Peter Whitfield Audio Books

English literature is a treasure trove of wonderful poetry.

Discover how Darwin came to his revolutionary views following his voyage on the Beagle-and his initial reluctance to publish his findings. 2009 recognizes the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth.

The fifth in the new Naxos Audiobooks series "In a Nutshell", The Renaissance is a short and accessible introduction to the era that gave us Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Palestrina.

What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves....

This history, especially written for this recording, describes clearly and concisely how the Bible came into being....

The History of Science offers a fascinating overview of the major leaps forward in science across the ages. From the mathematical and medical advances of the ancient world, to the Scientific Revolution in the Renaissance, to the ground-breaking developments of the twentieth century, a precise chronological account of progress is given.