First and Last


Read by Ray Clare

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“When a man weighs anchor in a little ship or a large one he does a jolly thing! He cuts himself off and he starts for freedom and for the chance of things. He pulls the jib a-weather, he leans to her slowly pulling round, he sees the wind getting into the mainsail, and he feels that she feels the helm. He has her on a slant of the wind, and he makes out between the harbour piers.” (quotation from Hilaire Belloc) (7 hr 27 min)

Chapters

Chapter 01 On Weighing Anchor 6:28 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 02 On Reveillon 8:16 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 03 On Cheeses 10:55 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 04 The Captain of Industry 12:25 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 05 The Inventor 13:04 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 06 The Views of England 10:55 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 07 The Lunatic 10:59 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 08 The Inheritance of Humour 8:17 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 09 The Old Gentelman's Opinions 11:57 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 10 On Historical Evidence 18:45 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 11 The Absence of the Past 11:46 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 12 St. Patrick 8:59 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 13 The Lost Things 8:01 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 14 On Historical Evidence 12:53 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 15 The Victory 8:52 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 16 Reality 13:33 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 17 On the Decline of the Book 22:44 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 18 Jose Maria de Heredia 9:20 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 19 Normandy and the Normans 9:54 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 20 The Old Things 11:19 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 21 The Battle of Hastings 11:01 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 22 The Roman Roads in Picardy 9:45 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 23 The Reward of Letters 12:27 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 24 The Eye-Openers 9:21 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 25 The Public 11:02 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 26 On Entries 11:45 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 27 Companions of Travel 9:06 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 28 On the Sources of Rivers 8:36 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 29 On Error 10:31 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 30 The Great Sight 13:55 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 31 The Decline of a State 9:03 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 32 On Past Greatness 7:15 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 33 Mr. The Duke: The Man of Malplaquet 10:15 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 34 The Game of Cards 12:59 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 35 "King Lear" 8:46 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 36 The Excursion 12:01 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 37 The Tide 9:54 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 38 On a Great Wind 9:24 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 39 The Letter 9:14 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 40 The Regret 9:32 Read by Ray Clare
Chapter 41 The End of the World 12:06 Read by Ray Clare