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Indian Summer
- The Secret History of the End of an Empire
- Narrado por: Stephen Thorne
- Duración: 14 h y 36 m
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The window between two equally stifling autocracies - the imperial family and the communists - was open only briefly, in the last couple of years of the 19th century until the end of WWI, by which time the revolution was in full fury. From the last years of Tolstoy until the death of the Tsar and his family, however, Russia experimented with liberalism and cultural openness. Novelists and playwrights blossomed and political ideas were swapped in coffee houses.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An excellent look at an interesting history.
- De brian en 06-22-18
De: Mikhail Zygar
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Young Titan
- The Making of Winston Churchill
- De: Michael Shelden
- Narrado por: John Curless
- Duración: 14 h y 22 m
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In modern memory, Winston Churchill remains the man with the cigar and the equanimity among the ruins. Few can remember that at the age of 40 he was considered washed up, his best days behind him. In Young Titan, historian Michael Shelden has produced the first biography focused on Churchill’s early career, the years between 1901 and 1915 that both nearly undid him but also forged the character that would later triumph in the Second World War.
De: Michael Shelden
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Troublesome Young Men
- The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England
- De: Lynne Olson
- Narrado por: Dennis Kleinman
- Duración: 14 h y 42 m
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On May 7, 1940, the House of Commons began perhaps the most crucial debate in British parliamentary history. On its outcome hung the future of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government and also of Britain - indeed, perhaps, the world. Troublesome Young Men is Lynne Olson's fascinating account of how a small group of rebellious Tory MPs defied the Chamberlain government's defeatist policies that aimed to appease Europe's tyrants and eventually forced the prime minister's resignation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Spectacular Narrative History Book
- De Nostromo en 11-30-18
De: Lynne Olson
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Adolf Hitler
- De: John Toland
- Narrado por: Ralph Cosham
- Duración: 44 h y 42 m
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Based on previously unpublished documents, diaries, notes, photographs, and dramatic interviews with Hitler's colleagues and associates, this is the definitive biography of one of the most despised yet fascinating figures of the 20th century. Painstakingly documented, it is a work that will not soon be forgotten.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Strange Person
- De Mark en 11-25-14
De: John Toland
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George, Nicholas and Wilhelm
- Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
- De: Miranda Carter
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 21 h y 10 m
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In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia. Together, they presided over the last years of dynastic Europe and the outbreak of the most destructive war the world had ever seen, a war that set twentieth-century Europe on course to be the most violent continent in the history of the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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interesting and entertaining work of history
- De D. Littman en 01-16-11
De: Miranda Carter
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Lenin
- The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror
- De: Victor Sebestyen
- Narrado por: Jonathan Aris
- Duración: 20 h y 3 m
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Drawing on new research, including the diaries, memoirs, and personal letters of both Lenin and his friends, Victor Sebestyen's unique biography - the first in English in nearly two decades - is not only a political examination of one of the most important historical figures of the 20th century but a portrait of Lenin the man. Unexpectedly, Lenin was someone who loved nature, hunting, and fishing and could identify hundreds of species of plants, a despotic ruler whose closest ties and friendships were with women.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Lenin totally took an extra piece of that cake.
- De John Gathly en 05-14-19
De: Victor Sebestyen
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Thirteen Days in September
- Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David
- De: Lawrence Wright
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall, Lawrence Wright
- Duración: 11 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 320
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A gripping day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David conference, when President Jimmy Carter persuaded Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian president Anwar Sadat to sign the first peace treaty in the modern Middle East, one which endures to this day.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lessons in Negotiation
- De David en 06-18-15
De: Lawrence Wright
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume I: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Frederick Davidson
- Duración: 41 h y 19 m
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,134
Winston Churchill is perhaps the most important political figure of the 20th century. His great oratory and leadership during the Second World War were only part of his huge breadth of experience and achievement. Studying his life is a fascinating way to imbibe the history of his era and gain insight into key events that have shaped our time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb - Review of Both Volume I & Volume II
- De Wolfpacker en 01-23-09
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Prague Winter
- A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
- De: Madeleine Albright
- Narrado por: Madeleine Albright
- Duración: 15 h y 23 m
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Before Madeleine Albright turned twelve, her life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia—the country where she was born—the Battle of Britain, the near total destruction of European Jewry, the Allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War. Albright's experiences, and those of her family, provide a lens through which to view the most tumultuous dozen years in modern history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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History from a Personal Perspective
- De Jeanette Finan en 02-22-13
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The General
- Charles De Gaulle and the France He Saved
- De: Jonathan Fenby
- Narrado por: Robin Bloodworth
- Duración: 28 h y 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 87
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 76
No leader of modern times was more uniquely patriotic than Charles de Gaulle. As founder and first president of the Fifth Republic, General de Gaulle saw himself as "carrying France on [his] shoulders." In his 20s, he fought for France in the trenches and at the epic battle of Verdun. In the 1930s, he waged a lonely battle to enable France to better resist Hitler's Germany. Thereafter, he twice rescued the nation from defeat and decline by extraordinary displays of leadership, political acumen, daring, and bluff, heading off civil war and leaving a heritage adopted by his successors of right and left.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Book Great Read. Narrator Horrible-slow dead voice
- De marigoyle en 10-23-13
De: Jonathan Fenby
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Empress Dowager Cixi
- The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
- De: Jung Chang
- Narrado por: Jolene Kim
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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At the age of 16, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor's numerous concubines. When he died in 1861, their five-year-old son succeeded to the throne. Cixi at once launched a palace coup against the regents appointed by her husband and made herself the real ruler of China - behind the throne, literally, with a silk screen separating her from her officials who were all male.
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2 out of 5 stars
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An insult to audiobooks. Get a print version.
- De Reademandweep en 02-23-15
De: Jung Chang
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Princes at War
- The Bitter Battle Inside Britain's Royal Family in the Darkest Days of WWII
- De: Deborah Cadbury
- Narrado por: Veida Dehmlow
- Duración: 15 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 192
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In Princes at War, Deborah Cadbury reveals evidence that the duke and duchess of Windsor colluded with Hitler to take back the British throne from Edward's younger brother, King George VI, should Germany prevail in the War.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Windsors at War
- De Lulu en 04-05-15
De: Deborah Cadbury
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Churchill
- Walking with Destiny
- De: Andrew Roberts
- Narrado por: Stephen Thorne
- Duración: 50 h y 28 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 4,347
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When we seek an example of great leaders with unalloyed courage, the person who comes to mind is Winston Churchill: the iconic, visionary war leader immune from the consensus of the day, who stood firmly for his beliefs when everyone doubted him. But how did young Winston become Churchill? What gave him the strength to take on the superior force of Nazi Germany when bombs rained on London and so many others had caved? In this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman, and leader can finally be fully understood.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Superb Biography
- De Jean en 03-03-19
De: Andrew Roberts
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Hitler
- Ascent 1889-1939
- De: Volker Ullrich
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 34 h y 46 m
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For all the literature about Adolf Hitler, there have been just four seminal biographies; this is the fifth, a landmark work that sheds important new light on Hitler himself. Drawing on previously unseen papers and a wealth of recent scholarly research, Volker Ullrich reveals the man behind the public persona, from Hitler's childhood, to his failures as a young man in Vienna, to his experiences during the First World War, to his rise as a far-right party leader.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Worthwhile if you haven't read a Hitler biography
- De Joshua en 11-03-16
De: Volker Ullrich
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Clementine
- The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill
- De: Sonia Purnell
- Narrado por: Susan Lyons
- Duración: 17 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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By Winston Churchill's own admission, victory in the Second World War would have been "impossible without her". Until now, however, the only existing biography of Churchill's wife, Clementine, was written by her daughter. Sonia Purnell finally gives Clementine her due with a deeply researched account that tells her life story, revealing how she was instrumental in softening FDR's initial dislike of her husband and paving the way for Britain's close relationship with America.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Exasperating At Times But Very Good--
- De Gillian en 04-09-18
De: Sonia Purnell
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Indian Summer
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- Sumit
- 04-22-14
Very well detailed audio book
What did you like best about this story?
Its gives a very detailed account of India's history. It's struggles and candid look inside the lives of the people who affected it's fate the most. Nehru, Gandhi and the Mountbattens have been covered very well.
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- ann
- 01-07-13
A clever,succinct and a jolly good read
If you could sum up Indian Summer in three words, what would they be?
I thought this was an excellent read, the telling of an important event from enriched by the complex and fascinating characters who participated in the partiiton of India. The narration was excellent. I would recommend this book to anyone who was interested in the history of the Raj. Ps Sorry about the grammar the program won't let me correct it properly.
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- apoorva
- 07-30-17
beautiful clear engaging narration. eye opener boo
beautiful clear engaging narration. eye opener book which is very engaging. nostalgic yet refreshing on such different notes
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- mas3338
- 08-30-17
Excellent
Excellent storytelling by both the author and the narrator. The work powerfully transports the reader back to the era described.
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