History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…
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.
This is Volume 1E which covers the reign of Charles I and the Commonwealth. (Summary by Richard Carpenter) (23 hr 58 min)
Chapters
Chapter 50, part 1 | 23:18 | Read by Theodulf |
Chapter 50, part 2 | 22:18 | Read by Theodulf |
Chapter 50, part 3 | 23:24 | Read by Theodulf |
Chapter 50, part 4 | 8:14 | Read by Theodulf |
Chapter 51, part 1 | 20:46 | Read by Tim Cote |
Chapter 51, part 2 | 28:21 | Read by Tim Cote |
Chapter 51, part 3 | 20:54 | Read by Tim Cote |
Chapter 51, part 4 | 20:04 | Read by Tim Cote |
Chapter 52, part 1 | 21:13 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
Chapter 52, part 2 | 20:24 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
Chapter 52, part 3 | 22:00 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
Chapter 52, part 4 | 23:16 | Read by Kevin W. Davidson |
Chapter 53, part 1 | 24:13 | Read by Theodulf |
Chapter 53, part 2 | 22:24 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
Chapter 53, part 3 | 23:35 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
Chapter 53, part 4 | 18:30 | Read by Richard Carpenter |
Chapter 54, part 1 | 22:09 | Read by Matthew Calvin |
Chapter 54, part 2 | 22:47 | Read by Matthew Calvin |
Chapter 54, part 3 | 22:50 | Read by Matthew Calvin |
Chapter 54, part 4 | 22:06 | Read by Matthew Calvin |
Chapter 54, part 5 | 27:21 | Read by Matthew Calvin |
Chapter 55, part 1 | 26:20 | Read by Ric F |
Chapter 55, part 2 | 25:33 | Read by Adam Picot |
Chapter 55, part 3 | 26:27 | Read by Adam Picot |
Chapter 55, part 4 | 24:27 | Read by Adam Picot |
Chapter 55, part 5 | 24:54 | Read by Adam Picot |
Chapter 55, part 6 | 23:27 | Read by Adam Picot |
Chapter 56, part 1 | 23:28 | Read by Ric F |
Chapter 56, part 2 | 23:33 | Read by Ric F |
Chapter 56, part 3 | 19:10 | Read by Matt Lusher |
Chapter 56, part 4 | 18:50 | Read by Matt Lusher |
Chapter 56, part 5 | 19:11 | Read by Matt Lusher |
Chapter 57, part 1 | 19:03 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 57, part 2 | 18:14 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 57, part 3 | 17:35 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 57, part 4 | 18:35 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 58, part 1 | 23:40 | Read by Leanne Kinkopf |
Chapter 58, part 2 | 25:40 | Read by Leanne Kinkopf |
Chapter 58, part 3 | 23:52 | Read by Leanne Kinkopf |
Chapter 58, part 4 | 20:11 | Read by Leanne Kinkopf |
Chapter 59, part 1 | 25:14 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
Chapter 59, part 2 | 23:16 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
Chapter 59, part 3 | 24:45 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
Chapter 59, part 4 | 24:13 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
Chapter 59, part 5 | 23:38 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
Chapter 59, part 6 | 23:56 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
Chapter 59, part 7 | 29:00 | Read by Brendan Stallard |
Chapter 60, part 1 | 22:50 | Read by gscheids |
Chapter 60, part 2 | 21:48 | Read by gscheids |
Chapter 60, part 3 | 22:12 | Read by rookieblue |
Chapter 60, part 4 | 21:30 | Read by Lucas Boulding |
Chapter 60, part 5 | 22:15 | Read by Lucas Boulding |
Chapter 60, part 6 | 22:53 | Read by Ric F |
Chapter 61, part 1 | 20:30 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 61, part 2 | 20:20 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 61, part 3 | 21:30 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 61, part 4 | 20:23 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 61, part 5 | 20:43 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 61, part 6 | 21:36 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 62, part 1 | 27:13 | Read by Ric F |
Chapter 62, part 2 | 26:11 | Read by Ric F |
Chapter 62, part 3 | 28:23 | Read by JamesMcAndrew |
Chapter 62, part 4 | 19:56 | Read by Greg Golding |
Chapter 62, part 5 | 21:39 | Read by Greg Golding |
Reviews
Arturo Macias
The Book is excellent and the readers too, except for the hyper tonal reading of Adam Picot.