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    The Serpent Queen

    Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France

    by Leonie Frieda ...
    Narrated by Sarah Le Fevre ...

    Unabridged

    20 hours 58 min

    SOON TO BE THE TV SERIES 'THE SERPENT QUEEN', STARRING SAMANTHA MORTONThe bestselling revisionist biography of one of the great women of the 16th centuryOrphaned in infancy, Catherine de Medici was the sole legitimate heiress to the Medici family fortune. Married at fourteen to the future Henri II of France, she was constantly humiliated by his influential mistress Diane de Poitiers. When her ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    A Short History of Europe

    From Pericles to Putin

    by Simon Jenkins ...
    Narrated by Simon Jenkins ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 14 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Short History of Europe written and read by Simon Jenkins.Europe is an astonishingly successful place. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins grippingly tells the story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and freedom - a story that twists and turns from Greece and Rome, through the Dark Ages, the Reformation and ... Read more

    $19.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Thomas Cromwell

    A Life

    by Diarmaid MacCulloch ...
    Narrated by David Rintoul ...

    Unabridged

    26 hours 38 min

    Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Thomas Cromwell by Diarmaid MacCulloch, read by David Rintoul.Thomas Cromwell is one of the most famous - or notorious - figures in English history. Born in obscurity in Putney, he became a fixer for Cardinal Wolsey in the 1520s. After Wolsey's fall, Henry VIII promoted him to a series of ever greater offices, and by the end of the 1530s he was effectively ... Read more

    $24.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    To Catch A King: Charles II's Great Escape

    by Charles Spencer ...
    Narrated by Richard Trinder ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 18 min

    How did the most wanted man in the country outwit the greatest manhunt in British history?In January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded in London outside his palace of Whitehall and Britain became a republic. When his eldest son, Charles, returned in 1651 to fight for his throne, he was crushed by the might of Cromwell’s armies at the battle of Worcester.With 3,000 of his supporters lying dead and ... Read more

    $35.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Thomas Cromwell

    The untold story of Henry VIII's most faithful servant

    by Tracy Borman ...
    Narrated by Gareth Armstrong, Paul Mendez, Sandra Duncan ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 10 min

    Thomas Cromwell is known to millions as the leading character in Hilary Mantel's bestselling Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. But who was the real Cromwell?Born a lowly tavern keeper's son, Cromwell rose swiftly through the ranks to become Henry VIII's right hand man, and one of the most powerful figures in Tudor history. The architect of England's break with the Roman Catholic Church and the ... Read more

    $46.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Gunpowder Plot

    Terror And Faith In 1605

    by Lady Antonia Fraser ...
    Narrated by Robert Powell ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 50 min

    With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot."Told with impressive scholarship and panache... The result is a narrative ... Read more

    $30.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Ruin of All Witches

    Life and Death in the New World

    by Malcolm Gaskill ...
    Narrated by Kristin Atherton ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 4 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.*A TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES AND BBC HISTORY HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021*In the frontier town of Springfield in 1651, peculiar things begin to happen. Precious food spoils, livestock ails and property vanishes. People suffer fits and are plagued by strange visions and dreams. Children sicken and die. As tensions rise, rumours spread of witches and heretics, and the community ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Brunelleschi's Dome

    How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture

    by Ross King ...
    Narrated by James Cameron Stewart ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 36 min

    On August 19, 1418, a competition concerning Florence's magnificent new cathedral, Santa Maria del Fiore was announced: "Whoever desires to make any model or design for the vaulting of the main Dome . . . shall do so before the end of the month of September." The proposed dome was regarded far and wide as all but impossible to build. The dome would literally need to be erected over thin air. Of ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    The Habsburgs

    The Rise and Fall of a World Power

    by Martyn Rady ...
    Narrated by Simon Bowie ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 58 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a millennium. From modest origins, the Habsburgs grew in power to gain control of the Holy Roman Empire in the fifteenth century. Then, in just a few decades, their possessions rapidly expanded to take in a large part of Europe stretching from Hungary to ... Read more

    $22.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Battle of Ravenna, The: The History of the Most Famous Battle of the Italian Wars

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by KC Wayman ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 42 min

    In 1494, there were five sovereign regional powers in Italy: Milan, Venice, Florence, the Papal States and Naples. In 1536, only one remained: Venice. These decades of conflict precipitated great anxiety among Western thinkers, and Italians responded to the fragmentation of Latin Christendom, the end of self-governance for Italians, and the beginning of the early modern era in various ways. They ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Brydningstid - En roman fra reformationstiden om Poul Helgesen

    by Niels Aage Barfoed ...
    Narrated by Søren Elung Jensen ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 30 min

    Niels Aage Barfoeds biografiske roman fortæller historien om en kontroversiel og indflydelsesrig dansk munk, der kom til at spille en stor rolle under reformationen i Danmark. Poul Helgesen blev leder af karmeliternes orden i København og var desuden forelæser i teologi ved Københavns Universitet. Bogen fortæller om en mand, der brændte for sin tro, men samtidig var ekstremt kritisk over for både ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD

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    Der var et yndigt land

    by Claus Oldenburg ...
    Narrated by Jette Mechlenburg ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 44 min

    Claus Oldenburg reflekterer over den danske landbokulturs forudsætninger, opblomstring og forfald. Hvad blev der egentlig af alle de fællesskaber og funktioner, der kendetegnede landbokulturen, og hvad har erstattet dem i dag? Bogen er både en hyldest til det gamle Danmark og en undersøgelse af landets nyere institutioner og identitet. Oldenburg argumenterer for, at elementer fra landbokulturen ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

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    The Golden Tract

    Concerning the Stone of the Philosophers

    by Robert D. Jones ...
    Narrated by Robert D. Jones ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 52 min

    A classic alchemical source text translated and edited for modern listeners.The Golden tract: Concerning the Stone of the Philosophers is a must-read for any serious student of alchemy. It describes the true synthesis of the Philosopher's Stone in classic medieval alchemical symbolism.Originally published in the Musaeum Hermeticum (1625) and later translated into English by Arthur Edward Waite in ... Read more

    $7.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    999. Den sidste vogter

    by Carlo A. Martigli ...
    Narrated by Tobias May Hertz ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 4 min

    September 2009. Guido de Mola modtager en mystisk pakke, som indeholder en håndskreven tekst og et ældgammelt manuskript, der ser ud til at stamme fra renæssancen. De to dokumenter afslører for ham, at hans slægt vogter over en utrolig hemmelighed om den store renæssancefilosof Giovanni Pico della Mirandola og hans esoteriske teorier. Nu er det Guidos tur til at vogte over hemmeligheden. En ... Read more

    $8.99 AUD

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    The Reformation: History in an Hour

    by Edward A Gosselin ...
    Narrated by Jonathan Keeble ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 18 min

    Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.The Reformation was a long struggle of ideas between the established Catholic Church and the questioning of faith brought about by the Renaissance in Western Europe. Started by Martin Luther in 1517, religious dissidence spread across Europe throughout the sixteenth century, causing wars, migration and disunity. By 1648 Henry VIII’s desire for ... Read more

    $17.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Condottieri, The: The History of Italy’s Elite Mercenaries during the Middle Ages and Renaissance

    by Charles River Editors ...
    Narrated by Stephen Platt ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 33 min

    Since several large city-states such as Milan and Venice growing rich on the prosperous Mediterranean trade routes, they had the money to commission grandiose cathedrals and works of art that still astound people today, but they also had the resources to hire armies and constantly fight to expand their power. Ironically, their very success was an impediment, as most prosperous city-states had far ... Read more

    $10.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Iron and Blood

    A Military History of the German-speaking Peoples Since 1500

    by Peter H. Wilson ...
    Narrated by Rory Alexander ...

    Unabridged

    34 hours 55 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.For most of its existence German-speaking Europe has been splintered into innumerable states - some substantial (such as Austria and Prussia) and some consisting of just a few Alpine meadows. Its military experience has also been extraordinarily varied: threatened and threatening; a mere buffer-zone, and a global threat.Iron and Blood is a startlingly ambitious and ... Read more

    $28.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Renaissance

    The European Cultural, Artistic, Political and Economic Rebirth

    by Kelly Mass ...
    Narrated by Chris Newman ...

    Unabridged

    49 min

    When we think of the Renaissance, we often think of paintings. And indeed, many painters and sculptors were part of the artistic transformation the Renaissance caused. But there was more. The Renaissance basically formed a period of collective enlightenment and freedoms that put an end to certain tyrannies and false notions from the Middle Ages.The Renaissance is a time in European history marking ... Read more

    $5.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Historical Painters

    The Legacy of the Artists from Europe

    by Kelly Mass ...
    Narrated by Chris Newman ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 50 min

    This is a compilation of 4 different titles, which are about the following topics:1: Claude Monet has been the icon for the impressionist movement. Painting vague strokes of color and contrast, water, and flowers were typical. Other aspects of the art weren’t as clear but were just as important, nonetheless. Claude Monet certainly faced many struggles as he tried to build his passion for painting ... Read more

    $11.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Tijdperk van de Verlichting

    De filosofische en intellectuele beweging die het tijdperk van de rede wordt genoemd (Dutch Edition)

    by Robert de Vriezen ...
    Narrated by Gustaaf Wijchers ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 23 min

    Eindelijk... eindelijk begon de mensheid wakker te worden. Ten slotte besloten ze wetenschap, kennis, politiek, ontwikkeling, meerdere invalshoeken en perspectieven, en de details van ons dagelijks leven wat serieuzer te nemen. Eeuwenlang hadden veroveraars, functionarissen en regeringen zich meester gemaakt van rauwe en oerdrang en principes. Maar er was licht aan het einde van de tunnel. De ... Read more

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    Thomas Wolsey, the Late Cardinal

    His Life and Death

    by George Cavendish, Alcazar AudioWorks ...
    Narrated by David Thorn ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours

    This extraordinary “eye-witness” account of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey’s rise and fall from power was written between 1554 and 1558 by his gentleman-usher, George Cavendish, who was privy to so much of the Cardinal’s ambitious endeavors. However, Cavendish prudently waited a long time before chronicling his observations for fear of his life, as there were those who may have take his memoirs the wrong ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Meeting of Minds

    Volume V

    by Steve Allen ...
    Narrated by Steve Allen ...
    series Meeting of Minds

    Unabridged

    1 hour 56 min

    By “ assembling” some of the most fascinating figures in world history, Meeting of Minds provided a groundbreaking opportunity for audiences to be exposed to ideas by way of a medium not normally known for its intellectual vigor. Portrayed by actors, panelists engage in stimulating round-table discussions that were conducted like any other talk show but featured prominent influencers from bygone ... Read more

    $21.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial

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    Tag med i Operaen

    by Jørgen Hansen, Lotte Heise ...
    Narrated by Jørgen Hansen, Lotte Heise ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 3 min

    At opleve en opera kan være som at kaste sig i havet fra stor højde uden at være helt sikker på, om der er dybt nok. Det er suget og gyset over de store dramaer, det er perlende latter over komiske forviklinger, og det er dyb medfølelse og tårer i øjenkrogen over hjerteskærende og lidelsesfulde arier.Opera er for alle. Det er hovedbudskabet i denne bog, der klæder os på til at forstå hele ... Read more

    $12.99 AUD

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    Odyssey of the West IV

    A Classic Education through the Great Books: Towards Enlightenment

    by Timothy B. Shutt ...
    Narrated by Timothy B. Shutt ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 11 min

    The Odyssey of the West series addresses in chronological sequence the works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in its own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. Part four provides a close look at the period from the Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution and into the early Enlightenment. These lectures take in the immense variety and singular ... Read more

    $29.99 AUD or free with audiobook trial