A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume I: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume I, credited to Justin McCarthy, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume I by Justin McCarthy. Read in English by Pamela Nagami An engaging history of Great Britain in the heyday of Queen Victoria and of her empire by the liberal Irish Member of Parliament, Justin McCarthy. He brings us the larger than life personalities of the day, Victoria and Albert, Russell and Peel, O'Connell and Palmerston, Gladstone and Disraeli, and relates great events, the Afghan War, the Irish famine, and the Crimean War without ever losing sight of the hopes and fears of the common people at home and abroad. (Pamela Nagami)

Recording facts

• Recording title: A History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume I
• Author credits: Justin McCarthy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 39
• Listed recording duration: 12:28:26

Catalogue topics

• whigs
• Queen Victoria
• Irish famine
• william ewart gladstone
• sir robert peel
• benjamin disraeli
• lord melbourne
• john russell

Opening tracks: first 24 of 39

1. 01 - Ch. 1: The King is Dead! Long Live the Queen!, Pt. 1 — 20:00
2. 02 - Ch. 1: The King is Dead! Long Live the Queen!, Pt. 2 — 21:43
3. 03 - Ch. 2: Statesmen and Parties, Pt. 1 — 16:51
4. 04 - Ch. 2: Statesmen and Parties, Pt. 2 — 20:51
5. 05 - Ch. 3: Canada and Lord Durham, Pt. 1 — 27:36
6. 06 - Ch. 3: Canada and Lord Durham, Pt. 2 — 13:10
7. 07 - Ch. 3: Canada and Lord Durham, Pt. 3 — 16:35
8. 08 - Ch. 4: Science and Speed, Pt. 1 — 17:37
9. 09 - Ch. 4: Science and Speed, Pt. 2 — 14:14
10. 10 - Ch. 5: Chartism, Pt. 1 — 18:21
11. 11 - Ch. 5: Chartism, Pt. 2 — 16:46
12. 12 - Ch. 5: Chartism, Pt. 3 — 12:35
13. 13 - Ch. 6: Question de Jupons, Pt. 1 — 13:35
14. 14 - Ch. 6: Question de Jupons, Pt. 2 — 12:38
15. 15 - Ch. 7: The Queen's Marriage, Pt. 1 — 15:40
16. 16 - Ch. 7: The Queen's Marriage, Pt. 2 — 20:51
17. 17 - Ch. 8: The Opium War, Pt. 1 — 16:56
18. 18 - Ch. 8: The Opium War, Pt. 2 — 15:27
19. 19 - Ch. 9: The Decline and Fall of the Whig Ministry, Pt. 1 — 13:35
20. 20 - Ch. 9: The Decline and Fall of the Whig Ministry, Pt. 2 — 23:33
21. 21 - Ch. 10: Movements in the Churches, Pt. 1 — 12:54
22. 22 - Ch. 10: Movements in the Churches, Pt. 2 — 20:50
23. 23 - Ch. 11: The Disasters at Cabul, Pt. 1 — 19:04
24. 24 - Ch. 11: The Disasters at Cabul, Pt. 2 — 19:59

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