Naoíse Mac Sweeney
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The West
- By: Naoíse Mac Sweeney
- Narrator: Shaheen Khan
- Length: 14 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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“A bold, sweeping bird’s eye view of thousands of years of history that provides a truly global perspective of the past. A fantastic achievement.”—Peter Frankopan, internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads
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