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Author(s): Soames, Nicolas
Reader(s): Brattan, Laura; Hagon, Garrick; Philpott, Daniel
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Junior History
Catalogue No: NA219712
Barcode: 9789626341971
Release Date: 03/2000
SOAMES, N.: Famous People in History, Vol. 2 (Unabridged)
There is a need for accessible short biographies of key people for younger listeners. Following the success of Famous People, Volume I, Nicolas Soames presents another varied group of men and women who have changed the course of history. This is the second volume of popular histories of famous people Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Isaac Newton, George Washington, Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie and Mahatma Ghandi.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Soames, Nicolas - Author
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
|  | 1 | Alexander, Bucephalus And The Macedonian Army | 02:05 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 2 | Alexander's Early History | 05:32 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 3 | Alexander Becomes King Of Macedonia In 336 BC | 04:02 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 4 | Darius, The Persian King, And Alexander Finally Meet At The Battle Of Issus | 03:18 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 5 | Alexander, King Of Asia | 06:41 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 6 | Jeannette - A Poor French Peasent Girl | 02:17 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
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Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 7 | Jeanette Starts Hearing Voices And Seeing Visions | 04:03 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 8 | The Long Trip To Chinon To Meet The Dauphin Of France | 02:29 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 9 | Joan - La Pucelle | 04:29 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 10 | The Crowning Of The Dauphin At Rheims In 1429 | 01:22 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 11 | Captured By The Burgundians And Handed Over To The English | 04:48 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 12 | The Painter Of The Mona Lisa | 05:34 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 13 | Leonardo Was Born In Vinci, 1452 | 01:47 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 14 | In 1473, Admitted Into The Guild Of Painters In Florence | 05:14 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 15 | Back In Florence - And Then On The Move Again | 02:53 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 16 | Leonardo Meets The French King Francis I And Moves To France | 02:42 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
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Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 17 | Centrifugal Force - And The Fall Of An Apple | 03:30 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 18 | Newton Seemed An Ordinary Boy... | 03:32 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 19 | The Laws Of Motion, Mathematics And The Study Of Light | 02:26 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 20 | The Master Of The Mint | 02:43 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 21 | The Most Famous Man In American History | 04:30 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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| | 22 | Into An Ambush At Fort Duquesne | 03:30 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
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Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Disc 2
| | 1 | The Rebellion Against British Rule Begins | 02:29 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 2 | Victories And Defeats - The War Of Independence | 04:48 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 3 | The War Of Independence Is Won | 03:53 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
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Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 4 | Symphony No. 5, The Most Famous Theme In Classical Music | 01:56 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 5 | Beethoven Was Born In Bonn, Germay, 1770 | 03:30 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 6 | Beethoven Notices His Hearing Is Getting Weaker | 02:17 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
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| | 7 | A New Beginning | 04:56 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 8 | His Last Concert | 04:54 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
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Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 9 | Rabies! | 05:42 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 10 | Louis Pasteur Was Born In 1822 | 01:04 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 11 | Pasteur's Study Of Microbes In Wine | 04:01 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 12 | Pasteur Studies Silk Worms | 03:36 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
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| | 13 | His Work Spreads - Lister And Antiseptic Methods | 01:45 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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| | 14 | The Study Of Infectious Diseases - Anthrax And Chicken Cholera | 02:44 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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| | 15 | Rabies Cured | 02:28 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
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Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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| | 16 | An Important Woman Scientist | 01:55 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 17 | Born Manya Sklodovska, In Poland In 1867 | 02:31 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 18 | Marie Sklodovska Arrives In Paris, 1891 | 01:59 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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| | 19 | Marie Marries Pierre Curie - The Husband And Wife Team Begins | 03:48 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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| | 20 | In 1903, They Were Jointly Awarded The Nobel Prize For Physics | 03:42 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
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| | 21 | A Small, Thin Man With A Spinning Wheel | 01:22 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 22 | The 4 Castes - And The Untouchables | 03:00 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
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Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 23 | The Young Lawer Moves To South Africa | 02:42 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
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| | 24 | Gandhi Returns To India | 03:07 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
| | 25 | Strife Between Hindus And Muslims | 04:08 |
Brattan, Laura (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
Philpott, Daniel (Reader)
Hagon, Garrick (Reader)
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Total Playing Time: 02:37:44