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Spring, 1549. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. The nominal king, Edward VI, is eleven years old. His uncle Edward Seymour, Lord Hertford, rules as Protector. The extirpation of the old religion by radical...
"Narrators that might do well on screen or stag, just not reading a book for a mass audience. AKA, speaking English one does not need a translator or subtitles."
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"If you can abide the reading by David Case I commend you. 5 minutes is way too much for me."
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From beloved historian Antonia Fraser comes the dramatic story of how Catholics in the United Kingdom won back their rights after two centuries of official discrimination.In the summer of 1780, mob violence swept through London. Nearly one...
An upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth IIMonarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George...
