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Living History: Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
- By: Robert Garland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Robert Garland
- Length: 12 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 37
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 34
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Story5 out of 5 stars 34
These 24 dramatic lectures examine key events from ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome to medieval Europe and Asia. Spanning thousands of years and three continents, this course illuminates fascinating historical dramas on the individual scale.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fascinating Stuff
- By Ken Jeffrey on 11-07-2022
Such Fun!
Reviewed: 02-05-2023
A fascinating insight into lots of incredible moments in history.
By its nature, each lecture is only an overview of a period in time, but such an entertaining one.
As promised, Robert Garland gives us a ringside seat into a living history.
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Sold Down the River
- By: Barbara Hambly
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 16
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Story5 out of 5 stars 16
When slave owner Simon Fourchet asks Benjamin January to investigate sabotage, arson, and murder on his plantation, January is reluctant to do any favors for the savage man who owned him until he was seven. But he knows too well that plantation justice means that if the true culprit is not found, every slave on Mon Triomphe will suffer. Abandoning his Parisian French for the African patois of a field hand, cutting cane until his bones ache and his musician’s hands bleed, Benjamin must use all his intelligence and cunning to find the killer - or find himself sold down the river.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing!
- By Mary A. on 30-10-2022
- Sold Down the River
- By: Barbara Hambly
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
Amazing!
Reviewed: 30-10-2022
An absolutely magnificent novel! It was harrowing, full of suspense and mystery, but wasn’t as bleak as it sounds, as Ben found kindness and goodness on the plantation as well as great suffering.
The mystery was well drawn, and I didn’t see it coming, but probably should have.
Ben’s attempts to come to terms with his past as a slave was particularly well done and the conversation with Mohammad about his father made me cry.
A wonderful book.
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French and Saunders: Titting About (Series 2)
- By: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
- Narrated by: Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 146
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 127
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Story5 out of 5 stars 125
Settle in as comedy goddesses Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders do what they do best in season two of their smash hit podcast, exclusive to Audible. The award-winning double-act take six more important subjects and - quite literally - tit about with them. From unconventional advice on looking after pets to getting chewing gum stuck in your pants, Dawn and Jennifer leave no stone unturned in this thorough quest to entertain, inform and properly tit about.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Comical without doubt
- By maz on 05-11-2023
Absolutely wonderful!
Reviewed: 21-03-2022
This is an absolutely delightful chat between two bosom buddies - and we are privileged to be a fly on the wall. Wonderful entertainment!
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The King’s Gambit
- By: John Maddox Roberts
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 13
In this Edgar Award-nominated mystery, John Maddox Roberts takes listeners back to a Rome filled with violence and evil. Vicious gangs ruled the streets of Crassus and Pompey, routinely preying on plebeian and patrician alike. So the garroting of a lowly ex-slave and the disembowelment of a foreign merchant in the dangerous Subura district seemed of little consequence to the Roman hierarchy.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good fun and lots of great historical detail
- By Mary A. on 31-12-2021
- The King’s Gambit
- By: John Maddox Roberts
- Narrated by: John Lee
Good fun and lots of great historical detail
Reviewed: 31-12-2021
I enjoyed this novel - but agree with others who say this is not the best of the series. Some of the attitudes didn't seem consistent with Roman attitudes (e.g. Decius being willing to risk his life to investigate the murder of foreigners). But, that aside, the book was a lot of fun and was full of interesting and accurate information about life in Ancient Rome - and I am keen to read more.
Unfortunately, I was not enamoured of John Lee's narration. It seemed rather stilted and affected.
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The Mirror and the Light
- The Wolf Hall Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
- Length: 38 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 348
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 307
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Story5 out of 5 stars 306
England, May 1536. Anne Boleyn is dead, decapitated in the space of a heartbeat by a hired French executioner. As her remains are bundled into oblivion, Thomas Cromwell breakfasts with the victors. The blacksmith's son from Putney emerges from the spring's bloodbath to continue his climb to power and wealth, while his formidable master, Henry VIII, settles to short-lived happiness with his third queen. Cromwell is a man with only his wits to rely on; he has no great family to back him, no private army.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible narration destroys Mantel's Cromwell
- By Barbara on 06-03-2020
- The Mirror and the Light
- The Wolf Hall Trilogy, Book 3
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Ben Miles
A Wonderful Sequel to the Cromwell Trilogy
Reviewed: 20-03-2020
I approached this book with caution - after reading the scathing reviews of Ben Miles performance - but I loved it!
Ben does a wonderful job, and the novel itself is an utter delight.
It took me a few chapters to distinguish between voices for the different characters, but suddenly it clicked - and I was away. I enjoyed this enormously.
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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
- By: Ellie Sans, Clare Chadburn
- Narrated by: Professor Ben Garrod
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 450
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 383
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Story5 out of 5 stars 380
We're living through a golden age of paleontological research that, in the last couple of decades, has radically changed our understanding of dinosaurs. Through candid interviews with the world's top paleontologists, Professor Ben Garrod reveals new dinosaur facts from cutting edge research into the greatest animals ever to walk the planet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting for both adult and child
- By Julie on 31-10-2019
- A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
- By: Ellie Sans, Clare Chadburn
- Narrated by: Professor Ben Garrod
A Wonderful Podcast!
Reviewed: 07-09-2019
This was an exciting, entertaining and so very interesting podcast.
It revived my childhood passion for dinosaurs in a big way and taught me lots of things I didn't know. There have been so many advances in the field of palaeontology since I was 14!
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A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
- By: Ellie Sans, Clare Chadburn
- Narrated by: Professor Ben Garrod
- Length: 2 hrs and 50 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 606
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 527
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We're living through a golden age of paleontological research that, in the last couple of decades, has radically changed our understanding of dinosaurs. Through candid interviews with the world’s top paleontologists, Professor Ben Garrod reveals new dinosaur facts from cutting edge research into the greatest animals ever to walk the planet.
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting for both adult and child
- By Julie on 31-10-2019
- A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs
- By: Ellie Sans, Clare Chadburn
- Narrated by: Professor Ben Garrod
A Wonderful Podcast!
Reviewed: 07-09-2019
This was an exciting, entertaining and so very interesting podcast.
It revived my childhood passion for dinosaurs in a big way and taught me lots of things I didn't know. There have been so many advances in the field of palaeontology since I was 14!
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