Narrated stories
History, narrated and painted.
Every chapter is read to you by a narrator who sounds like he was there, over painted scenes of the moment. Listen like a podcast, read along, or both.
A voice that carries it
A storyteller reads every chapter, with a sharp-tongued augur who can't help adding his own remarks.
Painted scenes
Each moment has its own painting in Augur's storybook style, so you see the Forum, the fleet or the field.
Short, then over
No hour-long episodes. Five minutes, one story, done, and tomorrow there's another.
How the stories open
Italy, January 49 BCE. Julius Caesar has spent nine years conquering Gaul, and he comes out of it rich, famous and adored by his legions. In Rome, that is the problem.
Charleston, May 1718. Four pirate ships sit across the harbour mouth, and nothing gets in or out. Aboard the biggest are a crowd of prisoners, and the most feared man in America.
London, spring 1536. Anne Boleyn has been queen for three years, and she still has not given Henry VIII a son.
Questions
Can I just listen?
Yes. Turn on listening and the narrator reads the chapter while the pages turn, so it works like a short podcast.
Is the history accurate?
Every chapter is written from historical sources and fact-checked, and the sources are listed. When you choose differently from the real people, the app tells you what actually happened.