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Ravenna
- Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
- By: Judith Herrin
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
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In this engrossing account, Judith Herrin explains how scholars, lawyers, doctors, craftsmen, cosmologists and religious luminaries were drawn to Ravenna where they created a cultural and political capital that dominated northern Italy and the Adriatic. As she traces the lives of Ravenna's rulers, chroniclers and inhabitants, Herrin shows how the city became the meeting place of Greek, Latin, Christian and barbarian cultures and the pivot between East and West.
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Superb overview of Ravenna as the cradle of early Christianity in the West
- By Aurifex on 26-12-20
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Ravenna
- Capital of Empire, Crucible of Europe
- Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
- Length: 19 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 27-08-20
- Language: English
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- Son of the Century
- By: Antonio Scurati, Anne Milano Appel - translator
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
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Italy is exhausted. Tired of the political class. Tired of the inept moderates and the agonising machinations of a democracy that no longer seems to be working. While the leaders of the country have sat idly in the safety of parliament, achieving nothing, one man on the outside has risen to the top. Like an animal, he can smell that change is coming. He is Benito Mussolini.
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The rise of Mussolini's fascists
- By Mr. P. G. Harris on 01-05-22
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- Son of the Century
- Narrated by: Jonathan Oliver
- Length: 27 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 29-04-21
- Language: English
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Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
- By: Matthew Kneale
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
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No city on earth has preserved its past as has Rome. Visitors stand on bridges that were crossed by Julius Caesar and Cicero, walk around temples visited by Roman emperors, and step into churches that have hardly changed since popes celebrated mass in them 16 centuries ago. These architectural survivals are all the more remarkable considering the violent disasters that have struck the city. Afflicted by earthquakes, floods, fires and plagues, it has most of all been repeatedly ravaged by roving armies.
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Great story, well told - shame about the Italian!
- By Anonymous User on 07-07-18
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Rome: A History in Seven Sackings
- Narrated by: Neil Gardner
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 28-11-17
- Language: English
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Blood and Power
- The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism
- By: John Foot
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
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In the aftermath of the First World War, the seeds of fascism were sown in Italy. While the country reeled in shock, a new movement emerged from the chaos: one that preached hatred for politicians and love for the fatherland; one that promised to build a ‘New Roman Empire’, and make Italy a great power again.
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Fantastic coverage of the fascist period of Italy
- By Amazon Customer on 10-05-23
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Blood and Power
- The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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Mafia Republic
- Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present
- By: John Dickie
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
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In 1946, Italy became a democratic Republic, thereby entering the family of modern Western nations. But deep within Italy there lurked a forgotten curse: three major criminal brotherhoods, whose methods had been honed over a century of experience. As Italy grew, so did the mafias. Sicily's Cosa Nostra, the camorra from Naples, and the mysterious 'ndrangheta from Calabria stood ready to enter the wealthiest and bloodiest period of their long history. Italy made itself rich by making scooters, cars and handbags.
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Excellent.
- By Mr A J Monteyne on 11-07-21
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Mafia Republic
- Italy's Criminal Curse. Cosa Nostra, 'Ndrangheta and Camorra from 1946 to the Present
- Narrated by: Tom Lawrence
- Length: 18 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 14-05-20
- Language: English
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Gladius
- Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army
- By: Guy de la Bédoyère
- Narrated by: Piers Hampton
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced. The Roman Empire depended on soldiers not just to win its wars, defend its frontiers and control the seas but also to act as the engine of the state. Roman legionaries and auxiliaries came from across the Roman world and beyond. They served as tax collectors, policemen, surveyors, as civil engineers and, if they survived, in retirement, as civic worthies, craftsmen and politicians. Some even rose to become emperors.
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A good book ruined by incorrect pronunciation
- By richard rochester on 10-01-21
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Gladius
- Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army
- Narrated by: Piers Hampton
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- By: Dennis Romano
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
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No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.” During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Venice was celebrated as a model republic in an age of monarchs. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it became famous for its freewheeling lifestyle characterized by courtesans, casinos, and Carnival.
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 27-02-24
- Language: English
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Blood and Soil
- The Memoir of a Third Reich Brandenburger
- By: Sepp de Giampietro, Lawrence Paterson - foreword, Eva Burke - translator
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
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The Brandenburgers were Hitler's Special Forces, a band of mainly foreign German nationals who used disguise and fluency in other languages to complete daring missions into enemy territory. Overshadowed by stories of their Allied equivalents, their history has largely been ignored. First published in 1984, de Giampietro's highly-personal and eloquent memoir is a vivid account of his experiences. In astonishing detail, he delves into the reality of life in the unit from everyday concerns and politics to training and involvement in Brandenburg missions.
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As far as ww2 memoirs go this was so so.
- By Fox 3 Simulations on 24-01-24
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Blood and Soil
- The Memoir of a Third Reich Brandenburger
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 14 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 23-03-21
- Language: English
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Sicily
- By: John Julius Norwich
- Narrated by: Paul Duncan, Michael Healy
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
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The stepping stone between Europe and Africa, the gateway between the East and the West, at once a stronghold, clearinghouse and observation post, Sicily has been invaded and fought over by Phoenicians and Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans, Goths and Byzantines, Arabs and Normans, Germans, Spaniards and the French for thousands of years. It has belonged to them all - and yet has properly been part of none.
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Very Disappointed
- By Kindle Customer on 25-08-18
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Sicily
- Narrated by: Paul Duncan, Michael Healy
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 12-04-18
- Language: English
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The Lost Boys
- A Family Ripped Apart by War
- By: Catherine Bailey
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
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Berlin, September 1944. Ulrich von Hassell, former ambassador to Italy and a key member of the German Resistance, is executed for his part in an assassination plot against Hitler. In response to the attack, Himmler, leader of the SS, orders the arrest of all the families of the plotters. In a remote castle in Italy, von Hassell's beloved daughter, Fey, is discovered just when she thought she had escaped the Nazi net. She is arrested, and her two sons, ages three and two, are seized by the SS.
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Too heavy going for me
- By Craig on 30-09-19
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The Lost Boys
- A Family Ripped Apart by War
- Narrated by: Laura Kirman
- Length: 15 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 01-08-19
- Language: English
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Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac
- A New History of Rome's Imperial Women
- By: Joan Smith
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
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Writer, activist and journalist Joan Smith has worked for years to raise awareness of violence against women and girls, and has been instrumental in bringing the innate misogyny of the police to public attention. Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac reinterprets the bloody, violent story of twenty-three women closely associated with the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome. Fewer than half a dozen of them can be said with any confidence to have died of natural causes.
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Absolutely fantastic
- By A. Oaks on 14-11-24
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Unfortunately, She Was a Nymphomaniac
- A New History of Rome's Imperial Women
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 07-11-24
- Language: English
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Ortona
- Canada's Epic World War II Battle
- By: Mark Zuehlke
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
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In one furious week of fighting in December 1943, the First Canadian Infantry Division took Ortona, Italy, from elite German paratroopers ordered to hold the medieval port at all costs. When the battle was over, the Canadians emerged victorious despite heavy losses.
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Gripping
- By Paul Macro on 26-09-22
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Ortona
- Canada's Epic World War II Battle
- Narrated by: William Dufris
- Length: 14 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 06-01-12
- Language: English
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The Book of the Courtier
- By: Baldassare Castiglione
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
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Set in the court of Urbino in 1507, Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier presents an invaluable look at court life and culture during the Renaissance. Over four nights of dialogue, the book explores the key question, ‘What should a courtier be like?’ and presents a deep and timeless discussion that is reminiscent of Plato’s Symposium and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics and invites comparisons with Machiavelli’s The Prince.
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The Book of the Courtier
- Narrated by: Nicholas Boulton
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-04-18
- Language: English
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The Roman Emperors
- Hadrian, Constantine the Great, Commodus, Caracalla, Etc.
- By: Coby Evans
- Narrated by: Adam Forsyth
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
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This guide will guide you to the right knowledge about all the historical details you need to know about Nero, Caligula, Hadrian, Commodus, Constantine the Great, Caracalla, Marcus Aurelius, Julius Caesar, Augustus, and others. Some were pure evil, abusive, and sheer dictators with their own self-interest that was their only focus. Others had the best intentions for the empire. These emperors left their mark on the people, the history of the entire empire, and the cultural influence the Romans had on us.
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poor pronunciation
- By A P Clarkson on 17-07-24
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The Roman Emperors
- Hadrian, Constantine the Great, Commodus, Caracalla, Etc.
- Narrated by: Adam Forsyth
- Length: 3 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 08-01-20
- Language: English
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Out of Italy
- Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise
- By: Fernand Braudel, Siân Reynolds - translator
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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In the fifteenth century, even before the city states of the Apennine Peninsula began to coalesce into what would become, several centuries later, a nation, "Italy" exerted enormous influence over all of Europe and throughout the Mediterranean. Viewing the Italy (the many Italies?) of that time through the lens of today allows us to gather a fragmented, multi-faceted, and seemingly contradictory history into a single unifying narrative that speaks to our current reality as much as it does to a specific historical period. This is what the French historian Fernand Braudel achieves here.
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Why is this the only Braudel on Audible?
- By JCM on 13-10-24
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Out of Italy
- Two Centuries of World Domination and Demise
- Narrated by: Paul Brion
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 07-06-22
- Language: English
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The Darkening Age
- The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
- By: Catherine Nixey
- Narrated by: Lalla Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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In The Darkening Age, Catherine Nixey tells the little-known - and deeply shocking - story of how a militant religion deliberately tried to extinguish the teachings of the Classical world, ushering in unquestioning adherence to the 'one true faith'. The Roman Empire had been generous in embracing and absorbing new creeds. But with the coming of Christianity, everything changed. This new faith, despite preaching peace, was violent, ruthless and intolerant. And once it became the religion of empire, its zealous adherents set about the destruction of the old gods.
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An absolute MUST READ
- By Chris Welch on 08-08-19
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The Darkening Age
- The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
- Narrated by: Lalla Ward
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 14-06-18
- Language: English
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The Borgias
- By: Christopher Hibbert
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
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The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. Notorious for seizing power, wealth, land and titles through bribery, marriage and murder, the dynasty’s dramatic rise from its Spanish roots to its occupation of the highest position in Renaissance society forms a gripping tale. Erudite, witty and always insightful, Hibbert removes the layers of myth around the Borgia family and creates a portrait alive with a superb sense of character and place.
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Great read. Great narration.
- By GalePettifer on 17-05-12
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The Borgias
- Narrated by: John Telfer
- Length: 9 hrs and 22 mins
- Release date: 08-02-12
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Italy
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
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Discover the prodigious global influence of il bel paese in this star-studded retelling of Italy's past-from a foremost author of historic Italy. The Shortest History books deliver thousands of years of history in one riveting, fast-paced book.
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Well summarised recent history
- By Raim Dragonetti on 07-07-24
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The Shortest History of Italy
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 26-04-24
- Language: English
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Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History
- By: Sandra Benjamin
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
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Tourists, armchair travelers, and historians will all delight in this fluid narrative that can be read straight through, dipped into over time, or used as a reference guide to each period in Sicily's fascinating tale. Emigration of people from Sicily often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to the island through the centuries. Maps, biographical notes, suggestions for further reading, a glossary, pronunciation keys, and much more make this unique audiobook as essential as it is enjoyable.
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the robots are coming
- By donna D on 18-05-17
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Sicily: Three Thousand Years of Human History
- Narrated by: Fred Filbrich
- Length: 16 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 19-04-12
- Language: English
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House of Medici
- A Captivating Guide to the History of the Medici Family and Dynasty
- By: Captivating History
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
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Did you know that one obscure sheep-herding and wool-making family in the Italian region of Tuscany went from humble beginnings to becoming one of the richest and most influential families of all time? Meet the Medici family, who, in some ways, can be considered to be the godfathers of the Renaissance. They patronized Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Sandro Botticelli, among many other famous artists. They helped to recover many famous ancient Roman and Greek writings and built academies to encourage the spread of learning.
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Could have been really good
- By Kitty on 01-11-23
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House of Medici
- A Captivating Guide to the History of the Medici Family and Dynasty
- Narrated by: Jay Herbert
- Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 29-10-21
- Language: English
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