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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Jack Weatherford
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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The Mongol army led by Genghis Khan subjugated more lands and people in 25 years than the Romans did in 400....
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Golden Horde/Platinum Listen
- By Cynthia on 12-11-13
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1. Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
- Narrated by: Jonathan Davis, Jack Weatherford
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 02-16-10
- Language: English
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The Plantagenets
- The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
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The first Plantagenet king inherited a blood-soaked kingdom from the Normans and transformed it into an empire stretched at its peak from Scotland to Jerusalem. In this epic history, Dan Jones vividly resurrects this fierce and seductive royal dynasty and its mythic world....
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Old book--new narrator
- By Kay Long/The Lady Kay on 02-02-24
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2. The Plantagenets
- The Warrior Kings and Queens Who Made England
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 21 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 01-16-24
- Language: English
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- By: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
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The 14th century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague....
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And you thought the twentieth century was rough...
- By Rob on 03-23-06
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3. A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- Narrated by: Wanda McCaddon
- Length: 28 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 01-26-06
- Language: English
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
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When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era—and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation....
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Hard to take a break from it!
- By Mariano's Music on 12-09-21
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4. Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 24 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 11-09-21
- Language: English
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The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- By: Ian Mortimer
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
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Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to the point, where are you going to stay? And what are you going to eat....
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Detailed, Interesting and Entertaining
- By Marc-Andr? on 05-13-10
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5. The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England
- A Handbook for Visitors to the Fourteenth Century
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Series: Time Traveler’s Guides
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 04-13-09
- Language: English
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- By: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness....
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Extraordinary story, expertly told and skillfully narrated
- By Daniel Vergara on 03-01-24
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6. The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 08-15-23
- Language: English
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1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- By: Roger Crowley
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
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The fall of Constantinople in 1453 signaled a shift in history and the end of the Byzantium Empire. Roger Crowley's listenable and comprehensive account of the battle between Mehmed II....
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A well written narrative with bizarre and biased commentary
- By Patrick D. Flynn on 08-17-17
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7. 1453
- The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 10 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
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Crusaders
- The Epic History of the Wars for the Holy Lands
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
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A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the New York Times best-selling author of The Templars....
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Gripping but not tidy
- By Tad Davis on 01-06-20
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The Middle Kingdoms
- A New History of Central Europe
- By: Martyn Rady
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 22 hrs and 56 mins
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Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where empires clashed and world wars began. In The Middle Kingdoms, Martyn Rady offers the definitive history of the region....
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Marred by the errors in the modern section
- By Paul Boothroyd on 10-20-23
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9. The Middle Kingdoms
- A New History of Central Europe
- Narrated by: John Curless
- Length: 22 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 05-02-23
- Language: English
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Cunning Folk
- Life in the Era of Practical Magic
- By: Tabitha Stanmore
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
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Imagine: it’s the year 1600 and you’ve lost your precious silver spoons, or maybe they’ve been stolen. Perhaps your child has a fever. Or you’re facing a trial. Maybe you’re looking for love or escaping a husband. What do you do?
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10. Cunning Folk
- Life in the Era of Practical Magic
- Narrated by: Anna Wilson-Jones
- Length: 8 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-28-24
- Language: English
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Queens of the Age of Chivalry
- By: Alison Weir
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
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Medieval queens were seen as mere dynastic trophies, yet many of the Plantagenet queens of the High Middle Ages dramatically broke away from the restrictions imposed on their sex, as Alison Weir shows in this gripping group biography of England's fourteenth-century consorts....
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Fascinating in the details
- By catgirl29 on 03-09-23
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11. Queens of the Age of Chivalry
- Narrated by: Esther Wane
- Series: England's Medieval Queens
- Length: 19 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 02-22-23
- Language: English
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The Norman Conquest
- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
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A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest....
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A Balanced, Entertaining, and Informative History
- By Jefferson on 06-01-14
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12. The Norman Conquest
- The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
- Narrated by: Frazer Douglas
- Length: 18 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 09-24-13
- Language: English
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In the Shadow of the Sword
- The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
- By: Tom Holland
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
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Tom Holland describes how the Arabs emerged to carve out a stupefyingly vast dominion in a matter of decades, overcoming seemingly insuperable odds....
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Misleading title
- By Edd Huetteman on 04-08-16
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13. In the Shadow of the Sword
- The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 18 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 05-12-15
- Language: English
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The Dark Queens
- The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
- By: Shelley Puhak
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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The remarkable, little-known story of two trailblazing women in the Early Middle Ages who wielded immense power, only to be vilified for daring to rule....
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Fascinating & Long Overdue
- By Mary E Birdsong on 10-22-22
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14. The Dark Queens
- The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World
- Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 02-22-22
- Language: English
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Christendom
- The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300
- By: Peter Heather
- Narrated by: Peter Heather
- Length: 23 hrs and 48 mins
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As Peter Heather shows in this compelling new history, there was nothing inevitable about Christendom's rise to Europe-wide dominance....
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Excellent, detailed history with analysis
- By Jeffry Wood on 05-30-24
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15. Christendom
- The Triumph of a Religion, AD 300-1300
- Narrated by: Peter Heather
- Length: 23 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 04-04-23
- Language: English
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Magna Carta
- The Birth of Liberty
- By: Dan Jones
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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The Magna Carta is revered around the world as the founding document of Western liberty. Its principles - even its language - can be found in our Bill of Rights and in the Constitution. But what was this strange document and how did it gain such legendary status? Listen to find out more....
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Complicated period of history made accessible
- By NH on 12-09-15
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16. Magna Carta
- The Birth of Liberty
- Narrated by: Dan Jones
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 10-20-15
- Language: English
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Sex in the Middle Ages
- By: Jennifer McNabb, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Jennifer McNabb
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
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Professor Jennifer McNabb and a panel of experts in medieval history and literature will take you back to the period between the fall of Rome and the rise of the Renaissance to explore the ideals and realities of sex and sexuality....
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Confusing
- By Anonymous User on 03-23-24
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17. Sex in the Middle Ages
- Narrated by: Jennifer McNabb
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 01-05-24
- Language: English
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In Search of the Dark Ages
- By: Michael Wood
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
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In Search of the Dark Ages is an unrivalled exploration of the origins of English identity, and the best-selling book that established Michael Wood as one of Britain's leading historians....
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Brilliant!
- By Dee Goulet on 08-31-22
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18. In Search of the Dark Ages
- Narrated by: Marston York
- Length: 14 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 08-11-22
- Language: English
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The Inheritance of Rome
- Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000
- By: Chris Wickham
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
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Historian Chris Wickham defies the conventional view of the Dark Ages in European history with a work of remarkable scope and rigorous yet accessible scholarship. The Inheritance of Rome presents a fresh understanding of the crucible in which Europe would ultimately be created....
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Excellent Intro to An Obscure Period
- By Earth Lover on 07-30-18
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19. The Inheritance of Rome
- Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Series: Penguin History of Europe Series, Book 2
- Length: 32 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 07-10-18
- Language: English
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Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- By: Judith Herrin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
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Byzantium. The name evokes grandeur and exoticism—gold, cunning, and complexity. In this unique book, Judith Herrin unveils the riches of a quite different civilization....
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Not a comprehensible history
- By kevin arsenault on 10-07-23
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20. Byzantium
- The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 01-24-23
- Language: English
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