Winner of a Bronze Award at the Spoken Word Awards 2003
Award-winning historian Simon Schama completes his monumental three-volume history of Britain, which accompanies the acclaimed television epic.
In The Fate of Empire, Schama illuminates the period of British history from 1770 to 2000 through a variety of historical themes – including the advance of technology and industry, women's increasing role in society, and the burgeoning British Empire – and key British characters such as Wordsworth, Burke, Queen Victoria, Churchill and George Orwell.
Lesser-known lives are also illuminated, such as Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman doctor, ‘Mother’ Mary Seacole, the forgotten Caribbean nurse and heroine of the Crimea War, and Dadabhai Naoroji, who, in c.1890, became the first Asian MP.
Simon Schama
Peformed By : Timothy West
BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 8 hours
Categories : British History Pre 1900
$34.25
This epic three-volume history explores life's grand themes through Britain's rich and colourful history. More info...
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Berwick Coates
Peformed By : Berwick Coates
Berwick Coates
Runtime : 49 minutes
Categories : Pre 1900 British Military Politics Historical
$8.49
Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, is the only professional soldier in English history to have served also as Prime Minister... More info...
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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...
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by A Lady of Distinction
Peformed By : Nadia May
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 4 hours
Categories : British Social & Economic Pre 1900
$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... 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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