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Claimed to be one of the first works of modern philosophy, this unabridged version of The Prince is read by Emma Topping. This classic of political writing is Machiavelli's most notorious work. A treatise on gaining and maintaining political power, this is the work that inspired the use of the term "Machiavellian".

In 1762 James Boswell, then 22 years old, left Edinburgh for London. The famous Journal he kept during the next nine months is an intimate account of his encounters with the high-life and the low-life in London. Frank and confessional as a personal portrait of the young Boswell, the Journal is also revealing as a vivid portrayal of life in 18th-century London.

The deepest currents of passion seldom break the surface of literature. Romantic classics abound; but however skilled a writer may be in verbalising an emotional experience, he cannot publicly evoke the heat of blood, the yearning of soul, bared in perfect intimacy between two beings. But letters can do this, and songs never meant to be sung by any but the lover, or the beloved.

This rare archive recording of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II from 1953 has been digitally restored. The Coronation Service in its entirety.

A collection of Lincoln's most famous speeches.

The complete speech given by General Douglas A MacArthur to Congress on April 19th, 1951.

Historic American speeches by Jefferson, Tecumseh, Chief Joseph and others narrated by Johns Dirks and Barrett Clark.

With the voices of the survivors this is a condensed account of the first and final voyage of RMS Titanic.

The inaugural addresses of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy & Nixon.

The voices that shaped the 1920s and 1930s.

Documenting some of the major events of the last 100 years...

The voices and sounds of World War II digitally remastered to tell the story of the most widespread war in history.

A selection of actual voices from World War II.

The actual voices of some of the heroic reporters of World War II.

The most defining voices and sounds from World War II. Hear the voices of Winston Churchill, General Eisenhower, Vera Lynn, President Truman, Neville Chamberlain, and more.

Title 12 from the series capturing the voices and sounds of the 20th century.

The sounds and voices of the First World War.

First hand accounts of some of the most defining moments in history recalled by the people who were there.

The actual voices and platforms of the US Presidential figures and their opponents from 1892 to 1948.

The ninth collection in the series charting the voices that helped shape the 20th century. In this collection hear the inspirational voices of Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Babe Ruth and Che Guevara amongst many others.