Continuing the award-winning BBC Radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day
Christopher Lee's history of Britain, This Sceptred Isle , provided the definitive radio account of the nation from the arrival of Julius Caesar to the death of Queen Victoria.
This Sceptred lsle, The Twentieth Century , continues the story, taking us through decades of whirlwind change and technological advancement in the diverse and colourful country that now stands on the brink of the millennium.
Volume 4, covering the years 1959-1979, includes the erection of the Berlin Wall, putting the first man on the Moon, the Vietnam war and the astonishing success of a young man called Cassius Clay Closer to home, the Beatles generated their own hysteria and Profumo caused a scandal.
Narrated by Anna Massey with Robert Powell , This Sceptred Isle, The Twentieth Century , is an authoritative, vivid and compelling account of one of the most exciting and fast-moving periods in Britain's history.
Author : Brian Bahouth
Narrator : Brian Bahouth
Published By : Faultline Audio Press
Length : 1 hour 12 minutes
Categories : American
Pre 1900
20th Century
Social & Economic
Price : $6.00
A detailed history behind the origins of the City of Virginia highlighting the roots of the area and other influences throughout the years... View... |
Author : Liza Picard
Narrator : Liza Picard
Published By : Orion Publishing Group
Length : 6 hours
Categories : British
Pre 1900
Biographical
Social & Economic
Knowledge & Learning
Price : $15.99
Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this fascinating evocation of Elizabethan... View... |
Author : Joanna Bourke
Narrator : Tim Pigott-Smith
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 4 hours 55 minutes
Categories : 20th Century
Social & Economic
British
Non Fiction
Price : $24.49
Authentic voices from the past illustrate this unique history of the twentieth century, written by Joanna Bourke and presented by Tim Pigott-Smith. View... |
Author : Clint Johnson
Narrator : Dianna Dorman
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 9 hours
Categories : American
Social & Economic
Price : $19.95
Far from being the backwater of prejudice and ignorance that the liberal media would have you believe, the South has always been the center of American culture. And with its emphasis on traditional values, military service, good manners, and small government, the South should certainly rise again. View...
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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