The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 03)
Thomas Babington Macaulay
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This is the third chapter in Macaulay’s great History of England from the Accession of James II. In this chapter Macaulay looks at the state of the nation in 1685. He discusses the population, the revenue, the military system, the roads, the inns, the coaches, the great cities and, of course London, its coffee houses and first experiments in street lighting. An interesting diversion from Macaulays’s usual obsession with politics but worry not, he still manages to crowbar some political intriguing into this chapter.
(Summary by Jim Mowatt) (5 hr 17 min)
Chapters
Chapter III, Part 1 | 11:22 | Read by David Barnes |
Chapter III, Part 2 | 13:18 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter III, Part 3 | 9:37 | Read by Alys AtteWater |
Chapter III, Part 4 | 24:00 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter III, Part 5 | 12:17 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter III, Part 6 | 8:02 | Read by Gesine |
Chapter III, Part 7 | 36:15 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter III, Part 8 | 25:52 | Read by David Barnes |
Chapter III, Part 9 | 16:13 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter III, Part 10 | 36:39 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter III, Part 11 | 24:07 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter III, Part 12 | 32:27 | Read by Jim Mowatt |
Chapter III, Part 13 | 11:20 | Read by Aaron Hochwimmer |
Chapter III, Part 14 | 16:30 | Read by Dilini Jayasinghe |
Chapter III, Part 15 | 20:30 | Read by David Barnes |
Chapter III, Part 16 | 18:37 | Read by Nikolle Doolin |