The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of …
David Hume
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David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688", published between 1754 and 1764, was immensely popular and Hume wrote that "the copy-money given me by the booksellers much exceeded any thing formerly known in England; I was become not only independent, but opulent." The six volume work has had numerous editions and is still in print today. David Hume and Thomas Babington Macaulay have frequently been compared as the premier English historians but we don't have to choose because Macaulay begins where Hume leaves off. (Summary by Richard Carpenter) (21 hr 33 min)
Chapters
01 - The Life of David Hume, Esq. | 20:56 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
02 - Letter from Adam Smith | 14:08 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
03 - Chapter I, part 01 | 30:27 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
04 - Chapter I, part 02 | 32:18 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
05 - Chapter I, part 03 | 33:45 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
06 - Chapter I, part 04 | 28:46 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
07 - Chapter I, part 05 | 21:53 | Read by J L Raimundo |
08 - Chapter II, part 01 | 16:22 | Read by J L Raimundo |
09 - Chapter II, part 02 | 19:47 | Read by J L Raimundo |
10 - Chapter II, part 03 | 21:50 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
11 - Chapter II, part 04 | 19:38 | Read by Erin McKelle |
12 - Chapter II, part 05 | 15:03 | Read by stmacduff |
13 - Chapter II, part 06 | 21:22 | Read by stmacduff |
14 - Chapter III, part 01 | 20:45 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
15 - Chapter III, part 02 | 20:08 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
16 - Chapter III, part 03 | 23:23 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
17 - Chapter III, part 04 | 25:16 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
18 - Chapter III, part 05 | 30:31 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
19 - Chapter III, part 06 | 18:02 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
20 - Chapter III, part 07 | 22:11 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
21 - Appendix I, part 01 | 21:03 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
22 - Appendix I, part 02 | 20:09 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
23 - Appendix I, part 03 | 21:06 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
24 - Chapter IV, part 01 | 19:25 | Read by stmacduff |
25 - Chapter IV, part 02 | 18:52 | Read by stmacduff |
26 - Chapter IV, part 03 | 19:13 | Read by stmacduff |
27 - Chapter IV, part 04 | 22:23 | Read by mcgovern1934 |
28 - Chapter IV, part 05 | 24:01 | Read by roeg11 |
29 - Chapter V, part 01 | 28:32 | Read by roeg11 |
30 - Chapter V, part 02 | 27:17 | Read by roeg11 |
31 - Chapter VI, part 01 | 31:15 | Read by KK |
32 - Chapter VI, part 02 | 30:46 | Read by KK |
33 - Chapter VI, part 03 | 35:34 | Read by KK |
34 - Chapter VII, part 01 | 21:09 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
35 - Chapter VII, part 02 | 19:03 | Read by stmacduff |
36 - Chapter VIII, part 01 | 22:31 | Read by stmacduff |
37 - Chapter VIII, part 02 | 21:53 | Read by stmacduff |
38 - Chapter VIII, part 03 | 20:57 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
39 - Chapter VIII, part 04 | 24:48 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
40 - Chapter VIII, part 05 | 18:21 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
41 - Chapter IX, part 01 | 25:51 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
42 - Chapter IX, part 02 | 25:22 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
43 - Chapter IX, part 03 | 23:39 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
44 - Chapter IX, part 04 | 21:52 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
45 - Chapter X, part 01 | 24:11 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
46 - Chapter X, part 02 | 25:51 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
47 - Chapter X, part 03 | 27:06 | Read by Robert Hoffman |
48 - Chapter XI, part 01 | 28:29 | Read by Felicity C |
49 - Chapter XI, part 02 | 28:05 | Read by Felicity C |
50 - Chapter XI, part 03 | 30:19 | Read by Felicity C |
51 - Chapter XI, part 04 | 24:26 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
52 - Chapter XI, part 05 | 26:11 | Read by Felicity C |
53 - Appendix II, part 01 | 24:02 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
54 - Appendix II, part 02 | 23:58 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
55 - Appendix II, part 03 | 16:34 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
56 - Appendix II, part 04 | 17:29 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
Reviews
Nice production.
A LibriVox Listener
Really needs an outline however. For example chapter x. reign of Richard l Chapter xl. reign of John. Chapter vlll : the reign of Henry II
Arturo Macias
All the recordings are impressively well read, and Hume is an incredible writer and historian.66.
it is painful to listen to chapter 2 part 4 carelesspeakerz
Rick
juanv
book is great but chap 2 part 4 poorly read ..
mem2atl
Awesome job of reading by all the volunteers on this volume.
Fantastic
Shane
An extremely informative work, recommend to all serious students.
Educational however...
Ahab
The scope and breadth of mispronunciations is astonishing.
Guuled
chapter 2 part 4 was really hard to listen to. I'm not going to visit that critical thinkers website that she advertises at the end.