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A History of Britain, Volume 3
- The Fate of Empire, 1776 - 2000
- Narrado por: Timothy West
- Duración: 10 h y 55 m
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- Duración: 8 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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Hilarious, fascinating, and a roller coaster of dizzying, historical what-ifs, Napoleon's Hemorrhoids is a potpourri for serious historians and casual history buffs. In one of Phil Mason's many revelations, you'll learn that Communist jets were two minutes away from opening fire on American planes during the Cuban missile crisis, when they had to turn back as they were running out of fuel. You'll discover that before the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon's painful hemorrhoids prevented him from mounting his horse to survey the battlefield.
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3 out of 5 stars
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They just throw the facts too fast
- De Concerned_llama en 12-11-20
De: Phil Mason
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X
- As Told to Alex Haley
- De: Malcolm X, Alex Haley
- Narrado por: Laurence Fishburne
- Duración: 16 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 12,110
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 10,765
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 10,705
Experience a bold take on this classic autobiography as it’s performed by Oscar-nominated Laurence Fishburne. In this searing classic autobiography, originally published in 1965, Malcolm X, the Muslim leader, firebrand, and Black empowerment activist, tells the extraordinary story of his life and the growth of the Human Rights movement. His fascinating perspective on the lies and limitations of the American dream and the inherent racism in a society that denies its non-White citizens the opportunity to dream, gives extraordinary insight into the most urgent issues of our own time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Audible Masterpiece
- De Phoenician en 09-10-20
De: Malcolm X, y otros
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Curse of Riches
- De: Claire Prentice
- Narrado por: Claire Prentice, Hillary Huber
- Duración: 9 h y 7 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 140
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 140
How did the Wendels, one of New York’s most famous Gilded Age families, disappear from history? The Wendels built a fortune from New York real estate, and rubbed shoulders with the Astors, Vanderbilts, and Stuyvesants. But as the 19th century came to an end, the Wendel family tore itself apart. Following six years of painstaking archival research, Claire Prentice has prised open the door of the Wendels’ Fifth Avenue mansion—dubbed “the house of mystery” by the press—to reveal a fascinating and dysfunctional family imprisoned in a gilded cage.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Kept Waiting for it to be Interesting
- De Mary en 06-23-23
De: Claire Prentice
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A History of Britain, Volume 3
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- Christine Newton
- 01-26-17
A favourite entry in my audio library
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This series is one of my favourite audio series in my library. I regularly rotate audio books out of my iPod Touch library to make room for other audiobooks, but this series always stays. The narrator's tone aligns wonderfully with the author's writing style. This series meets my expectations perfectly - there's a lot of history to cover so of course the author had to be choosy regarding what to emphasize. If one of his intentions was to spark the reader/listener's interest and use this series as a jumping-off point for our own explorations into specific periods of history, then the author was successful. I have absolutely no regrets at all about purchasing this audio series. Both the narrator and the author are excellent story-tellers
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- timelady
- 04-16-15
Superlative history, masterfully engrossing
History come vividly alive, with people and events throughly analysed and colourfully, masterfully explained. The narration is excellent too. Not to be missed. Brilliant work by one of Britain's finest historians.
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- Robert A. Chalmers
- 09-29-22
Worth listening to if you are interested in history
A very detailed look at the history and the people in it. Requires some attention to the detail to be really useful.
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- K Martin
- 12-22-19
Timothy West is my favourite reader
This is my first Simon Schama and I loved it. He is funny and clever and kind. Timothy West is my perfect reader for a certain kind of Englishness. I adore his readings of Trollope.
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- Trevor
- 08-24-15
Disappointing
This is a very intellectual version of his history that lacks the human element of good story-telling. He seems to miss out things we 'should already know' so it ends up being patchy and full of dense and inaccessible and obscure insights. Just didn't engage with this at all
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