The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901
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Wonderful... This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years
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Paul Donovan
, Sunday Times
Christopher Lee's
history of Britain provides the definitive radio account of the events and personalities that have shaped our nation. From foreign invasions and war to economic crises and social revolution, this is a compelling journey through centuries of dramatic change.
Volume I, covering the years 55BC to 1087, tells the beginning of the story: 400 years of peace for the island of Britannia under the Romans before a plunge Into the Dark Ages and the invasion of those who would become the English - Angles, Saxons, Danes and Norwegians.
Narrated by
Anna Massey
, and featuring extracts from Sir Winston Churchill's A History of the English-speaking Peoples read by Paul Eddington,
This Sceptred Isle
is absorbing, informative and essential history.
Abraham Lincoln
Peformed By : George Vafiadis
In Audio
Runtime : 2 hours 50 minutes
Categories : Royalty and Heads of State
American
Pre 1900
Biographical
$19.95 $12.50
Lincoln comes alive through the reading of his letters. Audio Best of the Year - Publishers Weekly, 10 BEST - Library Journal. More info... |
Professor John T. Sanders
Peformed By : Edwin Newman
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Biographical
World
Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
$12.95
In 1905, Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, followed by the General Theory of Relativity in 1916. He firmly established (1) the idea that all judgement about motion is a ma... More info... |
Stephen E. Ambrose
Peformed By : Barrett Whitener
Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 22 hours
Categories : American
Pre 1900
Adventurers & Explorers
Historical
$59.95 $29.95
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River, across the forbidding Rockies. More info... |
Elizabeth Jenkins
Peformed By : Teresa Gallagher
Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Arts & Drama
British
Biographical
Pre 1900
$11.99
A highly enjoyable account of the life of Jane Austen. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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