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Persian War, The
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Persian War, The

Written By : Herodotus
Narrated By : Roy Marsden
Published By : Select Music & Distribution
Runtime : 4 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
Ancient
Price : $15.49
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In this, the first prose history in European civilization. Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia.

Here are not only the great battles - Marathon, Thermopylae, Salamis - but also penetrating human insight and a powerful sense of epic destiny at work.

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Shakespeare's Speeches: Henry V - Act IV, Scene III

Shakespeare's Speeches: Henry V - Act IV, Scene III

Written By : William Shakespeare
Narrated By : Richard Burton
Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Runtime : 2 minutes
Categories : Shakespeare
Classic Literature
Price : $1.65
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Villette

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Written By : Charlotte Brontë
Narrated By : Nadia May
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 19 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
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Moveable Feast, A

Written By : Ernest Hemingway
Narrated By : James Naughton
Published By : Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 5 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
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Written By : Blaise Pascal
Narrated By : William Sutherland
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 12 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
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Middlemarch

Middlemarch

Written By : George Eliot
Narrated By : Nadia May
Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 31 hours
Categories : Classic Literature
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