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 8 covers the years 1792 to 1815, a time of war all over Europe which created national heroes out of Nelson and Wellington as they battled against Napoleon, Domestically, Pitt the Younger had to cope with an Irish rebellion and a King whose sanity was in serious question.
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.
Benjamin Franklin
Peformed By : Grover Gardner
In Audio
Runtime : 5 hours 59 minutes
Categories : Autobiography
Royalty and Heads of State
American
Biographical
Pre 1900
$24.95 $14.50
The story of a remarkable scientist, statesman and diplomat and one of the founding fathers of America. More info... |
Simon Winchester
Peformed By : Simon Winchester
Harper Collins US
Runtime : 7 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Pre 1900
Arts & Drama
$14.95
The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men. More info... |
Liza Picard
Peformed By : Liza Picard
Orion Publishing Group
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : British
Pre 1900
Biographical
Social & Economic
Knowledge & Learning
$15.99
Like its popular and acclaimed predecessors, Restoration London and Dr Johnson's London, this fascinating evocation of Elizabethan... More info... |
Jimmy Carter
Peformed By : Edward Herrmann
Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 5 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Historical
Pre 1900
$26.00 $17.95
The first work of fiction by a President of the United States - a sweeping novel of the American South and the War of Independence. 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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