This Sceptred Isle
The story of Britain from the arrival of Julius Caesar in 55BC to the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, specially written for BBC Radio 4 by Christopher Lee, narrated by Anna Massey and featuring extracts from Sir Winston Churchill's A History of the English-speaking Peoples read by Paul Eddington.
2. The Making of the Nation - 1087-1327
William the Conqueror famously acquired for himself the throne of England but there were to be many struggles before truly national government would be established. Henry the Second, the first of the Plantagenets, did more than any of his predecessors to bring the country together but his reign was overshadowed by the dramatic and tragic murder of Thomas Becket. Eventually, he was succeeded by his sons - first Richard the Lionheart and then King John.
This was a period of Crusades, of civil wars and of wars between the English and the Scots led by William Wallace and Robert the Bruce; but it also witnessed the setting of some primitive foundations that would eventually form the basis of a modern state: Magna Carta and the calling of the first parliament by Simon de Montfort.
Various
Narrator : Full Cast Production
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 1 hour 50 minutes
Categories : Poetry British Military Knowledge & Learning
Price : $11.99
Here are the extraordinary writings of a generation who fought through a war of unprecedented destructive power, and who had to find new voices. View...
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Christopher Lee
Narrator : Anna Massey
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 3 hours 5 minutes
Categories : Non Fiction British 20th Century
Price : $22.25
Continuing the award-winning BBC radio 4 series of the story of Britain, from the start of the Twentieth Century to the present day View...
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Richard Benson
Narrator : Richard Benson
Published By : Orion Publishing Group
Length : 4 hours 15 minutes
Categories : Autobiography Biographical British 20th Century
Price : $14.25
A delight, superb. An engaging, tender and uplifting story of a family and its struggle to eke a living from the land... View...
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Elizabeth Jenkins
Narrator : Karen Archer
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Length : 3 hours 40 minutes
Categories : British Pre 1900 Biographical Classics Royalty and Heads of State
Price : $15.49
Elizabeth Jenkins, in her classic biography, reveals the woman behind the skilful politician, showing her belief in personal sacrifice to secure peace for the country she loved more than any man. View...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography Biographical Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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