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They Saw It Happen

Eyewitness accounts from Ancient Greece to Hiroshima

Read by Tim Pigott-Smith, Steve Hodson, Kerry Shale, Tom George & Teresa Gallagher

unabridged

Here are more than sixty eyewitness accounts from history. Many are notable events: the Battle of Thermopylae, the Black Death in 1341, the Great Fire of London, the execution of Louis XVI, the Death of Nelson and the American Civil War and the bombing of Hiroshima. But there are also snapshots of more ordinary life – no less memorable for that – including working conditions during the Industrial Revolution, views of slave owners and slaves, Paul Gaugin choosing a bride on Tahiti and the arrest of Dr Crippen. It is a fascinating and absorbing collection, bringing the past alive as only direct memories like these can do. A unique collection of accounts brought to life on audiobook with music of the period.

4 CDs

Running Time: 5 h 14 m

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ISBN:	978-962-634-293-0
Digital ISBN:	978-962-954-720-2
Cat. no.:	NA429312
Download size:	76 MB
BISAC:	HIS000000
Released:	June 2003

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Tim Pigott-Smith

Tim Pigott-Smith’s busy acting career covered stage, TV and film, and extensive work on radio and audiobook. His films varied from Remains of the Day and The Hunchback of Notre Dame to Escape to Victory and The Four Feathers. He spent many seasons with the RSC and the National Theatre, with plays including Shakespeare, Amadeus, The Iceman Cometh and Major Barbara. Fame is the Spur, Jewel in the Crown and Kavanagh QC appear among his TV credits. He read A Life of Conan Doyle, They Saw it Happen and Jung for Naxos AudioBooks.

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Steve Hodson

After training at Central School of Speech and Drama, Steve Hodson joined Michael Elliot at the Exchange in Manchester for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Peer Gynt and Catch my Soul. The next stop was Yorkshire Television for a three-and-a-half year stint on Follyfoot. This was followed by TV series such as Angels, The Legend of King Arthur, and All Creatures Great and Small, all interspersed with hundreds of radio plays. He has directed plays by John Crowen, Schiller and Bulgakov. On stage he has appeared in Death and the Maiden, The Railway Children, and as George in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? He also read the part of Curan in King Lear, and Plutarch: Greek Lives for Naxos AudioBooks.

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Kerry Shale

Kerry Shale has performed his acclaimed one-man shows around the world. Other theatre work includes Aunt Dan and Lemon, The Normal Heart, True West and The Odd Couple. His TV credits include Cracker, Sharpe’s Rifles and Sherlock Holmes. Films include Yentl, Little Shop of Horrors, 102 Dalmations and Max. He has won three Sony Awards for radio acting and writing. He has also recorded Poe’s Dupin stories and Conquest of Mexico for Naxos AudioBooks.

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Tom George

Tom George trained at ALRA, winning the PMA Bursary and the Laurence Olivier Bursary in his second year. He was also a winner of the Carleton Hobbs competition which awarded him a contract with the BBC Radio Department with whom he continues to work frequently. Notable credits include Absolute Power with Stephen Fry and John Bird, Titanic Enquiry, The Mill on the Floss, and Remains of the Day with Ian McDiarmid. Screen credits include Band of Brothers directed by Tom Hanks and Buffalo Soldier directed by Gregory Jordan.

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Teresa Gallagher

Teresa Gallagher has performed in many leading roles in both plays and musicals across the country, London’s West End and Broadway. In addition, she is a well-known voice to listeners of BBC Radio Drama. Her work on film includes The Misadventures of Margaret and Mike Leigh’s Topsy Turvy. For Naxos AudioBooks she has recorded the Biography of Jane Austen and selections from The Decameron by Boccaccio. She has also read Classic Women’s Short Stories, Heidi, The Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods, The Story of Jesus, and Thailand from after the quake.

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They Saw It Happen

Read by Tim Pigott-Smith, Steve Hodson, Kerry Shale, Tom George & Teresa Gallagher

unabridged

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