King and Parliament (A.D. 1603-1714)
George Henry Wakeling
Read by Pamela Nagami
This slim volume by the Oxford University lecturer, George Henry Wakeling, deals with the period in British history from the reign of King James I through the death of Queen Anne. The story begins with England, transformed by the Protestant Reformation and keen to confront Catholic Spain, but burdened by a monarch unequal to national ambitions. Wakeling portrays the subsequent battles for dominance between the contending Protestant sects and chronicles the struggle for sovereignty between the British Crown and the emerging power of Parliament. - Summary by Pamela Nagami (4 hr 44 min)
Chapters
Ch. 1: Introduction | 13:35 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 2: The Reign of James I. 1603-1625 | 29:32 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 3: The Reign of Charles I. to the Meeting of the Long Parliament. 1625-1640 | 26:16 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 4: From the Meeting of the Long Parliament to the Commencement of the Civil… | 19:26 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 5: The Civil War to the King's Death. 1642-1649 | 42:10 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 6: The Commonwealth. 1649-1660 | 21:46 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 7: Charles II. 1660-1685 | 41:46 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 8: James II. 1685-1689 | 25:15 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 9: William III. 1689-1702 | 34:34 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Ch. 10: Anne. 1702-1714 | 30:32 | Read by Pamela Nagami |
Reviews
An Almost Forgotten Part of History
TwinkieToes
Thank you for recording this! One hears a lot about Henry VIII, Mary, and Elizabeth I, but very little about the succeeding reigns and how religion and changing political beliefs (divine right of kings vs. the will of the governed) changed the English monarchy. Very interesting stuff! Reader is very good. It's history, not a rip-roaring drama, and is read with that in mind. But she's not dry and monotone, either. :)