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A Certain Idea of France

The Life of Charles de Gaulle

by Julian Jackson ...

**The inspiration for the acclaimed 2026 film De Gaulle: Resistance**Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco-British Society Literary Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique du Touquet'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times</... ... Read more

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**The inspiration for the acclaimed 2026 film De Gaulle: Resistance**Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize for History, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography, the American Library in Paris Award, the Franco-British Society Literary Prize and the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique du Touquet'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times</...
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France: The Dark Years, 1940-1944

by Julian Jackson ...

The French call them 'the Dark Years'... This definitive new history of Occupied France explores the myths and realities of four of the most divisive years in French history. Taking in ordinary people's experiences of defeat, collaboration, resistance, and liberation, it uncovers the conflicting memories of occupation which ensure that even today France continues to debate the legacy of the Vichy ... Read more

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The French call them 'the Dark Years'... This definitive new history of Occupied France explores the myths and realities of four of the most divisive years in French history. Taking in ordinary people's experiences of defeat, collaboration, resistance, and liberation, it uncovers the conflicting memories of occupation which ensure that even today France continues to debate the legacy of the Vichy
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The Fall of France:The Nazi Invasion of 1940

The Nazi Invasion of 1940

by Julian Jackson ...

Series series Making of the Modern World
On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill, who had been telephoned by Prime Minister Reynaud the previous evening to be told that the French were beaten, rushed to Paris to meet the French ... Read more

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On 16 May 1940 an emergency meeting of the French High Command was called at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris. The German army had broken through the French lines on the River Meuse at Sedan and elsewhere, only five days after launching their attack. Churchill, who had been telephoned by Prime Minister Reynaud the previous evening to be told that the French were beaten, rushed to Paris to meet the French
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La Grande Illusion

by Julian Jackson ...

Series series BFI Film Classics
Jean Renoir's 1937 film La Grande Illusion is set during the First World War, but its themes of Franco-German conflict, divided loyalties in a time of war and the rise of anti-Semitism made it compelling and controversial viewing. Julian Jackson traces the film's historical context and its reception history. ... Read more

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Jean Renoir's 1937 film La Grande Illusion is set during the First World War, but its themes of Franco-German conflict, divided loyalties in a time of war and the rise of anti-Semitism made it compelling and controversial viewing. Julian Jackson traces the film's historical context and its reception history.
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France on Trial

The Case of Marshal Pétain

by Julian Jackson ...

Narrated by Michael Chance ...

Unabridged

14 hours 59 min

In October 1940, few things were more shocking than the sight of Marshal Philippe Pétain—supremely decorated hero of WWI, now head of the French government—shaking hands with Hitler. Pausing to look at the cameras, Pétain announced that France would henceforth collaborate with Germany. Five years later, after a wave of violent reprisals following the liberation of Paris, Pétain was put on trial ... Read more

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In October 1940, few things were more shocking than the sight of Marshal Philippe Pétain—supremely decorated hero of WWI, now head of the French government—shaking hands with Hitler. Pausing to look at the cameras, Pétain announced that France would henceforth collaborate with Germany. Five years later, after a wave of violent reprisals following the liberation of Paris, Pétain was put on trial
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A Certain Idea of France

The Life of Charles de Gaulle

by Julian Jackson ...

Narrated by John Banks ...

Unabridged

35 hours 19 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing to accept defeat, made his way to England. On 18 June he spoke to his compatriots over the BBC, urging them to rally to him in London. At that moment, Charles de Gaulle entered into history. For the rest of the war, de Gaulle frequently bit the hand that fed him
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Ayurveda: A Culinary Guide That Blends the Ancient Wisdom (A Complete Ayurvedic Guide to Self-healing and Improved Health)

by Julian Jackson ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Mason G ...

Unabridged

1 hour 11 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The premise of ayurveda is a comprehensive tackle on your wellbeing in which the physical and the mental measurements emphatically interweave with individual identity so as to advance prosperity.In this manner, specialists of ayurveda constantly consider all variables included in a man's condition and attempt to treat disease by investigating the ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The premise of ayurveda is a comprehensive tackle on your wellbeing in which the physical and the mental measurements emphatically interweave with individual identity so as to advance prosperity.In this manner, specialists of ayurveda constantly consider all variables included in a man's condition and attempt to treat disease by investigating the
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The Stalin Affair

The Impossible Alliance That Won the War

by Giles Milton ...

Narrated by Giles Milton ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

**This program is read by the author.From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the motley group of Allied men and women who worked to manage Stalin’s mercurial, explosive approach to diplomacy during four turbulent years of World War II.**In the summer of 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, shattering what Stalin had considered an ironclad ... Read more

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**This program is read by the author.From internationally bestselling historian Giles Milton comes the remarkable true story of the motley group of Allied men and women who worked to manage Stalin’s mercurial, explosive approach to diplomacy during four turbulent years of World War II.**In the summer of 1941, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, shattering what Stalin had considered an ironclad
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Adventures in Democracy

The Turbulent World of People Power

by Erica Benner ...

Narrated by Louise Brealey ...

Unabridged

8 hours 36 min

Brought to you by Penguin.In a hyper-competitive world obsessed with rankings, super-wealth and greatness, how can we live up to democratic ideals of equality?Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about these questions from different angles in different countries - from post-war Japan, where democracy was imposed on a defeated country, to post-communist Poland, with sudden gaps of wealth and ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.In a hyper-competitive world obsessed with rankings, super-wealth and greatness, how can we live up to democratic ideals of equality?Erica Benner has spent a lifetime thinking about these questions from different angles in different countries - from post-war Japan, where democracy was imposed on a defeated country, to post-communist Poland, with sudden gaps of wealth and
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Mining Men

Britain’s Last Kings of the Coalface

by Emily P Webber ...

Narrated by Esme Patey Ford ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs.Mining Men explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became factory workers, detectives, driving instructors, counsellors, the local mayor and one who even ended up ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.The story of the last generation of British miners: fathers and sons, brothers and comrades, big hitters and broken men, strikers and scabs.Mining Men explores how these men felt when the pits were closed and what happened next, including former miners who became factory workers, detectives, driving instructors, counsellors, the local mayor and one who even ended up
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Believable Lies

The Misfits Who Fought Churchill's Secret Propaganda War

by Terry Stiastny ...

Narrated by Anna Wilson-Jones ...

Unabridged

14 hours 34 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.Meet the misfits and mavericks who waged psychological warfare against the Nazis**September, 1939. While Britain hovered on the brink of the Second World War, a team of unlikely and ill-assorted characters assembled in their secret headquarters. They had left their civilian roles as politicians, journalists, novelists and spies, advertisers, artists and even forgers, to ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.Meet the misfits and mavericks who waged psychological warfare against the Nazis**September, 1939. While Britain hovered on the brink of the Second World War, a team of unlikely and ill-assorted characters assembled in their secret headquarters. They had left their civilian roles as politicians, journalists, novelists and spies, advertisers, artists and even forgers, to
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Trinity

The Treachery and Pursuit of the Most Dangerous Spy in History

by Frank Close ...

Narrated by Anthony Howell ...

Unabridged

20 hours 56 min

Brought to you by Penguin.'Trinity' was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. This exceptional book - Trinity - tells the story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs, and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR.Against the background of pre-war Nazi Germany, the ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.'Trinity' was the codename for the test explosion of the atomic bomb in New Mexico on 16 July 1945. This exceptional book - Trinity - tells the story of the bomb's metaphorical father, Rudolf Peierls; his intellectual son, the atomic spy, Klaus Fuchs, and the ghosts of the security services in Britain, the USA and USSR.Against the background of pre-war Nazi Germany, the
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