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Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsThe Twelve Caesars by SuetoniusPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/100414 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Twelve Caesars Author: Suetonius Narrator: Clive Chafer Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 17 hours 30 minutes Release date: March 14, 2011 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: As private secretary to the Emperor Hadrian, the scholar Suetonius had access to the imperial archives and used them (along with eyewitness accounts) to produce one of the most colorful biographical works in history. The Twelve Caesars chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the...
2011-03-1403 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsCleopatra: A Life by Stacy SchiffPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/83726 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Cleopatra: A Life Author: Stacy Schiff Narrator: Robin Miles Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 14 hours 30 minutes Release date: November 1, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.29 of Total 28 Ratings of Narrator: 4.2 of Total 10 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt. Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but was richer still in political and sexual intrigue. Above all else, Cleopatra was a shrewd strategist and an ingenious negotiator. Though her...
2010-11-0103 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsThe Ides: Caesar’s Murder and the War for Rome by Stephen Dando-CollinsPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/62087 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Ides: Caesar’s Murder and the War for Rome Author: Stephen Dando-Collins Narrator: Bronson Pinchot Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 11 minutes Release date: May 10, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 2 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Sixty killers, wearing the purple-trimmed togas of Roman senators, unsheathed their hidden daggers to stab the most feared and powerful man in the Empire. Hundreds of their colleagues ran screaming from the Theater of Pompey the Great, proclaiming the bloody deed to the thousands of citizens who clogged the streets outside. It wa...
2010-05-1003 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsAlexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered by Robin Lane FoxPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/99282 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Alexander of Macedonia: The World Conquered Author: Robin Lane Fox Narrator: Robin Lane Fox Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 14 minutes Release date: April 9, 2010 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.6 of Total 5 Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 4 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Alexander the Great is the most famous king and conqueror known in the ancient world. In his lifetime, he was given honors equal to those of the gods. After his death, he became a legend and the 'Alexander Romance' became the best-selling fiction of the medieval world. Esteemed Professor...
2010-04-0905 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsThe Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller by Martin Dugard, James PattersonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/59593 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Murder of King Tut: The Plot to Kill the Child King - A Nonfiction Thriller Author: Martin Dugard, James Patterson Narrator: Joe Barrett Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 59 minutes Release date: September 28, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.46 of Total 48 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Since 1922, when Howard Carter discovered Tut's 3,000-year-old tomb, most Egyptologists have presumed that the young king died of disease, or perhaps an accident, such as a chariot fall. But what if his fate was actually much more sinister? Now...
2009-09-2803 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsLost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization by Lars BrownworthPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/121257 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Lost to the West: The Forgotten Byzantine Empire That Rescued Western Civilization Author: Lars Brownworth Narrator: Lars Brownworth Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 4 minutes Release date: September 15, 2009 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 9 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Filled with unforgettable stories of emperors, generals, and religious patriarchs, as well as fascinating glimpses into the life of the ordinary citizen, Lost to the West reveals how much we owe to the Byzantine Empire that was the equal of any in its achievements, appetites...
2009-09-1510 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsRed Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt by Barbara MertzPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116515 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Red Land, Black Land: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt Author: Barbara Mertz Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 15 hours 0 minutes Release date: March 15, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.38 of Total 8 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Esteemed Egyptologist Barbara Mertz updates her widely praised social history of the people of ancient Egypt, which was originally published in 1968. Combining impeccable scholarship with a delightfully personal style, the author reconstructs the life of the Egyptians from birth to death, and beyond death, too. She also presents...
2008-03-1503 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsTemples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt by Barbara MertzPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/116506 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Temples, Tombs and Hieroglyphs: A Popular History of Ancient Egypt Author: Barbara Mertz Narrator: Lorna Raver Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes Release date: December 15, 2007 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 2 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: In this updated version of the classic of popular Egyptology, Barbara Mertz combines a doctorate in Egyptology at the famed Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago with a life-long enthusiasm for ancient Egypt. Her love of the subject is contagious and makes her the perfect guide...
2007-12-1503 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsMountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders by Zahi HawassPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/115617 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Mountains of the Pharaohs: The Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders Author: Zahi Hawass Narrator: Simon Vance Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 0 minutes Release date: September 5, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 2.84 of Total 32 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 2 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: An unprecedented account of one of civilization's greatest achievements. The great pyramids of Giza have intrigued humanity for thousands of years. Questions about the construction and the purpose of these majestic monuments have existed since the middle period of ancient Egyptian civilization; in the sixth century...
2006-09-0503 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsGreek Myths by James BaldwinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/129964 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Greek Myths Author: James Baldwin Narrator: Michael Scott Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 1 hour 55 minutes Release date: January 4, 2006 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.04 of Total 296 Ratings of Narrator: 4.27 of Total 95 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: The ancient texts we call Greek Myths are our window into the distant past, a view of a world that existed not only in the mind of the poets, but also in the hearts of the humble natives of ancient Greece. Listen to the wonderful journeys and adventures of these ancient Greek Gods and heroes.
2006-01-0403 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsJulius Caesar by William ShakespearePlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/33965 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Julius Caesar Author: William Shakespeare Narrator: (null) Cast, Sir Ralph Richardson Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 2 hours 12 minutes Release date: December 27, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.64 of Total 22 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: ''Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war...'' - Antony A Shakespeare Society Production. The complete play in five acts. Features a unique cover illustration by Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are), specially commissioned for the Shakespeare on Compact Disc series -- now on digital audiobook.
2003-12-2705 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsSailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter by Thomas CahillPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/122585 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Sailing the Wine Dark Sea: Why the Greeks Matter Series: Part of The Hinges of History Author: Thomas Cahill Narrator: John Lee Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 38 minutes Release date: July 7, 2003 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.69 of Total 16 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: In Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, his fourth volume to explore “the hinges of history,” Thomas Cahill escorts the reader on another entertaining—and historically unassailable—journey through the landmarks of art and bloodshed that defined Greek culture nearly three millennia ago. In the city-states of Athens and Sparta...
2003-07-0710 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Part 2 by Edward GibbonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126443 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Part 2 Author: Edward Gibbon Narrator: Neville Jason, Philip Madoc Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 12 minutes Release date: May 13, 1997 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire occupies an immortal place in the pantheon of historical masterpieces. This six-disc recording covers the final three volumes of Gibbon's work, tracing ten centuries in the life of the eastern half of the empire, whose capital city...
1997-05-1303 min
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in History, Ancient CivilizationsThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Part I by Edward GibbonPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/126449 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Part I Author: Edward Gibbon Narrator: Neville Jason, Philip Madoc Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 56 minutes Release date: October 31, 1995 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.5 of Total 4 Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2 Genres: Ancient Civilizations Publisher's Summary: Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of the greatest texts in the English language. In magisterial prose, Gibbon charts the gradual collapse of the Roman rule from Augustus (23 B.C. - A.D. 14) to the first of the Barbarian kings...
1995-10-3103 min