Simon Winchester
, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the far-flung islands that are all that remains of what once made Britain great. He traveled 100, 000 miles back and forth, from Antarctica to the Caribbean, from the Mediterranean to the Far East, to capture a last glint of imperial glory
His adventures in these distant and forgotten ends of the earth make compelling, often funny reading and tell a story most of us had thought was over: a tale of the last
outposts
in Britain's imperial career and those who keep the flag flying.
Simon Winchester
was a geologist at Oxford and worked in Africa and on offshore oil rigs before becoming a full-time globetrotting correspondent and writer. He lives in New York and on a small farm in the Berkshires in Massachusetts, and is the author of New York Times bestsellers
The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World
, and
Krakatoa
.
Simon Schama
Narrator : Timothy West
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 10 hours 55 minutes
Categories : British History Pre 1900
Price : $39.25
The second volume of Simon Schama's compelling chronicle of the British Isles. View...
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Christopher Lee
Narrator : Anna Massey and Peter Jeffrey
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 2 hours 30 minutes
Categories : British Pre 1900 Military Social & Economic
Price : $22.25
Volume 9 covers the years 1815 to 1837, describes a period of prosperity, wit and elegance as well as scandal, change and social ferment... View...
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Berwick Coates
Narrator : Berwick Coates
Published By : Berwick Coates
Length : 49 minutes
Categories : Pre 1900 British Military Politics Historical
Price : $8.49
Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, is the only professional soldier in English history to have served also as Prime Minister... View...
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Christopher Lee
Narrator : Anna Massey
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 3 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Non Fiction British 20th Century
Price : $22.25
Continuing the award-winning BBC radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day 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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