The World’s Story Volume IX: England
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Eva March Tappan
This is the ninth 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 IX deals with the first part of the history of England, from the early times till the reign of the Tudor kings and queens. Chapters include stories about King Arthur, William the Conqueror, Robin Hood, Queen Elizabeth and many others. - Summary by Sonia
Cast list for A messenger from Rome:
Cymbeline: alanmapstone / Lucius: Jim Locke / Queen: Devorah Allen / Cloten: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia
Cast list for Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert:
Hubert: Jim Locke / First Executioner: Devorah Allen / Arthur: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia
Cast list for Two scenes in the life of Henry V:
Falstaff: alanmapstone / Prince Hal/King Henry V: Tomas Peter / Host: Monika M.C.r / Warwick: Jim Locke / Chief Justice: Adrian Stephens / Lancaster: Todd HW / Gloucester: SaraHale / Clarence: Sandra Schmit / Narrator: Sonia
Cast list for The fall of Cardinal Wolsey:
Wolsey: Jim Locke / Cromwell: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia (16 hr 44 min)
Chapters
The sacred grove, by Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter 1827-1901, painting p. 28
2:13
Read by Tomas Peter
Julius Caesar's two visits to Britain (55 and 54 B.C.), by Anthony Trollope
25:41
Read by Jane Bennett
How the Romans lived in Britain (about the third century A.D.), by G. F. Scott …
26:49
Read by Jane Bennett
The converted Britons, by William Holman Hunt, English painter 1827-1910, paint…
2:15
Read by Alan Mapstone
How King Edwin of Northumbria became a Christian (627), by Mrs. Elizabeth Rundl…
15:09
Read by marcelacollado
The baptism of Edwin, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting …
2:54
Read by Jim Locke
King Edmund and the wolf (870), by the Abbot Aelfric, translated by Eva March T…
7:57
Read by Jim Locke
''One rule for Angle and for Dane'' (about 1016), by Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
14:26
Read by Adrian Stephens
What the English thought of William the Conqueror (1066-1087), from the Anglo-S…
6:39
Read by SaraHale
The escape of Maude from the Castle at Oxford (about 1140), by A. D. Crake
16:35
Read by Adrian Stephens
The castle-builders of the reign of Stephen (1135-1154), from the Anglo-Saxon C…
4:23
Read by Adrian Stephens
The struggle between the king and the archbishop (1162-1170), by John Lord
19:17
Read by Adrian Stephens
England Part VI: Stories of the age of Richard the Lion-Hearted: Historical note
2:08
Read by Tomas Peter
Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert (about 1200), by William Shakespeare
9:06
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The first expedition of Edward III against the Scots (1328), by Sir John Froiss…
25:47
Read by Jane Bennett
Wiclif on trial, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 350
2:07
Read by cathar maiden
Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1…
2:23
Read by Alan Mapstone
The children of Edward IV, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, paintin…
2:04
Read by Monika M. C.
The impostor who claimed the crown of Henry VII (1488-1499), by Charles Dickens
14:15
Read by April6090
The funeral of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII (1503), by Agnes Strickland
8:21
Read by Kristine Bekere
Cardinal Wolsey going in procession, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-…
2:38
Read by Alan Mapstone
The appeal of Anne Askew (1546), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mundt)
16:42
Read by Colleen McMahon
The execution of the ''Twelve-Days' Queen'' (1554), by William Harrison Ainswor…
17:52
Read by April6090
Cranmer at the Traitors' Gate, by Frederick Goodall, English artist 1822-1904, …
1:59
Read by Alan Mapstone
The boyhood of Raleigh, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896,…
1:53
Read by Sarah Brown