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The Thirty Years War
- Europe's Tragedy
- By: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 33 hrs and 25 mins
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The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world....
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Best Single-Volume History of the 30 Years' War
- By Amazon Customer on 10-09-23
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1. The Thirty Years War
- Europe's Tragedy
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 33 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
- By: Russell Shorto
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today....
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Incomplete history, but fun. Performance is poor.
- By Matthew on 11-27-18
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2. The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-16-16
- Language: English
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They Flew
- A History of the Impossible
- By: Carlos M. N. Eire
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Chumaceiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
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Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era—tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft—even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal....
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How Can it Be?
- By Dusty S. Human on 05-17-24
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3. They Flew
- A History of the Impossible
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Chumaceiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- By: Keith Thomson
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than 300 daring, hardened pirates—a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers—gather on a remote Caribbean island....
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Fascinating tale of 17th Piracy in the Americas
- By Xmeromotu on 07-11-22
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4. Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-10-22
- Language: English
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Between Two Worlds
- How the English Became Americans
- By: Malcolm Gaskill
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins
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Over 350,000 intrepid English men, women, and children migrated to America in the 17th century, leaving behind their homeland for an uncertain future on distant shores....
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story of the peopling/colonizing of n america
- By D. Littman on 04-13-15
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5. Between Two Worlds
- How the English Became Americans
- Narrated by: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 20 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 11-11-14
- Language: English
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Away Off Shore
- Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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In his first book of history, Away Off Shore, New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals the people and the stories behind what was once the whaling capital of the world....
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There once were some (wo)men in Nantucket...
- By Darwin8u on 02-03-19
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6. Away Off Shore
- Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 04-04-17
- Language: English
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Thunderclap
- A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
- By: Laura Cumming
- Narrated by: Laura Cumming
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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As a brilliant art critic and historian, Laura Cumming has explored the importance of art in life and can give us a perspective on the time and place in which the artist worked....
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The deep dive into Dutch Art
- By toni on 08-06-23
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7. Thunderclap
- A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
- Narrated by: Laura Cumming
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 07-11-23
- Language: English
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Restoration London
- Everyday Life in the 1660s
- By: Liza Picard
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
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From poverty to pets, from medicine to magic, from slang to sex, from wallpaper to women's rights....
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Fascinating
- By Mary on 01-26-19
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8. Restoration London
- Everyday Life in the 1660s
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 07-27-11
- Language: English
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Captain Alatriste
- By: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Margaret Sayers Peden
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Captain Alatriste is the story of a fictional 17th-century Spanish soldier who, after being wounded in battle during the Thirty Years' War, is forced to retire from the army....
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Good story...reader could be better.
- By Adina R. Montgomery on 07-26-05
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9. Captain Alatriste
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Margaret Sayers Peden
- Series: Captain Alatriste, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-29-05
- Language: English
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Vermeer's Hat
- The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
- By: Timothy Brook
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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A Vermeer painting shows a military officer in a Dutch sitting room, talking to a laughing girl....
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A wonderful book
- By Acteon on 07-09-14
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10. Vermeer's Hat
- The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-13-13
- Language: English
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1619
- Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
- By: James Horn
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
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Along the banks of the James River, Virginia, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a few weeks of each other that would profoundly shape the course of history....
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Brilliant!
- By HonestOpin on 05-06-19
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Spain
- The Centre of the World 1519-1682
- By: Robert Goodwin
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
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Robert Goodwin delves into previously unrecorded sources to bring a tumultuous and exciting period to life. Spain is a revealing portrait of an empire at the height of its power and a world at the dawn of a new age....
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12. Spain
- The Centre of the World 1519-1682
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-05-23
- Language: English
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The Fall
- Last Days of the English Republic
- By: Henry Reece
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
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Why did England's one experiment in republican rule fail? In this fascinating history, Henry Reece explores the full story of the English republic's downfall.
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13. The Fall
- Last Days of the English Republic
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 15 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 06-18-24
- Language: English
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The True History of Merlin the Magician
- By: Anne Lawrence-Mathers
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
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A medieval historian examines what we really know about the man who was "Merlin the Magician" and his impact on Britain....
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14. The True History of Merlin the Magician
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 03-07-23
- Language: English
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The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
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In the 17th century, the people of London could boast that they had developed some of the most advanced firefighting technology and methods in the world....
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Information is solid, performance is rough
- By River Song on 09-12-23
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15. The Great Fire of London
- The History of the 1666 Fire that Destroyed England's Greatest City
- Narrated by: Pam Tierney
- Length: 1 hr and 33 mins
- Release date: 03-27-15
- Language: English
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys
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- By: Samuel Pepys
- Narrated by: Alexander Spencer
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
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Samuel Pepys's meticulous chronicles of life in 17th-century England are an exacting record of a unique historical era....
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Despite the Fuzzy Audio . . .
- By Ben on 04-27-07
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16. The Diary of Samuel Pepys
- Excerpts
- Narrated by: Alexander Spencer
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 12-16-99
- Language: English
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The Vanishing Velázquez
- A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
- By: Laura Cumming
- Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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When John Snare, a 19th-century provincial bookseller, traveled to a liquidation auction, he stumbled on a vivid portrait of King Charles I that defied any explanation....
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A fascinating study of art history
- By Ron on 07-02-16
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17. The Vanishing Velázquez
- A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
- Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 04-12-16
- 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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Why spiritual and supernatural yearnings, even investigations into the occult, flourished in the era of rationalist philosophy.....
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Tangled and excruciating
- By S. Brown on 09-01-14
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18. 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: 11-13-13
- Language: English
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The Renaissance: A History From Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Matthew J Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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The Renaissance, or rebirth, was a period of time when Europeans began to question what they had been told was sacrosanct. Through art, inventions, science, literature, and theology, the separate nations of the European continent sought answers....
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An excellent Hourly History book
- By Leonard Smith on 05-16-18
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19. The Renaissance: A History From Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Matthew J Chandler-Smith
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
- Release date: 05-15-18
- Language: English
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A Warrior Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721
- By: Henrik O. Lunde
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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This audiobook examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War during the 1600s....
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An author with an idea but not the skills
- By chris loomis on 08-07-15
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20. A Warrior Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 12-24-14
- Language: English
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