Here are more than 60 eyewitness accounts from history. Many are notable events: the Battle of Thermopylae, The Black Death in 1348, the Great Fire of London, the execution of Louis XVI, the death of Nelson, the American Civil War and the bombing of Hiroshima. But there are also snapshots of more ordinary life - no less memorable for all that - including working conditions during the Industrial Revolution, views of slave owners and slaves, Paul Gaugin choosing a bride on Tahiti and the arrest of Dr Crippen. It is a fascinating and absorbing collection, bringing the past alive as only direct memories like these can do.
Written By : W H Prescott
Narrated By : Kerry Shale
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 4 hours 50 minutes
Categories : Pre 1900 World
Price : $18.75
William Hickling Prescott's monumental History of the Conquest of Mexico is a classic work. More info...
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Written By : Martin Dugard
Narrated By : Simon Jones
Published By : Hachette Audio
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Adventurers & Explorers Historical World Pre 1900 Biographical
Price : $29.98 $20.99
The epic, never-before-told story of Columbus’s final, and perhaps greatest journey. More info...
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Written By : Nelson Mandela
Narrated By : Danny Glover
Published By : Hachette Audio
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : Autobiography Royalty and Heads of State Politics Biographical World
Price : $31.98 $22.49
A moving and exhilarating autobiography of one of the great moral and political leaders of our time. More info...
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Written By : Stephen E. Ambrose
Narrated By : Cotter Smith
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 5 hours
Categories : American World 20th Century Military
Price : $32.00 $15.95
Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to D-Day and victory, Ambrose tells the story of... More info...
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Written By : Professor John T. Sanders
Narrated By : Edwin Newman
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Biographical World Ancient Pre 1900 20th Century
Price : $12.95
In 1905, Albert Einstein published his Special Theory of Relativity, followed by the General Theory of Relativity in 1916. He firmly established (1) the idea that all judgement about motion is a ma... More info...
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