Hourly History

Abraham Lincoln's determination to hold the North and South together would ultimately lead to the bloodiest war in American history, the abolition of slavery, and his own untimely death from an assassin’s bullet....

History describes the 872-day Siege of Leningrad as the most devastating siege in history. The German army had made its way to Leningrad before the city had the opportunity to prepare for an assault....

The Spanish Civil War was much more than just an overture to World War II. It was a war born out of schisms in Spanish society, and for all its brutality and horror, the Spanish Civil War was a conflict between ideals....

This introduction to Celtic mythology will serve the novice well - for it is a complicated history with the earliest written records destroyed by the marauding Vikings....

Ancient Egypt was a highly developed civilization that lasted for thousands of years and left behind fascinating clues in the form of impressive structures and monuments....

The French and Indian War is one of the most significant, yet least acknowledged and understood, periods of American history....

This audiobook will introduce you to James Madison. Besides becoming the fourth president of the United States, he served in government for most of his life....

Napoleon was an unremarkable man who managed to change the entire landscape of the world 200 years ago....

The man that the world knows as Winston Churchill looms large on the stage of world history....

One of America’s most influential presidents was a man who could not walk. The polio that struck Franklin Delano Roosevelt when he was a future political star did not diminish him. Instead, against all expectations, it was the agent that forged his destiny....