A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2
Justin Mccarthy
Leído por 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)
Capítulos
xxi. Bolingbroke Routed Again | 48:05 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxii. The 'Family Compact' | 36:15 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxiii. Royal Family Affairs | 40:29 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxiv. The Porteous Riots | 30:21 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxv. Family Jars | 28:56 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxvi. A Perilous Victory | 24:15 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxvii. 'Rogues and Vagabonds' | 23:35 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxviii. The Banished Prince | 20:39 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxix. The Queen's Death-Bed | 29:04 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxx. The Wesleyan Movement | 42:55 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 1 | 25:48 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 2 | 27:09 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxii. Walpole Yields to War | 34:56 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxiii. 'And When He Falls' | 33:56 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxiv. 'The Forty-Five' | 20:15 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxv. The March South | 30:16 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxvi. Culloden--and after | 41:45 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxvii. Chesterfield in Dublin Castle | 31:48 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxviii. Primus in Indis | 47:25 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xxxix. Changes | 15:42 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xl. Canada | 21:54 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
xli. The Close of the Reign | 31:29 | Leído por Pamela Nagami |
Reseñas
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.