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The Jacobites
- The History and Legacy of the Movement to Restore the Stuart Dynasty to the British Throne
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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The Jacobites conjure up many images to 21st-century Britons, but Jacobitism was a cause that had far-reaching consequences across 18th century Europe. The Jacobites were not only supporters of the exiled Stuart monarchy, but also against the political and religious settlements agreed to across the British Isles. The specter of the Jacobite threat was present for the British government and monarchy throughout the 18th century. It’s no surprise the Jacobites continue to interest so many people, as do the plot twists, near misses, and “what-ifs” involved.
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The Jacobites
- The History and Legacy of the Movement to Restore the Stuart Dynasty to the British Throne
- Narrated by: Colin Fluxman
- Length: 1 hr and 45 mins
- Release date: 03-05-22
- Language: English
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Destin français
- By: Éric Zemmour
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 20 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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"Je savais où je voulais vivre, avec qui je voulais vivre, et comment je voulais vivre. À mes yeux médusés d'enfant, le mot France brillait de tous les feux : histoire, littérature, politique, guerre, amour, tout était rassemblé et transfiguré par une même lumière sacrée, un même art de vivre mais aussi de mourir, une même grandeur, une même allure, même dans les pires turpitudes."
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Histoire de France réfléchi et Zemmourienne
- By Xavier F. on 01-10-23
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Destin français
- Narrated by: Philippe Lebeau
- Length: 20 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 28-06-21
- Language: French
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France 1940
- Defending the Republic
- By: Philip Nord
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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In this revisionist account of France's crushing defeat in 1940, Philip Nord argues that the nation's downfall has long been misunderstood. Nord assesses France's diplomatic and military preparations for war with Germany, its conduct of the war once the fighting began, and the political consequences of defeat on the battlefield. Ultimately, he finds that the longstanding view that France's collapse was due to military unpreparedness and a decadent national character is unsupported by fact.
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Very well written and narrated
- By Pieter Carl on 30-12-23
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France 1940
- Defending the Republic
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 05-05-15
- Language: English
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Nos rois de France
- By: Franck Ferrand, Pierre-Louis Lensel, Anne-Louise Sautreuil
- Narrated by: Renaud Bertin Cordoliani
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Les rois de France en majesté. Il ne s'agit pas d'une histoire de la monarchie française, mais de celle de " nos rois " : ceux dont le règne a le plus marqué l'histoire nationale. Si Franck Ferrand évoque, par souci de clarté et de filiation, les premiers (jusqu'au début de la dynastie capétienne) et les derniers monarques (jusqu'à Louis-Philippe), il s'attache principalement à raconter la vie et l'œuvre de quatorze d'entre eux, depuis Philippe-Auguste jusqu'à Louis XVI.
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Nos rois de France
- Narrated by: Renaud Bertin Cordoliani
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 13-07-23
- Language: French
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The French Resistance
- The History of the Opposition Against Nazi Germany's Occupation of France During World War II
- By: Charles River Editors
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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The French Army crumbled swiftly under the powerful blows delivered to it in 1940 by Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht. Launching a massive feint into Belgium to lure French armies and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) away from the actual point of attack, the weakly protected Ardennes Forest, the Germans struck past the Maginot Line. In a lightning campaign, panzers punched through to the coast, dividing Allied forces with a steel cordon across France and forcing the evacuation of the BEF from the port of Dunkirk.
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The French Resistance
- The History of the Opposition Against Nazi Germany's Occupation of France During World War II
- Narrated by: Kevin Kollins
- Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
- Release date: 01-12-16
- Language: English
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Phantom Terror
- The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848
- By: Adam Zamoyski
- Narrated by: Geoff Holman
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world in a struggle against obscure forces, seemingly dedicated to the overthrow of civilisation. The advent of the French...
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A good man and thorough...
- By woodwild on 15-04-16
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Phantom Terror
- The Threat of Revolution and the Repression of Liberty 1789-1848
- Narrated by: Geoff Holman
- Length: 19 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 09-10-14
- Language: English
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Quiet History Behind the Three Musketeers
- Life Behind the Splendor
- By: Dakikon Publishing
- Narrated by: Aldus H Chapin II
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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The Three Musketeers are remembered for their courage, loyalty, and legendary adventures. But behind the romance of duels and royal intrigue lay a quieter, more disciplined world—one shaped by routine, silence, and service. This audiobook steps away from the noise of heroism and into the everyday reality of 17th-century France.
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Quiet History Behind the Three Musketeers
- Life Behind the Splendor
- Narrated by: Aldus H Chapin II
- Length: 2 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 13-03-26
- Language: English
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Avenue of Spies
- A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
- By: Alex Kershaw
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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The best-selling author of The Liberator brings to life the incredible true story of an American doctor in Paris, and his heroic espionage efforts during World War II. The leafy Avenue Foch, one of the most exclusive residential streets in Nazi-occupied France, was Paris's hotbed of daring spies...
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One of the best books on Audible
- By martin on 26-10-23
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Avenue of Spies
- A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
- Narrated by: Mark Deakins
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 04-08-15
- Language: English
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An Infinite History
- The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries
- By: Emma Rothschild
- Narrated by: Eve Matheson
- Length: 13 hrs
- Unabridged
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Marie Aymard was an illiterate widow who lived in the provincial town of Angoulême in southwestern France, a place where seemingly nothing ever happened. Yet, in 1764, she made her fleeting mark on the historical record through two documents: a power of attorney in connection with the property of her late husband, a carpenter on the island of Grenada, and a prenuptial contract for her daughter, signed by 83 people in Angoulême. Who was Marie Aymard? Who were all these people? And why were they together on a dark afternoon in December 1764?
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An Infinite History
- The Story of a Family in France over Three Centuries
- Narrated by: Eve Matheson
- Length: 13 hrs
- Release date: 26-01-21
- Language: English
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Quiet History Behind Les Misérables
- Ordinary Lives in 19th-Century Paris
- By: Dakikon Publishing
- Narrated by: Andrew Post
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Behind every great novel lies a city of unseen lives. Quiet History Behind Les Misérables invites listeners into the everyday world of ordinary people living in 19th-century Paris—the workers, vendors, mothers, children, and laborers who formed the living backdrop of Victor Hugo’s masterpiece. This book does not retell the story of Les Misérables. Instead, it explores the real social fabric that made such a story possible.
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Quiet History Behind Les Misérables
- Ordinary Lives in 19th-Century Paris
- Narrated by: Andrew Post
- Length: 3 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 06-02-26
- Language: English
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History of France
- A Captivating Guide to French History
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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France has influenced the course of history in Europe and the world for centuries. Considered one of the world’s most beautiful countries and home to some of the world’s most visited tourist locations, France has enthralled and fascinated the people who’ve discovered that, in many ways, the history of France encompasses both the good and bad in the human character.
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terrible narration
- By rowena g. on 08-02-23
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History of France
- A Captivating Guide to French History
- Narrated by: Jason Zenobia
- Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 12-05-21
- Language: English
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Hemingway's France
- Images of the Lost Generation
- By: Winston Conrad
- Narrated by: Tom Parker
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Ernest Hemingway's literary ambitions took root in France in the 1920s among some of the most extravagantly creative artists of the twentieth century. Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ezra Pound, and others were drawn to the left bank of the Seine in Paris after World War I. Hemingway joined them and, with the publication of his book The Sun Also Rises became one of the most powerful forces in the vortex of talent and experimentation.
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interesting.
- By T on 12-10-13
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Hemingway's France
- Images of the Lost Generation
- Narrated by: Tom Parker
- Length: 2 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 30-12-04
- Language: English
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Rousseau: Philosophy in an Hour
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Rousseau in just one hour. In Rousseau we encounter a walking ego, a naked sensibility – his arguments are both deeply stirring and deeply inconsistent. Yet whilst his contemporaries Kant and Hume may have been...
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Boring liberal moralizing
- By Mr. R. J. Lucas on 24-02-19
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Rousseau: Philosophy in an Hour
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 1 hr and 34 mins
- Release date: 29-08-13
- Language: English
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A Year in Provence (Czech version)
- By: Peter Mayle
- Narrated by: Pavel Soukup
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Rok v Provenci je první částí volné trilogie vonící levandulí a chutnající po těch nejvybranějších lahůdkách a nejlepším víně. Chronologicky popisuje rok jednoho Brita, který se rozhodl přestěhovat do malé vesnice v malebné francouzské oblasti Provence. S anglickým humorem v jeho nejlaskavější podobě nás autor seznamuje s radostmi i úskalími života cizince, který se rozhodl uskutečnit svůj sen žít v místě, které dosud znal pouze jako turista. Kniha Rok v Provenci získala řadu ocenění, například British Book Awards pro rok 1989 za nejlepší cestopisnou knihu.
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A Year in Provence (Czech version)
- Narrated by: Pavel Soukup
- Length: 9 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-05-23
- Language: Czech
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The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life
- By: Napoleon Bonaparte, R. M. Johnston - editor
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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These are entirely Napoleon Bonaparte's own words, written and spoken, and collected in journal form. A particular focus here has been put on Napoleon's writings that pertain to military and state matters. The dates in terms of the revolutionary calendar have been modernized, and names and titles of individuals mentioned have been maintained with no attempt at uniformity. This production was begun on the 250th year of Napoleon's birth.
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Authentic
- By Alex Mcg on 20-10-23
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The Corsican: A Diary of Napoleon's Life
- Narrated by: Jack Chekijian
- Length: 17 hrs and 40 mins
- Release date: 20-12-19
- Language: English
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Beast
- Werewolves, Serial Killers, and Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of the Gévaudan
- By: Gustavo Sánchez Romero, S. R. Schwalb
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
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Something unimaginable occurred from 1764 to 1767 in the remote highlands of south-central France. For three years, a real-life monster, or monsters, ravaged the region, slaughtering by some accounts more than 100 people, mostly women and children, and inflicting severe injuries upon many others.
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Beast
- Werewolves, Serial Killers, and Man-Eaters: The Mystery of the Monsters of the Gévaudan
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 24-07-17
- Language: English
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I Stood with Wellington
- By: James Mace
- Narrated by: John Szura
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
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In February, 1815, after nine months in exile, Napoleon Bonaparte, the deposed Emperor of the French, escaped from the Isle of Elba. Seizing the initiative while the European powers bicker amongst themselves at the Congress of Vienna, Napoleon advances towards Belgium with an enormous army, where the combined forces of Prussia and England are cantoned. In Belgium, Captain James Henry Webster has finally returned to a line regiment after being terribly wounded at the Siege of Badajoz three years prior.
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I Stood with Wellington
- Narrated by: John Szura
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 21-06-16
- Language: English
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L'homme Robespierre, histoire d'une solitude
- By: Max Gallo
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
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La Révolution aurait-elle connu un autre cours si Robespierre n'avait été celui qu'il était ? La psychologie de l'"Incorruptible" traquée dans tous ses méandres pour un livre surprenant. Maximilien Robespierre reste le personnage le plus controversé de la Révolution française, en même temps qu'une figure historique étudiée dans le monde entier. Max Gallo, historien de métier et biographe aux succès éditoriaux considérables, brosse ici un portrait psycho-historique de Robespierre.
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L'homme Robespierre, histoire d'une solitude
- Narrated by: Hervé Lavigne
- Length: 12 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 03-06-24
- Language: French
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The Great Debate
- Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
- By: Yuval Levin
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
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An acclaimed portrait of Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the origins of modern conservatism and liberalism In The Great Debate, Yuval Levin explores the roots of the left/right political divide in America by examining the views of the men who best represented each side at its origin: Edmund...
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The Great Debate
- Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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Top 10 Surprising Facts About Paris: That Go Beyond the Eiffel Tower
- By: Barnaby Sorrens
- Narrated by: Feargal Coffey
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
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Paris is one of the most recognisable cities on the planet. Its skyline is etched into our minds with the Eiffel Tower rising above the rooftops, the Arc de Triomphe commanding the Champs-Élysées, and the Louvre guarding masterpieces beneath its glass pyramid. Yet for all its fame, Paris holds secrets—curious, quirky, and quietly astonishing facts that even many Parisians don’t know.
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Architectural oddities
- By Alfred Mcclain on 25-03-26
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Top 10 Surprising Facts About Paris: That Go Beyond the Eiffel Tower
- Narrated by: Feargal Coffey
- Length: 1 hr and 58 mins
- Release date: 06-02-26
- Language: English
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