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Eric Frattini (Author), Arturo Lopez, Arturo López (Narrator)

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Les Français ? Ils sont plus de quarante millions en juin quarante lorsque les Allemands occupent la France. Et ce livre raconte leur vie quotidienne. Au moment d'entamer le longues recherches, Henri Amouroux s'est aperçu, lorsqu'il évoquait les années d'Occupation, que ceux-là mêmes qui doutaient de l'opportunité d'un tel travail étaient très vite emportés par leurs souvenirs et qu'ils multipliaient alors les anecdotes. L'entreprise valait donc d'être tentée. Ce que les historiens ont fait pour les humbles contemporains de Jules César, de Louis XIV ou de Napoléon, pour ce peuple anonyme dont l'histoire, tout attachée aux rois et généraux, oublie souvent l'existence, Henri Amouroux l'a réalisé pour les acteurs encore vivants de l'une des périodes les plus dramatiques qui puisse s'imaginer. En effet, la tentation était grande de se faire l'historien de ces millions d'anonymes. Pourquoi ne pas raconter non seulement les aventures sanglantes des Français sur les routes de l'exode, mais aussi leurs difficultés à se procurer leur pain quotidien, leurs ruses, leurs expéditions et leurs batailles dans les campagnes nourricières ? Pourquoi ne pas dire les ersatz, le faux tabac, le faux savon, les faux témoins, les divertissements d'une époque qui n'a pas été 'noire' pour tout le monde, mais aussi les souffrances des femmes de prisonniers de guerre, le martyre de tous ceux que la Gestapo traquait et attaquait ? Pourquoi ne pas évoquer les nuits d'alerte, les lendemains de bombardements, le climat de ces villes dont les rafles, le couvre-feu dépeuplent les rues, l'écoute de la radio anglaise dans l'odeur des rutabagas, la vie des maquisards pour qui le combat n'est qu'une brève lumière dans la suite des jours ternes et dangereux ?

Henri Amouroux (Author), Emmanuelle Lemée (Narrator)

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La vuelta a Europa en avión (Around Europe by Plane): Un pequeño burgués en la Rusia Roja (A Petty B

En agosto de 1928, Manuel Chaves se embarca en un viaje en avión por Europa con la finalidad de escribir una serie de reportajes para el periódico del que es redactor jefe, Heraldo de Madrid. De Madrid a Bakú, pasando por Berlín y Leningrado: del Mediterráneo al Caspio. Chaves fue pionero en utilizar los adelantos técnicos de la época, como el avión, para ofrecer a sus lectores testimonios de primera mano sobre la situación política y social de algunos de los principales países europeos. En 1929, Chaves ampliaría el material publicado en Heraldo, restauraría las partes que habían sido censuradas y lo publicaría en forma de libro con el título de La vuelta a Europa en avión. Un pequeño burgués en la Rusia roja. El subtítulo estaba plenamente justificado: más de la mitad del volumen está dedicado a su periplo ruso, que había aprovechado para familiarizarse con las condiciones de vida del pueblo ruso bajo el régimen bolchevique y para entrevistarse con personajes como Ramón Casanellas, el asesino de Eduardo Dato. Las páginas de este libro tienen ya la brillantez de quien se convertiría en el más destacado periodista español del siglo XX.

Manuel Chaves Nogales (Author), Mar Abad (Narrator)

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Ladies-in-Waiting: Women Who Served Anne Boleyn

The aspects of Anne Boleyn's life and death are fiercely debated by historians, yet her ladies-in-waiting remain an understudied topic. Much emphasis is usually put on Anne's relationships with the men in her life: her suitors, her royal husband, her father and brother, and her putative lovers who were executed on May 17, 1536. By concentrating on a previously neglected area of Anne Boleyn's female household, this book seeks to identify the women who served Anne and investigate what roles ladies-in-waiting played in this Queen's household.

Sylvia Barbara Soberton (Author), Naomi Madelin (Narrator)

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Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration and setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award–winning PBS show, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants: Lady Almina, the fifth Countess of Carnarvon. Drawing on a rich store of materials from the archives of Highclere Castle, including diaries, letters, and photographs, the current Lady Carnarvon has written a transporting story of this fabled home on the brink of war. Much like her Masterpiece Classic counterpart Lady Cora Crawley, Lady Almina was the daughter of a wealthy industrialist, Alfred de Rothschild, who married his daughter off at a young age, her dowry serving as the crucial link in the effort to preserve the Earl of Carnarvon's ancestral home. Throwing open the doors of Highclere Castle to tend to the wounded of World War I, Lady Almina distinguished herself as a brave and remarkable woman. This rich tale contrasts the splendor of Edwardian life in a great house against the backdrop of the First World War and offers an inspiring and revealing picture of the woman at the center of the history of Highclere Castle.

The Countess of Carnarvon (Author), Wanda McCaddon (Narrator)

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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey

Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey, a transporting companion piece to the New York Times bestseller Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey, tells the story of Catherine Wendell, the beautiful and spirited American woman who married Lady Almina’s son, the man who would become the 6th Earl of Carnarvon. The couple presided over Highclere Castle, the grand estate that serves as the setting for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey. Following the First World War, many of the great houses of England faded as their owners fortunes declined in the new political and social world of the 1920s and 1930s. As war loomed, Highclere’s survival as the family home of the Carnarvons was again in the balance—as was peace between the nations of Europe. Using copious materials—including diaries and scrapbooks—from the castle’s archives, the current Countess of Carnarvon brings alive a very modern story in a beautiful and fabled setting, paying particular attention to the staff who provide Highclere Castle with continuity between generations.

The Countess of Carnarvon (Author), Wanda McCaddon (Narrator)

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Lancaster and York

A riveting account of the Wars of the Roses, from the beloved and bestselling historian Alison Weir The war between the houses of Lancaster and York was characterised by treachery, deceit and bloody battles. Alison Weir's lucid and gripping account focuses on the human side of history. At the centre of the book stands Henry VI, the pious king whose mental instability led to political chaos, and his wife Margaret of Anjou, who took up her arms in her husband's cause and battled in a violent man's world.

Alison Weir (Author), Maggie Mash (Narrator)

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Landing on the Edge of Eternity: Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach

When Company A of the U.S. 116th Regiment landed on Omaha Beach in D-Day's first wave on 6th June 1944, it lost 96% of its effective strength. Sixteen teams of U.S. engineers arriving in the second wave were unable to blow the beach obstacles, as first wave survivors were still sheltering behind them. This was the beginning of the historic day that Landing on the Edge of Eternity narrates hour by hour. Mustered on their troop transport decks at 2 a.m., the American infantry departed in landing craft at 5 a.m. Skimming across high waves, deafened by immense broadsides from supporting battleships and weak from seasickness, they caught sight of land at 6:15. Eleven minutes later, the assault was floundering under intense German fire. Two and a half hours in, General Bradley, commanding the landings aboard USS Augusta, had to decide if to proceed or evacuate. On June 6th there were well over 2,400 casualties on Omaha Beach-easily D-Day's highest death toll. The Wehrmacht thought they had bludgeoned the Americans into bloody submission, yet by mid-afternoon, the American troops were ashore. Why were the casualties so grim, and how could the Germans have failed? Juxtaposing the American experience, Robert Kershaw draws on eyewitness accounts, memories, letters, and post-combat reports to expose the true horrors of Omaha Beach.

Robert Kershaw (Author), Roger Clark (Narrator)

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Landru, the Bluebeard of France

William Le Queux (1864 - 1927) was an Anglo-French journalist and writer, diplomat, traveller, flying buff and wireless pioneer who broadcast music from his own station long before radio was generally available. He was phenomenally successful as a novelist and short story writer, and many of his tales are based on his own exploits, albeit vastly exaggerated. He is widely recongnized as one of the first creators of the spy story genre, in which his diplomatic background, familiarity with European high society and his interest in technology combined to create a rich tapestry for his intrigues. The true crime story of Henri Désiré Landru, master of murder and the art of making love, captivated the whole of Europe for almost two years. Landru is known to have murdered at least a dozen women for their savings and their furniture. Moreover, the uncanny fascination which he held for his victims from the moment he fixed them with his strangely compelling eyes, has never been properly explained.

William Le Queux (Author), Cathy Dobson (Narrator)

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Landsknechts, The: The History and Legacy of the German Mercenaries Who Fought for the Holy Roman Em

Artillery and handgonnes had been known since the early 14th century but only became effective near the end of the 15th century, when they were the final factor in the infantry revolution and began to change warfare forever. By the middle of the 15th century, artillery was knocking down castle walls that had stood for generations. Infantry also proved their worth with powerful longbows and tight formations of polearms upsetting the long dominance of mounted, heavily armored knights, and handheld firearms threatened to make armor obsolete. New types of warriors were developed, and new tactics had to take the emerging era of black powder weapons into account, ushering in a time of great change in military strategy, tactics, and technology. The Middle Ages witnessed almost constant warfare in Europe, so mercenaries were a constant on the battlefield, but the 15th century also saw the rise of mercenary usage by the increasingly wealthy aristocracy. One of the finest groups of mercenaries were the Landsknechts from central and northern Europe. The term means “servant of the country,” and they mostly served the Holy Roman Empire, first under Emperor Maximilian I (r. 1508-1519) and then under his successors. The Landsknechts (German: Landsknechte) were masters of the battlefield, adept at pike, sword, and dead shots with the crude matchlocks of the day. The only mercenaries rivaling them were the famous Swiss, who they hated and often fought bitterly. The Landsknechts were as famous for their flamboyant costumes as much as their prowess on the battlefield, and they became symbols of rebellion and freedom in early modern Europe, even as they fought in service of Europe’s largest empire.

Charles River Editors (Author), Stephen Platt (Narrator)

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Las Cruzadas: Una guía fascinante de las expediciones militares durante la Edad Media que partieron

Si usted quiere descubrir la fascinante historia de las Cruzadas, entonces siga leyendo... Se podría decir que los reyes y nobles europeos de la Edad Media estaban locos por las cruzadas. La enorme cantidad de combatientes que periódicamente zarpaban hacia el Cercano Oriente para luchar contra los musulmanes son una prueba de la popularidad generalizada del aventurerismo en el extranjero en ese momento. La idea de una cruzada, en la que grandes ejércitos procedentes de varias regiones de Europa se reunían con el fin de luchar contra los musulmanes turcos y árabes, quedó tan arraigada que se amplió para incluir a las cruzadas contra las sectas cristianas europeas heréticas. En Las Cruzadas: Una fascinante guía de las expediciones militares durante la Edad Media que partieron de Europa con el objetivo de liberar Jerusalén y ayudar al cristianismo en Tierra Santa, descubrirá temas como: - La Primera Cruzada (1095-1099) - El Papa llama a los fieles a las armas - Los Ejércitos de la Primera Cruzada se Enfrentan al Enemigo - Las Secuelas de la Primera Cruzada - La Segunda Cruzada (1147-1149) Los comienzos del Reino de Jerusalén - La Tercera Cruzada (1189-1192) - La Cruzada del Rey - La Cuarta Cruzada (1202-1204) - El Imperio Latino de Constantinopla y la Cruzada de los Niños - La Quinta Cruzada (1217-1221) - La Sexta Cruzada (1228) - El Santo Emperador Romano Federico II Toma la Cruz - La Séptima Cruzada (1248-1254) - La Octava Cruzada (1270) - ¡Y mucho, mucho más! ¡Obtenga este libro ahora para aprender más sobre las cruzadas!

Captivating History (Author), Javier Lopez Ortega (Narrator)

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Las Guerras Napoleónicas

Una mirada a las fascinantes guerras de la Era Napoleónica.La Revolución Francesa de finales de la década de 1790, fue uno de los acontecimientos críticos en la historia de Europa. Fue el momento decisivo, un derrumbe histórico que introdujo al mundo en una época nueva y completamente diferente. Desgraciadamente, todos estos cambios tuvieron serias consecuencias. A raíz de la Revolución, una serie de conflictos a gran escala se produjeron, conocidos de manera general como las Guerras Napoleónicas. Su magnitud, fiereza y la pérdida de vidas provocadas, no tenían precedentes en ese momento y demostraron al mundo observador que el cambio de una historia milenaria puede ser brutal, vicioso y tumultuoso. PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

Aleksa Vuckovic, History Nerds (Author), Antonio Alfonso Hernández (Narrator)

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