Bestsellers
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- De: Douglas Brunt
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever....
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Great book!
- De Scott F en 09-24-23
De: Douglas Brunt
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The War on the West
- De: Douglas Murray
- Narrado por: Douglas Murray
- Duración: 12 h y 42 m
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In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric....
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Every Human (seriously, everyone) Read This!
- De aaron en 04-27-22
De: Douglas Murray
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 28 h y 38 m
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The 14th century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague....
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And you thought the twentieth century was rough...
- De Rob en 03-23-06
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- De: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 21 h y 12 m
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This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness....
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Extraordinary story, expertly told and skillfully narrated
- De Daniel Vergara en 03-01-24
De: Bart van Loo, y otros
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- De: Dan Jones
- Narrado por: Dan Jones
- Duración: 24 h y 25 m
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When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era—and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation....
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Hard to take a break from it!
- De Mariano's Music en 12-09-21
De: Dan Jones
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Rebel in the Ranks
- Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World
- De: Brad S. Gregory
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther....
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Something to think about
- De Like Loehe en 09-19-17
De: Brad S. Gregory
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel
- Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
- De: Douglas Brunt
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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September 29, 1913: the steamship Dresden is halfway between Belgium and England. On board is one of the most famous men in the world, Rudolf Diesel, whose new internal combustion engine is on the verge of revolutionizing global industry forever....
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Great book!
- De Scott F en 09-24-23
De: Douglas Brunt
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The War on the West
- De: Douglas Murray
- Narrado por: Douglas Murray
- Duración: 12 h y 42 m
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In The War on the West, Douglas Murray shows how many well-meaning people have been fooled by hypocritical and inconsistent anti-West rhetoric....
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Every Human (seriously, everyone) Read This!
- De aaron en 04-27-22
De: Douglas Murray
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A Distant Mirror
- The Calamitous Fourteenth Century
- De: Barbara W. Tuchman
- Narrado por: Wanda McCaddon
- Duración: 28 h y 38 m
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The 14th century reflects two contradictory images: on the one hand, a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry; and on the other, a time of ferocity and spiritual agony, a world of chaos and the plague....
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And you thought the twentieth century was rough...
- De Rob en 03-23-06
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The Burgundians
- A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day
- De: Bart van Loo, Nancy Forest-Flier - translator
- Narrado por: Nigel Patterson
- Duración: 21 h y 12 m
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This is the story of a thousand years, a must-listen narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury, and madness....
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Extraordinary story, expertly told and skillfully narrated
- De Daniel Vergara en 03-01-24
De: Bart van Loo, y otros
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Powers and Thrones
- A New History of the Middle Ages
- De: Dan Jones
- Narrado por: Dan Jones
- Duración: 24 h y 25 m
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When the once-mighty city of Rome was sacked by barbarians in 410 and lay in ruins, it signaled the end of an era—and the beginning of a thousand years of profound transformation....
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Hard to take a break from it!
- De Mariano's Music en 12-09-21
De: Dan Jones
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Rebel in the Ranks
- Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World
- De: Brad S. Gregory
- Narrado por: Sean Runnette
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther....
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Something to think about
- De Like Loehe en 09-19-17
De: Brad S. Gregory
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The Liberator
- One World War II Soldier's 500-Day Odyssey from the Beaches of Sicily to the Gates of Dachau
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 2 m
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The true story of the bloodiest and most dramatic march to victory of the Second World War....
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Now I Know What a Hero Really Is
- De Steven en 11-27-12
De: Alex Kershaw
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume II: Alone, 1932-1940: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume II: Alone, 1932-1940
- De: William Manchester
- Narrado por: Richard Brown
- Duración: 36 h y 21 m
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This second volume in William Manchester's three-volume biography of Winston Churchill challenges the assumption that Churchill's finest hour was as a wartime leader....
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Senseless change of narrators
- De sph en 12-12-11
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The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara
- De: David I. Kertzer
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 15 h y 44 m
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A riveting story that has been ignored by modern historians, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara will prompt intense interest and discussion as it lays bare attitudes of the Catholic Church....
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Too much detail
- De L. WILLIAM en 03-03-24
De: David I. Kertzer
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Big Week
- The Biggest Air Battle of World War II
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 15 h y 20 m
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In Big Week, acclaimed World War II historian James Holland chronicles the massive air battle through the experiences of those who lived and died during it. Prior to Big Week, the air forces on both sides were in crisis....
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War in the Air: Sets stage with gripping narrative
- De Nashville Cat en 11-17-18
De: James Holland
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The War That Ended Peace
- The Road to 1914
- De: Margaret MacMillan
- Narrado por: Richard Burnip
- Duración: 31 h y 58 m
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From the best-selling and award-winning author of Paris 1919 comes a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, a fascinating portrait of Europe from 1900 up to the outbreak of World War I....
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Detailed review of 1882 to 1914
- De smarmer en 04-06-14
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Volume 3
- Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
- De: William Manchester, Paul Reid
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer, Paul Reid
- Duración: 53 h y 23 m
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Spanning 1940 to 1965, this volume picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became prime minister - when Britain stood alone against the might of Nazi Germany....
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A worthy final volume in a great biography
- De Mike From Mesa en 11-27-12
De: William Manchester, y otros
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Amsterdam
- A History of the World's Most Liberal City
- De: Russell Shorto
- Narrado por: Russell Shorto
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
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An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the Center of the World....
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Worth Reading - Highly Recommended
- De Whit B en 05-12-14
De: Russell Shorto
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Spain
- The Centre of the World 1519-1682
- De: Robert Goodwin
- Narrado por: Jeremy Clyde
- Duración: 21 h y 2 m
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Robert Goodwin delves into previously unrecorded sources to bring a tumultuous and exciting period to life. Spain is a revealing portrait of an empire at the height of its power and a world at the dawn of a new age....
De: Robert Goodwin
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The Verge
- Reformation, Renaissance, and Forty Years That Shook the World
- De: Patrick Wyman
- Narrado por: Patrick Wyman
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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The creator of the hit podcast series Tides of History and Fall of Rome explores the four explosive decades between 1490 and 1530, bringing to life the dramatic and deeply human story of how the West was reborn....
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Like the Podcast but Better.
- De Michael S. Labrow en 07-21-21
De: Patrick Wyman
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The Fabric of Civilization
- How Textiles Made the World
- De: Virginia I. Postrel
- Narrado por: Caroline Cole
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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From Paleolithic flax to 3D knitting, explore the global history of textiles and the world they weave together in this enthralling and educational guide....
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Pop journalism article lengthened into a book
- De Anonymous User en 02-05-22
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Waterloo
- The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
- De: Bernard Cornwell
- Narrado por: Bernard Cornwell, Dugald Bruce Lockhart
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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Bernard Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting chronicle of every dramatic moment from Napoleon's daring escape from Elba....
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Not a close run thing!
- De carl801 en 05-13-15
De: Bernard Cornwell
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The Pity of War
- Explaining World War I
- De: Niall Ferguson
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 21 h y 38 m
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The Pity of War makes a simple and provocative argument: the human atrocity known as the Great War was entirely England's fault. According to Niall Ferguson, England entered into war based on naive assumptions of German aims....
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Ferguson wouldn’t know history if it hit him in the head
- De Schen en 10-07-20
De: Niall Ferguson
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Avenue of Spies
- A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and One American Family's Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
- De: Alex Kershaw
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
- Duración: 7 h y 14 m
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The best-selling author of The Liberator brings to life the incredible true story of an American doctor in Paris and his heroic espionage efforts during the Second World War....
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Gripping, inspirational, and informative!!
- De Constance M. Specht en 09-26-15
De: Alex Kershaw
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Aftermath
- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955
- De: Harald Jähner, Shaun Whiteside - translator
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 12 h y 36 m
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How does a nation recover from fascism and turn toward a free society once more? This internationally acclaimed revelatory history of the transformational decade that followed World War II illustrates how Germany raised itself out of the ashes of defeat....
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Where are the photos?
- De Cassandra en 01-17-22
De: Harald Jähner, y otros
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The Marshall Plan
- Dawn of the Cold War
- De: Benn Steil
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 16 h y 34 m
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The award-winning author of The Battle of Bretton Woods reveals the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan - told with verve, insight, and resonance for today....
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A Deeply Researched Narrative
- De Jean en 10-18-18
De: Benn Steil
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The Basque History of the World
- De: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrado por: George Guidall
- Duración: 12 h y 43 m
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"The singular remarkable fact about the Basques is that they still exist," best selling author Mark Kurlansky says...
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A cultural excursion worth taking
- De Karen en 04-06-05
De: Mark Kurlansky
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The Pope and Mussolini
- The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
- De: David I. Kertzer
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 14 h y 10 m
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From National Book Award finalist David I. Kertzer comes the gripping story of Pope Pius XI’s secret relations with Italian dictator Benito Mussolini....
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It is not narrated well - the delivery does not keep it as captivating as this book should be
- De Karina Inigo en 07-14-15
De: David I. Kertzer
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The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941
- The War in The West, Volume 1
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 27 h y 44 m
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The Rise of Germany is a masterful history of the war on land, in the air, and at sea, destined to generate significant scholarly debate and listener interest....
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Good Book painfully read
- De richard en 01-21-16
De: James Holland
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A Bridge Too Far
- De: Cornelius Ryan
- Narrado por: Clive Chafer
- Duración: 18 h y 11 m
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A masterly chronicle of the Battle of Arnhem, which marshaled the greatest armada of troop-carrying aircraft ever assembled and cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-day....
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Great story much better than the movie
- De Amazon Customer en 07-26-12
De: Cornelius Ryan
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A Brief History of Portugal
- Blazing the Trail of a Voyage-Shaped Nation
- De: Dominic Haynes
- Narrado por: Jeff Bower
- Duración: 3 h y 8 m
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On the western part of the Iberian Peninsula, touching the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean lies a nation with a proud history that influenced Europe and the rest of the world....
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Book with no soul, narrated by a student actor
- De Capitaine-Lieutenant des Mousquetaires en 01-12-24
De: Dominic Haynes
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Fracture
- Life and Culture in the West, 1918-1938
- De: Philipp Blom
- Narrado por: Ralph Lister
- Duración: 17 h
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When the Great War ended in 1918, the West was broken....
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Lots of good trivia information
- De Jean en 07-23-15
De: Philipp Blom
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From Gutenberg to Google
- The History of Our Future
- De: Tom Wheeler
- Narrado por: Brian Troxell
- Duración: 8 h y 49 m
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In an era of seemingly instant change, it's easy to think that today's revolutions - in communications, business, and many areas of daily life - are unprecedented. Today's changes may be new and may be happening faster than ever before....
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combination of books
- De Amanda en 10-23-19
De: Tom Wheeler
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The Irony of Modern Catholic History
- How the Church Rediscovered Itself and Challenged the Modern World to Reform
- De: George Weigel
- Narrado por: Rick Adamson
- Duración: 9 h y 59 m
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A powerful new interpretation of Catholicism's dramatic encounter with modernity, by one of America's leading intellectuals....
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Well written and considered book, bad narrator
- De Brad en 12-13-19
De: George Weigel
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George, Nicholas and Wilhelm
- Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I
- De: Miranda Carter
- Narrado por: Rosalyn Landor
- Duración: 21 h y 10 m
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In the years before the First World War, the great European powers were ruled by three first cousins: King George V of Britain, Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany and Tsar Nicholas II of Russia....
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interesting and entertaining work of history
- De D. Littman en 01-16-11
De: Miranda Carter