The Age of Anne
Edward Ellis Morris
Gelesen von Pamela Nagami
This short survey of the age of Queen Anne begins with the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the career of the Duke of Marlborough, leader of the allied armies against Louis XIV. Scotland joins England to form the United Kingdom. Peter the Great wrests control of the Gulf of Finland from Charles XII of Sweden and builds St. Petersburg. Despite the Jacobite threat, the Whigs secure the Protestant Succession and George I ascends the throne. Pope writes a mock epic in couplets, Addison's "Spectator" enlivens coffee houses and tea tables, and Defoe creates the immortal "Robinson Crusoe." (Pamela Nagami, M.D.) (7 hr 44 min)
Kapitel
| Ch. 1: The Spanish Succession | 21:55 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 2: Lewis XIV 1714 | 23:49 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 3: The New Dramatis Personae | 16:16 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 4: ‘The Grand Alliance’ | 17:05 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 5: Opening of the War | 15:55 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 6: Rising in the Cevennes | 15:56 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 7: Blenheim | 16:19 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 8: Lord Peterborough | 16:59 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 9: The Year of Victory—1706 | 23:56 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 10: The Year of Disaster—1707 | 12:01 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 11: Later Fighting in the Low Countries | 26:46 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 12: Later Campaigns in Spain | 20:11 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 13: The Fortunes of Parties | 22:44 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 14: Fag-end of the War | 11:22 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 15: Peace of Utrecht | 12:02 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 16: The Union with Scotland | 20:44 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 17: Peter the Great and Charles XII, Pt. 1 | 19:22 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 17: Peter the Great and Charles XII, Pt. 2 | 22:21 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 18: The Protestant Succession | 22:55 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 19: End of Lewis XIV | 8:32 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 20: The Fragments that Remain | 6:24 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 21: Economic and Social, Pt. 1 | 23:52 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 21: Economic and Social, Pt. 2 | 22:49 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 22: Literature, Pt. 1 | 19:02 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
| Ch. 22: Literature, Pt. 2 | 25:00 | Gelesen von Pamela Nagami |
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Lots of battles
Phxjennifer
We Americans don't learn much about Queen Anne, other than all her children died young and a Victorian "cottage" style of architecture was named after her. There was a lot happening on the European continent, and the men around Anne had much influence. I don't think the author gives her enough credit for courage, resilience, and political ability. How is it possible to go through 17 pregnancies in as many years, to lose most of them in stillbirth or miscarriage, and to watch the remaining children die, and still perform your political duties and navigate the gossip and backbiting of a royal court? It was a pivotal time, and I thank the narrator for making it available.