The award-winning story of Britain, from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901
'Wonderful... This Sceptred Isle has provided one of the greatest treats for listeners in recent years' 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 10, the last in the series, covers the years 1837 to 1901: the Victorian age. The Queen's 64-year reign oversaw huge social changes, wrought by Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli; Dickens, Trollope, Robert Louis Stevenson, Gilbert and Sullivan; the first bicycle and the first electric light bulb.
Narrated by Anna Massey, and featuring extracts from Sir Winston Churchill's A History of the English-speaking Peoples read by Peter Jeffrey, This Sceptred Isle is absorbing, informative and essential history.
David McCullough
Peformed By : Edward Herrmann
Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 9 hours
Categories : Historical
Politics
Biographical
American
Pre 1900
$39.95 $21.95
In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot. More info... |
David Roberts
Peformed By : Robertson Dean
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 10 hours
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers
Pre 1900
$34.95 $23.95
First it is the tale of four men who, in 1743, were marooned in the Arctic for six years with supplies for only one day, and secondly, it is a contemporary author's search to retrace their steps an... More info... |
Berwick Coates
Peformed By : Berwick Coates
Berwick Coates
Runtime : 52 minutes
Categories : American
Pre 1900
Military
$8.49
The American War of Independence. A triumph or a disaster? A masterpiece or a mess? Ask an American, and you will get one answer; ask an Englishman, and you will get another. More info... |
Philipa Gregory
Peformed By : Emilia Fox
Harper Collins UK
Runtime : 7 hours
Categories : Pre 1900
British
Biographical
$20.99
Fabulous historical novel set in the court of King Henry VIII. More info... |
Berwick Coates
Peformed By : Berwick Coates
Berwick Coates
Runtime : 47 minutes
Categories : Pre 1900
British
Politics
Historical
Biographical
$8.49
CARDINAL WOLSEY... The Last Great Medieval Minister...‘Built Hampton Court, didn`t he?’... 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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