Bestsellers
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Napoleon
- A Life
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 32 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7,730
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Performance6,819
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Story6,789
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George...
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What a dynamo!
- By Tad Davis on 01-16-15
By: Andrew Roberts
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A Woman of No Importance
- The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,771
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Performance5,106
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Story5,083
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, and the Times of London Winner of the Plutarch Award for...
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Maybe it’s the narrator?
- By Andrea on 09-18-19
By: Sonia Purnell
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The Art Spy
- The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
- By: Michelle Young
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance94
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Story94
Library Journal Best Books of 2025 * New York Public Library Best Books of 2025 * Hyperallergic Favorite Art Books of 2025 * Publishers Weekly Best Books of Summer 2025 * BookBub Best Non-Fiction Release of the Season * Newsday’s Top Must-Read Book for Summer * Christian Science Monitor Best...
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Thorough Account of Rose Valland’s Impact
- By Elizabeth A. Schmitt on 09-27-25
By: Michelle Young
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,365
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Performance3,031
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Story3,014
From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette...
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Thrillingly storytelling — brilliant narration
- By Byron on 08-24-21
By: Mike Duncan
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Tom Reiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,158
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Performance1,940
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Story1,941
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count...
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The story behind the greatest novelist of all time
- By Melinda on 01-13-13
By: Tom Reiss
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
- By: Sarah Vowell
- Narrated by: Alexis Denisof, John Slattery, Sarah Vowell, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,686
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Performance3,314
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Story3,295
From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and Unfamiliar Fishes, a humorous account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette—the one Frenchman we could all agree on—and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality. On August 16, 1824, an elderly French...
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You likely haven't heard it this way...
- By William L. Scott III on 06-04-16
By: Sarah Vowell
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Napoleon
- A Life
- By: Andrew Roberts
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 32 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall7,730
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Performance6,819
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Story6,789
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George...
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What a dynamo!
- By Tad Davis on 01-16-15
By: Andrew Roberts
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A Woman of No Importance
- The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- By: Sonia Purnell
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5,771
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Performance5,106
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Story5,083
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Chosen as a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, and the Times of London Winner of the Plutarch Award for...
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Maybe it’s the narrator?
- By Andrea on 09-18-19
By: Sonia Purnell
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The Art Spy
- The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland
- By: Michelle Young
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 11 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance94
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Story94
Library Journal Best Books of 2025 * New York Public Library Best Books of 2025 * Hyperallergic Favorite Art Books of 2025 * Publishers Weekly Best Books of Summer 2025 * BookBub Best Non-Fiction Release of the Season * Newsday’s Top Must-Read Book for Summer * Christian Science Monitor Best...
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Thorough Account of Rose Valland’s Impact
- By Elizabeth A. Schmitt on 09-27-25
By: Michelle Young
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Hero of Two Worlds
- The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
- By: Mike Duncan
- Narrated by: Mike Duncan
- Length: 17 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,365
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Performance3,031
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Story3,014
From the bestselling author of The Storm Before the Storm and host of the Revolutions podcast comes the thrilling story of the Marquis de Lafayette’s lifelong quest to defend the principles of liberty and equality Few in history can match the revolutionary career of the Marquis de Lafayette...
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Thrillingly storytelling — brilliant narration
- By Byron on 08-24-21
By: Mike Duncan
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The Black Count
- Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
- By: Tom Reiss
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,158
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Performance1,940
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Story1,941
PULITZER PRIZE WINNER NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A “richly imagined biography” (The New York Times Book Review) of General Alex Dumas, who rose from slavery to command vast armies in the French Revolutionary Wars—and whose exploits were immortalized in his son’s novels The Count...
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The story behind the greatest novelist of all time
- By Melinda on 01-13-13
By: Tom Reiss
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States
- By: Sarah Vowell
- Narrated by: Alexis Denisof, John Slattery, Sarah Vowell, and others
- Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,686
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Performance3,314
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Story3,295
From the bestselling author of Assassination Vacation and Unfamiliar Fishes, a humorous account of the Revolutionary War hero Marquis de Lafayette—the one Frenchman we could all agree on—and an insightful portrait of a nation's idealism and its reality. On August 16, 1824, an elderly French...
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You likely haven't heard it this way...
- By William L. Scott III on 06-04-16
By: Sarah Vowell
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The Longest Day
- June 6, 1944
- By: Cornelius Ryan
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,298
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Performance1,177
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Story1,170
The classic account of the Allied invasion of Normandy....
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Horrendous narration makes it impossible to listen
- By Mary on 03-18-12
By: Cornelius Ryan
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Augustus
- First Emperor of Rome
- By: Adrian Goldsworthy
- Narrated by: Roger Davis
- Length: 20 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall12
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Performance12
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Story12
“Superb....Augustus is a first-rate popular biography by a skilled and knowing hand.” (Washington Post) Caesar Augustus created the Roman Empire and forever associated the name Caesar with power. Heir to Julius Caesar, he thrust himself into the middle of Roman politics at its most violent...
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A supposed true telling, but…
- By A Rey on 03-05-26
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The Greater Journey
- Americans in Paris
- By: David McCullough
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 16 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,467
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Performance2,874
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Story2,873
The #1 bestseller that tells the remarkable story of the generations of American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned, told by America’s master historian, David McCullough. Not all pioneers...
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McCullough takes it to the next level
- By gregory m loyd on 07-12-11
By: David McCullough
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The Greatest Knight
- The Remarkable Life of William Marshal, the Power Behind Five English Thrones
- By: Thomas Asbridge
- Narrated by: Christopher Tester
- Length: 13 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance25
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Story25
A renowned scholar brings to life medieval England’s most celebrated knight, William Marshal—providing an unprecedented and intimate view of this age and the legendary warrior class that shaped it. Caught on the wrong side of an English civil war and condemned by his father to the gallows at...
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A book worthy of reading
- By Shari Therneau on 10-12-25
By: Thomas Asbridge
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A Year in Provence
- By: Peter Mayle
- Narrated by: Peter Mayle
- Length: 2 hrs and 52 mins
- Abridged
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Overall463
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Performance382
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Story381
More than 40,000 listeners have enjoyed this story on cassette. Now anyone who's ever dreamed of getting away from it all can enjoy the charms and challenges of A Year in Provence on CD! Peter Mayle and his wife had been to Provence as tourists. They had dreamed of one day trading the long, gray...
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Ban abridged versions
- By marlowe on 03-30-15
By: Peter Mayle
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Paris in Ruins
- Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
- By: Sebastian Smee
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall89
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Performance79
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Story79
Incisive and absorbing, Paris in Ruins captures the shifting passions and politics of the art world, revealing how the siege and the chaos of the Commune had a profound impact on modern art, and how artistic genius can emerge from darkness and catastrophe.
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Stunningly great narrator!
- By Julie Seavello on 12-26-24
By: Sebastian Smee
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A New World Begins
- The History of the French Revolution
- By: Jeremy D. Popkin
- Narrated by: Pete Cross, Jeremy D. Popkin
- Length: 21 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall376
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Performance326
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Story325
In A New World Begins, Jeremy D. Popkin offers a riveting account of the revolution that puts the listener in the thick of the debates and the violence that led to the overthrow of the monarchy and the establishment of a new society....
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Narration
- By Kindle Customer on 04-26-22
By: Jeremy D. Popkin
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- By: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall270
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Performance230
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Story233
This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness....
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Extraordinary story, expertly told and skillfully narrated
- By Daniel Vergara on 03-01-24
By: Bart van Loo, and others
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The Judgment of Paris
- The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Tristan Layton
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall486
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Performance350
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Story345
While the Civil War raged in America, another very different revolution was beginning to take shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris. The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amid scorn and derision from the...
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Try this!
- By Robert on 10-28-08
By: Ross King
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The Collapse of the Third Republic
- An Inquiry into the Fall of France in 1940
- By: William L. Shirer
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 48 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall733
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Performance620
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Story618
As an international war correspondent and radio commentator, William L. Shirer didn't just research the fall of France. He was there. In just six weeks, he watched the Third Reich topple one of the world's oldest military powers - and institute a rule of terror and paranoia....
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So much information
- By Daniel L Carmony on 05-14-19
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Waterloo
- The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
- By: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrated by: Bernard Cornwell, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3,061
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Performance2,753
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Story2,741
From the New York Times bestselling author comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the two-hundreth anniversary of Napoleon's last stand. On June 18, 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and...
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Not a close run thing!
- By carl801 on 05-13-15
By: Bernard Cornwell
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A History of France
- By: John Julius Norwich
- Narrated by: John Julius Norwich
- Length: 15 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall429
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Performance382
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Story380
John Julius Norwich - called a "true master of narrative history" by Simon Sebag Montefiore - returns with the book he has spent his distinguished career wanting to write, A History of France, a portrait of the past two centuries of the country he loves best....
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Kings and Wars
- By Awake Tex on 08-22-19
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Wine and War
- The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure
- By: Donald Kladstrup, Petie Kladstrup
- Narrated by: Todd McLaren
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall471
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Performance407
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Story410
In 1940, France fell to the Nazis and almost immediately the German army began a campaign of pillaging one of the assets the French hold most dear: their wine....
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Good story, terrible performance
- By Sean on 05-28-12
By: Donald Kladstrup, and others
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Citizens
- A Chronicle of the French Revolution
- By: Simon Schama
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 36 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall430
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Performance385
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Story379
From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution....
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Audio Skips!!
- By Joseph M. Arnold on 07-02-15
By: Simon Schama
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Marie Antoinette
- The Journey
- By: Antonia Fraser
- Narrated by: Donada Peters
- Length: 20 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall587
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Performance419
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Story420
The national bestseller from the acclaimed author of The Wives of Henry VIII. France’s beleaguered queen, Marie Antoinette, wrongly accused of uttering the infamous “Let them eat cake,” was the subject of ridicule and curiosity even before her death; she has since been the object of debate...
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Annoying Narration
- By LaFemmeRouge on 10-28-06
By: Antonia Fraser
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The Rival Queens
- Catherine de' Medici, Her Daughter Marguerite de Valois, and the Betrayal that Ignited a Kingdom
- By: Nancy Goldstone
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 16 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall820
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Performance739
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Story736
The riveting true story of mother-and-daughter queens Catherine de' Medici and Marguerite de Valois, whose wildly divergent personalities and turbulent relationship changed the shape of their tempestuous and dangerous century. Set in magnificent Renaissance France, this is the story of two...
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Definitely not a dull bio!
- By Nella on 07-04-15
By: Nancy Goldstone
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A Bite-Sized History of France
- Gastronomic Tales of Revolution, War, and Enlightenment
- By: Stephane Henaut, Jeni Mitchell
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 11 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall507
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Performance438
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Story439
A witty exploration of the facts and legends surrounding some of the most popular French foods and wines by a French cheesemonger and an American academic, A Bite-Sized History of France tells the compelling and often surprising story of France from the Roman era to modern times....
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Great stories, but...
- By David on 01-12-20
By: Stephane Henaut, and others
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Reflections on the Revolution in France
- By: Edmund Burke
- Narrated by: Bernard Mayes
- Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall241
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Performance209
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Story203
Blending history with principle and graceful imagery with profound practical maxims, this book is one of the most influential political treatises in the history of the world....
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A good historical perspective
- By CMC on 08-30-14
By: Edmund Burke
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The Last Emperor of Mexico
- The Dramatic Story of the Habsburg Archduke Who Created a Kingdom in the New World
- By: Edward Shawcross
- Narrated by: Gustavo Rex
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall391
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Performance335
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Story336
The true operatic tragedy of Maximilian and Carlota, the European aristocrats who stumbled into power in Mexico—and faced bloody consequences. In the 1860s, Napoleon III, intent on curbing the rise of American imperialism, persuaded a young Austrian archduke and a Belgian princess to leave...
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Excellent
- By Kyle P. Dalton on 03-24-22
By: Edward Shawcross
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Catherine de Medici
- Renaissance Queen of France
- By: Leonie Frieda
- Narrated by: Sarah Le Fevre
- Length: 21 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall581
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Performance505
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Story502
The inspiration for the STARZ original series, The Serpent Queen—second season premiering July 12th! “A beautifully written portrait of a ruthless, subtle and fearless woman fighting for survival and power in a world of gangsterish brutality, routine assassination and religious mania...
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Narrator didn't get one name right
- By Georgina García- Menocal on 09-15-19
By: Leonie Frieda
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House of Lilies
- The Dynasty That Made Medieval France
- By: Justine Firnhaber-Baker
- Narrated by: Justine Firnhaber-Baker
- Length: 13 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall22
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Performance20
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Story20
Historian Justine Firnhaber-Baker tells the epic story of the Capetian dynasty of medieval France, showing how their ideas about power, religion, and identity continue to shape European society and politics today.
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A Drama Lacking Drama
- By Daniel on 10-20-25
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Twelve Who Ruled
- The Year of the Terror in the French Revolution
- By: R. R. Palmer, Isser Woloch - foreword
- Narrated by: David Stifel
- Length: 17 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall115
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Performance93
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Story93
The Reign of Terror continues to fascinate scholars as one of the bloodiest periods in French history, when the Committee of Public Safety strove to defend the first Republic from its many enemies, creating a climate of fear and suspicion in revolutionary France....
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A Warning
- By Josh Rowe on 03-20-21
By: R. R. Palmer, and others
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The French Revolution
- From Enlightenment to Tyranny
- By: Ian Davidson
- Narrated by: Clive Chafer
- Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall910
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Performance782
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Story783
A vital and illuminating look at this profoundly important (and often perplexing) historical moment, by former Financial Times chief foreign affairs columnist Ian Davidson....
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superficial; trite
- By David Hart on 04-25-19
By: Ian Davidson
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Street Without Joy
- The French Debacle in Indochina
- By: Bernard B. Fall
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 13 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall461
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Performance411
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Story407
Bernard B. Fall vividly captures the sights, sounds, and smells of the savage eight-year conflict in the jungles and mountains of Southeast Asia from 1946 to 1954....
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In 1964 this was our Vietnam textbook
- By Mike on 05-31-13
By: Bernard B. Fall
New releases
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Case Red
- The Collapse of France
- By: Robert Forczyk
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Case Red tells the often overlooked story of the fall of Metropolitan France from the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk through to the eventual collapse and armistice in June 1940. Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then conducting a tough defence along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest and St Nazaire.
By: Robert Forczyk
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Napoleon Bonaparte: An Enthralling Guide to the Rise, Reign, and Legacy of a Military Genius and Emperor
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Napoleon Bonaparte: Genius, Tyrant, or Architect of the Modern World? Few figures in history have inspired as much admiration, fear, and debate as Napoleon Bonaparte. He rose from a young outsider from Corsica to Emperor of France, reshaped Europe through war and reform, and left a legacy that still influences politics, law, and military strategy today. But Napoleon’s story is often buried in biographies that feel long, dense, and written only for specialists. This book is different. Napoleon Bonaparte: An Enthralling Guide offers a clear, fast-paced, and well-organized journey through ...
By: Billy Wellman
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The French Revolution in San Domingo
- By: Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The French Revolution in San Domingo by Lothrop Stoddard is a captivating and meticulously researched classic that vividly chronicles the dramatic, horrifying chaos of France's richest colony during the revolutionary pandemonium of the 1790s. Once known as San Domingue (Santo Domingo), the prosperous French-speaking portion of the island eventually became the independent nation of Haiti at the end of the revolutionary period.
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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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Buying Applause Before the Internet
- Professional Outrage as a Business Model
- By: Jessica Jones
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 3 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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In the theaters and opera houses of nineteenth-century Europe, audience reactions were not always what they seemed. Behind the excitement, laughter, and applause was often a carefully organized system designed to influence the crowd. Professional audience members known as claqueurs were hired to guide the reaction of the audience during performances. Their job was to clap loudly, laugh at the right moments, and lead enthusiastic applause that encouraged others in the theater to follow. The practice began in Paris, where theater culture was vibrant and highly competitive. Actors, singers, ...
By: Jessica Jones
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Quiet History Behind a Tale of Two Cities
- Life Before the Revolution
- By: Dakikon Publishing
- Narrated by: Lisa Georges
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the barricades rose and the world changed forever, ordinary people in London and Paris lived ordinary lives. They baked bread at dawn and carried water from public fountains. They raised children in narrow streets and worked trades they had not chosen. They prayed in ancient churches and whispered rumors in crowded markets. They slept without knowing what was coming.
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Case Red
- The Collapse of France
- By: Robert Forczyk
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 18 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Case Red tells the often overlooked story of the fall of Metropolitan France from the evacuation of the BEF at Dunkirk through to the eventual collapse and armistice in June 1940. Even after the legendary evacuation from Dunkirk in June 1940 there were still large British formations fighting the Germans alongside their French allies. After mounting a vigorous counterattack at Abbeville and then conducting a tough defence along the Somme, the British were forced to conduct a second evacuation from the ports of Le Havre, Cherbourg, Brest and St Nazaire.
By: Robert Forczyk
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Napoleon Bonaparte: An Enthralling Guide to the Rise, Reign, and Legacy of a Military Genius and Emperor
- By: Billy Wellman
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 4 hrs and 13 mins
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Napoleon Bonaparte: Genius, Tyrant, or Architect of the Modern World? Few figures in history have inspired as much admiration, fear, and debate as Napoleon Bonaparte. He rose from a young outsider from Corsica to Emperor of France, reshaped Europe through war and reform, and left a legacy that still influences politics, law, and military strategy today. But Napoleon’s story is often buried in biographies that feel long, dense, and written only for specialists. This book is different. Napoleon Bonaparte: An Enthralling Guide offers a clear, fast-paced, and well-organized journey through ...
By: Billy Wellman
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The French Revolution in San Domingo
- By: Theodore Lothrop Stoddard
- Narrated by: Charlton Griffin
- Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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The French Revolution in San Domingo by Lothrop Stoddard is a captivating and meticulously researched classic that vividly chronicles the dramatic, horrifying chaos of France's richest colony during the revolutionary pandemonium of the 1790s. Once known as San Domingue (Santo Domingo), the prosperous French-speaking portion of the island eventually became the independent nation of Haiti at the end of the revolutionary period.
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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
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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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Buying Applause Before the Internet
- Professional Outrage as a Business Model
- By: Jessica Jones
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In the theaters and opera houses of nineteenth-century Europe, audience reactions were not always what they seemed. Behind the excitement, laughter, and applause was often a carefully organized system designed to influence the crowd. Professional audience members known as claqueurs were hired to guide the reaction of the audience during performances. Their job was to clap loudly, laugh at the right moments, and lead enthusiastic applause that encouraged others in the theater to follow. The practice began in Paris, where theater culture was vibrant and highly competitive. Actors, singers, ...
By: Jessica Jones
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Quiet History Behind a Tale of Two Cities
- Life Before the Revolution
- By: Dakikon Publishing
- Narrated by: Lisa Georges
- Length: 3 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Before the barricades rose and the world changed forever, ordinary people in London and Paris lived ordinary lives. They baked bread at dawn and carried water from public fountains. They raised children in narrow streets and worked trades they had not chosen. They prayed in ancient churches and whispered rumors in crowded markets. They slept without knowing what was coming.