A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1
Justin Mccarthy
Read by Pamela Nagami
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 and Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. The first volume begins with the death of Queen Anne in 1714 and ends in 1733, with Robert Walpole fleeing Parliament as London erupts in rioting over his excise scheme. - Summary by Pamela Nagami (0 hr 17 min)
Chapters
i. 'More, Alas! Than the Queen's Life!' | 35:37 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
ii. Parties and Leaders | 59:07 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
iii. 'Lost for Want of Spirit' | 40:07 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
iv. The King Comes | 19:25 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
v. What the King Came To: 1 | 36:05 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
v. What the King Came To: 2 | 32:14 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 1 | 24:57 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 2 | 30:56 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
vii. The White Cockade | 40:40 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
viii. After the Rebellion | 37:48 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
ix. 'Malice Domestic--Foreign Levy' | 35:41 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
x. Home Affairs | 33:49 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xi. 'The Earth Hath Bubbles' | 43:12 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xii. After the Storm | 19:07 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xiii. The Banishment of Atterbury | 27:55 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xiv. Walpole in Power as Well as Office | 36:53 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xv. The Drapier's Letters | 19:04 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xvi. The Opposition | 28:50 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xvii. 'Osnabruck! Osnabruck!' | 21:01 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xviii. George the Second | 25:56 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xix. 'The Patriots' | 36:47 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
xx. A Victory for the Patriots | 52:46 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Reviews
Yay
A LibriVox Listener
Reader is very easy to understand again. Love it when she is paying attention to what she is saying hate it when she isn't and it gets slow and choppy and monotone. Love the history
GREAT HISTORY
Avid Listener
A most interesting and enlightening narratve of this period of English history. Pamela Nagami 's even reading of it makes it a pleasureable learning experience.