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🔥 NEW STORY PREMIERE 🔥

It's time for a new, full-length audiobook: THE HUNT FOR GERONIMO

For sixteen months, the United States Army chased one man across deserts and mountains. Thousands of soldiers. Two nations. And a small band of families fighting simply to survive.

This is not the legend you were taught.

It’s the story of broken treaties, desperate escapes, brutal pursuit, and a surrender that changed the American West forever.

If you enjoy immersive history told with honesty and restraint, I think this one will stay with you.

Let me know in the comments what you think of Geronimo by the end — hero, villain, or something far more complicated?

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🔥Coming soon to Fireside History🔥

In the winter of 1866, eighty-one U.S. soldiers rode out of Fort Phil Kearny… and never returned.

What followed was one of the most complete defeats the United States Army ever suffered on the Plains — a perfectly executed ambush led by Red Cloud and the rising war leader Crazy Horse.

No survivors.
No warning.

And a victory so decisive it forced the U.S. government to abandon an entire frontier campaign.

🎧 “The Fetterman Massacre, 1866” — an immersive Fireside History audiobook — is coming soon.

This is the story of pride, misjudgement, and one of the rare moments when Native American strategy reshaped American policy.

Subscribe and stay tuned. This one is dark, tense, and unforgettable.

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🔥 New Fireside History audiobook now live 🔥

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1876 – Custer’s Last Stand is now available as a complete immersive audiobook on the channel.

This is not the story most of us were taught. It is not a simple tale of heroic defeat or savage ambush. It is a human story — shaped by broken treaties, fatal assumptions, and a people pushed to the edge of survival.

In this episode, we step beyond the myth to explore why the Lakota Sioux and Northern Cheyenne were gathered at the Little Bighorn, how the Seventh Cavalry rode into a battle it did not understand, and why this moment still echoes through history today.

Told in cinematic, fireside style, this audiobook brings the land, the people, and the consequences of that day vividly to life. It is a story of courage, tragedy, and resistance — and of a moment when retreat was no longer possible.

If you enjoy immersive history that respects complexity and avoids easy answers, I think this one will stay with you.

Settle in by the fire, and listen when you’re ready.

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🔥The complete Australia on the Brink, 1942 audiobook series is now finished and available on Fireside History for your listening pleasure!🔥

This three-part series traces the moment Australia came closer to isolation and defeat than at any other point in the Second World War. It begins far out at sea with the Battle of the Coral Sea, where Japan’s advance was checked for the first time. It moves inland to New Guinea, where the war changed shape and began creeping toward Australia through jungle and mountains. And it ends on the Kokoda Track, where exhausted Australian soldiers fought a brutal campaign of endurance that stopped the enemy when there was nowhere left to fall back.

These are immersive, long-form audiobook retellings — designed to be listened to, not skimmed. They focus on atmosphere, human experience, and the strategic stakes behind the fighting, rather than simplified heroics or textbook summaries.

If you’ve followed the series as it launched, thank you. If you’re discovering it now, this is the best way to experience it — start at Coral Sea, follow the war inland, and finish at Kokoda.

The full playlist is live now. Settle in by the fire, press play, and step back into 1942.

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🔥A new Fireside History special is coming soon!🔥

In May 1942, Australia stood closer to isolation than most people realise. Far out in the Coral Sea, fleets fought without ever seeing one another, while decisions made in minutes shaped the fate of a continent. What followed would push the war from open ocean into the jungles of New Guinea, and onto a narrow track few Australians had ever heard of.

“Australia on the Brink: 1942” is a three-part Fireside History series tracing that moment step by step — from the Battle of the Coral Sea, to the enemy landing in New Guinea, and finally to Kokoda and the fight for survival. It’s a story of distance, fear, endurance, and the moment Australia realised the war was no longer far away.

If you’re interested in immersive, human-centred military history and audiobooks, this one’s for you.

The first episode launches soon. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss it!

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🔥The latest Fireside History audiobook is (finally!) live — The Siege of Malta, 1565: The Knights Who Defied the Ottoman Empire.🔥

This is one of the most extraordinary battles I’ve covered. A tiny island fortress facing the full might of the Ottoman Empire… soldier-monks fighting on shattered walls… months of fire, starvation and unbreakable resolve. The Siege of Malta was a turning point for the entire Mediterranean, and the human stories inside it are absolutely immense.

If you enjoy deep, cinematic military history — the kind that puts you right inside the dust, the heat, the thunder of the guns — I think you’ll really feel this one.

Settle in. Light the fire. And step into a summer when the fate of Europe hung by a thread.

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🔥The latest Fireside History audiobook has gone live — and this one is an absolute beast of a story.🔥

The Battle of 73 Easting. The tank clash that changed modern warfare.

In February 1991, inside a raging sandstorm on the Kuwaiti border, a single US armoured cavalry regiment smashed head-on into the elite Iraqi Republican Guard. What followed was an hour of pure shock and awe — thermal sights cutting through darkness, tanks firing blind in the storm, and one of the most lopsided armoured victories in modern history.

I’ve recreated the entire battle in a cinematic audiobook experience — from the eerie calm before contact to the brutal close-range fighting that decided the outcome. If you enjoy gritty, detailed, emotionally charged military history, this one will hit the mark.

Settle in by the fire, play the audiobook, and step into the storm of sand and metal. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments once you’ve listened.

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⚔️ The Fireside History “Crusades” Collection – Now Complete ⚔️

From the fall of Jerusalem to the clash of kings at Jaffa — the full story is now complete.

The epic saga of faith, fire, and fury unfolds across four immersive audiobooks:

🔥 The First Crusade – where it all began, and the world changed forever.
🔥 The Second Crusade – pride, politics, and the crusade that burned out in chaos.
🔥 The Battle of Hattin – the day Christendom’s armies were broken beneath the desert sun.
🔥 The Third Crusade – Richard the Lionheart vs Saladin… the final reckoning.

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Experience the entire Crusader era — told through vivid, cinematic storytelling, historically faithful detail, and the emotional power that only Fireside History can bring.

🎧 Now streaming as a complete playlist.
🔥 Subscribe, listen, and step into the age of faith and steel.

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🔥 Now Playing: The Third Crusade — Richard the Lionheart vs Saladin 🔥

The Cross and the Crescent. Two kings. One holy city.

In 1187, Jerusalem fell — and the world held its breath. From the storm-swept coasts of Europe, the mightiest monarchs of Christendom sailed east to reclaim it. At their head rode Richard the Lionheart, warrior and poet… facing the great Saladin, conqueror of kingdoms and defender of faith.

This is the final chapter — the war of empires and ideals, where courage met conviction and the world changed forever.

From the burning walls of Acre to the thundering charge at Arsuf, and the desperate fight for Jaffa, witness the clash that defined an age.

🔥 Subscribe, listen, and step back into the age of faith and fire.

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🔥 Experience the Second Crusade on Fireside History! 🔥

The year is 1147. Two kings — Louis VII of France and Conrad III of Germany — march east at the head of vast armies, blessed by the Church and cheered by their people. Their goal: to reclaim lost ground in the Holy Land.

But what began in glory ended in ashes. Betrayal, hunger, and bitter rivalries led to one of the most humiliating defeats in the history of the Crusades — the catastrophe at Damascus.

This is not the triumphant march of the First Crusade. This is the story of hubris, disunity, and collapse.

Listen now to The Second Crusade — an immersive Fireside History audiobook where the past comes alive - and post your comments!

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