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BBC radio collection.
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| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 44259 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Duration: 3:04:42. |
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Read by Anna Massey. |
| Summary |
History is often seen just as a series of dates, a fact of which Christopher Lee is very well aware. When he wrote This sceptred isle, Lee ensured there were plenty of fascinating details to bring the dates to life, and according to the listeners of Radio 4 and the purchasers of over 100,000 copies of This sceptred isle audio tapes to date, he succeeded in his aims. For instance -- everyone knows that English people have a tendency not to learn foreign languages effectively -- but did you know that this may stem from an ancient antipathy to the French dating from the Norman Conquest, and its aftermath, in which French was perceived as the language of the oppressor? Ever thought about how people kept themselves clean back in the Dark Ages? Well they certainly didn't soak in a bath because after the Romans left in 410 AD no-one really had a bath in England until the end of the 18th Century! |
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Great Britain -- History.
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| Added Author |
Massey, Anna.
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BBC Audiobooks Ltd.
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| Added Title |
Elizabeth I to Cromwell : 1547-1660 |
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This sceptred isle : 1547-1660 |
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This sceptred isle (Radio program)
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| ISBN |
140569937X (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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