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"Dan Jones has an enviable gift for telling a dramatic story while at the same time inviting us to consider serious topics like liberty and the seeds of representative government." —Antonia Fraser From the New York Times bestselling author of The Plantagenets, a lively, action-packed history...

After the long period of cultural decline known as the Dark Ages, Europe experienced a rebirth of scholarship, art, literature, philosophy, and science and began to develop a vision of Western society that remains at the heart of Western civilization today. By placing the image of the Virgin...

"Not only an engrossing read about the distant past, both informative and entertaining, but also a profoundly thought-provoking view of our not-really-so-‘new’ present . . . All medieval history is here, beautifully narrated."—Wall Street Journal "A lively history . . . [Jones] has managed...

A major new history of the Crusades with an unprecedented wide scope, told in a tableau of portraits of people on all sides of the wars, from the author of Powers and Thrones. For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war...

Drift into deep sleep while surviving the dryly funny, filthy reality of daily life in a medieval town. When a racing mind disrupts your bedtime routine, this calm and soothing historical tour offers the ultimate distraction. Trade your modern anxiety for the year 1327, waking up as a perfectly...

“A magisterial history” (The Guardian) of humanity’s greatest natural disaster—the Black Death—that reveals the true global impact and terrible human cost of this calamity, from the renowned author of The Crusades and The Greatest Knight. “Terrific—and truly terrifying. Thomas...

In Dante, Lewis traces the life and complex development—emotional, artistic, philosophical—of this supreme poet-historian, from his wanderings through Tuscan hills and splendid churches to his days as a young soldier fighting for democracy, to his civic leadership and years of embittered...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. En el invierno de 754 un papa cruzó los Alpes por primera vez en la historia para arrodillarse ante un rey franco. Casi cincuenta años después, el hijo de aquel rey se dejaba poner una corona imperial en San Pedro y rompía con ello el orden...

Step into gritty medieval medical history, where surviving a brutal toothache required far more than just blind faith. Perfect for your daily commute, this visceral exploration shatters the popular myth of the endlessly groaning, mud-dwelling peasant. Immerse yourself in a surprisingly...

Walk the bustling streets of a medieval metropolis in this immersive history of daily life in the Byzantine Empire. Perfect for your daily commute, this atmospheric journey trades emperors and generals for the gritty reality of alleys, wharves, and workshops. You will hear the clang of...

Uncover the hidden reality of medieval history by exploring the intimate, everyday garments worn closest to the skin. Perfect for your morning commute or an afternoon of deep focus, this immersive social history moves past shining armor to reveal the linen shifts, braies, and hose that shaped...

Experience an immersive narrative history uncovering the grim reality of medieval Europe’s most misunderstood outcasts. Perfect for an educational commute, this atmospheric journey strips away horror myths to expose the executioner as a trapped worker within a rigid political system. Through...

Thrust into a freezing Norse settlement, your modern survival skills face the ultimate immersive historical test. Stripped of technology and plunged into a gritty, tense struggle against hunger and darkness, you must navigate the daily grind of the Viking Age. Perfect for a gripping commute...

Step into the medieval laboring room to explore the untold women's history of pregnancy, childbirth, and survival. Perfect for a thoughtful morning commute, this immersive historical deep dive transports you directly into the everyday households of medieval Europe. Leave behind modern...

Step into the gritty reality of medieval European history, where stopping food decay was a life-or-death daily struggle. This immersive culinary journey transports you to damp village markets and smoky manor houses, revealing the ingenious survival methods of peasants, monks, and nobles. Perfect...

Survive the darkest outbreaks of medical history as ordinary citizens battle deadly plagues and relentless urban vermin. Step away from the courts of kings and descend into the crowded, gritty streets of medieval Europe. This immersive narrative history places you beside the peasants, monks, and...

Experience medieval medical history, where surviving sudden disease meant relying on herbal healing and spiritual faith. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive narrative transports you from rural peasant cottages to wealthy royal courts. Witness how ordinary families battled festering...

Experience an immersive medieval history journey that brings the raw reality of the Viking Age to life in a single feast. Perfect for your evening wind-down or daily commute, this atmospheric deep dive drops you directly into a coastal settlement in the tenth century. Leave modern myths behind...

Explore the gritty urban history of the Middle Ages to see how crowded towns battled a rising tide of human waste. Perfect for an educational commute, this eye-opening journey dispels the myth of the unwashed European cesspit. Experience the sights, smells, and chaotic streets of early coastal...

Experience an atmospheric slice of medieval history where an outcast's daily survival confronts the reality of mortality. From the damp morning chill to the tolling evening bells, this immersive narrative transforms your daily commute into the solemn, dirt-stained world of a small European...