With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings to life the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she unravels the tangled web of religion and politics that spawned the plot.
'Told with impressive scholarship and panache ...The result is a narrative that is clear, balanced, and builds to its denoument with a sense of pace and tension worthy of a John le Carre novel'— Sunday Telegraph
Winner of the Crime Writers' Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction
Robert Powell was Jesus in Franco ZefHreWi's Jesus of Nazareth. Television appearances include Jude the Obscure and The Detectives. Films include Harlequin and Imperative. Theatre credits include Travesties at the RSC, Sherlock Holmes — The Musical with the Bristol Old Vic, Kind Hearts and Coronets (national tour) and a two-hander with Susannah York called Double Double.
Author - Mark Jones
Narrator : Tim Pigott-Smith
Published By - BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 2 hours 20 minutes
Categories - Autobiography
Historical
Politics
British
Military
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A fascinating and illuminating audio portrait of the life and career of one of Britain's greatest leaders, recounted by those who knew him and in his own words from the BBC archive. More... |
Author - Plutarch
Narrator : Nicholas Farrell
Published By - Select Music & Distribution
Length : 7 hours 30 minutes
Categories - Classic Literature
Historical
Ancient
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Though he was Greek, Plutarch wrote his Lives in the first century, a world dominated by the Roman Empire. Here he considers some of the major figures who had left their stamp. More... |
Author - David Starkey
Narrator : Patricia Hodge
Published By - Harper Collins UK
Length : 2 hours 6 minutes
Categories - Historical
Royalty and Heads of State
British
Pre 1900
Biographical
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An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man’s world, passionately sexual yet... More... |
Author - Stephen E. Ambrose
Narrator : Cotter Smith
Published By - Simon & Schuster
Length : 4 hours 30 minutes
Categories - American
Pre 1900
Adventurers & Explorers
Historical
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In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River. More... |
