Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341437 to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of France - The French Revolution, 1789-1797 Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge Narrator: Paul Spera Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 19 minutes Release date: April 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The French Revolution : Attempts at Reform, The States-General, The New Constitution, The Republic, The Reign of Terror, The Directory, The Consulate .Charlotte Mary Yonge was an English novelist and historian. Yonge's work was widely read and respected in the nineteenth century, and admired by many great writers like Lewis Carroll or George Eliot. She attached a lot of importance to the education of girls, and her work reflected the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism; she wrote many historical novels, for which she studied history in great detail. This audiobook, read by Paul Spera, is her retelling of the essential episodes that made France. Each historical event is replaced into context and presented in clear and easy-to-read snippets, so that younger and older readers can deepen their understanding of how modern France came to be and broaden their culture. This historical essays deals with France's earlier kings, the hundred years' war, the struggle with Burgundy, the Italian wars, the wars of religion, absolute monarchy, and the French Revolution. - -

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/341432 to listen full audiobooks. Title: History of France - The Hundred Years' War Author: Charlotte Mary Yonge Narrator: Paul Spera Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 27 minutes Release date: April 1, 2022 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: This chapter of France's history is about The Hundred Years' War : the Wars of Edward III, the battles of Creçy and Poitiers, The Jacquerie, The Peace of Bretigny, the Renewal of the War, the House of Burgundy, the Insanity of Charles VI, the Burgundians and Armagnacs, the Invasion of Henry V, the Treaty of Troyes, The Maid of Orleans, the Recovery of France (1434—1450), the Conquest of Aquitaine (1450), The Standing Army (1452). Charlotte Mary Yonge was an English novelist and historian. Yonge's work was widely read and respected in the nineteenth century, and admired by many great writers like Lewis Carroll or George Eliot. She attached a lot of importance to the education of girls, and her work reflected the values and concerns of Anglo-Catholicism; she wrote many historical novels, for which she studied history in great detail. This audiobook, read by Paul Spera, is her retelling of the essential episodes that made France. Each historical event is replaced into context and presented in clear and easy-to-read snippets, so that younger and older readers can deepen their understanding of how modern France came to be and broaden their culture. This historical essays deals with France's earlier kings, the hundred years' war, the struggle with Burgundy, the Italian wars, the wars of religion, absolute monarchy, and the French Revolution. - -

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/344882 to listen full audiobooks. Title: A Short History of Europe: From Pericles to Putin Author: Simon Jenkins Narrator: Simon Jenkins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 15 minutes Release date: November 8, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Penguin presents the audiobook edition of A Short History of Europe written and read by Simon Jenkins. Europe is an astonishingly successful place. In this dazzling new history, bestselling author Simon Jenkins grippingly tells the story of its evolution from warring peoples to peace, wealth and freedom - a story that twists and turns from Greece and Rome, through the Dark Ages, the Reformation and the French Revolution, to the Second World War and up to the present day. Jenkins takes in leaders from Julius Caesar and Joan of Arc, to Wellington and Angela Merkel, as well as cultural figures from Aristotle to Shakespeare and Picasso. He brings together the transformative forces and dominant eras into one chronological tale - all with his usual insight, colour and authority. Despite the importance of Europe's politics, economy and culture, there has not been - until now - a concise book to tell this story. Covering the key events, themes and individuals, Jenkins' portrait of the continent could not be more timely - or masterful.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343274 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The King and the Catholics: England, Ireland, and the Fight for Religious Freedom, 1780-1829 Author: Antonia Fraser Narrator: Steven Crossley Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 11 hours 30 minutes Release date: September 25, 2018 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: In the eighteenth century, the Catholics of England lacked many basic freedoms under the law: they could not serve in political office, buy or inherit land, or be married by the rites of their own religion. So virulent was the sentiment against Catholics that, in 1780, violent riots erupted in London—incited by the anti-Papist Lord George Gordon—in response to the Act for Relief that had been passed to loosen some of these restrictions. The Gordon Riots marked a crucial turning point in the fight for Catholic emancipation. Over the next fifty years, factions battled to reform the laws of the land. Kings George III and George IV refused to address the “Catholic Question,” even when pressed by their prime ministers. But in 1829, through the dogged work of charismatic Irish lawyer Daniel O’Connell and the support of the great Duke of Wellington, the watershed Roman Catholic Relief Act finally passed, opening the door to the radical transformation of the Victorian age. Gripping, spirited, and incisive, The King and the Catholics is character-driven narrative history at its best, reflecting the dire consequences of state-sanctioned oppression—and showing how sustained political action can triumph over injustice.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/343240 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Last Palace: Europe's Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House Author: Norman Eisen Narrator: Jeff Goldblum Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 37 minutes Release date: September 4, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.25 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4.5 of Total 2 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A sweeping yet intimate narrative about the last hundred years of turbulent European history, as seen through one of Mitteleuropa’s greatest houses—and the lives of its occupants   When Norman Eisen moved into the US ambassador’s residence in Prague, returning to the land his mother had fled after the Holocaust, he was startled to discover swastikas hidden beneath the furniture in his new home. These symbols of Nazi Germany were remnants of the residence’s forgotten history, and evidence that we never live far from the past.   From that discovery unspooled the twisting, captivating tale of four of the remarkable people who had called this palace home. Their story is Europe’s, and The Last Palace chronicles the upheavals that transformed the continent over the past century. There was the optimistic Jewish financial baron, Otto Petschek, who built the palace after World War I as a statement of his faith in democracy, only to have that faith shattered; Rudolf Toussaint, the cultured, compromised German general who occupied the palace during World War II, ultimately putting his life at risk to save the house and Prague itself from destruction; Laurence Steinhardt, the first postwar US ambassador whose quixotic struggle to keep the palace out of Communist hands was paired with his pitched efforts to rescue the country from Soviet domination; and Shirley Temple Black, an eyewitness to the crushing of the 1968 Prague Spring by Soviet tanks, who determined to return to Prague and help end totalitarianism—and did just that as US ambassador in 1989.   Weaving in the life of Eisen’s own mother to demonstrate how those without power and privilege moved through history, The Last Palace tells the dramatic and surprisingly cyclical tale of the triumph of liberal democracy.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347672 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Scots and Catalans: Union and Disunion Author: J.H. Elliott Narrator: Julian Elfer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 49 minutes Release date: August 28, 2018 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: A distinguished historian of Spain and Europe provides an enlightening account of the development of nationalist and separatist movements in contemporary Catalonia and Scotland. This first sustained comparative study uncovers the similarities and the contrasts between the Scottish and Catalan experiences across a five-hundred-year period, beginning with the royal marriages that brought about union with their more powerful neighbors, England and Castile respectively, and following the story through the centuries from the end of the Middle Ages until today's dramatic events. J. H. Elliott examines the political, economic, social, cultural, and emotional factors that divide Scots and Catalans from the larger nations to which their fortunes were joined. He offers new insights into the highly topical subject of the character and development of European nationalism, the nature of separatism, and the sense of grievance underlying the secessionist aspirations that led to the Scottish referendum of 2014, the illegal Catalan referendum of October 2017, and the resulting proclamation of an independent Catalan republic.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347719 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens Author: Roland Hui Narrator: Jennifer M. Dixon Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 22 hours 9 minutes Release date: August 21, 2018 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Ten remarkable women. One remarkable era. In the Tudor period, 1485–1603, a host of fascinating women sat on the English throne. The dramatic events of their lives are told in The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens. The Turbulent Crown begins with the story of Elizabeth of York, who survived conspiracy, and dishonor to become the first Tudor Queen, bringing peace and order to England after years of civil war. From there, the listener is taken through the parade of Henry VIII's six wives—two of whom, Anne Boleyn and Katheryn Howard, would lose their heads against a backdrop of intrigue and scandal. The Turbulent Crown continues with the tragedy of Lady Jane Grey, the teenager who ruled for nine days until overthrown by her cousin Mary Tudor. But Mary's reign, which began in triumph, ended in disaster, leading to the emergence of her sister, Elizabeth I, as the greatest of her family and of England's monarchs.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/337175 to listen full audiobooks. Title: [French] - L'Histoire de France Vivante - Louis XIII Author: Frédéric Nort Narrator: Daniel Bénédite, Martine Fourcaud, Jacques Degor, Joelle Janin, Arlette Bach, Yves Vincent, Michel Bouquet Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 0 hours 37 minutes Release date: January 1, 2017 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: Le roi Louis XIII et Richelieu. Cette collection "L'Histoire de France vivante" nous faire revivre les grandes heures de l'histoire de France. Pour chaque époque, l'illustration sonore est faite avec des musiques de la période concernée. Les grands moments de chaque période sont reconstitués à la façon d'une pièce de théâtre, avec plusieurs comédiens et comédiennes qui interprètent les personnages historiques. Ces tableaux saisissants vous permettent de mieux vous représenter, d'une manière très vivante, les moments clefs de notre histoire, racontés comme une pièce historique. Les faits relatés sont rigoureusement exacts, les dialogues sont imaginaires.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/325217 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Odyssey of the West IV: A Classic Education through the Great Books: Towards Enlightenment Author: Timothy B. Shutt Narrator: Timothy B. Shutt Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 0 minutes Release date: October 3, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The Odyssey of the West series addresses in chronological sequence the works that have shaped the ongoing development of Western thought both in its own right and in cultural dialogue with other traditions. Part four provides a close look at the period from the Renaissance to the Scientific Revolution and into the early Enlightenment. These lectures take in the immense variety and singular achievements that have helped mold our present societies.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334066 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Epochs European Civilization: Reformation to the Twenty-First Century Author: Geoffrey Hosking Narrator: Henry Strozier Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 57 minutes Release date: October 3, 2008 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: The period stretching from the Reformation to the twenty-first century proved a time of radical change for Europe-and with the continent's far-reaching influence, for the entire world as well. This course provides a greater understanding of the role played by such influential figures as Luther, Calvin, Napoleon, and Stalin, among others. Further, the importance of this epoch in European history is expounded upon in an analysis that will shed new light on the present and the future of global politics.

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/320041 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Monarchy: England and her Rulers from the Tudors to the Windsors Author: David Starkey Narrator: Jim Norton Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: September 17, 2007 Genres: Europe Publisher's Summary: David Starkey's ‘Monarchy’ charts the rise of the British monarchy from the War of the Roses, the English Civil War and the Georgians, right up until the present day monarchs of the 20th Century. With both authority and verve, David Starkey unmasks the personalities and achievements, the defeats and victories, that lie behind the monarchs that form the backbone of British history. This magisterial study begins with the Tudors – five monarchs who ruled over England and Ireland until the reformation of the 1530s – and continues with the Stuarts who followed them. It includes Oliver Cromwell, a non monarch, who ruled as Lord Protector, a 'king in all but name', and the Georgians, a dynasty that began with the accession of George I and ended with the death of George IV. Queen Victoria, the longest reigning monarch in British history, and, finally, our present day Queen, Elizabeth II, who today reigns over sixteen independent nations make up the book’s latter stages. More important than this, ‘Monarchy’ encompasses the greatest and most notorious events in our history. From the War of the Roses to the infamous Gunpowder Plot, the bloody battles of the English Civil War to the madness of King George III, the Napoleonic Era to the heyday of Empire under Victoria, and finally to our present day Queen Elizabeth II,‘Monarchy’ offers a radical reappraisal of English nationhood, culture and politics, shown through the most central institution in English life. With characteristic insight and perceptiveness, Starkey gives new life to these figures, producing an entertaining picture of the building blocks upon which the England of today is built on.