Joan of Arc: A Captivating Guide to a Heroine of France and Her Role During the Lancastrian Phase of the Hundred Years' War

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The Hundred Years’ War: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Notable Conflicts of the Middle Ages and in European History and the Life of Joan of Arc

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Holy Roman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Holy Roman Empire and Carolingian Dynasty

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The Hundred Years’ War: A Captivating Guide to the Conflicts Between the English House of Plantagenet and the French House of Valois That Took Place During the Middle Ages

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Napoleon: A Concise Biography

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Medieval Mysteries: The History Behind the Myths of the Middle Ages

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The Story of Joan of Arc, the Maid Who Saved France

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The Holy Roman Empire: A Captivating Guide to the Union of Smaller Kingdoms That Started During the Early Middle Ages and Dissolved During the Napoleonic Wars

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The Bad Popes

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Napoleonic Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Napoleonic Wars and War of 1812

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The Romanovs: An Enthralling Overview of the House of Romanov

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House of Borgia: A Captivating Guide to the Borgias and Their Feuds with the Medici Family, Sforza Dynasty, and Girolamo Savonarola

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The House of Tudor: An Enthralling Overview of the History of the Tudors

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The Fall of the House of Borgia

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The Gallic Wars: A Captivating Guide to the Military Campaigns that Expanded the Roman Republic and Helped Julius Caesar Transform Rome into the Greatest Empire of the Ancient World

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The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I

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History of Christianity: A Captivating Guide to Crucial Moments in Christian History, Including Events Such as the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ, the Early Church, and the Reformation

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Medieval Knights: A Captivating Guide to the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre, Knights Hospitaller, Order of Saint Lazarus, Knights Templar, and Teutonic Knights

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Welsh History: A Concise Overview of the History of Wales from Start to End

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The Goths: A Captivating Guide to the Visigoths and Ostrogoths Who Sacked Rome and Played an Essential Role in the Fall of the Western Roman Empire

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The Hussite Wars: The History and Legacy of the Conflicts Between the Catholics and Protestants in Central Europe

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France’s Most Famous Palaces: The History and Legacy of Versailles, the Louvre, and the Tuileries

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I, Marie Antoinette: Autobiographical one woman play about iconic queen of France Marie-Antoinette

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D Day: A Captivating Guide to the Battle for Normandy

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Pompeii: A History of the City and the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

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The Battle of Grunwald: The History and Legacy of the the Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War's Decisive Battle

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Roman Empire: A Captivating Guide to Imperial Rome and Pax Romana

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Korean War: A Captivating Guide to Korean War History

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Great Britain: A Concise Overview of The History of Great Britain – Including the English History, Irish History, Welsh History and Scottish History

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Ancient Rome: A Captivating Introduction to the Roman Republic, the Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire, and the Byzantine Empire

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The First World War: A Comprehensive History of World War I, The Great War.

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The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany

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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I

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Project MK-Ultra: The History of the CIA’s Controversial Human Experimentation Program

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Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence

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Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: with Pearl and Sir Orfeo

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Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland

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Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine

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The Wars of the Roses: The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors

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The War on the West

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The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime

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Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans

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The Templars: The History and the Myth: From Solomon's Temple to the Freemasons

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Short Stories

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Napoleon

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Iron, Fire and Ice: The Real History that Inspired Game of Thrones

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The Faithful Executioner: Life and Death, Honor and Shame in the Turbulent Sixteenth Century

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Over My Dead Body: Unearthing the Hidden History of American Cemeteries

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Chernobyl 01:23:40: The Incredible True Story of the World's Worst Nuclear Disaster

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The Reformation: A History

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Ancient Mythology: An Extensive Guide to the Gods, Heroes, Worship, Rituals and Beliefs of Ancient Myths

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Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words

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The Ghost Map

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Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France

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The Teutonic Knights: A Military History

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Nazi Hunting: A Love Story: The husband and wife who, for six decades and counting, have made catching war criminals the family business

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In the Shadow of the Sword: The Birth of Islam and the Rise of the Global Arab Empire

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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper

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The Professor and The Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

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The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England: 400 – 1066

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40.3 Lorenzo the Magnificent, Florence: Lorenzo il Magnifico, ruler of Florence 1469-1492. In the so-called Pazzi Conspiracy Pope Sixtus IV organises an assassination attempt on Lorenzo and his brother Giuliano. Lorenzo survives and goes on to help negotiate a peace treaty between the five g...

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Viking Legend: Ragnar Lothbrok: Ragnor Lothbrook is a legendary Viking figure who straddled the line between myth & reality. Dan is joined by historian & author Justin Pollarddiscuss what evidence there is for the existence of Ragnar Lothbrok, his adventures & his legacy.

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Episode 18 - Bohemond - Part 1: A great father can be both a blessing and a curse, and no one was more aware of that than Bohemond de Hauteville. The first-born son of the adventurer Robert Guiscard, Bohemond spent most of his formative years trying to both prove himself worthy and escape his father's formidable shadow. At every turn, however, fate seemed to conspire against him. Disinherited before he reached the age of five, he was raised by a step-mother who was determined to keep him from an inheritance, and actively held back by more powerful members of his family. But Bohemond had Guiscard's blood flowing in his veins and an unwavering belief in his eventual triumph. Join Lars Brownworth as he traces Bohemond's struggle to claim a place in the sun.

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A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams: What is a toxic relationship, and have you ever been in one? What about a toxic friendship? Alexis starts our show by breaking down what makes a relationship unhealthy and what to do if you realize you're in a poisonous partnership. Then, on to our book,...

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Episode 19 - Bohemond - Part 2 - Bohemond in the East: The First Crusade fell like a present into Bohemond's lap. Italy wasn't big enough for his ambitions (especially with his uncle blocking him at every turn) and now here was an opportunity to win fame and wealth in the east, and to look pious while doing it. What better way to prove himself worthy of his father than by accomplishing Guiscard's glittering eastern dream? Join Lars Brownworth as he follows Bohemond on Crusade, where he again matched wits with his old nemesis Alexius, and carved out a kingdom around one of the Near East's most famous cities.

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Episode 17 - Stupor Mundi: Frederick II was the most polarizing figure to rule as king of Sicily. To some he was the antichrist - a heretical monster whose harem and open contempt of Christianity was the scandal of civilized Europe. To others, however, he was Stupor Mundi - the 'wonder of the world'. He was in many ways a walking contradiction. A German Emperor who was raised on the streets of Palermo, a cynical Teutonic politician in love with the pomp and legends of the south, and a Renaissance monarch in the High Middle Ages. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the life of Frederick II, the grandson of both Norman Sicily's greatest king and its deadliest enemy.

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Episode 11 - The Great Count: Roger de Hauteville was a strange conqueror. The youngest of twelve sons he was the last to come to Italy and treated as the least capable of the siblings by a jealous Guiscard. His first raid in Sicily was a disaster that seemed to confirm the worst suspicions about him. But Roger persevered and over three decades he managed to carve out a kingdom that rivaled that of William the Conqueror's. Along the way he won one of the most spectacular battles in medieval history and managed to die with all of his vast conquests at peace. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the surprising life of the last Hauteville brother.

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Episode 12 - Rise of a King: Roger II was never supposed to inherit his father's possessions. He was the youngest of 18 children, and only five when the Great Count died. The nobility dutifully pledged their allegiance but there seemed little chance that his mother - an Italian foreigner in the Norman court - could hold the regency until he matured. And yet, against the odds Roger II emerged from his uncertain childhood as the most forceful personality on the Mediterranean stage. Under him Norman rule in southern Italy blossomed into its most brilliant flower. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the rise of Roger II, Sicily's first and greatest king.

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Episode 42: Beowulf and Other Viking Ancestors: The Viking-era states of Denmark, Sweden and Norway emerged from several North Germanic tribes in Scandinavia.  These tribes also included the Geats who were prominently featured in Beowulf.  In this episode,

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Voices of Waterloo: 206 years ago today, 60,000 men were slaughtered in the Battle of Waterloo. Napoleon Bonaparte's French army was finally defeated by an almighty coalition of troops from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick & Nassau.

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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka ~ Full Audiobook: The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka audiobook. The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung, "The Transformation") is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arguably the most famous of his works along with the longer works The Trial and...

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Episode 321 - The Baltic Crusades: The Lithuanian Conflict XXVI - The End

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What not to do at Henry VIII's court with Jessie Childs: In this episode historian Jessie Childs advises us what not to do at the court of Henry VIII in order to keep your head. In this series of talks by renowned Tudor historians, we closely examine the monarch and man himself, Henry VIII. These talks were...

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51.1 Thirty Years War 1618-48, Background: The 17th century was one of the most bloody of European history. The Thirty Years War in particular is notorious for the sustained carnage and destruction it caused, and still burns in German memory as the most bloody period in their history before the...

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The Great Gaelic Revolt of the 1270s: After the Norman conquest of Ireland, the Wicklow region was surprisingly peaceful. Despite the fact the Gaelic Irish had been dispossessed, many appeared to be getting on with life. This was deceptive and in 1270 a massive rebellion broke out deep in ...

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The Byzantine empire: everything you wanted to know: Professor Judith Herrin responds to listener questions about the Byzantine empire, which emerged in late antiquity and survived until the end of the Middle Ages.

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Daily life in ancient Egypt: everything you wanted to know: Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley responds to listener questions about everyday life in ancient Egypt, from governance to dental care and cat mummies.

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Episode 13 - Rogerios Rex: In the Spring of 1133 the new Norman Kingdom of Sicily seemed about to be shattered. Roger II, its creator and first king had backed the anti-Pope Anacletus II to gain his crown and in the process earned the hostility of most of Europe. Ranged against him were the emperors of both East and West, the most powerful cleric in Christendom - Bernard of Clairvaux, and the rightful Pope. Secular and papal armies were already on the march and Sicily's very survival was at stake. Through a mixture of Norman daring and southern cunning, Roger managed to stay one step ahead of his enemies, triumphing to become the equal of any of his ancestors. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the conclusion of the career of Sicily's greatest king.

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Episode 16 - Tancred of Lecce: Tancred of Lecce came to the throne of Sicily in its darkest hour. Mocked by his critics as the 'Monkey King', he was weakened by civil and religious unrest, and faced invasion by the mighty German Empire. But he never gave up, and through a mixture of energy and courage he fought his enemies at every step. His struggle against impossible odds illuminates the final gloomy days of the Kingdom of Sicily. Join Lars Brownworth as he looks at the tragic life of Norman Sicily's last Hauteville King.

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What you can expect from the Irish History Podcast: From Viking raids to mysterious murders in remote comunities, Irish history has inspired some of the greatest stories ever told. This introductory episode gives you a flavour of what you can expect from the Irish History Podcast. Twitter - @irishhist...

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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: One of the most well known Arthurian Legends, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tells the story of a young knight who has his moral character called into question, when a mysterious stranger comes to King Arthur's court...with a deadly request.

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The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great: In his lifetime King Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, forged one of the largest empires in ancient history. But it was what happened to Alexander following his demise – his ‘life after death’ - which resulted in one of the...

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Ragnar Lothbrok: The Viking Legend: Matt delves into the real history of the Viking legend Ragnar Lothbrok, made famous by the TV show 'Vikings'

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Rise of the Etruscans

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Episode 20 - The Norman Achievement: The Principality of Antioch outlasted the Norman Kingdom of Sicily by a century, and its founder by nearly two. This unlikely survivor was a testament to the restless Norman Spirit which had carried their arms triumphantly to the borders of the Medieval Christian world. Join Lars Brownworth as he concludes the history of the Normans and looks back on their magnificent, if often overlooked, achievement.

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WDF 30: The Long War XVI: The Sobieski Slay

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Russia Falters in Ukraine: Parallels with WW1: What comparisons we can draw between Russia's involvement in the First World War and the current war in Ukraine?

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1813 Campaign Summer Negotiation: In the aftermath of our Spring 1813 Napoleonic campaign, Napoleon and Tsar Alexander meet for a heated negotiation. Many issues are on the table as both sides jockey for advantage in the Fall. Will any cities be swapped? Will Napoleon evacuate his st...

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Pirates of the American Revolution

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103 'Chink' Eric Dorman-Smith: If you’ve ever read about the British experience in the Deserts of North Africa during WWII, one name usually gets a mention somewhere in the narrative, that of , often refered to as ‘chink’. He can be a divisive character, sometimes portrayed...