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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- By: John Hussey
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance41
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The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages. It highlights the political stresses between the Allies, the problems of feeding and paying for the Allied forces assembling in Belgium during the undeclared war and how a strategy was thrashed out. It studies the neglected topic of how the Allies beyond the Rhine hampered the plans of Blücher and Wellington, thus allowing Napoleon to snatch the initiative from them.
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It is great! Now PLEASE RELEASE VOLUME 2!
- By Nigel on 31-03-21
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Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815
- From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras Volume I
- Narrated by: Ric Jerrom
- Length: 34 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 08-05-20
- Language: English
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Prince Albert
- The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
- By: A. N. Wilson
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall51
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Performance43
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For over six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great empire. Beside her for more than 20 of those years was her beloved husband and the father of their nine children, Prince Albert. A composer, engineer, soldier, politician, linguist and bibliophile, Albert was one of the architects of Victorian Britain's transformation as a centre of political, technological, scientific and intellectual advancement. Albert lived only 42 years but fathered four royal dynasties and helped pioneer the modern constitutional monarchy.
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A perfect companion to the author's previous biography of Queen Victoria.
- By Campesque on 17-02-20
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Prince Albert
- The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 13 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 15-10-19
- Language: English
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1873
- The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World
- By: Liaquat Ahamed
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Lords of Finance comes a brilliant account of the earliest truly global financial calamity. On Friday, 9 May 1873 the Vienna stock market collapsed. Four months later Wall Street was in trouble. Elsewhere, as panic selling spread across financial...
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1873
- The First Great Depression and the Making of the Modern World
- Narrated by: George Newbern
- Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 11-06-26
- Language: English
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The Case of the Married Woman
- By: Antonia Fraser
- Narrated by: Penelope Wilton
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Poet, pamphleteer and artist's muse, Caroline Norton dazzled 19th-century society with her vivacity and intelligence. After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, she continued to attract friends and admirers to her salon in Westminster, which included the young Disraeli. Most prominent among her admirers was the widowed prime minister, Lord Melbourne. Racked with jealousy, George Norton took the prime minister to court, suing him for damages on account of his 'criminal conversation' (adultery) with Caroline. A dramatic trial followed.
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Excellent!
- By Anonymous on 19-07-25
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The Case of the Married Woman
- Narrated by: Penelope Wilton
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 06-05-21
- Language: English
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The Age of Empire
- 1875-1914
- By: Eric Hobsbawm
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall73
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Performance65
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The splendid finale to Eric Hobsbawm's study of the 19th century, The Age of Empire covers the area of Western Imperialism and examines the forces that swept the world to the outbreak of World War One - and shaped modern society.
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Excellent historic analysis
- By Anonymous on 05-09-20
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The Age of Empire
- 1875-1914
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 16 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 13-02-20
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Power
- Europe 1815-1914
- By: Richard J Evans
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 41 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall203
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Performance184
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Story183
The Pursuit of Power draws on a lifetime of thinking about 19th-century Europe to create an extraordinarily rich, surprising and entertaining panorama of a continent undergoing drastic change. The aim of this audiobook is to reignite the sense of wonder that permeated this remarkable era, as rulers and ruled navigated overwhelming cultural, political and technological changes.
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Very disappointing performance
- By Charlie on 10-12-16
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The Pursuit of Power
- Europe 1815-1914
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 41 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 29-11-16
- Language: English
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The Damascus Events
- The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World
- By: Eugene Rogan
- Narrated by: Ronan Summers
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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This remarkable book recreates one of the watershed moments in the history of the Middle East: the ferocious outbreaks of disorder across the Levant in 1860 which resulted in the massacre of thousands of Christians in Damascus. Eugene Rogan brilliantly recreates the lost world of the Middle East under Ottoman rule. This is both an essential book for understanding the emergence of the modern Middle East from the destruction of the old Ottoman world, and a uniquely gripping story.
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The Damascus Events
- The 1860 Massacre and the Destruction of the Old Ottoman World
- Narrated by: Ronan Summers
- Length: 9 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 02-05-24
- Language: English
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A Short History of Russia
- By: Mark Galeotti
- Narrated by: Mark Galeotti
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall161
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Performance142
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Story142
Brought to you by Penguin. Can anyone truly understand Russia? Let one of the world's leading experts show you how, using the fascinating history of a nation to illuminate its future. Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethnos, no true central identity. At the crossroads of...
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Competent digest of topic
- By William on 04-02-21
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A Short History of Russia
- Narrated by: Mark Galeotti
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 28-01-21
- Language: English
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Like Wolves on the Fold
- The Defense of Rorke's Drift
- By: Lieutenant Colonel Mike Snook, Lieutenant Colonel Huw Lloyd-Jones - foreword
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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On January 22, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen recuperating hospital patients were passing a hot, monotonous day. It seemed certain that the Rorke's Drift detachment would share the same fate. And yet, against incredible odds, the British managed to defend their station.
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Comprehensive, detailed but a bit dry
- By Mariush on 08-07-24
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Like Wolves on the Fold
- The Defense of Rorke's Drift
- Narrated by: Mike Cooper
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 21-12-21
- Language: English
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Emperor of Japan
- Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
- By: Donald Keene
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 38 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall11
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Performance10
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Little has been written about the strangely obscured figure of Meiji himself, the first Japanese emperor ever to meet a European. But now, Donald Keene sifts the available evidence to present a rich portrait not only of Meiji but also of rapid and sometimes violent change during this pivotal period in Japan's history. Emperor of Japan conveys in sparkling prose the complexity of the man and offers an unrivaled portrait of Japan in a period of unique interest.
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Good overall, just bad Japanese pronunciation
- By Anonymous on 13-10-24
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Emperor of Japan
- Meiji and His World, 1852-1912
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 38 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 11-10-22
- Language: English
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
- By: Thorstein Veblen
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance6
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In this, his best-known work, the controversial American economist and social critic Thorstein Veblen appropriates Darwin's theory of evolution to analyze the modern industrial system. For Veblen, the shallowness and superficiality observed in society results from the tendency to believe that true accomplishment lies in arriving at a condition of ostentatious wealth and status.
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Absolutely brilliant
- By Dr. Dylan Evans on 01-10-23
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The Theory of the Leisure Class
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
- Release date: 19-12-17
- Language: English
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The West
- A History of an Idea
- By: Georgios Varouxakis
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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How did "the West" come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? Was the idea handed down from the ancient Greeks, or coined by nineteenth-century imperialists? Neither, writes Georgios Varouxakis in The West, his ambitious and fascinating genealogy of the idea. "The West" was not used by Plato, Cicero, Locke, Mill, or other canonized figures of what we today call the Western tradition. It was not first wielded by empire-builders.
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Fascinating
- By Mr R E Ewart Smith on 03-06-26
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The West
- A History of an Idea
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 08-07-25
- Language: English
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Rot
- An Imperial History of the Irish Famine
- By: Padraic X. Scanlan
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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'Captivating, notable, brilliant, thought-provoking' A New Yorker Best Book of 2025 'A vigorous and engaging new study of the Irish famine . . . Richly underpinned by research in contemporary sources and firmly rooted in historical scholarship.' Fintan O'Toole 'Comprehensive, elegantly written...
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Must read about a pivotal period on Irish history
- By Danny T on 02-11-25
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Rot
- An Imperial History of the Irish Famine
- Narrated by: Stephen Hogan
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 13-03-25
- Language: English
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The Killing Age
- How Violence Made the Modern World
- By: Clifton Crais
- Narrated by: Jason Keller
- Length: 21 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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‘Combines brilliant storytelling with rich and deeply researched evidence . . . essential reading’ – Caroline Elkins, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Imperial Reckoning and Legacy of Violence 'Synoptic in its reach, overwhelming in its detail, The Killing Age leaves one feeling like...
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The Killing Age
- How Violence Made the Modern World
- Narrated by: Jason Keller
- Length: 21 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 13-11-25
- Language: English
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Imperial Germany and War, 1871-1918
- Modern War Studies
- By: Daniel J. Hughes, Richard L. DiNardo
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance25
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Written by two of the world's leading authorities on the subject, Imperial Germany and War, 1871-1918 examines the most essential components of the imperial German military system, with an emphasis on such foundational areas as theory, doctrine, institutional structures, training, and the officer corps. In the period between 1871 and 1918, rapid technological development demanded considerable adaptation and change in military doctrine and planning.
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Brilliant study of the Prussian/German Army
- By Derrick on 04-04-25
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Imperial Germany and War, 1871-1918
- Modern War Studies
- Narrated by: Nigel Patterson
- Length: 21 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 27-08-19
- Language: English
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City of Light, City of Shadows
- Paris in the Belle Époque
- By: Mike Rapport
- Narrated by: Paul Daintry
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Paris in the Belle Époque is remembered as a golden age of cultural flourishing and political progress. The period between the revolutionary 1870s and the outbreak of war in 1914 saw the modern French capital take shape: by day Parisians could admire the rising Eiffel Tower and Sacré-Coeur Basilica, while at night they roamed the Bohemian world of the Moulin Rouge. But as Mike Rapport reveals in this authoritative and beautifully written new history, City of Light, City of Shadows, beneath the elegant veneer Paris was at war with itself.
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Fast paced evocative story for our times.
- By Campesque on 01-06-24
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City of Light, City of Shadows
- Paris in the Belle Époque
- Narrated by: Paul Daintry
- Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 14-05-24
- Language: English
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The Dublin Railway Murder
- The Sensational True Story of a Victorian Murder Mystery
- By: Thomas Morris
- Narrated by: Brendan Dempsey
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall41
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Performance35
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Dublin, November 1856: George Little, the chief cashier of the Broadstone railway terminus, is found dead, lying in a pool of blood beneath his desk. He has been savagely beaten, his head almost severed; there is no sign of a murder weapon, and the office door is locked, apparently from the inside. Thousands of pounds in gold and silver are left untouched at the scene of the crime. Augustus Guy, Ireland's most experienced detective, teams up with Dublin's leading lawyer to investigate the murder. But the mystery defies all explanation.
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Worst narration EVER
- By Shaun V. Hewitt on 02-12-21
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The Dublin Railway Murder
- The Sensational True Story of a Victorian Murder Mystery
- Narrated by: Brendan Dempsey
- Length: 11 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 11-11-21
- Language: English
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Entitled
- A Critical History of the British Aristocracy
- By: Chris Bryant
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Exploring the extraordinary social and political dominance enjoyed by the British aristocracy over the centuries, Entitled seeks to explain how a tiny number of noble families rose to such a position in the first place. It reveals the often nefarious means they have employed to maintain their wealth, power, and prestige and examines the greed, ambition, jealousy, and rivalry which drove aristocratic families to guard their interests with such determination.
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Interesting but spoiled by narrator
- By Mary Carnegie on 01-04-24
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Entitled
- A Critical History of the British Aristocracy
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 19-07-22
- Language: English
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The Making of Modern Britain
- By: Andrew Marr
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
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Overall233
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Performance145
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In The Making of Modern Britain, Andrew Marr paints a fascinating portrait of life in Britain during the first half of the twentieth century as the country recovered from the grand wreckage of the British Empire. Between the death of Queen Victoria and the end of the Second World War, the nation...
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History Retold
- By Wil on 24-05-10
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The Making of Modern Britain
- Narrated by: Andrew Marr
- Length: 7 hrs and 5 mins
- Release date: 15-10-09
- Language: English
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How the French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did
- By: Stephen Clarke
- Narrated by: Justin Edwards
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance52
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Published in the 200th anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo, a witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French are still in denial. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a big 'if') then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as the cannons stopped firing, French historians began rewriting history.
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A new look at Waterloo
- By JDEVLIN on 12-10-16
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How the French Won Waterloo - or Think They Did
- Narrated by: Justin Edwards
- Length: 5 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 02-07-15
- Language: English
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