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The Reign of Queen Anne, Volume II

Gelesen von Pamela Nagami

(4,875 Sterne; 4 Bewertungen)

Anne Stuart (1665-1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, succeeded William III to the throne in 1702. She was the daughter of the deposed Catholic king, James II, but was of the Anglican faith. Liberal, Irish member of Parliament, Justin McCarthy, writing in 1902, creates in sparkling, uncluttered prose a panoramic canvas of Anne and her times. In the second of the two volumes, McCarthy describes the Battle of Malplaquet, where Marlborough meets the French in "a contest of hand-to-hand fighting on a gigantic scale." Then follows "the darkest chapter in the record of Queen Anne's reign," as a parliamentary conspiracy, headed by Bolingbroke, topples Marlborough from power. From Parliament we move to London's coffee houses where Londoners gather to read the "Spectator" and where, in 1714, they anxiously await news of the dying Queen. Scarcely has George I ascended his throne, when Jacobites at home and abroad begin to plot a Stuart Restoration under the son of the ousted James. (Pamela Nagami) (11 hr 44 min)

Chapters

Ch. 21: 'Swedish Charles' and Czar Peter

38:08

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Ch. 22: Malplaquet--and After

35:49

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Ch. 23: The War in the Embers

28:44

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Ch. 24: Bolingbroke at his Zenith

41:01

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Ch. 25: 'Gone to Swear a Peace'

38:41

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Ch. 26: 'I Fall Under this Plot'

34:19

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Ch. 27: Europe Reconstructed--on Paper

42:00

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Ch. 28: The Huguenot Refugees

30:25

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Ch. 29: 'The 'Spectator'

47:46

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Ch. 30: Ireland Under Queen Anne

43:20

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Ch. 31: The Rise of Robert Walpole

28:51

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Ch. 32: Alexander Pope

34:10

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Ch. 33: Shadows Cast Before

43:11

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Ch. 34: Addison's 'Cato'

25:25

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Ch. 35: Old Lamps and New

35:35

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Ch. 36: Wales Under Queen Anne

27:30

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Ch. 37: Restoration Hopes Revived

34:41

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Ch. 38: The Game Lost

29:03

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Ch. 39: The Death of the Queen

30:28

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Ch. 40: Retrospect

35:24

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Bewertungen

Marcellus

(4,5 Sterne)

Very good and academic work. Beautifully read !