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A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2

Gelesen von Pamela Nagami

(4,75 Sterne; 14 Bewertungen)

Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and Swift, Bolingbroke and Mary Wortley Montagu, the Old Pretender, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. This second volume brings us the terrible death of Queen Caroline, Swift and Stella, the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Wesleyan Movement, Clive's victories, and the struggle for Canada. - Summary by Pamela Nagami (11 hr 26 min)

Chapters

xxi. Bolingbroke Routed Again

48:05

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xxii. The 'Family Compact'

36:15

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xxiii. Royal Family Affairs

40:29

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xxiv. The Porteous Riots

30:21

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xxv. Family Jars

28:56

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xxvi. A Perilous Victory

24:15

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xxvii. 'Rogues and Vagabonds'

23:35

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xxviii. The Banished Prince

20:39

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xxix. The Queen's Death-Bed

29:04

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xxx. The Wesleyan Movement

42:55

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xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 1

25:48

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xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 2

27:09

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xxxii. Walpole Yields to War

34:56

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xxxiii. 'And When He Falls'

33:56

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xxxiv. 'The Forty-Five'

20:15

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xxxv. The March South

30:16

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xxxvi. Culloden--and after

41:45

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xxxvii. Chesterfield in Dublin Castle

31:48

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xxxviii. Primus in Indis

47:25

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xxxix. Changes

15:42

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xl. Canada

21:54

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xli. The Close of the Reign

31:29

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Bewertungen

wonderful window on the 18th century

(5 Sterne)

Pamela Nagami gives an excellent reading of this brilliant historical odyssey. So much about the development of the Westminster system and democracy generally that I didn't know. Once again thank-you Librivox and Pamela.

WELL DONE

(4,5 Sterne)

PN is a delightful reader of history