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The History of the Renaissance World
- From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
- Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world....
Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
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Léonard de Vinci
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: François Hatt
- Length: 18 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Léonard de Vinci était enfant illégitime, homosexuel, gaucher, végétarien, distrait et parfois hérétique. Cette inadéquation aux moeurs de l'époque a décuplé sa créativité...
Written by: Walter Isaacson
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Princes of the Renaissance
- Written by: Mary Hollingsworth
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most influential patrons....
Written by: Mary Hollingsworth
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The Verge
- Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
- Written by: Patrick Wyman
- Narrated by: Patrick Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn....
Written by: Patrick Wyman
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Leonardo's Brain
- Understanding da Vinci's Creative Genius
- Written by: Leonard Shlain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Leonardo's Brain uses Da Vinci as a starting point for an exploration of human creativity....
Written by: Leonard Shlain
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The Book of the Courtier
- Written by: Baldassare Castiglione
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the court of Urbino in 1507, Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier presents an invaluable look at court life and culture during the Renaissance. Over four nights of dialogue, the book explores the key question, ‘What should a courtier be like?’ Listen for more....
Written by: Baldassare Castiglione
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The History of the Renaissance World
- From the Rediscovery of Aristotle to the Conquest of Constantinople
- Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2
A lively and fascinating narrative history about the birth of the modern world....
Written by: Susan Wise Bauer
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Léonard de Vinci
- Written by: Walter Isaacson
- Narrated by: François Hatt
- Length: 18 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Léonard de Vinci était enfant illégitime, homosexuel, gaucher, végétarien, distrait et parfois hérétique. Cette inadéquation aux moeurs de l'époque a décuplé sa créativité...
Written by: Walter Isaacson
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Princes of the Renaissance
- Written by: Mary Hollingsworth
- Narrated by: Karen Cass
- Length: 13 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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A history of the Renaissance told through the lives of its most influential patrons....
Written by: Mary Hollingsworth
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The Verge
- Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
- Written by: Patrick Wyman
- Narrated by: Patrick Wyman
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 5
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 4
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Story3.5 out of 5 stars 4
The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn....
Written by: Patrick Wyman
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Leonardo's Brain
- Understanding da Vinci's Creative Genius
- Written by: Leonard Shlain
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 1
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Leonardo's Brain uses Da Vinci as a starting point for an exploration of human creativity....
Written by: Leonard Shlain
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The Book of the Courtier
- Written by: Baldassare Castiglione
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the court of Urbino in 1507, Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier presents an invaluable look at court life and culture during the Renaissance. Over four nights of dialogue, the book explores the key question, ‘What should a courtier be like?’ Listen for more....
Written by: Baldassare Castiglione
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Trickster Travels
- A Sixteenth-Century Muslim Between Worlds
- Written by: Natalie Zemon Davis
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 11 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Al-Hasan al-Wazzan - born in Granada to a Muslim family that in 1492 went to Morocco - became famous as the great Renaissance writer Leo Africanus....
Written by: Natalie Zemon Davis
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Botticelli's Secret
- The Lost Drawings and the Rediscovery of the Renaissance
- Written by: Joseph Luzzi
- Narrated by: Keith Szarabajka
- Length: 6 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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A true historical “detective story” full of insight about how we look at art―and the artists and eras that produced it....
Written by: Joseph Luzzi
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The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy
- Written by: Jacob Burckhardt
- Narrated by: Geoffrey Howard
- Length: 14 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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In this landmark study of Italy from the 14th through the early 16th centuries, Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt chronicles the rise of Florence and Venice as powerful city-states....
Written by: Jacob Burckhardt
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The Prince
- Written by: Nicolo Machiavelli
- Narrated by: Joseph Gomez
- Length: 3 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli. Machiavelli wrote The Prince in 1513, after he was forced to leave Florence as a political exile....
Written by: Nicolo Machiavelli
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The Italian Renaissance
- Written by: J.H. Plumb
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 6 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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In all of human history there has never been an era as richly endowed with human creativity as the Italian Renaissance....
Written by: J.H. Plumb
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The Borgias
- The Hidden History
- Written by: G. J. Meyer
- Narrated by: Enn Reitel
- Length: 19 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone....
Written by: G. J. Meyer
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Providence Lost
- The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate
- Written by: Paul Lay
- Narrated by: Gordon Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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England, 1651. Oliver Cromwell has defeated his royalist opponents in two civil wars, executed the Stuart King Charles I, laid waste to Ireland, and crushed the late king's son and his Scottish allies....
Written by: Paul Lay
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Age of Discovery
- Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance
- Written by: Ian Goldin, Chris Kutarna
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 11 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Turning the spotlight on the crises of our time, Age of Discovery shows how we can all define and create a lasting legacy that the world will still celebrate 500 years from now....
Written by: Ian Goldin,
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The Teutonic Knights
- A Military History
- Written by: William Urban
- Narrated by: Brian Troxell
- Length: 12 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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The Teutonic Knights were powerful and ferocious advocates of holy war. William Urban's narrative charts the rise and fall of the Order and, in an accessible and engaging style, throws light on a band of knights whose deeds and motives have long been misunderstood....
Written by: William Urban
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Los Reyes Católicos y sus locuras
- Written by: César Cervera
- Narrated by: Pau Ferrer
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Esta historia de los Reyes Católicos, que no solo se centra en los aspectos más curiosos y extravagantes de su reinado, trae una visión renovada y amena...
Written by: César Cervera
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Ladies-in-Waiting
- Women Who Served Anne Boleyn
- Written by: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
- Narrated by: Naomi Madelin
- Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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The aspects of Anne Boleyn's life and death are fiercely debated by historians, yet her ladies-in-waiting remain an understudied topic....
Written by: Sylvia Barbara Soberton
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The Story of the Renaissance
- Written by: William Henry Hudson
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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In this comprehensive survey, William Hudson explores the forces responsible for the Renaissance, which he describes as the West's "transition from the medieval to the modern world"....
Written by: William Henry Hudson