Medieval in History & Nonfiction Audiobooks

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The Great Mortality

An Intimate History of the Black Death, the Most Devastating Plague of All Time

by John Kelly ...

Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ...

Unabridged

12 hours 55 min

“Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombThe Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The ... Read more

$41.99 CAD

“Powerful, rich with details, moving, humane, and full of important lessons for an age when weapons of mass destruction are loose among us.” — Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic BombThe Great Plague is one of the most compelling events in human history—even more so now, when the notion of plague has never loomed larger as a contemporary public concern.The
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The Ill-Made Knight

‘The master of historical fiction’ SUNDAY TIMES

by Christian Cameron ...

Narrated by Saul Reichlin ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Chivalry
Unabridged

21 hours 16 min

'Brilliantly evoked' SUNDAY TIMESDiscover the first medieval adventure in the action-packed Chivalry series! Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow and Conn Iggulden.September, 1356. Poitiers.The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle.On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy.On the French side, the King and ... ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

'Brilliantly evoked' SUNDAY TIMESDiscover the first medieval adventure in the action-packed Chivalry series! Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, Simon Scarrow and Conn Iggulden.September, 1356. Poitiers.The greatest knights of the age were ready to give battle.On the English side, Edward, the Black Prince, who'd earned his spurs at Crecy.On the French side, the King and ...
... Read more
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The Plantagenets

The Kings Who Made England

by Dan Jones ...

Narrated by Dan Jones ...

Unabridged

22 hours 8 min

This brilliant new audiobook explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain.England’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Their remarkable reign saw England emerge from the Dark Ages to become a highly ... Read more

$55.99 CAD

This brilliant new audiobook explores the lives of eight generations of the greatest kings and queens that this country has ever seen, and the worst. The Plantagenets – their story is the story of Britain.England’s greatest royal dynasty, the Plantagenets, ruled over England through eight generations of kings. Their remarkable reign saw England emerge from the Dark Ages to become a highly
... Read more
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The Once and Future Sex

Going Medieval on Women's Roles in Society

by Eleanor Janega ...

Narrated by Samara Naeymi ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior.What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time—and what ... Read more

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A vibrant and illuminating exploration of medieval thinking on women's beauty, sexuality, and behavior.What makes for the ideal woman? How should she look, love, and be? In this high-spirited history, medievalist Eleanor Janega turns to the Middle Ages, the era that bridged the ancient world and modern society, to unfurl its suppositions about women and reveal what's shifted over time—and what
... Read more
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The Civilization of the Middle Ages

A Completely Revised and Expanded Edition of Medieval History, the Life and Death of a Civilization

by Norman F. Cantor ...

Narrated by Frederick Davidson ...

Unabridged

28 hours 43 min

In 1963 Norman F. Cantor published his breakthrough narrative history of the Middle Ages. Here is a significant revision, update, and expansion of that work.The Civilization of the Middle Ages incorporates newer research and novel perspectives, especially on the foundations of the Middle Ages and the late Middle Ages of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A sharper focus on social history, ... Read more

$48.95 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In 1963 Norman F. Cantor published his breakthrough narrative history of the Middle Ages. Here is a significant revision, update, and expansion of that work.The Civilization of the Middle Ages incorporates newer research and novel perspectives, especially on the foundations of the Middle Ages and the late Middle Ages of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. A sharper focus on social history,
... Read more
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From Silk to Silicon

The Story of Globalization Through Ten Extraordinary Lives

by Jeffrey E. Garten ...

Narrated by Tom Perkins ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the ... Read more

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From Silk to Silicon tells the story of who these men and women were, what they did, how they did it, and how their achievements continue to shape our world today. They include:• Genghis Khan, who united east and west by conquest and by opening new trade routes built on groundbreaking transportation and management innovations.• Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who arose from oppression to establish the
... Read more
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Witches of Scotland, The

True Accounts From the Scottish Witch-Trials (1537-1727)

by Eliza Lynn Linton ...

Narrated by Wendy Lap ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

Witch-hunting plagued much of Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, but Scotland’s witch hunts were among the most severe. Combining eyewitness accounts with actual trial transcripts, British journalist Elizabeth Lynn Linton provides a fascinating glimpse into the black magic and fairy lore behind Scotland's infamous witch trials. ... Read more

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Witch-hunting plagued much of Europe throughout the 16th and 17th centuries, but Scotland’s witch hunts were among the most severe. Combining eyewitness accounts with actual trial transcripts, British journalist Elizabeth Lynn Linton provides a fascinating glimpse into the black magic and fairy lore behind Scotland's infamous witch trials.
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The History of the Medieval World

From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade

by Susan Wise Bauer ...

Narrated by John Lee ...

Unabridged

22 hours 42 min

From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T'ang Dynasty, from the birth of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled.In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the ... Read more

$42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T'ang Dynasty, from the birth of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled.In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the
... Read more
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The Black Death

A Global History of Humanity's Most Devastating Pandemic

by Thomas Asbridge ...

Narrated by Thomas Asbridge, Justin Avoth ...

Unabridged

19 hours 1 min

“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 Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid ... Read more

$41.00 CAD

“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 Asbridge puts a human face—or rather multiple faces—on the Black Death.”—Eric Cline, author of 1177 B.C.In the mid
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Medieval Bodies

Life and Death in the Middle Ages

by Jack Hartnell ...

Narrated by Michael Page ...

Unabridged

8 hours 26 min

Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different from our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or where the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held ... Read more

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Just like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different from our own, unfolding in a world where deadly wounds might be healed overnight by divine intervention, or where the heart of a king, plucked from his corpse, could be held
... Read more
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The King's Jewel

from the bestselling author comes a new historical fiction novel of strength and survival

by Elizabeth Chadwick ...

Narrated by Kit Griffiths ...

Unabridged

15 hours 59 min

Wales, 1093.The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth, is destroyed when her father is killed and she is taken hostage. Her honour is further tarnished when she is taken as an unwilling concubine by King William's ruthless younger brother Henry, who later ascends the throne under suspicious circumstances.But it is Nesta's marriage that will really ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

Wales, 1093.The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth, is destroyed when her father is killed and she is taken hostage. Her honour is further tarnished when she is taken as an unwilling concubine by King William's ruthless younger brother Henry, who later ascends the throne under suspicious circumstances.But it is Nesta's marriage that will really
... Read more
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La vie quotidienne au Moyen Âge

by Jean Verdon ...

Narrated by Mathieu Buscatto ...

Unabridged

11 hours 8 min

Une vision d'ensemble de la vie des hommes et des femmes du Moyen Age, des invasions barbares à la Renaissance.Entre " Naître " et " Mourir ", les vingt-deux chapitres de ce livre – appelé à devenir un classique – scandent l'existence des hommes et des femmes du Moyen-Âge.L'on découvre ainsi qu'on ne se marie pas par amour et que les futurs époux, surtout la femme, n'ont pas leur mot à dire. La ... Read more

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Une vision d'ensemble de la vie des hommes et des femmes du Moyen Age, des invasions barbares à la Renaissance.Entre " Naître " et " Mourir ", les vingt-deux chapitres de ce livre – appelé à devenir un classique – scandent l'existence des hommes et des femmes du Moyen-Âge.L'on découvre ainsi qu'on ne se marie pas par amour et que les futurs époux, surtout la femme, n'ont pas leur mot à dire. La
... Read more
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The Light Ages

The Surprising Story of Medieval Science

by Seb Falk ...

Narrated by Seb Falk ...

Unabridged

11 hours 3 min

An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk.Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. As medieval thinkers sought to ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An illuminating guide to the scientific and technological achievements of the Middle Ages through the life of a crusading astronomer-monk.Soaring Gothic cathedrals, violent crusades, the Black Death: these are the dramatic forces that shaped the medieval era. But the so-called Dark Ages also gave us the first universities, eyeglasses, and mechanical clocks. As medieval thinkers sought to
... Read more
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Two Houses, Two Kingdoms

A History of France and England, 1100-1300

by Catherine Hanley ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

15 hours 50 min

An exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary storyThe twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

An exhilarating, accessible chronicle of the ruling families of France and England, showing how two dynasties formed one extraordinary storyThe twelfth and thirteenth centuries were a time of personal monarchy, when the close friendship or petty feuding between kings and queens could determine the course of history. The Capetians of France and the Angevins of England waged war, made peace, and
... Read more
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Everyday Life in Medieval London

From the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors

by Toni Mount ...

Narrated by Anne Flosnik ...

Unabridged

10 hours 26 min

London has always been a thriving and colorful place, full of diverse and determined individuals developing trade and finance, exchanging gossip, and doing business.Abandoned by the Romans, rebuilt by the Saxons, occupied by the Vikings, and reconstructed by the Normans, the city would become the largest trade and financial center, dominating the world in later centuries. London has always been a ... Read more

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London has always been a thriving and colorful place, full of diverse and determined individuals developing trade and finance, exchanging gossip, and doing business.Abandoned by the Romans, rebuilt by the Saxons, occupied by the Vikings, and reconstructed by the Normans, the city would become the largest trade and financial center, dominating the world in later centuries. London has always been a
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Life in a Medieval Village

by Joseph Gies, Frances Gies ...

Narrated by Anne Flosnik ...

Unabridged

6 hours 46 min

Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made communal living possible, explain what domestic life was like for serf and lord alike, and describe the central ... Read more

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Life in a Medieval Village, by respected historians Joseph and Frances Gies, paints a lively, convincing portrait of rural people at work and at play in the Middle Ages. Focusing on the village of Elton, in the English East Midlands, the Gieses detail the agricultural advances that made communal living possible, explain what domestic life was like for serf and lord alike, and describe the central
... Read more
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The Wandering Mind

What Medieval Monks Tell Us About Distraction

by Jamie Kreiner ...

Narrated by Jamie Kreiner ...

Unabridged

5 hours 31 min

The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world with less noise. We imagine retreating into solitude and singlemindedness, almost like latter-day monks.But although we think of early monks as master concentrators, a life of mindfulness ... Read more

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The digital era is beset by distraction, and it feels like things are only getting worse. At times like these, the distant past beckons as a golden age of attention. We dream of recapturing the quiet of a world with less noise. We imagine retreating into solitude and singlemindedness, almost like latter-day monks.But although we think of early monks as master concentrators, a life of mindfulness
... Read more
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House of Lilies

The Dynasty That Made Medieval France

by Justine Firnhaber-Baker ...

Narrated by Justine Firnhaber-Baker ...

Unabridged

13 hours 3 min

In House of Lilies, historian Justine Firnhaber-Baker tells the epic story of the Capetian dynasty of medieval France, showing how their ideas about power, religion, and identity continue to shape European society and politics today.Reigning from 987 to 1328, the Capetians became the most powerful monarchy of the Middle Ages. Consolidating a fragmented realm that eventually stretched from the ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

In House of Lilies, historian Justine Firnhaber-Baker tells the epic story of the Capetian dynasty of medieval France, showing how their ideas about power, religion, and identity continue to shape European society and politics today.Reigning from 987 to 1328, the Capetians became the most powerful monarchy of the Middle Ages. Consolidating a fragmented realm that eventually stretched from the
... Read more
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The Burgundians

A Vanished Empire: A History of 1111 Years and One Day

by Bart van Loo ...

Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

Unabridged

21 hours 12 min

At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern ... Read more

$42.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern
... Read more
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How to Survive in Medieval England

by Toni Mount ...

Narrated by Derek Perkins ...

Unabridged

4 hours 58 min

Imagine you were transported back in time to Medieval England and had to start a new life there. Without mobile phones, iPads, internet, and social media networks, when transport means walking or, if you're fortunate, horseback, how will you know where you are or what to do? Where will you live? What is there to eat? What shall you wear? How can you communicate when nobody speaks as you do and ... Read more

$21.97 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Imagine you were transported back in time to Medieval England and had to start a new life there. Without mobile phones, iPads, internet, and social media networks, when transport means walking or, if you're fortunate, horseback, how will you know where you are or what to do? Where will you live? What is there to eat? What shall you wear? How can you communicate when nobody speaks as you do and
... Read more
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Chaucer's People

Everyday Lives in Medieval England

by Liza Picard ...

Narrated by Jennifer M. Dixon ...

Unabridged

12 hours 46 min

The Middle Ages re-created through the cast of pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.Among the surviving records of fourteenth-century England, Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry is the most vivid. Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court—men and women who spent days at the pedal of a loom, or maintaining the ledgers of an estate, or on the high seas. In Chaucer's People, Liza ... Read more

$35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The Middle Ages re-created through the cast of pilgrims in The Canterbury Tales.Among the surviving records of fourteenth-century England, Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry is the most vivid. Chaucer wrote about everyday people outside the walls of the English court—men and women who spent days at the pedal of a loom, or maintaining the ledgers of an estate, or on the high seas. In Chaucer's People, Liza
... Read more
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The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise

Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain

by Dario Fernandez Morera ...

Narrated by Bob Souer ...

Unabridged

9 hours 31 min

Scholars, journalists, and politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain—"al-Andalus"—as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: it is a myth.In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain. The Myth of the ... Read more

$28.84 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

Scholars, journalists, and politicians uphold Muslim-ruled medieval Spain—"al-Andalus"—as a multicultural paradise, a place where Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in harmony. There is only one problem with this widely accepted account: it is a myth.In this groundbreaking book, Northwestern University scholar Darío Fernández-Morera tells the full story of Islamic Spain. The Myth of the
... Read more
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Soldiers

Great Stories of War and Peace

by Max Hastings ...

Narrated by Max Hastings, Ric Jerrom ...

Unabridged

24 hours 14 min

‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail ‘An unmissable read’ Sunday TimesSoldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers, about men and women who have borne arms, reflecting bestselling historian Max Hastings’s lifetime of studying war. It rings the changes through the centuries, between the ... Read more

$63.99 CAD

‘A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling’ Daily Mail ‘An unmissable read’ Sunday TimesSoldiers is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers, about men and women who have borne arms, reflecting bestselling historian Max Hastings’s lifetime of studying war. It rings the changes through the centuries, between the
... Read more
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Margrete 1.

En regent & hendes samtid

by Vivian Etting ...

Narrated by Anne-Mette Johansen ...

Unabridged

11 hours 19 min

Margrete den Første var en ener. En af de største statsmænd i Nordens historie og hjernen bag Kalmarunionen. En begavet, viljestærk og ambitiøs kvinde, der hensynsløst forstod at udnytte øjeblikkets politiske muligheder. Men også en kvinde, der betalte en høj personlig pris for sin succes.”Det er og bliver portrættet af dronningen som benhård politisk aktør, der giver bogen tyngde. Her udfoldes en ... Read more

$25.71 CAD

Margrete den Første var en ener. En af de største statsmænd i Nordens historie og hjernen bag Kalmarunionen. En begavet, viljestærk og ambitiøs kvinde, der hensynsløst forstod at udnytte øjeblikkets politiske muligheder. Men også en kvinde, der betalte en høj personlig pris for sin succes.”Det er og bliver portrættet af dronningen som benhård politisk aktør, der giver bogen tyngde. Her udfoldes en
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