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Admiral Collingwood: Nelson's Own Hero
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Admiral Lord Collingwood, the eldest son of a Newcastle merchant, went to sea in 1761 at the age of 13.
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- The Battle That Changed the World
- De: Roy Adkins
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 13 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 95
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In the tradition of Antony Beevor's Stalingrad, Nelson's Trafalgar presents the definitive blow-by-blow account of the world's most famous naval battle, when the British Royal Navy, under Lord Horatio Nelson, dealt a decisive blow to the forces of Napoleon. The Battle of Trafalgar comes boldly to life in this definitive work that recreates those five momentous, earsplitting hours with unrivaled detail and intensity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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kiss me hardy!!!!
- De frank en 05-09-23
De: Roy Adkins
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Cochrane
- The Real Master and Commander
- De: David Cordingly
- Narrado por: John Lee
- Duración: 13 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 169
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Nicknamed le loup des mers ("the sea wolf") by Napoleon, Thomas Cochrane was one of the most daring and successful naval heroes of all time. In this fascinating account of Cochrane's life, historian David Cordingly unearths startling new details about the real-life "Master and Commander", from his daring exploits against the French navy to his role in the liberation of Chile, Peru, and Brazil, and the shock exchange scandal that forced him out of England and almost ended his naval career.
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3 out of 5 stars
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There is a better book on Lord Cochrane
- De Mark G en 07-20-15
De: David Cordingly
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In Search of a Kingdom
- Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
- De: Laurence Bergreen
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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In this grand and thrilling narrative, the acclaimed biographer of Magellan, Columbus, and Marco Polo brings alive the singular life and adventures of Sir Francis Drake, the pirate/explorer/admiral whose mastery of the seas during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I changed the course of history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Better than the text
- De Bramante en 04-07-21
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A Rage for Glory
- The Life of Commodore Stephen Decatur, USN
- De: James Tertius de Kay
- Narrado por: John McDonough
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Acclaimed author James Tertius de Kay recounts the lifeof Commodore Stephen Decatur in the first new biography of the great naval hero in almost 70 years. De Kay draws on material unavailable to previous biographers to explore Decatur’s extraordinary life. From his burning of the Philadelphia to his capture of the HMS Macedonian, Decatur demonstrated his legendary bravery at every turn.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent writing and exciting story
- De mikey en 08-02-19
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Seize the Fire
- Heroism, Duty, and the Battle of Trafalgar
- De: Adam Nicolson
- Narrado por: Adam Nicolson
- Duración: 6 h y 26 m
- Versión resumida
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 88
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 89
Adam Nicolson takes the great naval battle of Trafalgar, fought between the British and Franco-Spanish fleets in October 1805, and uses it to examine our idea of heroism and the heroic. A story rich with modern resonance, Seize the Fire reveals the economic impact of the battle as a victorious Great Britain emerged as a global commercial empire. Nicolson not only vividly describes the brutal realities of battle but enters the hearts and minds of the men who were there.
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5 out of 5 stars
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great narration
- De Tito en 12-06-17
De: Adam Nicolson
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Valcour
- The 1776 Campaign that Saved the Cause of Liberty
- De: Jack Kelly
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 81
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 71
During the summer of 1776, a British incursion from Canada loomed. In response, citizen soldiers of the newly independent nation mounted a heroic defense. Patriots constructed a small fleet of gunboats on Lake Champlain in northern New York and confronted the Royal Navy in a desperate three-day battle near Valcour Island. Their effort surprised the arrogant British and forced the enemy to call off their invasion.
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5 out of 5 stars
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well written, well read story
- De wylie smith en 04-09-22
De: Jack Kelly
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The Rules of the Game
- Jutland and British Naval Command
- De: Andrew Gordon, Sir John Woodward - foreword
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 27 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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When published in hardcover in 1997, this book was praised for providing an engrossing education not only in naval strategy and tactics, but in Victorian social attitudes and the influence of character on history. In juxtaposing an operational with a cultural theme, the author comes closer than any historian yet to explaining what was behind the often-described operations of this famous 1916 battle at Jutland.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Absolutely fascinating dissection of naval strategy
- De A personal en 09-25-21
De: Andrew Gordon, y otros
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Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
- The Forgotten War That Changed American History
- De: Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger
- Narrado por: Brian Kilmeade
- Duración: 4 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,844
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 2,566
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,550
When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, America faced a crisis. The new nation was deeply in debt and needed its economy to grow quickly, but its merchant ships were under attack. Pirates from North Africa's Barbary coast routinely captured American sailors and held them as slaves, demanding ransom and tribute payments far beyond what the new country could afford.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting history - terrible narrator
- De CJF en 12-08-15
De: Brian Kilmeade, y otros
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The First Salute
- A View of the American Revolution
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 12 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 421
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 333
This compellingly written history presents a fresh, new view of the events that led from the first foreign salute to American nationhood in 1776 to the last campaign of the Revolution five years later. It paints a magnificent portrait of General George Washington and recounts in riveting detail the events responsible for the birth of our nation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A brilliant classic
- De Matthew en 03-27-09
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Six Frigates
- De: Ian W. Toll
- Narrado por: Stephen Lang
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,364
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,115
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates, or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? The founders, particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams, debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once.
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3 out of 5 stars
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BE ADVISED THIS BOOK IS ABRIDGED
- De George Carpenter III en 09-11-08
De: Ian W. Toll
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Wolf of the Deep
- Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama
- De: Stephen Fox
- Narrado por: Barrett Whitener
- Duración: 10 h y 27 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 70
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48
In July 1862, Confederate Captain Raphael Semmes took command of a secret new warship. At the helm of the Alabama, he became the most hated and feared man along the Union coast, as well as a Confederate legend. Now, with unparalleled authority, depth, and a vivid sense of the excitement and danger of the time, Stephen Fox describes Captain Semmes's remarkable wartime exploits.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Wolf of the Deep
- De Sammi en 08-18-07
De: Stephen Fox
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John Paul Jones
- Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
- De: Evan Thomas
- Narrado por: Dan Cashman
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 196
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 123
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 123
John Paul Jones is more than a great sea story. Jones is a character for the ages. John Adams called him the "most ambitious and intriguing officer in the American Navy." The renewed interest in the Founding Fathers reminds us of the great men who made this country, but John Paul Jones teaches us that it took fighters as well as thinkers, men driven by dreams of personal glory as well as high-minded principle to break free of the past and start a new world. Jones' spirit was classically American.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Swashbuckler or Saviour
- De Bruce en 03-16-04
De: Evan Thomas
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Love and Hate in Jamestown
- John Smith, Pocahontas, and the Start of a New Nation
- De: David A. Price
- Narrado por: Josh Innerst
- Duración: 10 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 51
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 51
Drawing on period letters and chronicles, and on the papers of the Virginia Company - which financed the settlement of Jamestown - David Price tells a tale of cowardice and courage, stupidity and brilliance, tragedy and costly triumph. He takes us into the day-to-day existence of the English men and women whose charge was to find gold and a route to the Orient, and who found, instead, hardship and wretched misery. Death, in fact, became the settlers' most faithful companion, and their infighting was ceaseless.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Five Star History!
- De Damian en 08-13-23
De: David A. Price
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The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold
- An American Life
- De: Joyce Lee Malcolm
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Proud and talented, history now remembers this conflicted man solely through the lens of his last desperate act of treason. Yet the fall of Benedict Arnold remains one of the Revolutionary period's great puzzles. Why did a brilliant military commander, who repeatedly risked his life fighting the British, who was grievously injured in the line of duty, and fell into debt personally funding his own troops, ultimately became a traitor to the patriot cause?
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3 out of 5 stars
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good story....questionable performance
- De Amazon Customer en 07-12-19
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The Pirate Queen
- De: Susan Ronald
- Narrado por: Josephine Bailey
- Duración: 13 h y 41 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 74
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 38
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 38
Dubbed the "pirate queen" by the Vatican and Spain's Philip II, Elizabeth I was feared and admired by her enemies. Extravagant, whimsical, and hot-tempered, Elizabeth was the epitome of power. Her visionary accomplishments were made possible by her daring merchants, gifted rapscallion adventurers, astronomer philosophers, and her stalwart Privy Council, including Sir William Cecil, Sir Francis Walsingham, and Sir Nicholas Bacon.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Too lilttle about Elizabeth!
- De Eunice en 12-20-07
De: Susan Ronald