A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2


Leído por Pamela Nagami

(4.7 stars; 16 reviews)

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


(5 stars)

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


(4.5 stars)

PN is a delightful reader of history


(5 stars)

An excellent chronicle of the reígn of Jorge II, an age of consolidation of the constitutional whig England borned in the Glorious Revolution.