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The Great Silence
- Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age
- Written by: Juliet Nicolson
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
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As the euphoria of Armistice Day in 1918 quickly subsided, there was no denying the carnage that the Great War had left in its wake. Grief and shock overwhelmed the psyche of the British people - but from their despair, new life would slowly emerge.
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The Great Silence
- Britain from the Shadow of the First World War to the Dawn of the Jazz Age
- Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon
- Length: 12 hrs and 34 mins
- Release Date: 08-09-20
- Language: English
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Making Oscar Wilde
- Written by: Michele Mendelssohn
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 11 hrs
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Making Oscar Wilde reveals the untold story of young Oscar's career in Victorian England and post-Civil War America. Set on two continents, it tracks a larger-than-life hero on an unforgettable adventure to make his name and gain international acclaim. Combining new evidence and gripping cultural history, Michele Mendelssohn dramatizes Wilde's rise, fall, and resurrection as part of a spectacular transatlantic pageant. With superb style and an instinct for storytelling, she brings to life the charming young Irishman who set out to captivate the US and Britain with his words.
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Making Oscar Wilde
- Narrated by: Leslie Howard
- Length: 11 hrs
- Release Date: 04-08-20
- Language: English
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The Cancer Problem
- Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain
- Written by: Agnes Arnold-Forster
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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The Cancer Problem offers the first medical, cultural, and social history of cancer in 19th-century Britain. It argues that it was in the 19th century that cancer acquired the unique emotional, symbolic, and politicized status it maintains today. Through an interrogation of the construction, deployment, and emotional consequences of the disease's incurability, this book reframes our conceptualization of the relationship between medicine and modern life and reshapes our understanding of chronic and incurable maladies, both past and present.
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The Cancer Problem
- Malignancy in Nineteenth-Century Britain
- Narrated by: Cat Gould
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release Date: 23-03-21
- Language: English
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The Jane Austen Handbook
- Proper Life Skills from Regency England
- Written by: Margaret C. Sullivan
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
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Every young lady dreams of a life spent exchanging witty asides with a dashing Mr. Darcy, but how should you let him know your intentions? Seek counsel from this charming guide to Jane Austen's world. Its step-by-step instructions reveal the practicalities of life in Regency England. The Jane Austen Handbook is the perfect companion for fans of her novels and their film adaptations, complete with detailed information on love among the social classes, currency, dress, and nuances of graceful living.
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The Jane Austen Handbook
- Proper Life Skills from Regency England
- Narrated by: Corrie James
- Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins
- Release Date: 17-08-21
- Language: English
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Strange and Obscure Stories of World War II
- Little-Known Tales about the Second World War
- Written by: Don Aines
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
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Here are overlooked or forgotten tales from the world's greatest conflict. These are stories of courage, daring, and stupidity, some of which would challenge the imaginations of Hollywood scriptwriters.
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Strange and Obscure Stories of World War II
- Little-Known Tales about the Second World War
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 4 hrs and 21 mins
- Release Date: 29-06-21
- Language: English
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The Scottish Clearances
- A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900
- Written by: T.M. Devine
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
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Eighteenth-century Scotland is famed for generating many of the enlightened ideas which helped to shape the modern world. But there was in the same period another side to the history of the nation. Many of Scotland's people were subjected to coercive and sometimes violent change, as traditional ways of life were overturned by the "rational" exploitation of land use. The Scottish Clearances is a superb and highly original account of this sometimes terrible process, which changed the Lowland countryside forever, as it also did, more infamously, the old society of the Highlands.
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The Scottish Clearances
- A History of the Dispossessed, 1600-1900
- Narrated by: Ruth Urquhart
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Release Date: 25-05-21
- Language: English
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Culloden
- The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle
- Written by: Tony Pollard - Edited by
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
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In this fascinating and original book, a team of leading historians and archaeologists reconsiders every aspect of the battle. They examine the latest historical and archaeological evidence, question every assumption, and rewrite the story of the campaign in vivid detail. This is the first time that such a distinguished team of experts has focused on a single British battle. The result is a seminal study of the subject, and it is a landmark publication of battlefield archaeology.
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Culloden
- The History and Archaeology of the Last Clan Battle
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 10 hrs and 8 mins
- Release Date: 08-06-21
- Language: English
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The Red Prince
- The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
- Written by: Helen Carr
- Narrated by: Helen Carr
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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John Gaunt was the son of Edward III, brother to the Black Prince, father to Henry IV, and the sire of all those Tudors. He has had pretty bad press: supposed usurper of Richard II’s crown and the focus of hatred in the Peasants’ Revolt, as they torched his home, the Savoy Palace. Helen Carr paints a complex portrait of a man who held the levers of power on the English and European stage, passionately upheld chivalric values, pressed for the Bible to be translated into English, and patronized the arts.
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The Red Prince
- The Life of John of Gaunt, the Duke of Lancaster
- Narrated by: Helen Carr
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
- Release Date: 25-05-21
- Language: English
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Henry VIII
- Written by: Albert Frederick Pollard
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
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Though often derided today for his cruelty, sensual pursuits, and despotism, Henry VIII was, in reality, much better in those respects than his contemporaries, and he compares well with the personal behavior of many historic leaders we now deem heroic. It was well that England in her hour of need had a man as king who counted the cost, who faced the risks, and successfully brought his country out of Europe's religious maelstrom.
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Henry VIII
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release Date: 28-10-20
- Language: English
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The Road Less Traveled
- The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917
- Written by: Philip Zelikow
- Narrated by: Philip Zelikow
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
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During a pivotal few months in the middle of the First World War all sides - Germany, Britain, and America - believed the war could be concluded. Peace at the end of 1916 would have saved millions of lives and changed the course of history utterly.
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The Road Less Traveled
- The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917
- Narrated by: Philip Zelikow
- Length: 13 hrs and 14 mins
- Release Date: 16-03-21
- Language: English
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Mad and Bad
- Real Heroines of the Regency
- Written by: Bea Koch
- Narrated by: Rengin Altay
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
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Discover a feminist pop history that looks beyond the Ton and Jane Austen to highlight the Regency women who succeeded on their own terms and were largely lost to history - until now.
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Mad and Bad
- Real Heroines of the Regency
- Narrated by: Rengin Altay
- Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
- Release Date: 01-09-20
- Language: English
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Storyland
- A New Mythology of Britain
- Written by: Amy Jeffs
- Narrated by: Amy Jeffs, Lucy Paterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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Soaked in mist and old magic, Storyland tells a history of Britain and the politics of its people through medieval eyes. Grounded in research, related as fiction, it begins before the Great Flood, with a troop of African giants quarrying stones. Later, the first migrants enter the Atlantic, calling themselves the Scoti and Britons, followed by the English and the Normans, crossing the North Sea.
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Storyland
- A New Mythology of Britain
- Narrated by: Amy Jeffs, Lucy Paterson
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
- Release Date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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Time Travels in Scotland
- A BBC History
- Written by: Susan Morrison
- Narrated by: Susan Morrison
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
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Glaswegian comedian and history enthusiast Susan Morrison mines the rich, sometimes murky, depths of Scotland's past in this thrilling radio series. Aided by producer/historian Louise Yeoman and a host of 'history detectives', the amazing stories she uncovers are sometimes dark, sometimes funny - but always fascinating.
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Time Travels in Scotland
- A BBC History
- Narrated by: Susan Morrison
- Length: 18 hrs and 25 mins
- Release Date: 18-02-21
- Language: English
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Mary Ann Cotton - Dark Angel
- Britain's First Female Serial Killer
- Written by: Martin Connolly
- Narrated by: Rosie Akerman
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
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A female thief, with four husbands, a lover, and, reportedly, over 12 children, is arrested and tried for the murder of her stepson in 1872, turning the small village of West Auckland in County Durham upside down. Other bodies are exhumed, and when they are found to contain arsenic, she is suspected of their murder as well. The perpetrator, Mary Ann Cotton, was tried and found guilty and later hanged on 24 March 1873 in Durham Gaol. It is claimed she murdered over 20 people and was the first female serial killer in England.
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Mary Ann Cotton - Dark Angel
- Britain's First Female Serial Killer
- Narrated by: Rosie Akerman
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Release Date: 13-01-21
- Language: English
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The Operators
- On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service
- Written by: James Rennie
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
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Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. As deadly as the SAS yet more secret, the operators of 14 Company are Britain's most effective weapon against international terrorism. For every bomb that goes off, 14 Company prevent 12. The selection process is the most physically, intellectually, and emotionally demanding anywhere in the world. This is the true story of one operator and of some of the most hair-raising military operations ever conducted on the streets of Britain.
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The Operators
- On the Streets with Britain's Most Secret Service
- Narrated by: Alex Hyde-White
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release Date: 07-01-21
- Language: English
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1000 Days on the River Kwai
- The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant
- Written by: H. C. Owtram
- Narrated by: Trevor Winslow
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
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After being captured in Singapore and transported to the infamous Burma railway, Colonel Owtram was appointed the British Camp Commandant at Chungkai, one of the largest POW camps. Many ex-prisoners testified to the mental and physical courage that he showed protecting POWs from the worst excesses of their captors. Of course his account does not admit to this, but what is clear is that in addition to the deprivation and hardship suffered by all POWs, the author bore heavy responsibility for those under his charge and the daily trauma of dealing with the unpredictable Japanese.
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1000 Days on the River Kwai
- The Secret Diary of a British Camp Commandant
- Narrated by: Trevor Winslow
- Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins
- Release Date: 07-01-21
- Language: English
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Forget Me Not
- The Gents, Book 1
- Written by: Sarah M. Eden
- Narrated by: Luone Ingram
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
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Julia Cummings has long been acquainted with loss - her mother, her brother, her sister, her friend, all gone too soon. But the loss that pushed her grief to the limit as a young girl was that of her best friend, Lucas Jonquil, who abandoned her without looking back. Now, eight years later, Lucas has returned to Lampton Park, and Julia has steeled herself - she will never forgive the man who broke her heart.
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Forget Me Not
- The Gents, Book 1
- Narrated by: Luone Ingram
- Series: The Gents, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release Date: 19-09-20
- Language: English
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Noble Ambitions
- The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House
- Written by: Adrian Tinniswood
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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As the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation's stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in 20th-century Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished. Perhaps even more surprising was the fact that so many of these great houses survived, as dukes and duchesses clung desperately to their ancestral seats and tenants' balls gave way to rock concerts, safari parks and day trippers.
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Noble Ambitions
- The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release Date: 07-10-21
- Language: English
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Frostquake
- The Frozen Winter of 1962 and How Britain Emerged a Different Country
- Written by: Juliet Nicolson
- Narrated by: Lucy Briers
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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On Boxing Day 1962, when Juliet Nicolson was eight years old, the snow began to fall. It did not stop for 10 weeks. The drifts in East Sussex reached 23 feet. In London, milkmen made deliveries on skis. On Dartmoor 2,000 ponies were buried in the snow and starving foxes ate sheep alive. It wasn't just the weather that was bad. The threat of nuclear war had reached its terrifying height with the recent Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Frostquake
- The Frozen Winter of 1962 and How Britain Emerged a Different Country
- Narrated by: Lucy Briers
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
- Release Date: 04-02-21
- Language: English
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Left Out
- The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn
- Written by: Gabriel Pogrund, Patrick Maguire
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
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From the peak of Jeremy Corbyn's popularity and the shock hung parliament of 2017 to Labour's humbling in 2019 and the election of Keir Starmer, Left Out draws on unrivalled access throughout the party and to both leaders' inner circles to provide a blistering narrative exposé of the Labour Party during one of the most tumultuous and significant episodes in its history. It reveals a party riven by factionalism and at war over ideology, then incapacitated by crisis and indecision.
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Left Out
- The Inside Story of Labour Under Corbyn
- Narrated by: Matthew Spencer
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release Date: 04-09-20
- Language: English
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