A Child's History of England: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A Child's History of England, credited to Charles Dickens, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of A Child's History of England by Charles Dickens. For more information on our readers, see our catalog page: http://librivox.org/a-childs-history-of-england-by-charles-dickens/ A Child's History of England first appeared in serial form, running from January 25, 1851 to December 10, 1853 and was first published in three volume book form in 1852, 1853, and 1854. Dickens dedicated the book to "My own dear children, whom I hope it may help, bye and bye, to read with interest larger and better books on the same subject". The history covered the period between 50 BC and 1689, ending with a chapter summarising events from then until the ascension of Queen Victoria. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A Child's History of England
• Author credits: Charles Dickens
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 37
• Listed recording duration: 16:20:26

Catalogue topics

• children
• history
• dickens

Opening tracks: first 24 of 37

1. 01 - Ancient England and the Romans — 25:59
2. 02 - Ancient England Under the Early Saxons — 13:21
3. 03 - England Under the Good Saxon, Alfred — 14:31
4. 04 - England Under Athelstan and the Six Boy-Kings — 31:50
5. 05 - England Under Canute the Dane — 5:19
6. 06 - England Under Harold Harefoot, Hardicanute, and Edward the Confessor — 20:23
7. 07 - England Under Harold the Second, and Conquered by the Normans — 11:36
8. 08 - England Under William the First, the Norman Conqueror — 16:35
9. 09 - England Under William the Second, Called Rufus — 15:44
10. 10 - England Under Henry the First, Called Fine-Scholar — 21:37
11. 11 - England Under Matilda and Stephen — 9:01
12. 12 - England Under Henry II — 45:09
13. 13 - England Under Richard The First, Called The Lion-Heart — 21:14
14. 14 - England Under King John, Called Lackland — 29:44
15. 15 - England Under Henry The Third, called , of Winchester — 39:38
16. 16 - England Under Edward the First, Called Longshanks — 40:40
17. 17 - England Under Edward the Second — 23:20
18. 18 - England Under Edward the Third — 31:45
19. 19 - England Under Richard the Second — 27:12
20. 20 - England Under Henry the Fourth, Called Bolingbroke — 14:55
21. 21 - England under Henry the Fifth — 25:12
22. 22 - England under Henry the Sixth — 47:47
23. 23 - England under Edward the Fourth — 20:00
24. 24 - England Under Edward the Fifth — 11:49

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