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Título: La batalla de Berlín [The Battle of Berlin]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 33 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 11-20-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Categorías: History, European

Resumen del editor:

Para 1945, y luego del desastre de las árdenas, el Alamein y Estalingrado, el final de la II Guerra Mundial para la Alemania de Hitler estaba próximo. Stalin y Eisenhower, desde Polonia y Francia respectivamente, avanzaban imparables. La mano del mundo había concentrado sus esfuerzos para acabar con la locura nazi. Sin embargo, aún debía llevarse a cabo el asalto final: La conquista de la capital del Reich.

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Title: Wedlock

Subtitle: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met His Match

Author: Wendy Moore

Narrator: Rachel Atkins

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-15-15

Publisher: Orion Publishing Group

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

Wedlock is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to Andrew Robinson Stoney.

Mary Eleanor Bowes was one of Britain's richest young heiresses. She married the Count of Strathmore who died young, and pregnant with her lover's child, Mary became engaged to George Gray. Then in swooped Andrew Robinson Stoney. Mary was bowled over and married him within the week.

But nothing was as it seemed. Stoney was broke, and his pursuit of the wealthy Countess a calculated ploy. Once married to Mary, he embarked on years of ill treatment, seizing her lands, beating her, terrorising servants, introducing prostitutes to the family home, kidnapping his own sister.

But finally after many years, a servant helped Mary to escape. She began a high-profile divorce case that was the scandal of the day and was successful. But then Andrew kidnapped her and undertook a week-long rampage of terror and cruelty until the law finally caught up with him.

Members Reviews:

Gripping

This book is gripping. It takes a little while to get to know all the different people within the tangled web of lives but once you do it is gripping and shocking. To the point were if this was a novel you would think the author had gone too far. The things that happened to Lady Strathmore are horrendous. I loved listening to this book. It has given me a renewed interest in this period of history. Well worse a listen.

Highly recommended

Fascinating and tragic tale. Engagingly written and a very good reading. I'll be looking out for further work by both Wendy Moore and Rachel Atkins.

Highly recommended!

Any additional comments?

I listened to this book virtually beginning to end almost from the time I downloaded it. I found the story utterly compelling, superbly written and well narrated. I would certainly be interested in reading/listening to more works from Wendy Moore, or indeed hearing further narration from Rachel Atkins. On the whole a very well deserved 5-stars!!

Wow! Brilliant

Stranger than fiction - an incredible story, very well written with many interesting historical facts loosely relating to the main plot, which enhanced the story. Flawless narration kept me riveted (with the exception of her pronunciation of "Scotland"!)

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Title: The Dream Shall Never Die

Author: Alex Salmond

Narrator: Alex Salmond

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-10-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

In a riveting daily diary, written in his trademark ebullient style, Salmond takes us into the heart of the YES campaign, revealing what was said and done behind the scenes as the vote reached its nail-biting climax.

He explains how the YES campaign energised the entire Scottish nation and rewrote the rulebook for grassroots political campaigning, not just in the UK but throughout the world.

In a completely new section, he writes exclusively about the final days of the 2015 general election campaign and his dramatic return to the House of Commons as one of 56 new SNP MPs who have made an instant impact on Westminster politics.

Read by Alex Salmond with a contribution by Sir Sean Connery who issues a rallying call for independence.

Members Reviews:

From the horses mouth

If you could sum up The Dream Shall Never Die in three words, what would they be?

Insightful reassuring hope

What did you like best about this story?

The only other autopsy that has proven more interesting than Frankie Boyle's BBC 33 program. Less harsh realities than from Frankie, but a keen insight into the polished politics of project fear and a reassuring nod to the future in which Scotland will eventually break itself away from the war monger img confused mess that is Westminster.

Good book, pick it up

Have you listened to any of Alex Salmonds other performances before? How does this one compare?

He has a very good voice

Not to missed

Really enjoyed listening to Alex must listen to it yourselves as it a must you will not regret it.

A tremendous recording of history.

Great text! This is an assest in the recording of Scottish history. For those of us who were there and for the generations to come.

The hour of awakening neareth.

Wonderful. Beautifully writen and read. sets you up nicely for the final push to independence. Bring on indy new!

Great insight into the Scot. Independence vote

Great to hear from the main man directly if only some of this had been in the public domain at the time the outcome may well have been different. Alex has a relaxed manor when narrating the book and if you have ever met him it is like speaking to the man himself. I simply couldn't put it down,I might have a few questions for him the next time we meet. Very highly recommened.

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Title: After the Flood: What the Dambusters Did Next

Author: John Nichol

Narrator: Peter Noble

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-02-15

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

Former RAF Tornado Navigator and Gulf War veteran John Nichol sets out on a personal journey to discover what happened to 617 Squadron after the flood.

The role RAF 617 Squadron in the destruction of the dams at the heart of the industrial Ruhr has been celebrated in book, magazine and film for more than seventy years.

On 17 May 1943, 133 airmen set out in 19 Lancasters to destroy the Möhne, Eder and Sorpe dams. Fifty-six of them did not return. Despite these catastrophic losses, the raid became an enormous propaganda triumph. The survivors were feted as heroes and became celebrities of their time.

They had been brought together for one specific task - so what happened next? Of the 77 men who made it home from that raid, 32 would lose their lives later in the war, and only 45 survived to see the victory for which they fought.

Few are aware of the extent of the Dambuster squadrons operations after the Dams Raid. They became the go to squadron for specialist precision attacks, dropping the largest bombs ever built on battleships, railway bridges, secret weapon establishments, rockets sites and U-boat construction pens. They were involved in attempts on the lives of enemy leaders, both Hitler and Mussolini, created a false fleet on D-day which fooled the Germans, and knocked out a German super gun which would have rained 600 shells an hour on London.

In After The Flood, John Nichol retraces the path of 617 Squadrons most dangerous sorties as their reputation called them into action again and again.

Critic Reviews:

"Full of poignant episodes.... A fitting tribute to the raw courage of these young men." (Daily Express)

"A truly epic tale of courage and sacrifice - an intensely moving epitaph to the men of Bomber Command." (Andy McNab)

Members Reviews:

so nearly gave up

I so nearly gave up on many occasions trying to listen, it was spoilt by Mr Nichol trying to do impressions and accents, I found it difficult to concentrate when he went off with imitations, in my opinion it would have been so much better had he just narrated in his own voice

Disappointed

Having struggled to listed through this book I feel compelled to share my disappointment.

Having only just finished listening to The Last British Dambuster I feel this work 'borrows' far too heavily from Johnsons account of the Dambuster raid.

I'm sorry to say the accents used to provide a distinction between the narration and quoted accounts are terrible. Johnson was born in Lincolnshire but the voice actors accent swayed from Yorkshire to something resembling Australian.

The book summary and title offered so much promise but the execution, in my opinion, could alomst verge on plagiarism.

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Título: Batalla de Lepanto: El decisivo encuentro naval entre cristianos y musulmanes [Battle of Lepanto: The Crucial Naval Encounter Between Christians and Muslims]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 28 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 06-19-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Calificaciones: 3.5 de 5 de 3 votos

Categorías: History, European

Resumen del editor:

Calificado como "la más memorable y alta ocasión que vieron los pasados siglos" por Cervantes, que incluso peleó allí, este audiolibro repasará los sucesos acaecidos el 7 de octubre de 1571 en el golfo de Lepanto, cuando frente a la ciudad de Naupacto, se enfrentaron los turcos otomanos contra una coalición cristiana, llamada Liga Santa, formada por el Reino de España, Venecia, Génova y los Estados Pontificios.

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Título: Batalla de las Termopilas [The Battle of Thermopylae]

Subtitular: La hazaña de Leónidas [The Heroism of Leonidas]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 29 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 05-01-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Categorías: History, European

Resumen del editor:

Un momento crucial para la sobrevivencia del mundo occidental. Hacia 500 años antes de Cristo, el imperio Persa, acaso el más grande de su tiempo, anhelaba conquistar Europa. Sin embargo, nunca imaginó que en el estrecho paso de las Termópilas conocería la fuerza de un pueblo, el griego, que haría de su amor por la libertad su mejor arma.

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Título: La Armada Invencible [The Invincible Armada]

Subtitular: Tempestad y catástrofe [Turmoil and Catastrophe]

Autor: Online Studio Productions

Narrador: uncredited

Formato: Unabridged

Duración: 32 mins

Idioma: Español

Fecha de publicación: 04-30-15

Editor: Online Studio Productions

Categorías: History, European

Resumen del editor:

La historia de la Gloriosa, Grande y Felicísima Armada Española, compuesta por 127 marcos, y su fracasado ataque a Inglaterra en el año 1588, es uno de los sucesos históricos de los que menos referencia objetiva se tiene, y sin embargo de los más conocidos. Pocas veces en la historia militar naval, una expedición fue tan temida y sujeta a las más grandes polémicas.

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Title: Messiah: Love, Music and Malice at a Time of Handel

Author: Sheena Vernon

Narrator: David J Shaughnessy

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 42 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-17-15

Publisher: sheena vernon

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, European

Publisher's Summary:

Harry Walsh is a young man on the make. He intends to become a famous singer, little knowing what dramas this will lead him through. He attaches himself to celebrity composer George Frederick Handel, maestro of the Italian opera and a favourite of royalty. But the aristocratic fashion for Handel is cooling. Opposing opera factions, one led by scheming castrato Senesino, knock the great man from his pinnacle. Meanwhile rival impresarios are capturing new audiences with vulgar burlesques and extravagant pleasure gardens. As Harry negotiates his way through these shifts in popular entertainment, his love life proves equally complicated. He develops a passion for Handel's shy, young assistant, Peter, and finds himself tied into a triangle of love that slowly and painfully falls apart. Documenting the launch of the great oratorio, the Messiah, in Dublin, and capturing the self-absorbed world of the singer, this is a light-hearted account of the rise and fall of the Italian opera in Hanoverian London. It is also a well-observed story of confused sexuality and an adolescent yearning for self-esteem and love.

Members Reviews:

If you love Merchant Ivory films, this is for you.

Sheena Vernons Messiah: Love, Music and Malice at the Time of Handel invites the reader to join a young singer named Harry Walsh on a journey into the milieu of composer George-Frederic Handel, during the time period of 1732 through 1746. This tale of historical fiction is a well-researched page-turner packed with historical detail and diverse characters of such delightful specificity as one might find in the works of Forster, Dickens or Shakespeare. The story follows Harry Walsh and several other engaging fictional characters through their intricate relationships with persons at every level of society. Appearances are made by notable historic figures including Handel, Senesino, Farinelli, Paolo Rolli, John Beard, Sussana Arne Cibber and her brother Thomas Arne. Through Harrys eyes, we are introduced to the musical world of this time period in London, and we are additionally afforded a generous view of both the dominant and subcultures political, economic, artistic, social and sexual theories and practices.

Vernon depicts early 18th century London as a landscape of paradox, at once both familiar and unique. Though of German birth, Handel has become a British citizen, and he writes operas in Italian. The public fetishizes Italian opera but disdains the Italians who sing it and the Protestant German composer who writes it. Previously all the rage, Italian opera is now losing popularity. The style of foppish male clothing is admired among aristocrats but cause for suspicion when exhibited by a commoner. Extremes of wealth and poverty, art and burlesque, pleasure and piety, exist in close proximity. The citys population is international, but xenophobic and incestuous, philanthropic and merciless. It is a fertile breeding ground for art, commerce, opportunity and disease. The soaring spirit of the Messiah is underscored by harsh social constructs and inequities. The author doesnt mention it, but homosexuals are frequently sentenced to death by hanging.

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Titolo: Le Repubbliche marinare di Amalfi, Pisa e Genova (Storia d'Italia 24)

Autore: div.

Narratore: Eugenio Farn

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 1 hr

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 04-09-15

Editore: Il Narratore s.r.l.

Categoria: History, European

Riepilogo Editore:

Le Repubbliche Marinare erano città portuali italiane che a partire dal Medioevo godettero, grazie alle proprie attività marittime, di autonomia politica e di prosperità economica. Esse furono favorite dalla loro posizione geografica, lontana dalle principali vie di passaggio degli eserciti e protetta da monti o lagune, e permise loro di dedicarsi indisturbate ai traffici marittimi. I loro governi erano espressione del ceto mercantile, che costituiva il nerbo della loro potenza.

Le Crociate offrirono l'occasione di espandere i commerci: Amalfi, Genova, Venezia, Pisa, Ancona e Ragusa erano già impegnate nel commercio con il Levante, ma con le Crociate migliaia di abitanti delle città marinare si riversarono in Oriente, creando fondachi, colonie e stabilimenti commerciali. Grazie ad esse si riattivarono i contatti tra Europa, Asia e Africa, quasi interrotti dopo la caduta dell'Impero Romano d'Occidente; la loro storia s'intreccia perciò sia con l'inizio dell'espansione europea verso Oriente, sia con le origini del moderno capitalismo, inteso come sistema mercantile e finanziario. In queste città si coniavano monete d'oro, si misero a punto nuove pratiche di cambio e di contabilità e nacquero così la finanza internazionale e il diritto commerciale.

In questo audiolibro vengono raccontate le origini, gli sviluppi, i conflitti e il declino di tre delle più importanti città marinare: Amalfi, Pisa e Genova (a Venezia medioevale è dedicato un altro volume della Storia d'Italia). Questo volume è realizzato a cura della redazione de il Narratore audiolibri, con riferimento alle opere degli storici Gianluigi Barni, Gino Benvenuti, Marc' Antonio Bragadin. La lettura è di Eugenio Farn.

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Titolo: Le Crociate (Storia d'Italia 25)

Autore: div.

Narratore: Eugenio Farn

Formato: Unabridged

Durata: 1 hr and 6 mins

Lingua: Italiano

Data di pubblicazione: 04-09-15

Editore: Il Narratore s.r.l.

Categoria: History, European

Riepilogo Editore:

Le crociate furono una serie di guerre, combattute tra l'XI e il XIII secolo, fra eserciti di regni, principati cristiani europei ed eserciti musulmani prevalentemente sul terreno dell'Anatolia, nel Medio Oriente (Gerusalemme) e nel Nord Africa (Tunisia ed Egitto).

L'audiolibro percorre la storia di queste spedizioni militari a partire dall'appello di Clermont nel 1095 di papa Urbano II come risposta al pericolo dell'invasione Selgiuchide nell'impero bizantino. Anche se esse furono benedette e spesso invocate dal Papato e motivate da un sentimento eminentemente religioso che intendeva liberare dall'occupazione musulmana la terra dove nacque, predicò e morì Gesù, non si trattava propriamente di guerre di religione, dato che lo scopo non fu mai quello di costringere i musulmani a cambiare religione.

Le armi, con cui i Crociati partirono e che impiegarono in Terrasanta, poco avevano a che fare con la religione, quanto piuttosto con un desiderio di conquista e di colonizzazione di vasti territori mediterranei e orientali.

Questo volume è realizzato a cura della redazione de il Narratore audiolibri, con riferimento alle opere degli storici Henry Marc Bonnet, Francesco Gabrieli, Jean Richard. La lettura è di Eugenio Farn.

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