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Castles, Customs, and Kings
- True Tales by English Historical Fiction Authors
- De: Debra Brown, M.M. Bennetts
- Narrado por: Ruth Golding
- Duración: 25 h y 39 m
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A compilation of essays from the English Historical Fiction Authors blog, this book provides a wealth of historical information from Roman Britain to early 20th-century England. Over 50 different authors share hundreds of real life stories and tantalizing tidbits discovered while doing research for their own historical novels.
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Historical Tidbits
- De Troy en 08-03-15
De: Debra Brown, y otros
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Servants
- A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times
- De: Lucy Lethbridge
- Narrado por: Helen Stern
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to the poor child doing chores in a slightly less poor household, servants were essential to the British way of life. They were hired not only for their skills but also to demonstrate the social standing of their employers - even as they were required to tread softly and blend into the background. More than simply the laboring class serving the upper crust - as popular culture would have us believe - they were a diverse group that shaped and witnessed major changes in the modern home, family, and social order.
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Interesting but gaps in info, narration difficult
- De redsrule1 en 01-11-15
De: Lucy Lethbridge
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How to Be a Tudor
- A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Tudor Life
- De: Ruth Goodman
- Narrado por: Heather Wilds
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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On the heels of her triumphant How to Be a Victorian, Ruth Goodman travels even further back in English history to the era closest to her heart, the dramatic period from the crowning of Henry VII to the death of Elizabeth I. Drawing on her own adventures living in re-created Tudor conditions, Goodman serves as our intrepid guide to 16th-century living. Proceeding from daybreak to bedtime, this charming, illustrative work celebrates the ordinary lives of those who labored through the era.
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Excellent book!
- De Kathi en 02-18-16
De: Ruth Goodman
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The Map That Changed the World
- William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
- De: Simon Winchester
- Narrado por: Simon Winchester
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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In 1793 William Smith, a canal digger, made a startling discovery that was to turn the fledgling science of the history of the earth - and a central plank of established Christian religion - on its head. He noticed that the rocks he was excavating were arranged in layers; more important, he could see quite clearly that the fossils found in one layer were very different from those found in another. And out of that realization came an epiphany.
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Who knew rocks could be so deceptive?
- De Jody R. Nathan en 11-09-04
De: Simon Winchester
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The Big Oyster
- History on the Half Shell
- De: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrado por: John H. Mayer
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants, the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled.
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history of the oyster in America
- De Andy en 01-01-20
De: Mark Kurlansky
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The Kelloggs
- The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek
- De: Howard Markel
- Narrado por: David Colacci
- Duración: 16 h y 22 m
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John Harvey Kellogg was one of America's most beloved physicians; a best-selling author, lecturer, and health-magazine publisher; founder of the Battle Creek Sanitarium; and patron saint of the pursuit of wellness. His youngest brother, Will, was the founder of the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company. In The Kelloggs, Howard Markel tells the sweeping saga of these two extraordinary men, whose lifelong competition and enmity toward one another changed America's notion of health and wellness and who helped change the course of American medicine, nutrition, wellness, and diet.
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Good History, Best for Battle Creek Folks
- De ftmgal en 08-26-18
De: Howard Markel
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Victorian London
- The Life of a City, 1840-1870
- De: Liza Picard
- Narrado por: Anton Lesser
- Duración: 6 h y 39 m
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Like her previous books, this book will be the result of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life, and the conditions in which most people lived, so often left out of history books. This period of mid-Victorian London encompasses a huge range of subjects.
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Unforgettable journey into the past
- De Adeliese Baumann en 05-27-18
De: Liza Picard
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Hershey
- Milton S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams
- De: Michael D'Antonio
- Narrado por: Jonathan Yen
- Duración: 13 h y 34 m
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In this compelling biography, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael D'Antonio gives us the real-life rags-to-riches story of Milton S. Hershey, a largely uneducated businessman whose idealistic sense of purpose created an immense financial empire, a town, and a legacy that lasts to this day.
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The Benchmark for Chartiable, Rich Men
- De Boyd Tschaggeny en 01-30-19
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Chief Engineer
- Washington Roebling, the Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge
- De: Erica Wagner
- Narrado por: Jo Anna Perrin
- Duración: 14 h y 14 m
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His father conceived of the Brooklyn Bridge, but after John Roebling's sudden death, Washington Roebling built what has become one of American's most iconic structures - as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet, as recognizable as the bridge is, its builder is too often forgotten - and his life is of interest far beyond his chosen field. It is the story of immigrants, of the frontier, of the greatest crisis in American history, and of the making of the modern world.
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Monumental
- De charles mueller en 07-09-19
De: Erica Wagner
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The Last Castle
- The Epic Story of Love, Loss, and American Royalty in the Nation’s Largest Home
- De: Denise Kiernan
- Narrado por: Denise Kiernan
- Duración: 10 h y 18 m
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Orphaned at a young age, Edith Stuyvesant Dresser claimed lineage from one of New York's best known families. She grew up in Newport and Paris, and her engagement and marriage to George Vanderbilt was one of the most watched events of Gilded Age society. But none of this prepared her to be mistress of Biltmore House. Before their marriage, the wealthy and bookish Vanderbilt had dedicated his life to creating a spectacular European-style estate on 125,000 acres of North Carolina wilderness.
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Very factual
- De Jennifer en 11-28-17
De: Denise Kiernan
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Life in Ancient Rome
- De: Lionel Casson
- Narrado por: John Glouchevitch
- Duración: 5 h y 8 m
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Lionel Casson paints a vivid portrait of life in ancient Rome - for slaves and emperors, soldiers and commanders alike - during the empire's greatest period, the first and second centuries AD.
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A good listen about early Rome.
- De Harry en 08-13-23
De: Lionel Casson
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Fordlandia
- The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City
- De: Greg Grandin
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 15 h y 25 m
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Fordlandia by National Book Award finalist Greg Grandin tells the enthralling tale of Henry Ford’s failed attempts to transform a Connecticut-sized chunk of Brazilian rainforest into a homespun slice of American utopia.
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An eye-opening account of an arrogant man's folly
- De Melissa en 09-17-13
De: Greg Grandin
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