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The Norman Conquest in English History

Volume I: A Broken Chain?

by George Garnett ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

15 hours 25 min

The Norman Conquest in English History, Volume 1: A Broken Chain? pursues a central theme in English historical thinking over seven centuries. Covering more than half a millennium, this first volume explains how and why the experience of the Norman Conquest prompted both an unprecedented campaign in the early twelfth century to write (or create) the history of England, and to excavate (and ... Read more

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The Norman Conquest in English History, Volume 1: A Broken Chain? pursues a central theme in English historical thinking over seven centuries. Covering more than half a millennium, this first volume explains how and why the experience of the Norman Conquest prompted both an unprecedented campaign in the early twelfth century to write (or create) the history of England, and to excavate (and
... Read more
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Nuclear Captain

The War may be over but the fight for Naval supremacy continues...

by John Wingate ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Series series Submariner Sinclair Naval Thriller
Unabridged

6 hours 19 min

Can Peter Sinclair and his men foil a Communist revolt in the Caribbean?Lieutenant Peter Sinclair, RN is recalled to serve with the British Section of the United Nations Naval Security Force.In command of one of Britain's first nuclear-powered submarines, HM Nuclear Submarine Rugged, Sinclair manages to man her with most of his former ship's company, including Able Seaman Bill Hawkins and ... Read more

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Can Peter Sinclair and his men foil a Communist revolt in the Caribbean?Lieutenant Peter Sinclair, RN is recalled to serve with the British Section of the United Nations Naval Security Force.In command of one of Britain's first nuclear-powered submarines, HM Nuclear Submarine Rugged, Sinclair manages to man her with most of his former ship's company, including Able Seaman Bill Hawkins and
... Read more
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Masters and Commanders

How Four Titans Won the War in the West, 1941-1945

by Andrew Roberts ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

26 hours 23 min

An epic joint biography, Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of the Second World War turned on the relationships and temperaments of four of the strongest personalities of the twentieth century: political masters Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the commanders of their armed forces, General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. Marshall.Each was ... Read more

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An epic joint biography, Masters and Commanders explores the degree to which the course of the Second World War turned on the relationships and temperaments of four of the strongest personalities of the twentieth century: political masters Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt and the commanders of their armed forces, General Sir Alan Brooke and General George C. Marshall.Each was
... Read more
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The Burma Wars

1824-1886

by George Bruce ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Series series Conflicts of Empire
Unabridged

5 hours 55 min

Between 1824 and 1885 Britain and Burma fought in three deadly struggles.The first was the longest and most expensive war in British Indian history, the second was criticized at the time as being caused by gunboat diplomacy, and the third led to the removal of Burma's Konbaung dynasty and the incorporation of Burma into the British Raj.These wars were fraught with military blunders and ... Read more

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Between 1824 and 1885 Britain and Burma fought in three deadly struggles.The first was the longest and most expensive war in British Indian history, the second was criticized at the time as being caused by gunboat diplomacy, and the third led to the removal of Burma's Konbaung dynasty and the incorporation of Burma into the British Raj.These wars were fraught with military blunders and
... Read more
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Thomas Cranmer

A Life

by Diarmaid MacCulloch ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

28 hours 47 min

Diarmaid MacCulloch, one of the foremost scholars of the English Reformation, traces Thomas Cranmer from his east-Midland roots through his twenty-year career as a conventionally conservative Cambridge don. He shows how Cranmer was recruited to the coterie around Henry VIII that was trying to annul the royal marriage to Catherine, and how new connections led him to embrace the evangelical faith of ... Read more

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Diarmaid MacCulloch, one of the foremost scholars of the English Reformation, traces Thomas Cranmer from his east-Midland roots through his twenty-year career as a conventionally conservative Cambridge don. He shows how Cranmer was recruited to the coterie around Henry VIII that was trying to annul the royal marriage to Catherine, and how new connections led him to embrace the evangelical faith of
... Read more
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Numbers

A Very Short Introduction

by Peter M. Higgins ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 9 min

Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics. Indeed, Higgins paints a crystal-clear picture of the number world, ... Read more

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Numbers are integral to our everyday lives and factor into almost everything we do. In this Very Short Introduction, Peter M. Higgins, a renowned popular-science writer, unravels the world of numbers, demonstrating its richness and providing an overview of all the number types that feature in modern science and mathematics. Indeed, Higgins paints a crystal-clear picture of the number world,
... Read more

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Ice

by Anna Kavan ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

5 hours 19 min

A classic and innovative work of feminist science-fiction and a definitive novel in the slipstream genre.In Ice, Anna Kavan's haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as 'the warden' search for an elusive girl in a frozen, seemingly post-nuclear, apocalyptic landscape. The country has been invaded and is being governed by a secret organisation. There is destruction everywhere; ... Read more

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A classic and innovative work of feminist science-fiction and a definitive novel in the slipstream genre.In Ice, Anna Kavan's haunting and surreal novel, the narrator and a man known as 'the warden' search for an elusive girl in a frozen, seemingly post-nuclear, apocalyptic landscape. The country has been invaded and is being governed by a secret organisation. There is destruction everywhere;
... Read more

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Mussolini's Ghost

The Afterlife of a Dictator

by Stephen Gundle ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 22 min

The Italian Fascist dictator Mussolini was killed in 1945, his body exhibited upside down in Milan before an angry crowd. The repudiation by the people of the dictator who had led them to disaster was complete. But his story did not end there. The Duce continued to live on thanks to a legacy that was multi-faceted and complex.In Mussolini's Ghost Stephen Gundle explores the many aspects of ... Read more

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The Italian Fascist dictator Mussolini was killed in 1945, his body exhibited upside down in Milan before an angry crowd. The repudiation by the people of the dictator who had led them to disaster was complete. But his story did not end there. The Duce continued to live on thanks to a legacy that was multi-faceted and complex.In Mussolini's Ghost Stephen Gundle explores the many aspects of
... Read more

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By Land and By Sea

The Persian Wars and the Birth of Classical Greece

by Jeremy McInerney ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

11 hours

Many who champion the idea of "Western Civilization" have only the loosest grasp of its history and of the Persian Wars, often portrayed as the heroic defense of "Western" values. Popular narratives frame these wars as East versus West, Greeks versus barbarians, with Greeks cast as defenders of freedom and Persians as cruel despots. This view echoes in pop culture, from textbooks to the graphic ... Read more

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Many who champion the idea of "Western Civilization" have only the loosest grasp of its history and of the Persian Wars, often portrayed as the heroic defense of "Western" values. Popular narratives frame these wars as East versus West, Greeks versus barbarians, with Greeks cast as defenders of freedom and Persians as cruel despots. This view echoes in pop culture, from textbooks to the graphic
... Read more
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The Dead Sea

A 10,000 Year History

by Nir Arielli ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 18 min

A human history of one of the planet's most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shoresThe Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly to most lifeforms—even so, civilizations have built ancient cities and hilltop fortresses around its shores for centuries. The protagonists in ... Read more

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A human history of one of the planet's most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shoresThe Dead Sea is a place of many contradictions. Hot springs around the lake are famed for their healing properties, though its own waters are deadly to most lifeforms—even so, civilizations have built ancient cities and hilltop fortresses around its shores for centuries. The protagonists in
... Read more
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Conquest

by David Field ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Series series Medieval Saga
Unabridged

8 hours 46 min

The start of a thrilling series by popular historical fiction writer, David Field! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir, and Anthony Riches.Life in England will never be the same again . . .England, 1065: The Saxon kingdom is under threat of invasion at both ends. From the north comes Harald Hardrada of Norway intent on pillage, while across the Channel, Duke William of ... Read more

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The start of a thrilling series by popular historical fiction writer, David Field! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir, and Anthony Riches.Life in England will never be the same again . . .England, 1065: The Saxon kingdom is under threat of invasion at both ends. From the north comes Harald Hardrada of Norway intent on pillage, while across the Channel, Duke William of
... Read more
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Traitor's Arrow

by David Field ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Series series Medieval Saga
Unabridged

6 hours 48 min

A gripping Medieval novel set in the twelfth century! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir, and Anthony Riches.Three Royal brothers. One mysterious death. Who will take the crown?England, 1110When King William Rufus of England is killed mysteriously during a hunting accident in the New Forest in 1100, his younger brother Henry, who had been present, loses no time in riding ... Read more

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A gripping Medieval novel set in the twelfth century! Perfect for fans of Conn Iggulden, Robyn Young, Alison Weir, and Anthony Riches.Three Royal brothers. One mysterious death. Who will take the crown?England, 1110When King William Rufus of England is killed mysteriously during a hunting accident in the New Forest in 1100, his younger brother Henry, who had been present, loses no time in riding
... Read more