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Bestsellers
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American Visions
- The United States 1800-1860
- De: Edward L. Ayres
- Narrado por: Brandon Pollock
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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Edward L. Ayers examines the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions of America still resonant today....
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Good story, poor reading
- De Kristie Miller en 02-09-24
De: Edward L. Ayres
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Hell's Half Acre
- The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier
- De: Susan Jonusas
- Narrado por: Lee Osorio
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
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In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood....
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Historical FICTION
- De Schmulie en 03-26-22
De: Susan Jonusas
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The Greater Journey
- Americans in Paris
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 16 h y 50 m
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Here is the enthralling story of the American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900....
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McCullough takes it to the next level
- De gregory m loyd en 07-12-11
De: David McCullough
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- De: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 17 h y 50 m
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As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it....
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Balanced readable narrative about the Opium Wars
- De Carl A. Gallozzi en 09-05-18
De: Stephen R. Platt
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- De: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....
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Not one boring moment!
- De WRWF en 12-22-17
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The Husband Hunters
- American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
- De: Anne de Courcy
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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The Husband Hunters is a deliciously told historical audiobook about the young, rich, American heiresses who married impoverished, British gentry at the turn of the 20th century - the real women who inspired Downton Abbey....
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Bondfide Valuable History Lesson
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 09-21-18
De: Anne de Courcy
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American Visions
- The United States 1800-1860
- De: Edward L. Ayres
- Narrado por: Brandon Pollock
- Duración: 9 h y 46 m
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Edward L. Ayers examines the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions of America still resonant today....
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Good story, poor reading
- De Kristie Miller en 02-09-24
De: Edward L. Ayres
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Hell's Half Acre
- The Untold Story of the Benders, a Serial Killer Family on the American Frontier
- De: Susan Jonusas
- Narrado por: Lee Osorio
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
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In 1873 the people of Labette County, Kansas made a grisly discovery. Buried by a trailside cabin beneath an orchard of young apple trees were the remains of countless bodies. Below the cabin itself was a cellar stained with blood....
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Historical FICTION
- De Schmulie en 03-26-22
De: Susan Jonusas
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The Greater Journey
- Americans in Paris
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann
- Duración: 16 h y 50 m
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Here is the enthralling story of the American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900....
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McCullough takes it to the next level
- De gregory m loyd en 07-12-11
De: David McCullough
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Imperial Twilight
- The Opium War and the End of China's Last Golden Age
- De: Stephen R. Platt
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 17 h y 50 m
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As one of the most potent turning points in the country's modern history, the Opium War has since come to stand for everything that today's China seeks to put behind it....
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Balanced readable narrative about the Opium Wars
- De Carl A. Gallozzi en 09-05-18
De: Stephen R. Platt
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The Butchering Art
- Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine
- De: Lindsey Fitzharris
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 7 h y 54 m
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In The Butchering Art, the historian Lindsey Fitzharris reveals the shocking world of 19th-century surgery on the eve of profound transformation....
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Not one boring moment!
- De WRWF en 12-22-17
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The Husband Hunters
- American Heiresses Who Married into the British Aristocracy
- De: Anne de Courcy
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett
- Duración: 10 h y 41 m
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The Husband Hunters is a deliciously told historical audiobook about the young, rich, American heiresses who married impoverished, British gentry at the turn of the 20th century - the real women who inspired Downton Abbey....
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Bondfide Valuable History Lesson
- De A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. en 09-21-18
De: Anne de Courcy
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Hymns of the Republic
- The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
- De: S. C. Gwynne
- Narrado por: Robert Petkoff
- Duración: 14 h y 29 m
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From the New York Times best-selling, celebrated, and award-winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes the spellbinding, epic account of the dramatic conclusion of the Civil War....
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Questionable
- De Stafford Lewis en 05-16-20
De: S. C. Gwynne
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Island of the Lost
- Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
- De: Joan Druett
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 8 h y 35 m
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In 1864, Captain Thomas Musgrave and his crew of four aboard the schooner Grafton wreck on the southern end of Auckland Island....
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One of the Best Stories Ever Told!
- De Tiffany en 04-10-16
De: Joan Druett
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Waterloo
- The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Bernard Cornwell, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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Bernard Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting chronicle of every dramatic moment from Napoleon's daring escape from Elba....
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Not a close run thing!
- De carl801 en 05-13-15
De: Bernard Cornwell
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American Civil Wars
- A Continental History, 1850-1873
- De: Alan Taylor
- Narrado por: Graham Winton
- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
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The American Civil War stands at the center of the story, its military history and the drama of emancipation the highlights....
De: Alan Taylor
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The Race to the Future
- 8000 Miles to Paris – The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century
- De: Kassia St. Clair
- Narrado por: Kassia St. Clair
- Duración: 10 h
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The Race to the Future sets the drivers' derring-do against the backdrop of a larger geopolitical and technological race to the future. Bestselling historian Kassia St. Clair shows how the Peking-to-Paris provided an impetus for profound social, cultural, and industrial change.
De: Kassia St. Clair
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Heirs of the Founders
- The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster, the Second Generation of American Giants
- De: H. W. Brands
- Narrado por: Eric Jason Martin
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
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From New York Times best-selling historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how, in 19th-century America, a new set of political giants battled to complete the unfinished work of the Founding Fathers and decide the future of our democracy....
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Excellent
- De Jean en 12-04-18
De: H. W. Brands
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Skeletons on the Zahara
- A True Story of Survival
- De: Dean King
- Narrado por: Michael Prichard
- Duración: 12 h y 58 m
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Everywhere hailed as a masterpiece of historical adventure, this enthralling narrative recounts the experiences of 12 American sailors who were shipwrecked off the coast of Africa in 1815....
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Haunting
- De thawstone en 06-05-16
De: Dean King
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Diamonds, Gold, and War
- The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa
- De: Martin Meredith
- Narrado por: Matthew Waterson
- Duración: 19 h y 13 m
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Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world....
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Engrossing story on the evolution of the modern SA
- De Cary en 05-23-14
De: Martin Meredith
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The Last Emperor of Mexico
- The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World
- De: Edward Shawcross
- Narrado por: Gustavo Rex
- Duración: 11 h y 54 m
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In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave Europe and become the emperor and empress of Mexico....
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Excellent
- De Kyle P. Dalton en 03-24-22
De: Edward Shawcross
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The Greek Revolution
- 1821 and the Making of Modern Europe
- De: Mark Mazower
- Narrado por: John Lee, Mark Mazower
- Duración: 20 h y 58 m
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As Mark Mazower shows us in his enthralling and definitive new account, myths about the Greek War of Independence outpaced the facts from the very beginning, and for good reason....
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Excellent, had it not been for the narrator
- De Jean N en 05-15-22
De: Mark Mazower
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Vatican I
- The Council and the Making of the Ultramontane Church
- De: John W. O'Malley
- Narrado por: Matthew McAuliffe
- Duración: 8 h y 20 m
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At the Vatican Council of 1869-1870, the church made a dramatic effort to set things right by defining the doctrine of papal infallibility. Author John W. O'Malley draws us into the bitter controversies over papal infallibility that at one point seemed destined to rend the church in two....
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The content is outstanding
- De Fr. John Zuhlsdorf en 01-04-19
De: John W. O'Malley
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Red Sky Morning
- The Epic True Story of Texas Ranger Company F
- De: Joe Pappalardo
- Narrado por: Chris Abell
- Duración: 10 h y 20 m
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The explosive and bloody true history of Texas Rangers Company F, hard men who risked their lives to bring justice to a lawless frontier....
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A good story
- De John R. Maxey en 07-26-23
De: Joe Pappalardo
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Sarmiento (Spanish Edition)
- El presidente que cambió a la Argentina [The President Who Changed Argentina]
- De: Daniel Balmaceda
- Narrado por: Marcelo Pintos
- Duración: 10 h y 31 m
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Daniel Balmaceda recupera los valores de ese hombre emprendedor, apodado el "loco", que llegó al poder en medio de una guerra, con la prensa y su propio partido en contra, y que, a pesar de todo, logró convertir a la Argentina en un país atractivo para el mundo....
De: Daniel Balmaceda
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Crimea
- De: Orlando Figes
- Narrado por: Malk Williams
- Duración: 20 h y 38 m
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The terrible conflict that dominated the mid-19th century, the Crimean War, killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire....
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Outstanding History of the Crimean War
- De Rick Sailor en 11-08-18
De: Orlando Figes
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Washed Away
- How the Great Flood of 1913, America’s Most Widespread Natural Disaster, Terrorized a Nation and Changed It Forever
- De: Geoff Williams
- Narrado por: Jim Vann
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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The incredible story of a flood of near-Biblical proportions - its destruction, its heroes and victims, and how it shaped America’s natural-disaster policies for the next century....
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I love these historical narratives
- De Kim Hamacher en 07-28-15
De: Geoff Williams
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Bismarck's War
- The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
- De: Rachel Chrastil
- Narrado por: Sarah Borges
- Duración: 17 h y 37 m
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Historian Rachel Chrastil presents a definitive new history of the war that toppled the French Empire, unified Germany, and set Europe on the path to World War I....
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It's rare I don't finish a book...
- De Chris Corsini en 09-26-23
De: Rachel Chrastil
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Los europeos [The Europeans]
- Tres vidas y el nacimiento de la cultura europea
- De: Orlando Figes, María Serrano Giménez
- Narrado por: David Carrillo
- Duración: 24 h y 32 m
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El siglo XIX europeo, un momento de logros artísticos sin precedentes, fue la primera era de la globalización cultural, una época en que las comunicaciones masivas y los viajes en tren de alta velocidad reunieron a Europa....
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Uno de los mejores libros que he leído nunca
- De Manuel en 02-12-23
De: Orlando Figes, y otros
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The Sassoons
- The Great Global Merchants and the Making of an Empire
- De: Joseph Sassoon
- Narrado por: James Lurie
- Duración: 13 h y 7 m
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For more than two centuries, from the 18th to the 20th, they were one of the richest families in the world, known as "the Rothschilds of the East"....
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A telling history
- De Nick en 05-21-24
De: Joseph Sassoon
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The Birth of the Modern
- World Society 1815–1830
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 48 h y 46 m
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This is an extraordinary chronicle of the fifteen years, 1815–1830, that laid the foundations of modern society....
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Surprised By a Negative Review
- De Doug Smith en 09-01-13
De: Paul Johnson
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A Secret Life
- The Lies and Scandals of President Grover Cleveland
- De: Charles Lachman
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 12 h y 24 m
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A Secret Life sets the record straight on the sex scandal that nearly took down a president....
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Are the charges true?
- De Jean en 02-16-13
De: Charles Lachman
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Paris, City of Dreams
- Napoleon III, Baron Haussmann, and the Creation of Paris
- De: Mary McAuliffe
- Narrado por: Tim H. Dixon
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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Acclaimed historian Mary McAuliffe vividly recaptures the Paris of Napoleon III, Claude Monet, and Victor Hugo. Paris, City of Dreams traces the transformation of the City of Light during Napoleon III’s Second Empire into the beloved city of today....
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Superb
- De Cheri Stocking en 02-17-23
De: Mary McAuliffe
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Grant at 200
- Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant
- De: Chris Mackowski - editor, Frank J. Scaturro - editor
- Narrado por: Rick Adamson
- Duración: 11 h y 16 m
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Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of a man whose towering impact on American history has often been overshadowed and, in many cases, ignored....
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This book is AWESOME!
- De Paul J. Dillon en 10-17-23
De: Chris Mackowski - editor, y otros
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Lost Kingdom
- Hawaii's Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America's First Imperial Adventure
- De: Julia Flynn Siler
- Narrado por: Joyce Bean
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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First colonized around 200 A.D. by intrepid Polynesian islanders, Hawaii existed for hundreds of years in splendid isolation. Foreigners did not visit the islands until 1788....
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Fascinating story, sparsely told
- De Great Tutu Kona en 01-17-12
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Moonlite
- The Tragic Love Story of Captain Moonlite and the Bloody End of the Bushrangers
- De: Garry Linnell
- Narrado por: Ryan Corr
- Duración: 9 h y 38 m
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Charismatic, intelligent and handsome, George Scott is unlike any other bushranger. Born into a privileged life in famine-wracked Ireland, Scott's family loses its fortune and is forced to flee to New Zealand....
De: Garry Linnell