Ed West Audio Books

A revealing glimpse into the tumultuous history of England's medieval period, full of knights in shining armor and terrible peasant suffering

A witty and concise look at the beginnings of English history, when the nation consolidated after clashes between the Saxons and invading Vikings

Have you read everything George R.R. Martin has every written? Do you know what in Game of Thrones is based in real history?

From William Shakespeare's series of history dramas, to Sir Walter Scott, and George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire-not to mention the smash-hit TV show Game of Thrones-the British civil war of 1455 to 1485 has inspired writers for centuries.

1215 is one of the most famous dates in English history, and with good reason, since it marks the signing of the Magna Carta by King John and the English barons, which altered the entire course of English and world history.

Over the summer of 2013 Egypt witnessed its worst anti-Christian violence in centuries, with dozens of churches burned down by supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood.

A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history, marked by bloody conflict with invaders on all sides.

A quarter of a century after the end of Communism swept away the ideological conflict of the "short 20th century", a new world is once again taking shape, this time in the Middle East.