Mark Bramhall gives a solid narration of the disagreement between President Franklin Roosevelt and aviator Charles Lindbergh regarding the global role of the U.S. in the period leading up to WWII. Roosevelt was not above breaking American laws of neutrality to get U.S. support to Britain. Lindbergh, the renowned aviator, continued the non-interventionist hopes of his father, a former Congressman who had been against WWI. Charles became the voice for millions who wanted to keep the U.S. out of European affairs to maintain tradition and avoid the needless shedding of American blood. Eighty years later, the U.S. is still in Western Europe. Bramhall's voice is steady in delivery and appropriately expressive throughout this production.
Pub Date: 2024
Duration: 14 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9780593948323
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
The tumultuous life of Juliane of Saxe-Coburg is given a solid narration by Jennifer M. Dixon. Julie, who was an aunt of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, became Grand Duchess Anna Fedorova of Russia when she married Grand Duke Constantine, brother of the future Tsar Alexander I. It was not a happy union, and she eventually abandoned him and fled back to Western Europe. Listeners are treated to many details of court life in Russia under Catherine the Great and Paul I. Dixon has a likable matronly British accent that is clear and moves at an easy-to-follow pace. She delivers most Russian names with a British pronunciation and pronounces most German names quite well.
Pub Date: 2025
Duration: 10 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9798331912185
Publisher: Tantor Media
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Brisk, fluent, pleasing to the ear, Emma Gregory's narration does justice to a fine historian and her landmark biography of one of Britain's most misunderstood rulers. On the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, Scotland's James VI became England's James I, first in the Stuart line. James was one of Britain's most intelligent and energetic rulers, and one the most complex. Today he is accepted for the inclinations that have marginalized him for centuries and in this fine narrative is properly assessed for the singular place he holds in Britain's history. The narrative is organized topically, rather than strictly chronologically, and requires a high level of vocal skill to deliver clearly and effectively. This finely nuanced biography has the gifted, insightful narrator it deserves.
Pub Date: 2025
Duration: 18 hrs, 30 mins
DD ISBN: 9798318527753
Publisher: Tantor Media
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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