age of the French Revolution, 1783–1797 (Campaigns and Commanders Series, Book 75)
- By: Nathaniel Jarrett
- Narrated by: Simon Barber
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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In February 1793, in the wake of the War of American Independence and one year after British prime minister William Pitt the Younger had predicted fifteen years of peace, the National Convention of Revolutionary France declared war on Great Britain and the Netherlands. France thus initiated nearly a quarter century of armed conflict with Britain. During this fraught and still-contested period, historian Nathaniel Jarrett suggests, Pitt and his ministers forged a diplomatic policy and military strategy that envisioned an international system anticipating the Vienna settlement of 1815.
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The Lion at Dawn
- Forging British Strategy in the Age of the French Revolution, 1783–1797 (Campaigns and Commanders Series, Book 75)
- Narrated by: Simon Barber
- Series: Campaigns and Commanders
- Length: 13 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 12-01-24
- Language: English
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Dinner with Joseph Johnson
- Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age
- By: Daisy Hay
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
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Once a week, in late 18th-century London, writers of contrasting politics and personalities gathered around a dining table. The veal and boiled vegetables on offer at 72 St Pauls Churchyard may have been unappetising, but the company was convivial and the conversation was at once brilliant, unpredictable and profound. The host was Joseph Johnson, publisher and bookseller: a man at the heart of literary life.
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An indirect biography of Johnson's authors.
- By Amazon Customer on 14-09-23
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Dinner with Joseph Johnson
- Books and Friendship in a Revolutionary Age
- Narrated by: Kristin Atherton
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 07-04-22
- Language: English
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The Shape of the New
- Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World
- By: Scott L. Montgomery, Daniel Chirot
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
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This panoramic book tells the story of how revolutionary ideas from the Enlightenment about freedom, equality, evolution, and democracy have reverberated through modern history and shaped the world as we know it today.
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In depth but fascinating
- By Amazon Customer on 06-03-21
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The Shape of the New
- Four Big Ideas and How They Made the Modern World
- Narrated by: Stephen McLaughlin
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 25-05-15
- Language: English
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The Dark Side of the Enlightenment
- Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason
- By: John V. Fleming
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
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In The Dark Side of the Enlightenment, John V. Fleming shows how the impulses of the European Enlightenment - generally associated with great strides in the liberation of human thought from superstition and traditional religion - were challenged by tenacious religious ideas or channeled into the "darker" pursuits of the esoteric and the occult.
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Fascinating book, excellently read
- By Giles on 01-04-21
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The Dark Side of the Enlightenment
- Wizards, Alchemists, and Spiritual Seekers in the Age of Reason
- Narrated by: Kevin Pariseau
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 13-11-13
- Language: English
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- By: Jürgen Osterhammel, Robert Savage - translator
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
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During the long 18th century, Europe's travelers, scholars, and intellectuals looked to Asia in a spirit of puzzlement, irony, and openness. In this panoramic book, author Jürgen Osterhammel tells the story of the European Enlightenment's nuanced encounter with the great civilizations of the East, from the Ottoman Empire and India to China and Japan. A momentous work by one of Europe's most eminent historians, Unfabling the East takes listeners on a thrilling voyage to the farthest shores, bringing back vital insights for our own multicultural age.
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Unfabling the East
- The Enlightenment's Encounter with Asia
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 25 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 13-11-18
- Language: English
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From Conquest to Colony
- Empire, Wealth, and Difference in Eighteenth-Century Brazil
- By: Kirsten Schultz
- Narrated by: Alex Picard
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
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Transformations in Portugal and Brazil followed the discovery of gold in Brazil's hinterland and the hinterland's subsequent settlement. Although earlier conquests and evangelizations had incorporated new lands and peoples into the monarchy, royal officials now argued that the extraction of gold and the imperatives of rivalry and commerce demanded new approaches to governance. Using archival records of royal and local administrations, Kirsten Schultz shows how the eighteenth-century Portuguese crown came to define and defend Brazil as a "colony" that would reinvigorate Portuguese power.
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From Conquest to Colony
- Empire, Wealth, and Difference in Eighteenth-Century Brazil
- Narrated by: Alex Picard
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 21-11-23
- Language: English
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Olaudah Equiano
- The Life and Legacy of the Freed Slave Whose Autobiography Fueled Britain's Abolitionist Movement
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
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Olaudah Equiano challenged the image of the unconscious African beast with such intellect, philosophical refinement, public presence, and elegant writing that standard British perceptions began to unravel. It is rational to assume that with his emergence as a respected world traveler, abolition of the slave trade was pushed forward by an incalculable number of years. Within his life, Equiano was to become the first Black British politician.
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Olaudah Equiano
- The Life and Legacy of the Freed Slave Whose Autobiography Fueled Britain's Abolitionist Movement
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 16 mins
- Release date: 14-12-17
- Language: English
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The Last Day
- Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
- By: Nicholas Shrady
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
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Along with the volcanic destruction of Pompeii and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the Lisbon quake of 1755 is one of the most destructive natural disasters ever recorded. After being jolted by a massive quake, Lisbon was then pounded by a succession of tidal waves and finally reduced to ash by a fire that raged for five straight days.
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Great insight into a cataclysmic historical event! And its implications.
- By Amazon Customer on 07-01-25
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The Last Day
- Wrath, Ruin, and Reason in the Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 09-05-08
- Language: English
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Letters on England
- By: Voltaire
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
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One of France's greatest writers, Voltaire was frequently persecuted for his ideas and as a result, spent time in the famed Bastille. He fled his native land for England in 1726, at which time he witnessed the differences between the two countries. His celebrated Letters on England was first published in that nation in 1733 and contained 24 succinct letters on subjects ranging from religion and politics, to trade, the arts, philosophy, and science.
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Letters on England
- Narrated by: Cate Barratt
- Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 12-11-24
- Language: English
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