A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2
Justin Mccarthy
Lu par Pamela Nagami
Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and Swift, Bolingbroke and Mary Wortley Montagu, the Old Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. This second volume brings us the terrible death of Queen Caroline, Swift and Stella, the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Wesleyan Movement, Clive's victories, and the struggle for Canada. - Summary by Pamela Nagami (11 hr 26 min)
Chapitres
| xxi. Bolingbroke Routed Again | 48:05 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxii. The 'Family Compact' | 36:15 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxiii. Royal Family Affairs | 40:29 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxiv. The Porteous Riots | 30:21 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxv. Family Jars | 28:56 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxvi. A Perilous Victory | 24:15 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxvii. 'Rogues and Vagabonds' | 23:35 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxviii. The Banished Prince | 20:39 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxix. The Queen's Death-Bed | 29:04 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxx. The Wesleyan Movement | 42:55 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 1 | 25:48 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 2 | 27:09 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxii. Walpole Yields to War | 34:56 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxiii. 'And When He Falls' | 33:56 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxiv. 'The Forty-Five' | 20:15 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxv. The March South | 30:16 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxvi. Culloden--and after | 41:45 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxvii. Chesterfield in Dublin Castle | 31:48 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxviii. Primus in Indis | 47:25 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xxxix. Changes | 15:42 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xl. Canada | 21:54 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xli. The Close of the Reign | 31:29 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
Critiques
wonderful window on the 18th century
JD
Pamela Nagami gives an excellent reading of this brilliant historical odyssey. So much about the development of the Westminster system and democracy generally that I didn't know. Once again thank-you Librivox and Pamela.
WELL DONE
Avid Listener
PN is a delightful reader of history
Arturo Macias
An excellent chronicle of the reígn of Jorge II, an age of consolidation of the constitutional whig England borned in the Glorious Revolution.