The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales


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This is the tenth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part X covers the second part of the history of England, from the Stuart Kings till the early 1900s. Also included are excerpts from the history of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as Irish and Welsh legends and Scottish ballads. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for The murder of King Duncan:
First Witch: Sandra Schmit / Second Witch: Devorah Allen / Third Witch: Monika M.C. / Macbeth: alanmapstone / Banquo: Tomas Peter / Ross: Nemo / Angus: Todd HW / Duncan: Jim Locke / Malcolm: SaraHale / Lady Macbeth: Eva Davis / Messenger: Adrian Stephens / Chief Justice: April6090 / Narrator: Sonia (17 hr 9 min)

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Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Schrader… 2:37 Leído por Sonia
England Part I: The Stuart Kings: Historical note 2:22 Leído por Sonia
King James I and his goldsmith (between 1603 and 1624), by Sir Walter Scott 27:33 Leído por Jim Locke
The gunpowder plot (1605), by David Hume 7:50 Leído por Jim Locke
A charge with prince Rupert (1643), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson 28:04 Leído por Julie Burks
Sir Nicholas at Marston Moor (1644), by Winthrop Mackworth Praed 6:00 Leído por Nemo
The battle of Naseby by Obadiah Bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobles-wit… 6:08 Leído por Kristine Bekere
Charles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, pa… 2:44 Leído por Erin Grassie
England Part II: The rule of Oliver Cromwell: Historical note 2:31 Leído por Erin Grassie
The trial and execution of king Charles I (1649), by Jacob Abbott 22:26 Leído por Jim Locke
Cromwell in Whitehall, by Julius Schrader, Germany, 1815-1900, painting p. 60 0:50 Leído por Erin Grassie
A royalist description of Cromwell's men, by Samuel Butler 2:24 Leído por Nemo
How Cromwell dissolved parliament (1653), by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot 9:42 Leído por Colleen McMahon
Praise-God Barebone's parliament (1653), by Edward, Earl of Clarendon 9:02 Leído por Colleen McMahon
Cromwell visiting Milton, by David Neal, American artist 1837, painting p. 74 1:56 Leído por Erin Grassie
England Part III: From the Restoration to the House of Hanover: Historical note 2:32 Leído por Erin Grassie
In the days of the plague (1665), by Daniel Defoe 12:29 Leído por Sonia
The fall of ''King Monmouth'' (1685), by Charles Dickens 11:02 Leído por Colleen McMahon
The song of the western men (1688), by Robert Stephen Hawker 2:36 Leído por Alan Mapstone
James II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Edward M… 1:47 Leído por Erin Grassie
A campaign under Marlborough, by William Makepeace Thackeray 19:07 Leído por Julie Burks
The government in quest of a poet, by William Makepeace Thackeray 24:56 Leído por Jim Locke
Sunday with Sir Roger, by Joseph Addison 5:41 Leído por Colleen McMahon
England Part IV: England under the first three Georges: Historical note 1:53 Leído por Erin Grassie
The vicar of Bray, by Author unknown 4:23 Leído por Jennifer Fournier
The ''Bubbles'' of the reign of King George I (1720), by Charles Mackay 9:45 Leído por Jennifer Fournier
When George II became king, by William Makepeace Thackeray 2:50 Leído por Tomas Peter
The funeral of George II (1760), by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford 4:53 Leído por Bloater51
Dr. Johnson in the anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, by E. M. Ward, English artist… 2:41 Leído por Erin Grassie
William Pitt and the Stamp Act (1766), by George Bancroft 9:03 Leído por Kristine Bekere
The quarrel of Squire Bull and his son (1775 to 1783), by James Kirke Paulding 7:33 Leído por Kristine Bekere
A maid of honor at the court of George III (1786), by Madame d'Arblay 10:32 Leído por Jim Locke
The royal visit to Oxford (1786), by Madame d'Arblay 16:13 Leído por Jim Locke
England Part V: The Napoleonic wars: Historical note 2:06 Leído por Erin Grassie
The battle of the Baltic (101), by Thomas Campbell 3:57 Leído por Tomas Peter
Trafalgar (1805), by William C. Bennett 5:11 Leído por Tomas Peter
The burial of Sir John Moore (1809), by Charles Wolfe 2:56 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Wellington's march from Quatre-Bras to Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts, English pain… 1:58 Leído por Erin Grassie
Just before Waterloo (1815), by William Makepeace Thackeray 18:35 Leído por Mark Chulsky
Waterloo (1815), by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen 5:30 Leído por April6090
''Scotland forever !'', by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 184… 1:32 Leído por Devorah Allen
England Part VI: The last hundred years in England: Historical note 2:47 Leído por Erin Grassie
When Victoria became Queen (1837), by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield 6:53 Leído por Ruth P.
The charge of the light brigade (1854), by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2:22 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Balaclava, by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p… 1:46 Leído por Erin Grassie
Santa Filomena (1854-1856), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3:58 Leído por Jim Locke
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), by L. F. Jennings 14:40 Leído por Bloater51
Gladstone's fight for home rule (1893), from the Atlantic Monthly 9:22 Leído por KevinS
The latest English revolution (1911), from the Outlook 3:57 Leído por Tomas Peter
The coronation of George V (1911), by Sydney Brooks 19:58 Leído por Bloater51
Scotland Part I: Ballads and legends of Early Scotland: Historical note 2:04 Leído por Sonia
Legends of St. Columba (563 ?), by Adamnan, ninth abbot of the Ionian Monastery 11:59 Leído por Kristine Bekere
The murder of King Duncan (1040), by William Shakespeare 37:27 Leído por LibriVox Volunteers
The invasion of the Norsemen (1263), by Charles Mackay 12:08 Leído por ToddHW
Sir Patrick Spens, an old ballad 4:44 Leído por Devorah Allen
Scotland Part II: Two Scottish heroes: Historical note 2:05 Leído por Devorah Allen
The capture of William Wallace (1305), by Jane Porter 11:17 Leído por Availle
The coronation of Robert Bruce (1306), by Grace Aguilar 25:21 Leído por Availle
Bruce at Bannockburn (1314), by P. Hume Brown 9:44 Leído por JT
Scots wha hae, by Robert Burns 2:07 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Scotland Part III: To the death of Mary: Historical note 2:07 Leído por SaraHale
The bier-right (latter part of the fourteenth century), by Sir Walter Scott 12:30 Leído por JT
How the Scots lived while James I was king (1422-1437), by P. Hume Brown 10:38 Leído por Piotr Nater
On the Field of Flodden (1513), by Sir Walter Scott 6:28 Leído por Jim Locke
Edinburgh after Flodden Field (1513), by William E. Aytoun 7:07 Leído por Hopeforce1
''The goodman of Ballangiech'' (between 1513 and 1542), by Sir Walter Scott 9:10 Leído por Piotr Nater
John Knox preaching before the lords of the congregation, by Sir David Wilkie, … 1:56 Leído por Tomas Peter
The flight of Mary, Queen of Scots, to England (1568), by Sir Walter Scott 27:35 Leído por Availle
Sacking a church in the time of John Knox, by John Prescott Knight, English art… 2:03 Leído por April6090
The fate of Mary, Queen of Scots (1587), by Sir Walter Scott 15:41 Leído por Jennifer Fournier
Scotland Part IV: A century of unrest: Historical note 2:59 Leído por SaraHale
Why Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the dean, by ''Grace Greenwood'' (Sara J. L… 12:05 Leído por April6090
Gathering song of Donald the Black, by Sir Walter Scott 3:14 Leído por Sonia
The execution of Montrose (1650), by William E. Aytoun 2:43 Leído por Nemo
The burial march of Dundee (1689), by William E. Aytoun 4:49 Leído por Tomas Peter
The massacre of Glencoe (1692), by P. Hume Brown 4:50 Leído por Tomas Peter
A rescue at the battle of Prestonpans (1745), by Sir Walter Scott 11:29 Leído por Jim Locke
The order of release, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, p… 1:46 Leído por Sonia
How Flora MacDonald saved Prince Charlie (1745), by Charles Sanford Terry 17:21 Leído por Jane Bennett
Ireland Part I: The golden age of Erin: Historical note 3:24 Leído por Jane Bennett
Oisin in Tir na n-Og, an Irish folk-story 25:03 Leído por Jane Bennett
The chase of Slieve Cullinn, an old Irish legend 14:41 Leído por JT
The story of St. Patrick (fifth century), by Patrick Weston Joyce 15:53 Leído por Devorah Allen
The ''island of saints and scholars'', (seventh and eighth centuries), by Patri… 8:24 Leído por Piotr Nater
O'Rourke's tower and great cross, Clonmacnoise, photograph p. 434 2:00 Leído por Sonia
The book of Kells (seventh century), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer 3:54 Leído por Monika M. C.
How Brian Boru held the ford of Tribute (941), by E. S. Brooks 27:38 Leído por Adrian Stephens
Ireland Part II: Six centuries of oppression: Historical note 2:28 Leído por Tomas Peter
The house of the Geraldines, by Justin H. McCarthy 7:24 Leído por April6090
The Geraldines, by Thomas Davis 5:16 Leído por KevinS
The vengeance of Cromwell (1649), by Oliver Cromwell 2:54 Leído por Tomas Peter
After the rebellion of 1641 (1653), by Mrs. E. M. Field 25:59 Leído por Jim Locke
The siege of Londonderry (1689), by Thomas Babington Macaulay 23:12 Leído por Jim Locke
The battle of the Boyne (1690), by Thomas Babington Macaulay 16:10 Leído por Jim Locke
The wearin' o' the Green (1798) 3:06 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Emmet's grave, by Justin F. McCarthy 2:24 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The harp that once through Tara's halls, by Thomas Moore 1:22 Leído por Tomas Peter
Ireland Part III: Ireland and her people: Historical note 2:42 Leído por SaraHale
The ''Grand Canal Hotel'', by Charles Lever 23:19 Leído por Jim Locke
An Irish school (early part of the nineteenth century), by Gerald Griffin 16:23 Leído por Jim Locke
The winning back of the land (1808-1903), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer 16:28 Leído por Jim Locke
An Irish cottage, photograph p. 544 1:59 Leído por SaraHale
The Irish people (twentieth century), by Katharine Tynan 9:50 Leído por KevinS
Wales Part I: Legends of Wales: Historical note 1:20 Leído por Sonia
King Arthur, by Bessie Raynor Parkes 2:29 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The dream of Maxen Wledig, from the Mabinogion 14:28 Leído por Jason in Panama
Beth Gelert; or the grave of the greyhound (about 1220), by William Robert Spen… 6:52 Leído por Jim Locke
The wearing of leek, an old song translated from the Welsh, by Henry Davies 3:09 Leído por Alan Mapstone
Wales Part II: Stories of the Welsh rebellions: Historical note 1:54 Leído por J. M. Smallheer
How the Welsh kept the Christmas of 1115, by Sabine Baring-Gould 13:46 Leído por Adrian Stephens
''When the eighteen fell'' (1282), by Owen Rhoscomyl 9:41 Leído por PatrS
The rebellion of Owen Glyndwr (1402-1415), by Owen Rhoscomyl 6:34 Leído por Alan Mapstone
The march of the men of Harlech (1468), national Cambrian war-song; translated … 3:37 Leído por Alan Mapstone
How a Welshman became king of England (1485), by Owen Rhoscomyl 12:59 Leído por Phil Schempf
Wales Part III: Scenes of Welsh life: Historical note 1:57 Leído por Sonia
The Eisteddfod, by Jeannette Marks 24:03 Leído por Brianna Chiles