Audiobooks by Paul Lay

[Swedish] - Spioner i historien: Från antiken till vita duken

"Vårt intresse för spioner, både verkliga och fiktiva, verkar outtömligt. Men var och när började spioneriets historia och hur har spionagearbetet utvecklats genom århundradena? Spioner i historien är en samling porträtt av några av de mest berömda spionerna, men innehåller även några mindre kända och mer överraskande namn. I den här boken undersöker historiker, forskare och författare underrättelseverksamhet och spionage genom historien – från antiken till det kalla kriget och vidare till Putins, Trumps och Xi Jinpings tidsålder – för att avslöja spioneriets hemligheter och myterna som omger det."

Alastair Benn, Alec Marsh, Clare Mulley, D.J. Taylor, Helen Fry, Henrik Berggren, Jack Dickens, James Snell, Jonathan Sumption, Martin Neuding Skoog, Matthew Hefler, Oliver Soden, Owen Matthews, Paul Lay, Rikard Westerberg, Ronan Mainprize, Rose Mary Sheldon, Stephen Alford (Author), Per Runhammar (Narrator)

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Spies in History: From the Ancient World to the Silver Screen

"The public appetite for spies, both real and fictional, seems inexhaustible. But where and when did spying begin and how has the art and craft of espionage developed over the centuries? Spies in History is a collection of portraits of some of the most famous spies we know, but it also includes some lesser known and more surprising names. A remarkable line-up of distinguished historians, scholars and writers examine the evolution of intelligence and counter-intelligence – from ancient times to the Cold War and the age of Putin, Trump and Xi Jinping – to reveal the truth about espionage and the myths that surround it."

Alastair Benn, Alec Marsh, Clare Mulley, D.J. Taylor, Helen Fry, Henrik Berggren, Jack Dickens, James Snell, Jonathan Sumption, Martin Neuding Skoog, Matthew Hefler, Oliver Soden, Owen Matthews, Paul Lay, Rikard Westerberg, Ronan Mainprize, Rose Mary Sheldon, Stephen Alford (Author), Alister Austin (Narrator)

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Providence Lost: The Rise and Fall of Cromwell's Protectorate

"'A compelling and wry narrative of one of the most intellectually thrilling eras of British history' The Guardian England, 1651. Oliver Cromwell has defeated his royalist opponents in two civil wars, executed the Stuart king Charles I, laid waste to Ireland, and crushed the late king's son and his Scottish allies. He is master of Britain and Ireland. But Parliament, divided between moderates, republicans and Puritans of uncompromisingly millenarian hue, is faction-ridden and disputatious. By the end of 1653, Cromwell has become 'Lord Protector'. Seeking dragons for an elect Protestant nation to slay, he launches an ambitious 'Western Design' against Spain's empire in the New World. When an amphibious assault on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in 1655 proves a disaster, a shaken Cromwell is convinced that God is punishing England for its sinfulness. But the imposition of the rule of the Major-Generals – bureaucrats with a penchant for closing alehouses – backfires spectacularly. Sectarianism and fundamentalism run riot. Radicals and royalists join together in conspiracy. The only way out seems to be a return to a Parliament presided over by a king. But will Cromwell accept the crown? Paul Lay narrates in entertaining but always rigorous fashion the story of England's first and only experiment with republican government: he brings the febrile world of Oliver Cromwell's Protectorate to life, providing vivid portraits of the extraordinary individuals who inhabited it and capturing its dissonant cacophony of political and religious voices."

Paul Lay (Author), Gordon Griffin (Narrator)

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