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In Politics and International Relations Podcasts

Read by Timothy Clarke


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Podcasts from the Department of Politics and International relations and its centres.

The Count of Monte Cristo (version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Alexandre Dumas


Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel and one of the author's most popular works. He completed the work in 1844. The story takes pl…

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (Londo…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first…

A Study In Scarlet (Version 6)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detectiv…

The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 4)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holme…

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This is the second book of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his…

The Sign of The Four (version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. …

The Valley of Fear (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Receiving a mysterious cypher message from a Fred Porlock, apparent agent of the infamous Professor Moriarty, Holmes and Watson set about de…

His Last Bow (version 3)

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, i…

Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series One

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William Matthew Flinders Petrie


Brief, and in some cases incomplete, stories of magic from ancient Egypt. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)

Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 1

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Lord Thomas Cochrane


This two volume work is the autobiography of Lord Cochrane, a naval captain of the Napoleonic period. His adventures are seminal to the deve…

On War (Volume 1)

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Carl Von Clausewitz


A classic work on military strategy by a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars. The author's style is dialectical: he makes two strong but opposing…

On War (Volumes 2 and 3)

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Carl Von Clausewitz


Perhaps the most famous work on the philosophy of war, and the effective use of military force, by a European author. (Summary by Timothy Fe…

Greek and Roman Ghost Stories

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Lacy Collison-Morley


A non-fiction work, comparing and collecting ghost stories by Classical Greek and Republican or Imperial Roman authors. (Summary by Timothy …

Literary Taste: How to Form It

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Arnold Bennett


Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…

Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Gaston Maspero


A handbook of Egyptian archaeology, issued by the British Museum, considered suitable for British tourists traveling to Egypt in the 19th Ce…

Egyptian Tales, translated from the Papyri, Series Two : XVIIIth to XIXth Dynas…

Read by Timothy Ferguson


William Matthew Flinders Petrie


Egyptian stories translated from ancient, often incomplete, documents. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson

Autobiography of a Seaman, Vol. 2

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Lord Thomas Cochrane


This second volume of the biography of Lord Cochrane deals with his fall from grace, imprisonment for debt, loss of honours, and attempts to…

The Tale of Terror: A Study of the Gothic Romance

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Edith Birkhead


A seminal essay on the development of horror as a genre, highly influential on later writers. - Summary by Timothy Ferguson

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