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This Sceptred Isle: Collection 3: The 20th Century
- The Classic BBC Radio History
- By: Christopher Lee
- Narrated by: Anna Massey, Robert Powell
- Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance25
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Story24
All five volumes from the landmark BBC radio series This Sceptred Isle: The 20th Century. Christopher Lee’s vivid, compelling history tells the story of Britain from the death of Queen Victoria to the dawning of a new millennium. This collection includes the original volumes 1-5.
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Wonderfully written & narrated
- By Kath on 12-03-26
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This Sceptred Isle: Collection 3: The 20th Century
- The Classic BBC Radio History
- Narrated by: Anna Massey, Robert Powell
- Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 17-09-20
- Language: English
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The Black Door
- Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers
- By: Richard Aldrich, Rory Cormac
- Narrated by: Tom Clegg
- Length: 25 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall291
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Performance263
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Story259
The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council. Intelligence can do a prime minister’s dirty work. For more than a century, secret wars...
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Utterly fabulous
- By NickNoodles on 20-09-16
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The Black Door
- Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers
- Narrated by: Tom Clegg
- Length: 25 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 21-04-16
- Language: English
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Victoria
- A Life
- By: A. N. Wilson
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall199
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Performance169
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Story168
To many Queen Victoria was a ruler shrouded in myth and mystique, portrayed as an aging, stiff widow. But in truth Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was passionate, expressive, humorous, and unconventional. A. N. Wilson’s exhaustively researched and definitive biography includes a wealth of new material from previously unseen sources, showing us Queen Victoria as she’s never been seen before.
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Riveting and entertaining?
- By Richard H on 27-06-19
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Victoria
- A Life
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 19 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 09-02-15
- Language: English
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Thomas Cromwell
- The untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant by Tracy Borman OBE, Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces
- By: Tracy Borman
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Paul Mendez, Sandra Duncan
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall315
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Performance288
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Story287
A gripping and revealing audiobook that brings to life the rise, power and true character of Henry VIII's most influential servant Known widely as Henry VIII's 'right-hand man', Cromwell has captured imaginations throughout the centuries: but who was he really? In this major new biography...
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Spoiled by additional narration
- By DrSF on 22-11-14
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Thomas Cromwell
- The untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant by Tracy Borman OBE, Chief Historian at Historic Royal Palaces
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong, Paul Mendez, Sandra Duncan
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 22-09-14
- Language: English
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Civilization
- The West and the Rest
- By: Niall Ferguson
- Narrated by: Niall Ferguson
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall345
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Performance279
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Story276
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Niall Ferguson's provocative bestseller, Civilization: The West and the Rest, read brilliantly by the author himself. If in the year 1411 you had been able to circumnavigate the globe, you would have been most impressed by the dazzling...
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Challenging! Is the West in decline?
- By Jim Vaughan on 15-05-13
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Civilization
- The West and the Rest
- Narrated by: Niall Ferguson
- Length: 13 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 12-09-11
- Language: English
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Sicily '43
- A Times Book of the Year
- By: James Holland
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall524
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Performance465
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Story464
Brought to you by Penguin. From the bestselling author of Normandy ‘44 comes a major new history of one of World War II’s most crucial campaigns. Codenamed Operation HUSKY, the Allied assault on Sicily on 10 July 1943 remains the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted in world history...
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BigBadBurt
- By David on 09-09-20
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Sicily '43
- A Times Book of the Year
- Narrated by: Al Murray
- Length: 19 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 03-09-20
- Language: English
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Bring up the Bodies
- By: Hilary Mantel
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind Tutt
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Abridged
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Overall72
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Performance51
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Story50
Now a major TV series Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2012 Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2013 Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Simply exceptional…I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it’ Daily Mail ‘A gripping story of tumbling fury and terror’ Independent on...
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Just isn't grabbing me
- By Colin on 12-02-13
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Bring up the Bodies
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind Tutt
- Series: Wolf Hall Trilogy (abridged), Book 2
- Length: 7 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 10-05-12
- Language: English
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Crown and Country
- A History of England through the Monarchy
- By: David Starkey
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith, Jim Norton
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall148
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Performance107
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Story106
An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day. The monarchy is one of Britain’s longest surviving institutions – as well as one of its most tumultuous and revered. In this masterful book, David Starkey looks at the monarchy as a whole, charting...
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Informative and Interesting
- By Burning Crowe on 09-10-11
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Crown and Country
- A History of England through the Monarchy
- Narrated by: Tim Pigott-Smith, Jim Norton
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 30-09-10
- Language: English
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Craftland
- A Radio 4 Book of the Week
- By: James Fox
- Narrated by: James Fox
- Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall38
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Performance35
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Story35
Brought to you by Penguin. Britain was once a craft land. For generations what we made with our hands shaped our identities, built our communities and defined our regions. Craftland chronicles the vanishing skills and traditions that used to govern every aspect of life on these shores. From the...
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Wonderfully told human story of British craft
- By Miss Charlotte Bevan on 20-12-25
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Black and British
- A Forgotten History, from the acclaimed historian and star of 'Celebrity Traitors'
- By: David Olusoga
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,460
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Performance1,305
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Story1,295
Winner of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Winner of the Longman History Today Trustees’ Award Longlisted for the Orwell Prize Unflinching and revealing, Black and British is a vital history that reveals how black British lives have been woven into the fabric of the nation for centuries – from...
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Fantastically detailed Exceptionally informative
- By lionel on 30-04-17
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Black and British
- A Forgotten History, from the acclaimed historian and star of 'Celebrity Traitors'
- Narrated by: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 03-11-16
- Language: English
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Battle for the Falklands
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,867
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Performance1,642
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Story1,634
The Falklands War was one of the strangest in British history - 28,000 men sent to fight for a tiny relic of empire 8,000 miles from home. At the time, many Britons saw it as a tragic absurdity, but the British victory confirmed the quality of British arms and boosted the political fortunes of the Conservative government.
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Comprehensive But Not What I Hoped For
- By S. Morris on 26-07-16
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Battle for the Falklands
- Narrated by: Cameron Stewart
- Length: 16 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 02-06-14
- Language: English
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Chavs
- The Demonization of the Working Class
- By: Owen Jones
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall919
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Performance796
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Story784
In this acclaimed investigation, Owen Jones explores how the working class has gone from 'salt of the earth' to 'scum of the earth.' Exposing the ignorance and prejudice at the heart of the chav caricature, he portrays a far more complex reality. The chav stereotype, he argues, is used by governments as a convenient fig leaf to avoid genuine engagement with social and economic problems and to justify widening inequality.
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The excessive accents actually harm the point
- By Emiliya Decheva on 11-05-17
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Chavs
- The Demonization of the Working Class
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 30-03-17
- Language: English
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Lancaster
- The Second World War’s Greatest Bomber
- By: Leo McKinstry
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall151
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Performance133
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Story133
A comprehensive history of Britain's greatest bomber plane. The Spitfire and the Lancaster were the two RAF weapons of victory in the Second World War, but the glamour of the fighter has tended to overshadow the performance of the heavy bomber. Yet without the Lancaster, Britain would never have been able to take the fight to the German homeland. Highlights the scale of the bomber's achievements, including the famous Dambusters attacks. With its vast bomb bay, ease of handling and surprising speed, the mighty Lancaster transformed the effectiveness of the Bomber Command.
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Excellent
- By Kev W. on 21-09-18
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Lancaster
- The Second World War’s Greatest Bomber
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 25 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 26-04-18
- Language: English
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George III
- The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: Philip Stevens
- Length: 36 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall132
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Performance112
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Story112
Brought to you by Penguin. George III, Britain's longest-reigning king, has gone down in history as 'the cruellest tyrant of this age' (Thomas Paine, eighteenth century), 'a sovereign who inflicted more profound and enduring injuries upon this country than any other modern English king' (WEH...
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One of the Greatest Historian’s Best Books
- By A. J. Taylor on 11-11-21
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George III
- The Life and Reign of Britain's Most Misunderstood Monarch
- Narrated by: Philip Stevens
- Length: 36 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-10-21
- Language: English
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Slumlord: Peter Rachman and the Post-war London Underworld
- By: Neil Root
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Peter Rachman dominated housing in post-war London - he owned vast swathes in the west of the city, accumulating huge wealth as his tenants lived in squalor and fear of his hard-nosed collectors and enforcers. He was also at the heart of the city's murky, post-war underworld. In Slumlord, Neil...
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Slumlord: Peter Rachman and the Post-war London Underworld
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 14-05-26
- Language: English
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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
- By: Michelle Morgan
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall292
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Performance264
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Story262
'Ghoulishly entertaining' Jacqueline Banerjee, Times Literary Supplement 'This is a great book for dipping into . . . the cases themselves are written engagingly and with appealing dramatisation of key events.' Kim Fleet, Crime Review A grisly book dedicated to the crimes, perversions and...
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Oh god the accents
- By Mrs Trellis on 22-08-18
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The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
- Narrated by: Anne Dover
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 12-04-18
- Language: English
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My Life, Our Times
- By: Gordon Brown
- Narrated by: Gordon Kennedy
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall203
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Performance176
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Story175
As former Prime Minister and our longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon Brown has been a guiding force for Britain and the world over three decades. This is his candid, poignant and deeply relevant story. In describing his upbringing in Scotland as the son of a minister, the near loss of his eyesight as a student and the death of his daughter within days of her birth, he shares the passionately held principles that have shaped and driven him, reminding us that politics can and should be a calling to serve.
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History Will Right The Wrongs
- By John McCluskey on 16-02-18
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My Life, Our Times
- Narrated by: Gordon Kennedy
- Length: 19 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 07-11-17
- Language: English
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The Restless Republic
- Britain without a Crown
- By: Anna Keay
- Narrated by: Lucy Tregear
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall300
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Performance256
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Story255
THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022 WINNER OF THE POL ROGER DUFF COOPER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE Eleven years when Britain had no king. In 1649 Britain was engulfed by revolution. On a raw January afternoon, the Stuart king, Charles I, was...
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Brilliant Historical Story Telling
- By Mr. C. B. McManus on 22-10-22
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The Restless Republic
- Britain without a Crown
- Narrated by: Lucy Tregear
- Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 03-03-22
- Language: English
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Turning Points
- Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss
- By: Steve Richards
- Narrated by: Steve Richards
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance52
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The Times Best Politics and Current Affairs Books of the Year An entertaining and revealing history of modern British politics from Steve Richards, broadcaster, journalist, and author of The Prime Ministers We Never Had. Every few weeks in British politics, a columnist will reach for the word...
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Fantastic analysis
- By Birchie on 17-11-23
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Turning Points
- Crisis and Change in Modern Britain, from 1945 to Truss
- Narrated by: Steve Richards
- Length: 12 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 21-09-23
- Language: English
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Trelawny’s Cornwall
- A Journey through Western Lands
- By: Petroc Trelawny
- Narrated by: Petroc Trelawny
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance35
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Story35
It would be hard to think of a more thoroughly Cornish name than Petroc Trelawny. His first name is shared with one of Cornwall's most celebrated saints, his second is the name of its unofficial national anthem. But when a stranger challenges the Radio 3 presenter on his ancestry, he is inspired...
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Excellent listening!
- By John Hayes on 12-10-24
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Trelawny’s Cornwall
- A Journey through Western Lands
- Narrated by: Petroc Trelawny
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 15-08-24
- Language: English
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