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.
Richard Benson
Narrator : Richard Benson
Published By : Orion Publishing Group
Length : 4 hours 15 minutes
Categories : Autobiography
Biographical
British
20th Century
Price : $14.25
A delight, superb. An engaging, tender and uplifting story of a family and its struggle to eke a living from the land... View... |
Various
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories : Poetry
British
Military
Knowledge & Learning
Price : $11.99
Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices. View... |
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... |
by A Lady of Distinction
Narrator : Nadia May
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 4 hours
Categories : British
Social & Economic
Pre 1900
Price : $25.95 $12.95
In the flowery language of its era, this book details English customs and manners of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, including women's dress, propriety, and beauty aids, with ad... View... |
David Starkey
Narrator : Tim Piggot-Smith
Published By : Harper Collins UK
Length : 5 hours 16 minutes
Categories : Royalty and Heads of State
Historical
British
Biographical
Price : $16.99
Monarchy is more than the biographies of the kings and queens of England. It is an in-depth examination of what the English… 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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