Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery [Audiobook, CD, Unabridged] [Audio CD]

Eric Metaxas (Author), Johnny Heller (Narrator)

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Publication Date: April 15, 2007

Amazing Grace tells the story of the remarkable life of the British abolitionist William Wilberforce (1759-1833). This accessible biography chronicles Wilberforce's extraordinary role as a human rights activist, cultural reformer, and member of Parliament.At the center of this heroic life was a passionate twenty-year fight to abolish the British slave trade, a battle Wilberforce won in 1807, as well as efforts to abolish slavery itself in the British colonies, a victory achieved just three days before his death in 1833.Metaxas discovers in this unsung hero a man of whom it can truly be said: he changed the world. Before Wilberforce, few thought slavery was wrong. After Wilberforce, most societies in the world came to see it as a great moral wrong.To mark the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade, HarperSanFrancisco and Bristol Bay Productions have joined together to commemorate the life of William Wilberforce with the feature-length film Amazing Grace and this companion biography, which provides a fuller account of the amazing life of this great man than can be captured on film.This account of Wilberforce's life will help many become acquainted with an exceptional man who was a hero to Abraham Lincoln and an inspiration to the anti-slavery movement in America.

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About the Author

Eric Metaxas is the author of Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask) and thirty children's books. He is founder and host of Socrates in the City in New York City, where he lives with his wife and daughter. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, Mars Hill Review, and First Things. He has also written for VeggieTales and Rabbit Ears Productions, earning three Grammy nominations for Best Children's Recording. Johnny Heller has won two prestigious Audie Awards and has earned numerous Audie nominations. He has been praised for his adult, personal development, history, comedy, and children's book narrations. Named a Best Voice of 2008 and 2009, as well as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine, Johnny has earned almost twenty Golden Earphones Awards . Two of Johnny's audiobooks have been picked by AudioFile as Best Audiobook the Year, and he has won two Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Awards.

From AudioFile

Eighteenth-century abolitionist William Wilberforces talents and successes provide bountiful material for Eric Metaxass historical pen. Johnny Heller takes full advantage of the authors humor, rich language, and clever ways of saying things. Hellers mature, sandy voice never overwhelms, but allows listeners to hear his smile as he reads some of the hilarious passages. He addresses the occasional bits of poetry with either the reverence or amusement intended by the author. Although Hellers pace seems brisk at first, it serves to maintain a welcome tempo for such a diverse parade of information about disease, politics, aristocratic living, and the madness of George III. The audiobook is a worthwhile prequel to the American Civil War and a jewel of biography beyond black and white. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Tantor Media; Unabridged edition (April 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400104270
• ISBN-13: 978-1400104277
• Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #847,299 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #39 in Books > Books on CD > History > Europe

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5.0 out of 5 stars Learning about the hymn "Amazing Grace", February 3, 2010

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This review is from: Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery (Audio CD)

Highly informative and fascinating. Narration is wonderful and is an incredible insight into Parliment in England in the 1700-1800's. Would recommend this to anyone. Judy in Michigan