A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1
Justin Mccarthy
Lu par 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)
Chapitres
| i. 'More, Alas! Than the Queen's Life!' | 35:37 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| ii. Parties and Leaders | 59:07 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| iii. 'Lost for Want of Spirit' | 40:07 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| iv. The King Comes | 19:25 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| v. What the King Came To: 1 | 36:05 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| v. What the King Came To: 2 | 32:14 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 1 | 24:57 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 2 | 30:56 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| vii. The White Cockade | 40:40 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| viii. After the Rebellion | 37:48 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| ix. 'Malice Domestic--Foreign Levy' | 35:41 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| x. Home Affairs | 33:49 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xi. 'The Earth Hath Bubbles' | 43:12 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xii. After the Storm | 19:07 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xiii. The Banishment of Atterbury | 27:55 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xiv. Walpole in Power as Well as Office | 36:53 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xv. The Drapier's Letters | 19:04 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xvi. The Opposition | 28:50 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xvii. 'Osnabruck! Osnabruck!' | 21:01 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xviii. George the Second | 25:56 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xix. 'The Patriots' | 36:47 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
| xx. A Victory for the Patriots | 52:46 | Lu par Pamela Nagami |
Critiques
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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.