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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591739 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Richard the Lionheart: The Famous King of England during the 12th Century Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 49 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Richard I ruled as King of England from 1189 to 1199. He also governed as Duke of Normandy, Aquitaine, and Gascony, Lord of Cyprus, and Count of Poitiers, Anjou, Maine, and Nantes, and also being ruler of Brittany at different periods. He was the 3rd of 5 sons of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and he appeared not likely to prosper his dad as king, but all of his brothers had passed away before him, other than the youngest, John. Just because of his track record as a prominent army leader and fighter, Richard is called Richard Cur de Lion (Norman French: Le quor de lion) or Richard the Lionheart. Richard Oc-e-Non (Occitan for Yes and No) was a label given to him by troubadour Bertran de Born, probably simply because of his terseness. Richard had taken management of his own army by the age of 16, putting down disobediences in Poitou against his dad. Richard was a key Christian leader throughout the Third Crusade, commanding the project after Philip II of France's departure and winning substantial successes over Saladin, his Muslim equivalent, while signing a peace treaty and ending the fight without retaking Jerusalem. In this book, we will learn more about his life and his motivations.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591738 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Anne Boleyn: Her Execution for Treason, and Her Political and Religious Upheaval Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 52 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: As King Henry VIII's 2nd marriage partner, Anne Boleyn ruled as Queen of England from 1533 till 1536. Her marriage and execution by beheading for treason and other criminal offenses made her an essential player in the political and religious chaos that identified the start of the English Reformation. Anne was the daughter of Thomas Boleyn, first Earl of Wiltshire, and his marriage partner, Girl Elizabeth Howard. She got her education in Holland and France, mainly as a housemaid of honor to Queen Claude of France. Anne went to England in early 1522, meaning to wed her Irish cousin James Butler, 9th Earl of Ormond; nevertheless, the marriage failed, and she found work as a housemaid of honor to Henry VIII's partner, Catherine of Aragon. Anne was secretly betrothed to Henry Percy, child of Henry Percy, fifth Earl of Northumberland, in early 1523, but their engagement was aborted when the Earl refused to support them. In January 1524, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey opposed the match, and Anne was returned to Hever Castle. Henry VIII started his courtship of Anne in the month of February or March 1526. She withstood his efforts to charm her, declining to follow in her sister Mary's steps and become his girlfriend. Henry quickly focused his exertions on having his marriage to Catherine annulled so that he may wed Anne. Wolsey could not encourage Pope Clement VII to annul Henry's marriage, and Anne played a part in his failure and death in the year 1529-- 30. When it ended up being apparent that Clement wouldn't cancel the marriage, Henry and his therapists, and that includes Thomas Cromwell, started the process of deteriorating the Catholic Church in England by shutting abbeys and nunneries. Henry made Anne the Marquess of Pembroke in the year 1532. There is more, way more, to Anne Boleyn. In this book, we won’t leave you in the dark.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591742 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Marie Antoinette: The Last Queen of France before the French Revolution Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 55 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Before the Reign of Terror, Marie Antoinette was the last queen of France. She was the penultimate kid and youngest daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I, and was born an archduchess of Austria. At the age of 14, she wed Louis-Auguste, the beneficiary evident to the French throne, and ended up being dauphine of France in May 1770. Her partner, Louis XVI, took the throne on May 10, 1774, and she ended up being queen. After 8 years of marriage, Marie Antoinette's position at court enhanced when she started bearing kids. Nonetheless, she ended up being more out of favor amongst the people, with French 'libelles' implicating her of being inefficient, promiscuous, holding compassions for France's perceived nemeses-- specifically her home Austria-- and having invalid kids. Her credibility was more tainted by the phony claims surrounding the Diamond Locket Affair. At the time of the Revolution, she was called Madame Déficit because of her elegant spending and enmity to Turgot and Necker's social and monetary reforms, which were blamed for the nation's monetary disaster. Learn more about Marie Antoinette by going through this book.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591741 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Charlemagne: King of the Franks, King of Lombardy, and Emperor of the Romans Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From 768 to 800, Charlemagne, also referred to as Charles the Great, was King of the Franks, King of the Lombards, and Emperor of the Romans. Charlemagne combined many western and main Europe at the time of the Early Middle Ages. Since the fall of the Western Roman Empire 3 centuries before, he was the first acknowledged emperor to rule from western Europe. The Carolingian Empire is the name given to Charlemagne's broadening Frankish world. Antipope Paschal the Third later canonized him. Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon had an oldest child, Charlemagne, who was born before their main marriage. Following his dad's death in the year 768, he ended up being king of the Franks, at first as co-ruler with his brother Carloman I till the latter's death in the year 771. He followed his dad's position to the papacy as sole king and became its protector, driving the Lombards out of northern Italy and leading an attack into Muslim Spain. He waged a project against the Saxons to his east, requiring them to convert to Christendom or face death, resulting in events like the Massacre of Verden. He reached the peak of his power in the year 800, when Pope Leo the Third crowned him 'Emperor of the Romans' on Christmas Day at Rome's Old St. Peter's Basilica.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592928 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Queen Victoria: The British Monarch Who Ruled the Longest Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 42 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: From June twentieth, 1837, to her death in the year 1901, Victoria ruled as Queen of the UK of Great Britain and Ireland. Her rule of 63 years and 7 months, called the Victorian period, was the longest of any British emperor before her. It was a period of considerable commercial, social, technical, and army development in the U.K., and also a period of great British Empire growth. The British Parliament gave her the additional title of Rule and Empress of India in the year 1876. Victoria was the 4th kid of King George III's 4th child, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Following the deaths of her dad and grandparents in the year 1820, Mary was supported by her mom and her comptroller, John Conroy, under stringent guidance. After her dad's 3 oldest brothers passed away without legal problem, she acquired the throne at the age of eighteen. Victoria, in spite of being a constitutional queen, aim to impact federal government policies and ministry consultations in personal; openly, she ended up being a nationwide sign connected with high ethical requirements. In this book, you will find out a lot more about Queen Victoria’s life.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/592927 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Eleanor of Aquitaine: One of the Wealthiest and Most Influential Women in western Europe Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 51 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Eleanor of Aquitaine is a controversial figure in history. Many have referred to her in a different light. Some with some opinions, others with others. Today, you will learn more about those and get as many facts straight as possible. Though meant to represent the extension of the unbroken line of Emperors from Augustus to Constantine VI, Charlemagne's crowning led to the facility of 2 different (and usually competing) Empires and claims to royal authority. It led to war in 802, and for centuries later, the Emperors of the West and the East would contend for supremacy over the whole continent. Historians have disputed for centuries whether Charlemagne understood the Pope's intent to crown him Emperor before the crowning (Charlemagne announced that if he had known, he wouldn't have gone into Saint Peter's, according to chapter twenty-eight of Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni), but this dispute has obscured the more vital question of why the Pope gave the title and why Charlemagne accepted it. In this book, you will find out more about eh controversies around Eleanor of Aquitaine, and her legacy.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591727 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Bloody Mary: Mary Tudor, the Queen Who Took on the Protestant Revolt Author: Kelly Mass Narrator: Doug Greene Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 33 minutes Release date: May 5, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Mary I, typically called Mary Tudor and called 'Bloody Mary' by her Protestant challengers, ruled as Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 till November 17th, 1558. She is well recalled for her solid attempts to reverse the English Reformation, which started throughout her dad's reign, Henry VIII's reign. Her effort to return property taken at the time of the prior 2 reigns to the Church was generally blocked by Parliament, but at the time of her five-year rule, Mary had more than 280 spiritual dissenters burnt at the stake in the Marian persecutions. You might give excuses for her behavior, you might justify it by saying she may not have been much worse than other dictators and royalty around that time, but the fact of the matter is still that she murdered hundreds of people for religious and political reasons. Bloody Mary was cruel, cold, and from what we know, there was a cause for this. Let’s take a look at her life, her problems, and the way she handled them.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/615632 to listen full audiobooks. Title: I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys Author: Shawn Dove, Nick Chiles Narrator: Cary Hite Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 7 minutes Release date: May 3, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: There is no cavalry coming! We are the iconic leaders we have been waiting for, curators of the change we’re seeking to see. I Too Am America examines the promise and peril of Black men and boys in America by exploring the lives of two talented young men, Jamare Winston in Detroit and Romero Wesson in Oakland, who at once embody all that we want our boys to be while also illuminating the many uncertainties they face. With the help of teachers and mentors, they have navigated their teen years in environments where nothing is guaranteed. Their stories mirror the trials facing Black men and boys across the nation. Corporation for Black Male Achievement founder Shawn Dove had to navigate similarly treacherous waters decades ago as a Black boy in New York City. He was also a young man of many talents, trying to figure out what the world had to offer and his place in it. Part memoir, part exposé of the ways this country continues to forsake Black men and boys, part uplifting call to action, I Too Am America manages to elicit tears while also kindling hope. I Too Am America: On Loving and Leading Black Men & Boys, written by Shawn Dove and Nick Chiles, delivers timely insights and inspiration that humanizes the stories of Black men and boys while offering strategic recommendations on how together we can move from our current rumblings with a racial reckoning to loving, learning, and leading with and on behalf of Black men and boys.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/590067 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Guíaburros: ¿Con qué filósofo te quedas?: Historia del pensamiento filosófico Author: Daniel Torres Narrator: María José Bosch Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 33 minutes Release date: April 29, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: GuíaBurros ¿Con qué filósofo te quedas? es una recopilación de grandes pensadores que han aparecido a lo largo de los tiempos. Una guía perfecta para iniciarse en la filosofía o entender cómo algunos pensadores se relacionan con otros anteriores a su época. Un libro indicado para los interesados en filosofía, para aquellos que es la primera vez que leen algo de filosofía, o para aquellos que sienten curiosidad por cómo se relacionan los pensamientos entre épocas de unos filósofos a otros.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/591559 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Russian] - Беседы с Исааком Ньютоном Author: билл брайсон, майкл уайт Narrator: сергей горбунов Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 17 minutes Release date: April 28, 2022 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: Ни один другой великий человек в истории не был так труден для понимания, как Исаак Ньютон, тридцать лет проживший ученым-отшельником в Кембридже, а затем ставший знаменитым публичным деятелем. Однако Майклу Уайту, биографу Ньютона, удалось его «разговорить»: Уайт разъясняет идеи ученого и воссоздает его портрет так убедительно, как если бы тот действительно рассказал ему о себе в доверительной беседе. С предисловием популярного американского писателя Билла Брайсона, автора «Краткой истории почти всего на свете» и других бестселлеров. «У Ньютона был нелегкий характер, он был часто неприятен и недружелюбен в общении и поэтому имел очень мало друзей. Он всегда целиком полагался на собственное суждение, и заслужить его уважение было трудно. Вероятно, он неохотно пошел бы на такой разговор, который представлен здесь вашему вниманию, но тем не менее ему все-таки хотелось, чтобы другие люди знали о тех уникальных способностях, которыми он обладал». (Майкл Уайт) «Более закрытого человека, наверное, не было на Земле. Так что нам повезло, что у нас есть эта книга, в которой Майкл Уайт искусно вызывает к жизни эту удивительную личность и представляет нам многочисленные необдуманные поступки и своенравные высказывания Ньютона таким образом, что они кажутся почти обоснованными и разумными. Приготовьтесь к необычному испытанию: вам предстоит познакомиться с одним из величайших умов в истории». (Билл Брайсон)