A Child's History of England


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(4.2 stars; 36 reviews)

A Child's History of England first appeared in serial form, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853 and was first published in three volume book form in 1852, 1853, and 1854. Dickens dedicated the book to "My own dear children, whom I hope it may help, bye and bye, to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject". The history covered the period between 50 BC and 1689, ending with a chapter summarising events from then until the ascension of Queen Victoria. (Wikipedia) (16 hr 20 min)

Chapitres

Ancient England and the Romans 25:59 Lu par Lizzie Driver
Ancient England Under the Early Saxons 13:20 Lu par Lizzie Driver
England Under the Good Saxon, Alfred 14:31 Lu par Joshua B. Christensen
England Under Athelstan and the Six Boy-Kings 31:49 Lu par Laura Koskinen
England Under Canute the Dane 5:19 Lu par Laura Koskinen
England Under Harold Harefoot, Hardicanute, and Edward the Confessor 20:22 Lu par Laura Koskinen
England Under Harold the Second, and Conquered by the Normans 11:35 Lu par Laura Koskinen
England Under William the First, the Norman Conqueror 16:34 Lu par Sarah Jennings
England Under William the Second, Called Rufus 15:43 Lu par Sarah Jennings
England Under Henry the First, Called Fine-Scholar 21:37 Lu par Sarah Jennings
England Under Matilda and Stephen 9:01 Lu par Justin Brett
England Under Henry the Second 45:08 Lu par Justin Brett
England Under Richard the First, Called the Lion-Heart 21:13 Lu par Justin Brett
England Under King John, Called Lackland 29:44 Lu par Justin Brett
England Under Henry the Third, Called, Of Winchester 39:38 Lu par Lucy Burgoyne (1950-2014)
England Under Edward the First, Called Longshanks 40:40 Lu par Robin Cotter
England Under Edward the Second 23:19 Lu par Robin Cotter
England Under Edward the Third 31:45 Lu par Robin Cotter
England Under Richard the Second 27:11 Lu par Cori Samuel
England Under Henry the Fourth, Called Bolingbroke 14:55 Lu par Cori Samuel
England Under Henry the Fifth 25:12 Lu par John Lieder
England Under Henry the Sixth 47:46 Lu par John Lieder
England Under Edward the Fourth 20:00 Lu par John Lieder
England Under Edward the Fifth 11:48 Lu par Robin Cotter
England Under Richard the Third 11:58 Lu par Robin Cotter
England Under Henry the Seventh 26:28 Lu par Nicholas James Bridgewater
England Under Henry the Eighth, Called Bluff King Hal and Burly King Harry 26:30 Lu par Sibella Denton
England Under Henry the Eighth 23:28 Lu par Sibella Denton
England Under Edward the Sixth 18:10 Lu par Sibella Denton
England Under Mary 30:41 Lu par Sibella Denton
England Under Elizabeth 55:43 Lu par Sibella Denton
England Under James the First 43:47 Lu par Philippa Willitts
England Under Charles the First 55:07 Lu par Gwyneth
England Under Oliver Cromwell 40:35 Lu par Robin Cotter
England Under Charles the Second, Called the Merry Monarch 52:05 Lu par Robin Cotter
England Under James the Second 25:14 Lu par Gwyneth
Epilogue 6:31 Lu par Rose

Critiques


(5 stars)

Very insightful view to the barbaric times that have proceeded our current madness. nothing has really changed I dare say, except for the executions etc, the corruption will remain as long as time lasts...


(4.5 stars)

Charles Dickens calls the Muslims of Iberia "Turks" despite them being nothing of the kind, the Turks didn't even have any influence in the Western Mediterranean until the 16th century. It is very pleasant to hear an historian condemn immorality for once, few modern historians would condemn oathbreaking the same way he does in this book. It believed that Richard the Third probably didn't murder his wife. It is sad that self proclaimed "Christians" murdered and persecuted each other for so long. Without the religious conflicts which plagued European Christianity freedom of conscious may never have gained the popularity it did in Western society, the Reformation allowed for free though to arise from the Middle Ages.

A Child’s History of England


(3 stars)

The readers were sometimes sub par and mispronounced Town names even though some of them pretended to have English accents.

Shocking


(2 stars)

I wonder if Charles Dickens hated the Royal Monarchy because this books paints a picture of them as barbaric and cold hearted. He described that the fight to maintain the throne was paramount and no cost of life was too great. If this is indeed a true account then I would be mortified to have royal blood. They were awful.