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Escuche este audio libro completo gratis en https://hotaudiobook.com Título: Santiago de Compostela [Spanish Edition] Autor: Mercedes López-Mayan Narrador: Santiago Noriega Formato: Unabridged Duración: 16 hrs and 47 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 03-23-16 Editor: Sonolibro Calificaciones: 5 de 5 de 1 votos Categorías: History, European Resumen del editor: Conocida mundialmente como meta de peregrinaciones, la ciudad de Santiago de Compostela ha ejercido un papel protagonista en la historia no solo de Galicia, sino también de España y de Europa. A mediados del siglo IX, la presencia del que se identificó como sepulcro del apóstol Santiago atrajo los intereses monárquicos y eclesiásticos que estuvieron en el origen mismo de la urbe y que, desde entonces, condicionaron las dinámicas políticas, económicas, sociales, culturales y artísticas que han modelado su evolución hasta nuestros días. Este curso ofrece un recorrido por la historia compostelana a sus futuros visitantes y a todas aquellas personas interesadas en conocer el pasado de la ciudad, su fisionomía, sus gentes, sus formas de vida, sus monumentos y, en definitiva, las circunstancias que han condicionado su existencia y que permiten comprender su presente.Mercedes López-Mayán (Pontevedra, 1983) es Doctora en Historia del Arte por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y, en la actualidad, es investigadora postdoctoral en el Departamento de Historia del Arte de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Great Fire of London Subtitle: History Author: iMinds Narrator: Ellouise Rothwell Format: Unabridged Length: 7 mins Language: English Release date: 09-17-09 Publisher: iMinds Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 10 votes Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: Learn about the Great Fire of London with iMinds insightful audio knowledge series. Before the Great Fire, the City of London was filled with crowded, timber-framed buildings with thin, plaster walls. Candles, rush lights, coals, and fireplaces were omnipresent, and the risk of fire was paramount. The Great Fire of London is believed to have been started by the baker Thomas Farrynger shortly after midnight on Sunday, 2 September 1666, in his shop on Pudding Lane, just East of London Bridge. Within a few hours, the fire had spread rapidly, consuming Pudding Lane, Star Inn at Fish Street Hill and also part of Thames Street. For the next four days the fire raged, mercilessly consuming everything in its wake. Londoners were beside themselves trying to extinguish it. Among average Londoners doing what they could to control the blaze were the likes of the Lord Mayor, the Duke of York, and King Charles II. Perfect to listen to while commuting, exercising, shopping or cleaning the house.. iMinds brings knowledge to your MP3 with 8 minute information segments to whet your mental appetite and broaden your mind. iMinds offers 12 main categories; become a Generalist by increasing your knowledge of Business, Politics, People, History, Pop Culture, Mystery, Crime, Culture, Religion, Concepts, Science and Sport. Clean and concise, crisp and engaging, discover what you never knew you were missing. iMinds is the knowledge solution for the information age cutting through the white noise to give you quick, accurate knowledge .. Perfect your dinner party conversation, impress your boss - an excellent way to discover topics of interest for the future. Editorial Reviews: A fire that originated in a London bakery on September 2, 1666 would spark a massive, four-day inferno that destroyed tens of thousands of buildings in the city's central area and left the city in a state of panic. Accounts of this tragedy were culled from the diaries of Samuel Pepys and John Evelyn, and iMinds summarizes these four days in compelling fashion. Elouise Rothwell has a remarkably composed presence that allows the facts to build an organic drama, and she seamlessly eases from the destruction and futile attempts to contain the fire to its containment and London's rebuilding aftermath. Critic Reviews: "I'm learning all sorts of stuff about stuff I didn't even know I didn't know. And it sticks. In a nutshell: wonderful." (Jonathon Margolis, Financial Times)

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Portrait of Cambridge Author: C. R. Benstead Narrator: Eric Brooks Format: Unabridged Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins Language: English Release date: 05-20-13 Publisher: Audible Studios Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: The story of Cambridge is one of curious conflict: an unrelenting struggle for independence by a squalid fenland settlement, which entirely changed its purpose as, down the centuries, a great University grew in its midst. Yet it was this unwelcome intruder, seen today as an island of ancient glory in a surge of modern expansion, that makes the City of Cambridge known to the world. The coming of the "clerks"; the early hostels and colleges; the problem of the King's Ditch; the limitations of a medieval education, and of learning itself until recent years; the "rod" and its application; the tremendous religious emphasis, and compulsion, that endured until the last century; the dissolution of the religious houses; the Reformation and its martyrs; the threats to the University's very existence; Cambridge and Cromwell, himself a pensioner of Sidney Sussex; the seemingly unending strife between town and gown, and the hazardous office of Mayor; the unending procession of poets and scientists, headed by Milton and Newton, and of great men in every walk of life; the colleges, and their independence, in the modern age of reform, not least in architecture; and even the tidal phenomenon of the undergraduates' hair, once restricted by clerical tonsure: It is in terms of these factors, grave and gay, that the story of Cambridge is told. Mr. C. R. Benstead, a graduate of Cambridge University, has been both soldier and sailor. In the First World War he was mentioned in despatches after the controversial Passchendaele battle in 1917, and won the Military Cross in the fighting near Amiens that followed the great German offensive in 1918. His book Retreat, written against the background of the ill-fated British Fifth Army, created worldwide interest. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was Meteorological Officer of the aircraft carrier Furious, in which he continued to serve for over two years and he finished the war on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet. After retiring from the Navy, he was, at one time, Senior Proctor of the University.

Escuche este audio libro completo gratis en https://hotaudiobook.com Título: Breve historia de la Segunda República Española [Brief history of the Second Spanish Republic] Autor: Luis E. Íñigo Fernández Narrador: Jordi Varela Formato: Unabridged Duración: 7 hrs and 46 mins Idioma: Español Fecha de publicación: 01-23-18 Editor: Audible Studios Categorías: History, European Resumen del editor: "La lectura y el conocimiento sobre este período de lahistoria de España son imprescindibles para entender nuestro presente." (BBC Historia, Diciembre 2010) "Aunque todos sabemos cómo acaba esta historia de la república española, Luis E. Iñigo Fernández hace que lavivamos con pasión manteniéndonos en vilo continuo como si al acabar escucharla nos fuéramos a llevar una sorpresa. Todo está vendido en el devenir de los republicanos en aquella época pero el autor no hace quela narración caiga en un aburrido ensayo de datos continuos." (www.hislibris.com) El 14 de Abril de 1931, una nación que se había acostado monárquica se despertó republicana: esta es la historia del fracaso de esa ilusión. La historia de la Segunda República española, es una historia de ilusiones frustradas, pero también una historia de esperanza y confianza en la regeneración de España. Un período fundamental para entender cómo y por qué España es hoy como es. En un estilo accesible que, sin embargo, atiende al rigor histórico y al estudio de los procesos en profundidad, Luis E. Íñigo nos presenta en Breve Historia de la Segunda República Española un panorama en el que pretende explicar las causas por las que la primera democracia española fracasó. El libro comienza presentando la situación española a principios del S. XX, necesaria para entender la disgregación inicial de las facciones republicanas y su progresiva unión, una vez puestos en situación nos llevade lleno a las elecciones municipales que provocaron la victoria de los republicanos y la marcha de Alfonso XIII. Tras este primer golpe de optimismo, los gobiernos republicanos tendrán que sobreponerse a no pocos enemigos: la crisis económica que impidió la reforma agraria, la Iglesia que se oponía a la laicidad de algunas leyes, las revueltas en Asturias y en Cataluña que fueron violentamente reprimidas, los intentos de Gil-Robles demodificar la república y convertirla en una autocracia, y, por último, las disputas internas de los propios republicanos, pequeñas fracturas que provocaron el derrumbe del gobierno y llevaron a España a la Guerra Civil. Razones para comprar la obra: La Segunda República no sólo es el primer intento de establecer un sistema democrático, no es sólo la antesala de la guerra fratricida que marcará nuestro S. XX, es una época fascinante de nuestra historia narrada en este caso de un modo sobresaliente. Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Marie Antoinette's Watch Subtitle: Adultery, Larceny, & Perpetual Motion Author: John Biggs Narrator: Rick Barr Format: Unabridged Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins Language: English Release date: 09-14-17 Publisher: Ray Bridge Press Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: "Marie Antoinette's Watch is a wonderful book." - William Gibson, author of Neuromancer Across continents and into and out of the hands of royalty, revolutionaries, smugglers, thieves, and the world's greatest tech engineers, was Marie Antoinette's watch, the "160" worth an estimated $40 million in today's dollars. Perhaps the most sought after personal technology device of the last 200 years, the timepiece, designed by the legendary Abraham-Louis Breguet, is the launching point for a thrilling and fluidly woven set of narratives that are, in part, forbidden love story, historical document, and police procedural. Marie Antoinette's Watch also deftly lays out the history of horology and the 18th Century engineering feats attained in Paris's answer to Silicon Valley, the Ile de la Cite, that made the watch the most intricate and prized personal device of its time - something that's come full circle today. In the hands of Techcrunch's East Coast Editor, John Biggs, Marie Antoinette's Watch is by turns edifying and lurid, historical and utterly modern. Culminating in a heist in a Tel Aviv antiquities museum in the 1980s, Biggs tells the story of how one object can transform countries, cultures, high technology, and time itself.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: 1666 Subtitle: Plague, War and Hellfire Author: Rebecca Rideal Narrator: Billie Fulford-Brown Format: Unabridged Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins Language: English Release date: 09-14-17 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: 1666 was a watershed year for England. The outbreak of the Great Plague, the eruption of the second Dutch War and the Great Fire of London all struck the country in rapid succession and with devastating repercussions. Shedding light on these dramatic events, historian Rebecca Rideal reveals an unprecedented period of terror and triumph. Based on original archival research and drawing on little-known sources, 1666: Plague, War and Hellfire takes listeners on a thrilling journey through a crucial turning point in English history, as seen through the eyes of an extraordinary cast of historical characters. While the central events of this significant year were ones of devastation and defeat, 1666 also offers a glimpse of the incredible scientific and artistic progress being made at that time, from Isaac Newton's discovery of gravity to Robert Hooke's microscopic wonders. It was in this year that John Milton completed Paradise Lost, Frances Stewart posed for the now-iconic image of Britannia, and a young architect named Christopher Wren proposed a plan for a new London - a stone phoenix to rise from the charred ashes of the old city. With flair and style, 1666 shows a city and a country on the cusp of modernity, and a series of events that forever altered the course of history. Cover image: The Great Fire of 1666, detail of a coloured woodcut by Matthaus Merian the Younger, courtesy of Swiss Re Company Archives, SRCA 10.122.727.01.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Everything You Need to Know About 'The Prince' Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Dan Gallagher Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 4 mins Language: English Release date: 09-12-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: Niccolò Machiavelli was born in Florence on May 3, 1469, as Florence was undergoing its transition into the Renaissance, guided by the Medicis. Machiavelli was a public servant during the Republic, losing his office when the Medicis returned to power. Despite that, Machiavelli dedicated The Prince to the ruling Medici of the time, leading some today to still speculate whether the book was a satire. Regardless, The Prince remains one of the most influential political philosophies of history, and Machiavelli himself will forever be associated for the "ends justify the means" philosophy that he wrote about and which even today is called Machiavellian. The Prince was eventually published in 1532, though evidence exists that the manuscript was circulated before this point, which was deemed more polite than physical publication. Twenty-seven years later, in 1559, the text was, unsurprisingly, registered to the Index Librorum Prohibitorum (the Catholic Church's list of banned books) on the grounds of immorality. The text can generally be divided into four parts. Chapters 1-11 outline the different types of principalities, and the benefits and drawbacks of each, to "discuss how such principalities are to be ruled and preserved" (II.1). Chapters 12-14 discussed military force, including how to amass and maintain an army. But it is Chapters 15-23 that make the book infamous. In these chapters, Machiavelli discusses the importance (or unimportance) of morality, claiming, "it is necessary for a prince wishing to hold his own to know how to do wrong, and to make use of it or not according to necessity" (XV.2). Thus, the "ends" justify the "means." The Prince is just as notorious today as it was nearly 500 years ago, and Machiavelli's political philosophy has never been more relevant. Everything You Need to Know About 'The Prince' is the perfect resource for understanding Machiavelli's seminal treatise, explaining the historical context within which Machiavelli wrote it.

Ascolta questo libro audio completo gratuitamente su https://hotaudiobook.com Titolo: Il sogno dei filosofi (Storia d'Italia e d'Europa 47) Autore: vari Narratore: Eugenio Farn Formato: Unabridged Durata: 1 hr and 20 mins Lingua: Italiano Data di pubblicazione: 08-14-17 Editore: Il Narratore s.r.l. Categoria: History, European Riepilogo Editore: L'Illuminismo fu un movimento filosofico, politico, sociale e culturale sviluppatosi intorno al XVIII secolo in Europa. Nacque in Inghilterra, ma ebbe il suo massimo sviluppo in Francia, poi in tutta Europa e raggiunse anche l'America. Il termine "Illuminismo" è passato a significare genericamente qualunque forma di pensiero che voglia "illuminare" la mente degli uomini, ottenebrata dall'ignoranza e dalla superstizione, servendosi della critica della ragione e dell'apporto della scienza. In questo audiolibro si esplorano le condizioni e i contesti storici che dettero vita al Secolo dei Lumi, il '700, con i suoi conflitti e le guerre tra sovrani e fra nazioni, si tratteggiano le figure che più contribuirono alla nascita e allo sviluppo del pensiero razionale (da Locke a Voltaire, da Montesquieu a Madame Geoffrin, da Hume a D'Alembert). Le idee dei filosofi e degli scienziati illuministi furono rottura consapevole nei confronti del passato e si diffusero in tutta Europa condizionando fortemente élites intellettuali, principi e sovrani. Questo volume è realizzato a cura di Maurizio Falghera, con riferimento alle opere degli storici Paolo Casini, Im Hof, Robert Balland. La lettura è di Eugenio Farn. ©2017 il Narratore Srl (P)2017 il Narratore Srl

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: History of Russia from the Earliest Times: Vol. 1 [Russian Edition] Author: Sergey Solovyov Narrator: Leontina Brotskaya Format: Unabridged Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins Language: English Release date: 07-14-17 Publisher: IDDK Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: A famous work of the great Russian historian Sergey Mikhaylovich Solovyov (1820-1879), who was a major achiever in Russian historical science in the 19th century. Solovyov is the "first among equals" in the galaxy of brilliant Russian historians, which includes Karamzin, Klyuchevsky, Kostomarov, Presnyakov, Granovsky, Platonov, and many others. The first volume of the work covers the period from the history of the Slavic tribes in ancient Russian territories through the end of the reign of Prince Yaroslav I (1054). Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Roman Guide to Slave Management [Russian Edition] Subtitle: A Treatise by Nobleman Marcus Sidonius Falx Author: Jerry Toner Narrator: Alexey Muzhitskii Format: Unabridged Length: 5 hrs and 52 mins Language: English Release date: 06-08-17 Publisher: New Internet Technologies & Olimp-Business Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: Marcus Sidonius Falx is an average Roman citizen. Born of a relatively well-off noble family, he lives on a palatial estate in Campania, dines with senators and generals, and, like all of his ancestors before him, owns countless slaves. Having spent most of his life managing his servants - many of them prisoners from Rome's military conquests - he decided to write a kind of owner's manual for his friends and countrymen. The result, The Roman Guide to Slave Management, is a sly, subversive guide to the realities of servitude in ancient Rome. Cambridge scholar Jerry Toner uses Falx, his fictional but true-to-life creation, to describe where and how to Romans bought slaves, how they could tell an obedient worker from a troublemaker, and even how the ruling class reacted to the inevitable slave revolts. Toner also adds commentary throughout, analyzing the callous words and casual brutality of Falx and his compatriots and putting it all in context for the modern listener. Written with a deep knowledge of ancient culture - and the depths of its cruelty - this is the Roman Empire as you've never seen it before. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Victorian Freaks Subtitle: The Social Context of Freakery in Britain Author: Marlene Tromp Narrator: Fred Humberstone Format: Unabridged Length: 14 hrs and 28 mins Language: English Release date: 06-02-17 Publisher: University Press Audiobooks Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: While "freaks" have captivated our imagination since well before the 19th century, the Victorians flocked to shows featuring dancing dwarves, bearded ladies, "missing links", and six-legged sheep. Indeed, this period has been described by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson as the epoch of "consolidation" for freakery: an era of social change, enormously popular freak shows, and taxonomic frenzy. Victorian Freaks: The Social Context of Freakery in Britain, edited by Marlene Tromp, turns to that rich nexus, examining the struggle over definitions of "freakery" and the unstable and sometimes conflicting ways in which freakery was understood and deployed. As the first study centralizing British culture, this collection discusses figures as varied as Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man"; Daniel Lambert, "King of the Fat Men"; Julia Pastrana, "The Bear Woman"; and Laloo, "The Marvellous Indian Boy" and his embedded, parasitic twin. Victorian Freaks contributors examine Victorian culture through the lens of freakery, interpreting the production of the freak against the landscape of capitalist consumption, the medical community, and the politics of empire, sexuality, and art. Collectively, these essays ask how freakery engaged with notions of normalcy and with its Victorian cultural context. This book is published by The Ohio State University Press. Critic Reviews: "A real, lasting contribution to scholarship, taking the field in a new, exciting direction." (Nineteenth-Century Gender Studies) "A welcome addition to the growing body of works on freaks and disability studies from a literary perspective." (Elsie Michie, Louisiana State University) "Victorian Freaks is particularly noteworthy." (Tamar Heller, author of Dead Secrets: Wilkie Collins and the Female Gothic)

Ascolta questo libro audio completo gratuitamente su https://hotaudiobook.com Titolo: I segreti di Istanbul. Storie, luoghi e leggende di una capitale Autore: Corrado Augias Narratore: Norman Mozzato Formato: Unabridged Durata: 10 hrs and 17 mins Lingua: Italiano Data di pubblicazione: 05-31-17 Editore: Mondadori Libri S.p.A. Categoria: History, European Riepilogo Editore: Per dieci secoli Costantinopoli è stata l'altra Roma. Poi, in una giornata di primavera del 1453, tutto è cambiato. Roma s'inabissava, nasceva Istanbul. Una città eterna, prodigiosa, inquieta. Un luogo del mondo dove è possibile incrociare le storie di imperatrici belle e crudeli, di sultani folli e saggi, di schiave e avventurieri. Storie piccole e grandissime ritrovate e raccontate da un autore capace, come raramente accade, di fondere in un unico sguardo sapere e meraviglia. "Il modo migliore per arrivare a Istanbul sarebbe attraversando lentamente il Mar di Marmara fino a veder apparire 'une incomparable silhouette de ville'...". Questo libro è il racconto, potremmo forse dire il romanzo di Istanbul. Protagonista è una città eterna, prodigiosa, una città incarnata nelle sue stesse rovine. A comporne la trama sono le storie degli uomini e delle donne che l'hanno fondata, vissuta, abbandonata. Per secoli Bisanzio, Costantinopoli, Istanbul è stata una meta ricercata, talvolta fraintesa, altre volte amata, sempre guardata con stupore già dalla prima apparizione del suo straordinario profilo contro il cielo d'Oriente. Quel crescente di luna, che non a caso figura sulla bandiera della Repubblica turca, è - e insieme non è - la stessa luna che possiamo vedere in un qualunque cielo notturno europeo. Come il particolare profumo della città, i suoni, i richiami dei marinai, le luci riflesse sono - e non sono - le stesse di un porto del nostro continente. A renderli diversi è quella sensazione indefinita, quel contorno avvolgente, che una volta si chiamava "esotismo" e che ancora sopravvive. Senza sottrarsi al fascino di quell'esotismo, Augias ne solleva con garbo il velo per scoprire la sostanza più autentica della città, quella che il turista non sempre può o sa cogliere. E lo fa esplorando, indagando e raccontando le storie, i luoghi, le leggende della città. Storie di imperatrici bellissime e crudeli, di sultani capaci di molta saggezza e di altrettanta follia, di avventurieri, di sognatori, di schiave che diventano regine. Storie che restituiscono significato a spazi apparentemente vuoti, che cuciono insieme eventi lontanissimi nel tempo e nella geografia: Istanbul, Roma, Parigi. Ma la capacità seduttiva di Istanbul non dipende solo dalle tracce del suo passato: ha anche molto a che fare con il suo caos, la sporcizia, il fumo, le crepe, i detriti. Con la scelta, continuamente rimandata, di una vera, definitiva appartenenza. Di questa città inquieta - uno dei non molti posti che hanno contribuito a dare al mondo un destino -, Augias ci racconta il grande passato e l'enigmatico presente, trasmettendo al lettore quel senso di incantamento che ha caratterizzato il suo primo incontro con la città e che si è rinnovato a ogni visita successiva. I segreti di Istanbul è anche questo: la storia di un innamoramento improvviso e di una continua stupefatta scoperta. >> Questo audiobook in edizione integrale vi è offerto in esclusiva per Audible ed è disponibile solamente in formato audio digitale. ©2016 Einaudi (P)2017 Einaudi

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: The Tuileries Palace Subtitle: The History and Legacy of France's Famous Royal Palace Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Jim D. Johnston Format: Unabridged Length: 1 hr and 20 mins Language: English Release date: 05-18-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: "The massacre followed the sacrificial logic of the scapegoat: unable to vent their violence upon its intended object, the king, the revolutionaries chose victims who symbolised the sovereign power of the king and whose deaths could serve to unify the people.... The destruction of the Swiss Guard allowed the revolutionaries to usurp and transform the royal notion of the body politic. This outcome is captured by reports the massacre of the Swiss was accompanied by cries of 'Vive la nation!', replacing 'Vive le roi!'" Jesse Goldhammer Since the earliest days of civilization, people have built homes not just for shelter, but to proclaim their status in the world. There is evidence from the earliest known cultures that one way in which rulers showcased power was by building a more elaborate home than those around them had. Through the centuries, as homes grew larger and better furnished, those in charge had to make their homes even larger and furnish and decorate them even more, to the extent that by the time of the Middle Ages, some homes were actually castles designed to withstand combat and allow entire communities to survive attacks by invaders. Though the need for such large dwellings eventually passed, the desire for them did not, and so the castle gave way to the palace, a building the size of a castle but as elegant as its owner could afford to make it. France, like all European countries, has had its fair share of palaces over time, but none suffered the rise and fall of fortune like the Tuileries. Built by a widow with a flair for architecture, it grew for more than a decade, along with the royal family that it housed.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: Mysterious Great Britain Subtitle: Monsters, Mysteries, and Magic Across the British Nation Author: Charles River Editors Narrator: Scott Clem Format: Unabridged Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins Language: English Release date: 05-01-17 Publisher: Charles River Editors Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: Great Britain is an ancient land steeped in history and tradition, filled with prehistoric ruins, majestic castles, and a countryside sculpted from millennia of human habitation. Its rolling countryside is dotted with prehistoric burial mounds and stone circles. Brooding castles hold tales of bloodshed and honor. Medieval churches have elaborate stained glass windows and gruesome carvings, reflecting a mixture of hope and darkness. Every hamlet and village has tales that go back centuries, and folk festivals with roots in pagan times. Not everything in Great Britain is as it appears, however. Some say this is a land haunted by spirits, a place of strange disappearances and unexplained phenomena. For centuries, people have told tales of ghosts stalking its historic buildings, strange creatures lurking in its primeval forests, and unexplained paths linking its ancient sites. There is no shortage when it comes to the strange stories the region has to offer, and the legends and lore have compelled many to dig a little deeper and even explore this wonderful land for themselves.

Please open https://hotaudiobook.com ONLY on your standard browser Safari, Chrome, Microsoft or Firefox to download full audiobooks of your choice for free. Title: History of France Author: IntroBooks Narrator: Andrea Giordani Format: Unabridged Length: 43 mins Language: English Release date: 04-25-17 Publisher: IntroBooks Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 1 votes Genres: History, European Publisher's Summary: The kingdom of France of the medieval ages emerged from the Western dominion of Europe. It was called Charlemagne's empire of Carolingians. During those days the territory was prominently called Western Francis. It was during the later years in and around 987 that the prominence of this Western Francis heightened with the formation of the Hugh Capet. The house of Capet is quite significant in the French history. Causes of French revolutions later on, the civil wars, the Viking threat, and many other interesting aspects make the history of France a very interesting subject for anyone from any part of the world.