Prophets, Priests, And Kings


Read by David Wales

(4 stars; 7 reviews)

These biographical essays of (mostly) British subjects were written in 1907-1908 for The Daily News newspaper and reflect their subjects as seen before the great cataclysm of World War I. Gardiner was a British newspaper editor, journalist, and author. His essays were and are highly regarded. - Summary by David Wales (10 hr 52 min)

Chapters

Preface 2:17 Read by David Wales
King Edward VII 20:15 Read by David Wales
George Bernard Shaw 18:46 Read by David Wales
Arthur James Balfour 18:41 Read by David Wales
John Singer Sargent 15:36 Read by David Wales
George Meredith 15:23 Read by David Wales
The Premier (Herbert Henry Asquith) 19:03 Read by David Wales
The Kaiser (Wilhelm II) 17:29 Read by David Wales
Sir Edward Grey 16:40 Read by David Wales
James Keir Hardie 13:10 Read by David Wales
Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Charles William Harmsworth) 19:00 Read by David Wales
Dr. Clifford (John Clifford) 16:25 Read by David Wales
John Redmond 14:47 Read by David Wales
Florence Nightingale 14:40 Read by David Wales
The Primate (Randall Thomas Davidson) 14:35 Read by David Wales
David Lloyd George 17:01 Read by David Wales
Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden) 15:51 Read by David Wales
Lord Morley Of Blackburn (John Morley) 20:22 Read by David Wales
Rufus Isaacs, K.C. 13:21 Read by David Wales
The Bishop Of London (Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram) 12:38 Read by David Wales
Prince Bulow 16:32 Read by David Wales
Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose) 15:16 Read by David Wales
General Booth 16:33 Read by David Wales
Lord Loreburn (Robert Threshie Reid) 14:36 Read by David Wales
Thomas Hardy 16:53 Read by David Wales
Henry Chaplin 15:51 Read by David Wales
Lord Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) 13:48 Read by David Wales
Winston Churchill 19:19 Read by David Wales
The Rev. R.J. Campbell 13:19 Read by David Wales
The Speaker {James William Lowther} 13:46 Read by David Wales
Herbert Samuel 13:34 Read by David Wales
The Tsar (Nicholas II) 19:34 Read by David Wales
Dr. Horton 14:00 Read by David Wales
Philip Snowdon 11:24 Read by David Wales
Robert Burdon Haldane 16:38 Read by David Wales
John Burns 17:45 Read by David Wales
William Jennings Bryan 17:59 Read by David Wales
Lewis Harcourt 15:34 Read by David Wales
Augustine Birrell, K.C. 17:25 Read by David Wales
Rudyard Kipling 14:50 Read by David Wales
Gilbert K. Chesterton 21:57 Read by David Wales

Reviews

Colorful insight into the key leaders pre World War 1


(5 stars)

Really liked this book. Short sketches of leaders with anecdotes and commentary on the character and personality. Some are not well known today, but the portrait of the young Winston Churchill and the Kaiser are especially interesting. Read well; you could imagine it's the author's own voice.