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United Kingdom: Historical Facts and Incidents in England and Ireland
Written by Kelly Mass
Narrated by Doug Greene
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About this audiobook
This is a book with 6 different topics, all related to the history of Great Britain. The topics are the following:
Horatio Nelson
The British Raj
The Cathars
The Great Fire of London
Partition of Ireland
The Irish Potato Famine
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5You have got to appreciate something like this. This book cost a lot of time to write and record. The writer really knows how to state it beautifully. I managed to understand every thing clearly, not just because the storyteller spoke the words properly, but also because the info in it contained new facts to be learned.