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The Thirty Years War
- Europe's Tragedy
- By: Peter H. Wilson
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 33 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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The Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world....
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Best Single-Volume History of the 30 Years' War
- By Amazon Customer on 10-09-23
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1. The Thirty Years War
- Europe's Tragedy
- Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
- Length: 33 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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They Flew
- A History of the Impossible
- By: Carlos M. N. Eire
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Chumaceiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era—tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft—even as skepticism, atheism, and empirical science were starting to supplant religious belief in the paranormal....
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The sober documentation of levitation and bilocation stories.
- By Arthur Sippo on 03-01-24
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2. They Flew
- A History of the Impossible
- Narrated by: Emmanuel Chumaceiro
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 02-13-24
- Language: English
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Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- By: Keith Thomson
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
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The year is 1680, in the heart of the Golden Age of Piracy, and more than 300 daring, hardened pirates—a potent mix of low-life scallywags and a rare breed of gentlemen buccaneers—gather on a remote Caribbean island....
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Fascinating tale of 17th Piracy in the Americas
- By Xmeromotu on 07-11-22
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3. Born to Be Hanged
- The Epic Story of the Gentlemen Pirates Who Raided the South Seas, Rescued a Princess, and Stole a Fortune
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 05-10-22
- Language: English
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The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
- By: Russell Shorto
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
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In a landmark work of history, Russell Shorto presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today....
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Incomplete history, but fun. Performance is poor.
- By Matthew on 11-27-18
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4. The Island at the Center of the World
- The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
- Narrated by: Russell Shorto
- Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-16-16
- Language: English
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Thunderclap
- A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
- By: Laura Cumming
- Narrated by: Laura Cumming
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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As a brilliant art critic and historian, Laura Cumming has explored the importance of art in life and can give us a perspective on the time and place in which the artist worked....
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The deep dive into Dutch Art
- By toni on 08-06-23
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5. Thunderclap
- A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
- Narrated by: Laura Cumming
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 07-11-23
- Language: English
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The Vanishing Velázquez
- A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
- By: Laura Cumming
- Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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When John Snare, a 19th-century provincial bookseller, traveled to a liquidation auction, he stumbled on a vivid portrait of King Charles I that defied any explanation....
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A fascinating study of art history
- By Ron on 07-02-16
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6. The Vanishing Velázquez
- A 19th Century Bookseller's Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece
- Narrated by: Siobhan Redmond
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 04-12-16
- Language: English
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1619
- Jamestown and the Forging of American Democracy
- By: James Horn
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 6 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Along the banks of the James River, Virginia, during an oppressively hot spell in the middle of summer 1619, two events occurred within a few weeks of each other that would profoundly shape the course of history....
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Brilliant!
- By HonestOpin on 05-06-19
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The Men Who Changed the Course of History - 2nd Edition
- Jesus, Napoleon, Moses, Caesar, St. Paul, Alexander the Great, Gandhi & Muhammad: Lessons from the Great Men That Forged Our Society
- By: Dominique Atkinson
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
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Discover the lives of the men that forever changed the course of history! This book contains the fundamental history, influences, life-changing events, and lasting impact of historical figures....
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Truth and Lies mixed together!
- By Mark on 01-04-21
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8. The Men Who Changed the Course of History - 2nd Edition
- Jesus, Napoleon, Moses, Caesar, St. Paul, Alexander the Great, Gandhi & Muhammad: Lessons from the Great Men That Forged Our Society
- Narrated by: Doug Greene
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 03-04-17
- Language: English
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Spain
- The Centre of the World 1519-1682
- By: Robert Goodwin
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
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Robert Goodwin delves into previously unrecorded sources to bring a tumultuous and exciting period to life. Spain is a revealing portrait of an empire at the height of its power and a world at the dawn of a new age....
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9. Spain
- The Centre of the World 1519-1682
- Narrated by: Jeremy Clyde
- Length: 21 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 06-05-23
- Language: English
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Away Off Shore
- Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
- By: Nathaniel Philbrick
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
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In his first book of history, Away Off Shore, New York Times best-selling author Nathaniel Philbrick reveals the people and the stories behind what was once the whaling capital of the world....
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There once were some (wo)men in Nantucket...
- By Darwin8u on 02-03-19
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10. Away Off Shore
- Nantucket Island and Its People, 1602-1890
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 04-04-17
- Language: English
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Vermeer's Hat
- The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
- By: Timothy Brook
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
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A Vermeer painting shows a military officer in a Dutch sitting room, talking to a laughing girl....
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A wonderful book
- By Acteon on 07-09-14
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11. Vermeer's Hat
- The Seventeenth Century and the Dawn of the Global World
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 8 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 02-13-13
- Language: English
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The East India Company: A History From Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: John Riddle
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
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Founded at the dawn of the 17th century as European nations were establishing global empires, the English East India Company would become a vital part of burgeoning British supremacy....
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Useful outline of East India Company History
- By Dave Rice on 03-25-19
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12. The East India Company: A History From Beginning to End
- Narrated by: John Riddle
- Length: 1 hr and 10 mins
- Release date: 10-16-17
- Language: English
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The Dutch East India Company: A History from Beginning to End
- By: Hourly History
- Narrated by: Bridger Conklin
- Length: 1 hr
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Once valued at close to seven trillion dollars by today’s standards, the Dutch East India Company, formed in 1602, became the world’s first multinational corporation....
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Absolutely awesome book.
- By Aleks on 10-18-18
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13. The Dutch East India Company: A History from Beginning to End
- Narrated by: Bridger Conklin
- Length: 1 hr
- Release date: 11-29-17
- Language: English
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Charles I: An Abbreviated Life
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 4
- By: Mark Kishlansky
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
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A remarkable portrait of one of the most talented, thoughtful, loyal, moral, artistically alert and yet, somehow, disastrous of all this country's rulers....
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14. Charles I: An Abbreviated Life
- Penguin Monarchs, Book 4
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Series: Penguin Monarchs
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 06-28-18
- Language: English
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The Man Who Invented Fiction
- How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
- By: William Egginton
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
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In the early 17th century, a crippled, graying, almost toothless veteran of Spain's wars against the Ottoman Empire published a novel....
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Very Interesting and Informative, but Poorly Read
- By LCorSMT on 06-21-23
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15. The Man Who Invented Fiction
- How Cervantes Ushered in the Modern World
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 07-12-16
- Language: English
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Killers of the King
- The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I
- By: Charles Spencer
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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January, 1649. After seven years of fighting in the bloodiest war in Britain’s history, Parliament faced a problem: what to do with a defeated king, a king who refused to surrender....
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Amazing stories of the regicides of Charles I
- By John Birkhead on 02-09-23
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16. Killers of the King
- The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I
- Narrated by: Richard Trinder
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 11-11-21
- Language: English
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A Warrior Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721
- By: Henrik O. Lunde
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
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This audiobook examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the pre-eminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War during the 1600s....
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An author with an idea but not the skills
- By chris loomis on 08-07-15
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17. A Warrior Dynasty
- The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower 1611-1721
- Narrated by: Mark Ashby
- Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 12-24-14
- Language: English
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Captain Alatriste
- By: Arturo Pérez-Reverte
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Margaret Sayers Peden
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
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Captain Alatriste is the story of a fictional 17th-century Spanish soldier who, after being wounded in battle during the Thirty Years' War, is forced to retire from the army....
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Good story...reader could be better.
- By Adina R. Montgomery on 07-26-05
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18. Captain Alatriste
- Narrated by: Scott Brick, Margaret Sayers Peden
- Series: Captain Alatriste, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-29-05
- Language: English
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The Dutch Moment
- War, Trade, and Settlement in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World
- By: Wim Klooster
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
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In The Dutch Moment, Wim Klooster shows how the Dutch built and eventually lost an Atlantic empire that stretched from the homeland in the United Provinces to the Hudson River and from Brazil and the Caribbean to the African Gold Coast....
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It ain’t much, if you ain’t Dutch
- By DR.RD on 06-28-23
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19. The Dutch Moment
- War, Trade, and Settlement in the Seventeenth-Century Atlantic World
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 10-15-19
- Language: English
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The Enlightenment
- And Why It Still Matters
- By: Anthony Pagden
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
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One of our most renowned and brilliant historians takes a fresh look at the revolutionary intellectual movement that laid the foundation for the modern world....
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A thorough political tract rather than history
- By Jacobus on 03-08-14
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20. The Enlightenment
- And Why It Still Matters
- Narrated by: Robert Blumenfeld
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-07-14
- Language: English
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