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Peoples and Empires: A Short History of European Migration, Exploration, and Conquest, from Greece to the Present

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6H 33min
Language
English
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History

Cambridge professor and renowned historian Anthony Pagden covers a vast subject in a compact package with Peoples and Empires. This wide-ranging and intellectually stimulating work examines the origins and history of the West with terse, efficient prose. With a captivating narration by Robert O'Keefe, listeners will find this work enjoyable and utterly absorbing.

© 2008 Recorded Books (Audiobook): 9781440795985

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Audiobook: March 10, 2008

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