Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280043 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - Aldrich, Les plus grandes affaires d'espionnage Author: Frédéric Garnier Narrator: Patrick Blandin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 41 minutes Release date: April 1, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Quoi de plus fascinant que les services secrets ? Avec notre collection Espionnages, levez le voile sur les grandes affaires d'espionnage et découvrez les plus sombres secrets des plus grands espions. - -

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302396 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Roma Author: Pedro López Barja de Quiroga Narrator: Santiago Noriega Gil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 42 minutes Release date: March 23, 2020 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: -Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. La historia de la ciudad fundada a orillas del Tíber se prolonga a lo largo de mil doscientos años con ritmos distintos: en una primera etapa, se suceden los acontecimientos, los conflictos civiles, las campañas por el Mediterráneo y la anexión de nuevos territorios. Con el emperador Augusto, en el cambio de era, el ritmo se pausa, la expansión se detiene y las luchas intestinas se convierten a menudo en querellas o conspiraciones palaciegas. Es el momento adecuado para que el historiador se detenga también y mire con algo más de detalle.  - Pedro López Barja de Quiroga es doctor en Historia por la Universidad Complutense, profesor titular de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y 'visiting scholar' en la Universidad de Oxford, en 2002-2003. Coordinador del máster de 'Arqueología y Ciencias de la Antigüedad' de la USC.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/302398 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [Spanish] - Toledo Author: Fernando Martinez Gil Narrator: Santiago Noriega Gil Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 25 minutes Release date: February 28, 2020 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: -Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. Siempre en simbiosis con el río Tajo, Toledo se hace visible en la historia escrita a partir de las crónicas latinas, si bien los vestigios arqueológicos se remontan al menos a la Edad del Bronce. Su importancia creciente en el bajo imperio y su situación en el centro peninsular habrían sido determinantes para que la monarquía visigoda hiciese de ella su capital, que asimismo fue adquiriendo un prestigio religioso que no haría sino crecer a lo largo de los tiempos. Musulmana durante tres siglos y medio, fue luego restaurada en sus supuestas esencias católicas, afirmadas por su rango de sede primada de la Iglesia española y de ciudad de los concilios. Sin embargo, el modelo de 'civitas christiana' nunca pudo deshacerse de la realidad multicultural que constituía su verdadera esencia, primero por la presencia de fuertes contingentes moros y judíos que determinó la coexistencia de tres religiones; y más tarde, cuando se impuso la intolerancia, por la abundancia y el dinamismo de los conversos, que en vano fueron discriminados.  - Fernando Martinez Gil es Doctor en Historia Moderna, y en Antropología y Etnología de América. Complementa la docencia y la investigación con la creación literaria, campo en el que obtuvo el Premio Nacional de Literatura Infantil y el Premio Lazarillo.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297183 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Winston S. Churchill: The History of the Second World War - Volume 1 - The Gathering Storm Author: Winston S. Churchill Narrator: Michael Jayston Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 46 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.14 of Total 14 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Winston S. Churchill; The History Of The Second World War. Volume 1 - The Gathering Storm. In the Second World War every bond between man and man was to perish. Crimes were committed by the Hitler regime which find no equal in scale and wickedness with any that have darkened the human record. It was a simple policy to keep Germany disarmed after the struggle of the First World War and the Victors adequately armed in vigilance. But errors were soon made. The tragedy of America's failure to enter the League Of Nations; the weakness and lack of resolution of the Democracies to confront the growing strength, reach and ambition of the Fascist dictators in Germany, Italy and Japan; the economic turmoil that allowed these events to spark and build. In this first volume it is all too easy to see and understand how this immense tragedy could have been avoided, how the malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous. We shall hear how the counsels of prudence and restraint became the prime agents of mortal danger in this The Gathering Storm. The overview is read by Winston S Churchill MP and the volume narrated by Michael Jayston.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/297532 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Shadow In The Sun Author: Kate O'Mara Narrator: Patricia Shakesby, Kate O'Mara Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 12 minutes Release date: May 4, 2017 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Two very different women, the much married Mary Queen of Scots and the Virgin Queen of England had one fundamental thing in common, one thing that would change the course of history: each believed in her God given right to sit on the throne of England. The lives - and deaths - of these royal cousins were bound together in a tangled web of bloodlines, courtly intrigue and political manoeuvring. This dramatisation is based on historical documents, letters, reported speech and contemporaneous accounts. A vivid and compelling realisation of one of the most notorious events in history. This is the true account of the events leading to the execution of Mary Stuart. "It is a thrilling play about two women who are fighting for their lives" admits Kate, "It is a very potent and powerful story." Joining film and television actress Kate O'Mara (who plays Mary Queen of Scots) is Patricia Shakesby as Elizabeth I. Patricia is best known for playing Polly Urquhart in Howard's Way together with roles in Coronation Street, Sapphire and Steel and Brighton Rock. The audio also stars Giles Watling and Michael Cochrane.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/282998 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Food Guide for War Service at Home Author: Katherine Blunt Narrator: Maria Kasper Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 5 minutes Release date: January 10, 2017 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: "The long war has brought hunger to Europe; some of her peoples stand constantly face to face with starvation. To meet all this great food need in Europe—and meeting it is an imperative military necessity—we must be very careful and economical in our food use here at home. We must eat less; we must waste nothing; we must equalize the distribution of what food we may retain for ourselves; we must prevent extortion and profiteering which make prices so high that the poor cannot buy the food they actually need; and we must try to produce more food. For all this there is needed a "food education" of all our people. For the purpose of diffusing this information this little book has been prepared under the direction of the Food Administration. By following the suggestions for food conservation herein contained every one can render his country an important war service." (Summary excerpted from the Preface by Herbert Hoover)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/290268 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Book of Ser Marco Polo, the Venetian, concerning the kingdoms and marvels of the East, volume 2 Author: Rustichello Da Pisa Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 49 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: "Books of the Marvels of the World" or "Description of the World" (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed "Il Milione" ("The Million") or "Oriente Poliano", but commonly called "The Travels of Marco Polo", is a 13th-century travelogue written down by Rustichello da Pisa from stories told by Marco Polo, describing the travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1291.It's been a very famous and popular book since the 14th century, creating the image of Marco Polo as the icon of the bold traveller. Presenting Marco Polo as an important figure at the court of the Mongol leader Kublai Khan, the book was written in Old French by Rustichello da Pisa, a romance author of the time, who was reportedly working from accounts which he had heard from Marco Polo when they were imprisoned in Genoa, having been captured while on a ship. This audiobook in two volumes uses the 1903 third edition of Sir Henry Yule's translation, revised by Henri Cordier. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia by Leni)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/303065 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Tales of English Minsters: Hereford Author: Elizabeth W. Grierson Narrator: David Wales Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 57 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This short book was originally written for children, though adults will also find it worthwhile. It tells interesting history of Hereford in western England, its cathedral, and its people. - Summary by david wales

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280755 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Tower of London Author: Walter George Bell Narrator: Janet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 1 minute Release date: December 1, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.47 of Total 15 Ratings of Narrator: 2.25 of Total 4 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A short book, whose chapters were originally published in The Daily Mail, which explores the history and facts of each of the structures that make up the Tower. - Summary by Janet 99

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273944 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Secret Service Author: Albert Richardson Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 16 hours 21 minutes Release date: September 7, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.23 of Total 30 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 11 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Albert Richardson was a reporter for Horace Greeley's New York Tribune when he volunteered to hazard an undercover journey through the American south, reporting incognito on the growing secession crisis in that region. With the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, he attached himself to the Union armies as a war correspondent, sending dispatches from the fields of battle for the next two years. Then, in May 1863, while attempting to pass a Confederate battery outside Vicksburg, Richardson found himself thrown from a burning barge into the Mississippi River, swimming for his life with a squad of Union soldiers and several other reporters. Captured as a prisoner, he was at first confident that as a civilian newspaperman he would be quickly exchanged. Instead, he was to spend the next 18 months in various prisoner of war camps. Seizing at last an opportunity for escape, he set out to cross the snowy Appalachians in the dead of winter, heading for Union lines in Tennessee, assisted by a secret network of slaves, Unionists, and bushwhackers. Albert Richardson's own personal memoir of his wartime adventures, published in 1865, offers readers a rousing historical narrative presented with a journalist's eye for detail. (Summary by Maria Kasper)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/273363 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. III Author: Edward Gibbon Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 18 hours 10 minutes Release date: August 26, 2016 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes II and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The original volumes were published as quartos, a common publishing practice of the time.The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behavior and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West, offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell.Gibbon is sometimes called the first "modern historian of ancient Rome." By virtue of its mostly objective approach and highly accurate use of reference material, Gibbon's work was adopted as a model for the methodologies of 19th and 20th century historians. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/275581 to listen full audiobooks. Title: On an Irish Jaunting-Car through Donegal and Connemara Author: Samuel Gamble Bayne Narrator: Frank Lennon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 3 hours 12 minutes Release date: January 27, 2015 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.33 of Total 3 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This book gives a brief glimpse into the social history of Ireland in the early part of the 20th Century. During his 1902 tour through the north, west and south of Ireland the author provides entertaining insights into how those parts of Ireland were in that era. Born in Ramelton, County Donegal and education at Queens University Belfast, the Author then moved to America at the age 25. He enjoyed considerable success in Banking which lead to him eventually becoming a billionaire. From his writing we can deduce that he used some of his wealth on international travel, one such location being back to the country of his birth. Summary by Frank Lennon

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/280060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Histoire de France : Napoléon et l'Empire Author: Jacques Bainville Narrator: Philippe Colin Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Release date: December 31, 2013 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Que discerner dans ce tissu de drames sans suite|cette mêlée|ce chaos ? Jacques Bainville voulait savoir « pourquoi les peuples faisaient des guerres et des révolutions|pourquoi les hommes se battaient|se tuaient|se réconciliaient ». Paru en 1924|Histoire de France tente de répondre à cette question. Immense succès en librairie|ce grand ouvrage embrasse d'un seul regard le destin de la nation française de la Gaule romaine au premier après-guerre. Cet épisode retrace l'histoire de Napoléon|des débuts en passant par sa fulgurante accession au pouvoir|ses guerres de conquête et de défense|jusqu'à la fin du premier empereur des Français|avec l'analyse de l'apport durable de sa réorganisation de l'Etat.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/279496 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Manifeste du Parti Communiste Author: Marx, Engels Narrator: Gérard Philipe Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 12 minutes Release date: December 31, 2011 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Le Manifeste du Parti communiste est un essai politico-philosophique rédigé par le philosophe allemand Karl Marx en 1848 avec la participation de son ami Friedrich Engels. Le Manifeste du Parti Communiste peut être vu comme un résumé de la pensée marxiste.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283060 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Medieval World II: Society, Economy, and Culture Author: Thomas F. Madden Narrator: Thomas F. Madden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 46 minutes Release date: July 24, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: An award-winning, widely recognized expert on pre-modern history, Professor Thomas F. Madden concludes this two-part series on the medieval world. In this course, we will see the error of the commonly held assumption that the 'Dark Ages' was a time of superstition, ignorance, and violence. Rather than a time of darkness, the Middle Ages saw extraordinary innovation, invention, and cultural vitality. It was the Middle Ages that gave us universities, vernacular literature, and the extraordinary beauty of Gothic architecture. To study the medieval world, then, is not only to study a time that has passed away. It is to study the birth of a new culture that would mature into the modern West. Whether we know it or not, the world we live in today is itself the product of the Middle Ages-not 'Dark,' but remarkably bright.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/283061 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Medieval World I: Kingdoms, Empires, and War Author: Thomas F. Madden Narrator: Thomas F. Madden Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 20 minutes Release date: May 29, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This all-encompassing investigation of a highly influential time period includes the major events of the era and informative discussion of empire, papacy, the Crusades, and the fall of Constantinople. During the course of these lectures, Professor Madden also addresses the rise of Islam, reform movements, and schisms in the church. In so doing, Professor Madden underscores the significance and grand scale of an age that continues to hold an undeniable fascination for people today.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/289668 to listen full audiobooks. Title: London: A History Author: A.N. Wilson Narrator: Christopher Kay Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 37 minutes Release date: March 6, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This entertaining volume provides a concise history of one of the world's premiere cities. Acclaimed author A.N. Wilson starts at the beginning, when London was founded by the Romans, and continues to contemporary times, hitting all the historical highlights along the way. London is the perfect starter book for anyone wishing to understand this great city a little better, and even seasoned London fans will find new information here.