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Born in London to an American father and a British mother on the eve of the Revolutionary War, Louisa Catherine Johnson was raised in circumstances very different from the New England upbringing of future president John Quincy Adams, whose life had been dedicated to public service from the earliest age. And yet John Quincy fell in love with her almost despite himself. Their often tempestuous but deeply close marriage lasted half a century.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Insightful
- De Jean en 05-18-16
De: Louisa Thomas
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Jefferson's Daughters
- Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America
- De: Catherine Kerrison
- Narrado por: Tavia Gilbert
- Duración: 17 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 169
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Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. Although the three women shared a father, the similarities end there. Martha and Maria received a fine convent school education while they lived with their father during his diplomatic posting in Paris. Once they returned home, however, the sisters found their options limited by the laws and customs of early America. Harriet Hemings followed a different path. She escaped slavery — apparently with the assistance of Jefferson himself.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Don't waste money on this book.
- De Amazon Customer en 02-17-18
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The Mistresses of Cliveden
- Three Centuries of Scandal, Power, and Intrigue in an English Stately Home
- De: Natalie Livingstone
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Knowelden
- Duración: 17 h y 8 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 141
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 124
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Overlooking the Thames, the Cliveden mansion is flanked by two wings and surrounded by lavish gardens. Throughout its storied history, Cliveden has been a setting for misbehavior, intrigue, and passion - from its salacious, deadly beginnings in the 17th century to the 1960s Profumo affair, the sex scandal that toppled the British government. Now, in this immersive chronicle, the manor's current mistress, Natalie Livingstone, opens the doors to this prominent house and lets the walls do the talking.
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2 out of 5 stars
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disappointed
- De Galina M. en 11-14-16
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Eliza Hamilton
- The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
- De: Tilar J. Mazzeo
- Narrado por: January LaVoy
- Duración: 10 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 343
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 313
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Fans fell in love with Eliza Hamilton - Alexander Hamilton’s devoted wife - in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s phenomenal musical Hamilton. But they don’t know her full story. A strong pioneer woman, a loving sister, a caring mother, and, in her later years, a generous philanthropist, Eliza had many sides - and this fascinating biography brings her multifaceted personality to vivid life.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Eliza Deserves Better
- De jmn89 en 12-20-19
De: Tilar J. Mazzeo
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Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
- De: Walter Isaacson
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 24 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,654
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,587
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 7,553
Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us - an ambitious urban entrepreneur who rose up the social ladder, from leather-aproned shopkeeper to dining with kings. In best-selling author Walter Isaacson's vivid and witty full-scale biography, we discover why Franklin turns to us from history's stage with eyes that twinkle from behind his new-fangled spectacles. In Benjamin Franklin, Isaacson shows how Franklin defines both his own time and ours. The most interesting thing that Franklin invented, and continually reinvented, was himself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book, not crazy about the narrator
- De Cathi en 07-20-13
De: Walter Isaacson
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The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers
- De: Thomas Fleming
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 17 h y 43 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 89
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With his usual storytelling flair and unparalleled research, Tom Fleming offers a compelling, intimate look at the founders—George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison—and the women who played essential roles in their lives.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Interesting, but unbalanced, angle
- De Devon en 07-03-14
De: Thomas Fleming
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All the Great Prizes
- The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
- De: John Taliaferro
- Narrado por: Joe Barrett
- Duración: 22 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 359
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 327
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If Henry James or Edith Wharton had written a novel describing the accomplished and glamorous life and times of John Hay, it would have been thought implausible - a novelist’s fancy. Nevertheless, John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay, one of the most amazing figures in American history, and restores him to his rightful place. John Hay was both witness and author of many of the most significant chapters in American history - from the birth of the Republican Party, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War, to the prelude to the First World War.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Almost a Five Star
- De Lulu en 12-22-14
De: John Taliaferro
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Secret Lives of the First Ladies
- What Your Teachers Never Told you About the Women of The White House
- De: Cormac O'Brien
- Narrado por: Teresa DeBerry
- Duración: 12 h y 16 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 112
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 103
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With chapters on every woman who’s ever made it to the White House, Secret Lives of the First Ladies tackles all of the tough questions that other history books are afraid to ask: How many of these women owned slaves? Which ones were cheating on their husbands? And why was Eleanor Roosevelt serving hot dogs to the King and Queen of England? American history was never this much fun in school
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4 out of 5 stars
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Trivia delight
- De Jean en 01-11-15
De: Cormac O'Brien
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The Churchills: In Love and War
- De: Mary S. Lovell
- Narrado por: Anne Flosnik
- Duración: 21 h y 40 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 59
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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The first Duke of Marlborough (1650-1722) was a soldier of such genius that a lavish palace, Blenheim, was built to honor his triumphs. Succeeding generations of Churchills sometimes achieved distinction but also included profligates and womanizers, and were saddled with the ruinous upkeep of Blenheim. The Churchills were an extraordinary family: ambitious, impecunious, impulsive, brave, and arrogant. Winston - recently voted "The Greatest Briton" - dominates them all. His failures and triumphs are revealed in the context of a poignant and sometimes tragic private life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Grand! In it's own wonderful way.
- De Cookie en 12-05-11
De: Mary S. Lovell
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Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
- De: Jon Meacham
- Narrado por: Edward Herrmann, Jon Meacham
- Duración: 18 h y 46 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 6,598
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5,803
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5,761
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin and Winston brings vividly to life an extraordinary man and his remarkable times. Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power gives us Jefferson the politician and president, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Man and Biography Relevant to Our Day
- De Darwin8u en 11-14-12
De: Jon Meacham
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John Adams
- De: David McCullough
- Narrado por: Nelson Runger
- Duración: 29 h y 54 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 8,995
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 7,184
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 7,166
McCullough's John Adams has the sweep and vitality of a great novel. This is history on a grand scale, an audiobook about politics, war, and social issues, but also about human nature, love, religious faith, virtue, ambition, friendship, and betrayal, and the far-reaching consequences of noble ideas. Above all, it is an enthralling, often surprising story of one of the most important and fascinating Americans who ever lived.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An outstanding biography
- De Davis en 07-10-06
De: David McCullough
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John Quincy Adams
- A Public Life, A Private Life
- De: Paul C. Nagel
- Narrado por: Jeff Riggenbach
- Duración: 18 h y 45 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 211
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 167
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A United States minister, senator, president, and congressman in turn, John Quincy Adams was one of the most prevalent and dedicated Americans in history. Drawing from Adams' 70-year diary, author Paul Nagel probes deeply into the psyche of this cantankerous, misanthropic, erudite, hardworking son of a former president whose remarkable career spanned so many offices.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- De Michael Bellesiles en 02-24-11
De: Paul C. Nagel
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Never Caught
- De: Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- Narrado por: Robin Miles
- Duración: 6 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 994
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When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his beloved Mount Vernon to serve in Philadelphia, the temporary seat of the nation's capital. In setting up his household, he took Tobias Lear, his celebrated secretary, and eight slaves, including Ona Judge, about which little has been written. As he grew accustomed to Northern ways, there was one change he couldn't get his arms around: Pennsylvania law required enslaved people be set free after six months of residency in the state. Washington decided to circumvent the law.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful audiobook
- De Brad Turner en 03-07-17
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Marmee and Louisa
- The Untold Story of Louisa May Alcott and Her Mother
- De: Eve LaPlante
- Narrado por: Karen White
- Duración: 14 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Biographers have consistently credited her father, Bronson Alcott, for Louisa May Alcott's professional success, assuming that this outspoken idealist was the source of her progressive thinking and remarkable independence. But in this riveting dual biography, Eve LaPlante explodes those myths, drawing on unknown and unexplored letters and journals to show that Louisa's "Marmee", Abigail May Alcott, was in fact the intellectual and emotional center of her daughter's world. It was Abigail who urged Louisa to write, who inspired many of her stories, and who gave her the support and courage she needed to pursue her path.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Hardworking women and the man they supported
- De Chris en 04-26-13
De: Eve LaPlante