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A minor religious dispute ignites a devastating military conflict that permanently reshapes the map of Europe. Perfect for your daily commute, this gripping historical narrative plunges you into the fractured, tense landscape of the Holy Roman Empire. Experience the terrifying escalation from...

Unearth a suspenseful historical mystery of royal power and political intrigue that haunted seventeenth-century France. Perfect for a long commute or an evening of deep-focus listening, this atmospheric true story explores how an absolute monarch concealed a captive whose face was hidden even...

Dive into a gripping historical mystery and uncover the royal conspiracy behind Europe's most famous faceless prisoner. Separate the legendary myths from the cold, hard archival evidence of absolute monarchy. Explore the dark machinery of state prisons and the chilling reality of controlled...

Step inside the ultimate gilded cage of French history, where political power was ruthlessly built with mirrors and gold. Transform your daily commute into an immersive journey through the dramatic rise and turbulent fall of Europe’s most opulent royal court. From a humble hunting lodge to a...

Uncover the tense political history of 1688 Britain, where a dramatic constitutional crisis fueled a bloodless coup. Perfect for elevating your daily commute, this immersive historical narrative explores the fragile balance between a Catholic king and an anxious Protestant nation. Feel the...

Step into a tense era of British history where a bloodless political coup birthed the modern constitutional monarchy. Amidst the lingering trauma of past civil wars, a fragile nation faced the terrifying prospect of renewed royal tyranny and religious persecution. Witness the ultimate...

Witness the thrilling rise and fall of a global maritime empire in this immersive European history of a marshy settlement. Perfect for a gripping daily commute or inspiring your next travel adventure, this dynamic narrative transports you to the treacherous, bustling shores of the North Sea...

Experience the dramatic political revolution and bloody military history that shattered the British monarchy forever. Perfect for an engaging morning commute or deep-dive learning session, this turbulent narrative brings the brutal clash between crown and Parliament to life. Listen as radical...

Experience a gripping Scientific Revolution biography where restless minds shattered dogma to invent modern reason. Perfect for an insightful morning commute, this intellectual journey transports you to the candlelit studies and hostile courtrooms of early modern Europe. Witness the precise...

Real Ghosts. Real Witnesses. Real Hauntings. Rising from the San Diego waterfront like a relic torn from time, the Star of India is the oldest active sailing ship in the world—and one of the nation’s most haunted. Those who work aboard her know the truth: when the crowds leave, the spirits awaken.

Bloomsbury presents Vermeer's Hat by Timothy Brook, read by Nathan Osgood In this critical darling Vermeer's captivating and enigmatic paintings become windows that reveal how daily life and thought-from Delft to Beijing--were transformed in the 17th century, when the world first became global...

Bloomsbury presents Spain by Robert Goodwin, read by Jeremy Clyde. In the sixteenth century, the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach—across most of Europe to the Americas, the Philippines, and India. The Golden Age of the Spanish Empire would establish five...

On January 2, 1678, a fleet of French ships sank off the Venezuelan coast. This proved disastrous for French naval power in the region, and sparked the rise of a golden age of piracy. Tracing the lives of fabled pirates like the Chevalier de Grammont, Nikolaas Van Hoorn, Thomas Paine, and Jean...

According to the great diarist, John Evelyn, Charles II was ‘addicted to women’, and throughout his long reign a great many succumbed to his charms. Clever, urbane and handsome, Charles presided over a hedonistic court, in which licence and licentiousness prevailed. Mistresses is the story...

Bloomsbury presents The Man Who Invented Fiction by William Egginton, read by Matt Fletcher-Macdonald. In the early seventeenth century, a crippled, graying, almost toothless veteran of Spain’s wars against the Ottoman Empire published a book. It was the story of a poor nobleman, his brain...

The fascinating, never-before-told story of Arcangela Tarabotti, the late-Renaissance Venetian nun who set the European literary world alight, advocating for women and combatting misogyny in her time. Set amid the extravagance of 17th-century Venice, Arcangela unearths the story of an...

Remember, remember, the Fifth of November ... With a narrative that grips the reader like a detective story, Antonia Fraser brings the characters and events of the Gunpowder Plot to life. Dramatically recreating the conditions and motives that surrounded the fateful night of 5 November 1605, she...

England's unique republican experiment ­- imposed on Scotland and Ireland, too - may have been shortlived, but it has had a lasting impact on British monarchy, politics, religion and culture, and on the story the British continue to tell about themselves. It is a period that, for a long time, history chose to forget, or recalled as a failure. Here, in thrilling detail, Alice Hunt brings the republic and its extraordinary cast of characters, from politicians to poets and prophets, back to life.

In the annals of piracy, few figures are as enigmatic and controversial as Captain William Kidd. His journey from a reputable seaman to one of the most infamous pirates encapsulates the blurred lines and moral ambiguities of 17th-century piracy and privateering. But he also lived through seismic times in the history of England, Scotland, the Caribbean and of the Americas, especially New York. It's an incredible journey, scuppered by those in high places with wealth and power that all began with maritime tradition dating before Julius Caesar.

Oliver Cromwell's death in 1658 sparked a period of unrivaled turmoil and confusion in English history. In less than two years, there were close to ten changes of government; rival armies of Englishmen faced each other across the Scottish border; and the Long Parliament was finally dissolved after two decades. Why was this period so turbulent, and why did the republic, backed by a formidable standing army, come crashing down in such spectacular fashion?