Prophets, Priests, And Kings
Alfred George Gardiner
Gelesen von David Wales
These biographical essays of (mostly) British subjects were written in 1907-1908 for The Daily News newspaper and reflect their subjects as seen before the great cataclysm of World War I. Gardiner was a British newspaper editor, journalist, and author. His essays were and are highly regarded. - Summary by David Wales (10 hr 52 min)
Kapitel
| Preface | 2:17 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| King Edward VII | 20:15 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| George Bernard Shaw | 18:46 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Arthur James Balfour | 18:41 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| John Singer Sargent | 15:36 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| George Meredith | 15:23 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| The Premier (Herbert Henry Asquith) | 19:03 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| The Kaiser (Wilhelm II) | 17:29 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Sir Edward Grey | 16:40 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| James Keir Hardie | 13:10 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Charles William Harmsworth) | 19:00 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Dr. Clifford (John Clifford) | 16:25 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| John Redmond | 14:47 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Florence Nightingale | 14:40 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| The Primate (Randall Thomas Davidson) | 14:35 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| David Lloyd George | 17:01 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden) | 15:51 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Lord Morley Of Blackburn (John Morley) | 20:22 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Rufus Isaacs, K.C. | 13:21 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| The Bishop Of London (Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram) | 12:38 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Prince Bulow | 16:32 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose) | 15:16 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| General Booth | 16:33 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Lord Loreburn (Robert Threshie Reid) | 14:36 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Thomas Hardy | 16:53 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Henry Chaplin | 15:51 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Lord Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) | 13:48 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Winston Churchill | 19:19 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| The Rev. R.J. Campbell | 13:19 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| The Speaker {James William Lowther} | 13:46 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Herbert Samuel | 13:34 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| The Tsar (Nicholas II) | 19:34 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Dr. Horton | 14:00 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Philip Snowdon | 11:24 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Robert Burdon Haldane | 16:38 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| John Burns | 17:45 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| William Jennings Bryan | 17:59 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Lewis Harcourt | 15:34 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Augustine Birrell, K.C. | 17:25 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Rudyard Kipling | 14:50 | Gelesen von David Wales |
| Gilbert K. Chesterton | 21:57 | Gelesen von David Wales |
Bewertungen
Colorful insight into the key leaders pre World War 1
Jeff Schoenborn
Really liked this book. Short sketches of leaders with anecdotes and commentary on the character and personality. Some are not well known today, but the portrait of the young Winston Churchill and the Kaiser are especially interesting. Read well; you could imagine it's the author's own voice.