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This story is told in the words of a tragic figure in American history - a hook-nosed, hollow-cheeked old Sauk warrior who lived under four flags while the Mississippi Valley was being wrested from his people. The author is Black Hawk himself - once pursued by an army whose members included Captain Abraham Lincoln and Lieutenant Jefferson Davis. Perhaps no Indian ever saw so much of American expansion or fought harder to prevent that expansion from driving his people to exile and death.
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4 out of 5 stars
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informing-not entertaining
- De Amazon Customer en 07-09-12
De: Black Hawk
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Return of a King
- The Battle for Afghanistan
- De: William Dalrymple
- Narrado por: Sagar Arya
- Duración: 20 h y 17 m
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In the spring of 1839, Britain invaded Afghanistan for the first time. Nearly 20,000 British and East India Company troops poured through the high mountain passes and re-established on the throne Shah Shuja ul-Mulk. On the way in, the British faced little resistance. But after two years of occupation, the Afghan people rose in answer to the call for jihad and the country exploded into violent rebellion. The First Anglo-Afghan War ended in Britain's greatest military humiliation of the 19th century.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tragic story excellently told
- De Shane Hensley en 06-09-21
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For the Temple
- De: G. A. Henty
- Narrado por: William Sutherland
- Duración: 13 h y 26 m
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In this stirring tale of the last days of the Temple at Jerusalem, robber bands and political infighting set the stage for the Roman destruction of the city in 70 A.D. In the face of overwhelming odds, John of Gamala does his best to save God's Temple, harassing Roman work parties, burning Roman camps, defending Jerusalem during the Roman siege, and even fighting Titus himself in hand-to-hand combat, forging a relationship with the Roman leader that lasts until after the war.
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4 out of 5 stars
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great story
- De Jef en 05-01-07
De: G. A. Henty
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Alexander of Macedon
- De: Harold Lamb
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 14 h y 58 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 312
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The enigma of Alexander the Great has remained with us for 2,300 years. In spite of the best efforts of historians, Alexander is no less a mystery to us now than he probably was during his own lifetime. There was no one like him before or since. In the pages of Harold Lamb's intriguing Alexander of Macedon, we find some of the answers to the great riddle of his character.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Read Arrian first
- De cbrann en 10-16-05
De: Harold Lamb
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The Histories
- De: Herodotus
- Narrado por: Bernard Mayes
- Duración: 27 h y 49 m
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Herodotus is not only the father of the art and the science of historical writing, but also one of the Western tradition's most compelling storytellers. In tales such as that of Gyges, who murders Candaules, the king of Lydia, and usurps his throne and his marriage bed, thereby bringing on, generations later, war with the Persians, Herodotus laid bare the intricate human entanglements at the core of great historical events.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Pater historiae: Latin, b/c who gets Greek jokes?
- De Darwin8u en 05-21-12
De: Herodotus
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Xenophon's Cyrus the Great
- The Arts of Leadership and War
- De: Larry Hedrick
- Narrado por: Rory Barnett
- Duración: 6 h y 31 m
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By freshening the voice, style, and diction of Cyrus, Larry Hedrick has created a more contemporary Cyrus. In this more accessible edition of one of history's most extraordinary and successful leaders, a new generation of listeners, including business executives and managers, military officers, and government officials, can now learn about and benefit from Cyrus the Great's extraordinary achievements, which exceeded all other leaders throughout antiquity.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Abridged
- De Bar282 en 10-02-19
De: Larry Hedrick
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The Histories
- The Persian Wars
- De: Herodotus, A. D. Godley Translator
- Narrado por: Charlton Griffin
- Duración: 27 h y 58 m
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Herodotus was a Greek historian born in Halicarnassus, subject at the time of the great Persian Empire. He lived in the fifth century BC (c. 484 - c. 425 BC), a contemporary of Socrates. He is often referred to as "The Father of History", a title originally conferred by Cicero. Herodotus was the first historian known to have broken from Homeric tradition in order to treat historical subjects as a method of investigation, specifically by collecting his materials in a critical, systematic fashion and then arranging them into a chronological narrative.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Popular for a reason
- De Reader en 11-17-18
De: Herodotus, y otros
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The Spartacus War
- De: Barry Strauss
- Narrado por: Ray Grover
- Duración: 6 h y 47 m
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The Spartacus War is the extraordinary story of the most famous slave rebellion in the ancient world, the fascinating true story behind a legend that has been the inspiration for novelists, filmmakers, and revolutionaries for 2,000 years. Starting with only 74 men, a gladiator named Spartacus incited a rebellion that threatened Rome itself.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting
- De Jean en 08-02-15
De: Barry Strauss
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The History of the Peloponnesian War
- De: Thucydides
- Narrado por: Mike Rogers
- Duración: 22 h y 36 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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The rivalry between two of the dominant city states of Ancient Greece, Athens and Sparta, erupted into a war lasting nearly 30 years and was to have a dramatic effect on the balance of power in the area. Between 431 and 404 BCE, the two cities battled it out on land and sea, aided by their alliances with neighbouring states: Athens’ Delian League vigorously opposed Sparta’s Peloponnesian League in a conflict which effectively involved the whole region.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Full frontal of war, politics, diplomacy, destruction, plunder
- De Jeff Lacy en 05-27-20
De: Thucydides
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The Age of Caesar
- Five Roman Lives
- De: Plutarch, James Romm - preface and notes, Pamela Mensch - translator
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 11 h y 42 m
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Pompey, Caesar, Cicero, Brutus, Antony: the names resonate across thousands of years. Major figures in the civil wars that brutally ended the Roman republic, their lives still haunt us as examples of how the hunger for personal power can overwhelm collective politics, how the exaltation of the military can corrode civilian authority, and how the best intentions can lead to disastrous consequences. Plutarch renders these history-making lives as flesh-and-blood characters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Terrific
- De Michael en 06-13-23
De: Plutarch, y otros
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Mark Antony's Heroes
- How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor
- De: Stephen Dando-Collins
- Narrado por: John FitzGibbon
- Duración: 12 h y 28 m
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This fourth book in Dando-Collins’ definitive history of Rome’s legions tells the story of Rome’s 3rd Gallica Legion, which put Vespasian on the throne and saved the life of the Christian apostle Paul. Named for their leader, Mark Antony, these common Roman soldiers, through their gallantry on the battlefield, reshaped the Roman Empire and aided the spread of Christianity throughout Europe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well worth listening to
- De Acteon en 06-14-15
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Alexander the Great
- De: Philip Freeman
- Narrado por: Michael Page
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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Alexander was born into the royal family of Macedonia, the kingdom that would soon rule over Greece. Tutored as a boy by Aristotle, Alexander had an inquisitive mind that would serve him well when he faced formidable obstacles during his military campaigns. Shortly after taking command of the army, he launched an invasion of the Persian Empire, and continued his conquests as far south as the deserts of Egypt and as far east as the mountains of present-day Pakistan and the plains of India.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great book!
- De BadGuidance en 06-18-17
De: Philip Freeman
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Hannibal
- De: Ernle Bradford
- Narrado por: Peter Jones
- Duración: 9 h y 47 m
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At the bloody battle of Cannae, he trounced a Roman army twice the size of his own. With his brothers, he subdued nearly all of Italy, Spain and Northern Africa. A cunning tactician, he secured victory for Bithynia at sea by catapulting poisonous snakes onto the decks of his enemy’s ships. Biographer Ernle Bradford draws on the historical writings of Livy, Polybius, Plutarch and others in re-creating the fantastic story of the greatest general since Alexander the Great.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Perfect Balance of Narrative and Analysis
- De John en 11-28-23
De: Ernle Bradford
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Hannibal
- A History of the Art of War among the Carthaginians and Romans Down to the Battle of Pydna, 168 BC, with a Detailed Account of the Second Punic War
- De: Theodore Ayrault Dodge
- Narrado por: Bill Wallace
- Duración: 20 h y 14 m
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Hannibal is often considered the finest general the world has ever known. Setting out from Carthaginian-dominated Spain with a small army of select troops, he fought his way over the Pyrenees and crossed the Alps with elephants and a full baggage train. Descending into Italy, he destroyed the main Roman army at Lake Trasimeno and came close to conquering Rome itself.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Top notch book from the past.
- De Michael Jaco en 09-03-12
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Conquistador
- Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs
- De: Buddy Levy
- Narrado por: Patrick Lawlor
- Duración: 12 h y 13 m
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It was a moment unique in human history: the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in his intentions is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Great Book
- De Victor en 02-27-11
De: Buddy Levy
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Persian Expedition
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- Jack
- 09-27-16
did Stephen Hawking narrate this?
Great story, terrible narrator. Very mechanical in delivery and absolutely no emotion in his voice.
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- Elizabeth
- 12-20-14
Compelling, timeless
Would you listen to The Persian Expedition again? Why?
It's just such a good yarn
Any additional comments?
The narrator here was just perfect. The "Joe Friday" just the facts narration suited the never-a-dull minute factual text.
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- Athar
- 07-14-22
Story is great. Narrator is initially mechanical
Story is a classic but the narrator is initially mechanical and monotone & robotic & only later does he affect voices and personality in dialogue. Someone should have avoided Rex Warrens translation and gone with the Dakyns translation that is available online.
Also someone needs to make professional audiobooks available through other distributors other than Audible & Amazon. Someone ought to offer competing offerings and break this monopoly that allows the monopolists to mistreat consumers.
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- WSV1975
- 12-21-14
Better know something about the history first
What did you like best about The Persian Expedition? What did you like least?
very detailed account of the wars and societies
What other book might you compare The Persian Expedition to and why?
Any additional comments?
Sort of tough lister due to the many Greek names that made it difficult to sort through
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- Molly
- 02-12-23
Boring reader
The reader has a monotonous delivery. This book put me to sleep. Very sing-song.
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