A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume 4: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume 4, credited to Justin McCarthy; Justin Huntly McCarthy, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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

LibriVox recording of A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume 4 by Justin McCarthy; Justin Huntly McCarthy. Read in English by Pamela Nagami In Volume IV of this series on the Hanoverian kings, Justin McCarthy and his son, Justin Huntly McCarthy, both Liberal Irish MPs., bring on the stage that bulky, big-spender, George IV, his bumbling brother, William IV, the impulsive Liberal loose cannon, Lord Brougham, George Canning, true author of the Monroe Doctrine, and Earl Grey and Lord John Russell and their struggle to pass the great Parliamentary Reform Bill of 1832. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Recording facts

• Recording title: A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume 4
• Author credits: Justin McCarthy; Justin Huntly McCarthy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 11:39:11

Catalogue topics

• politics
• war
• england
• military
• Royalty
• modern history
• british parliament
• hanoverian kings

Track guide

1. 01 - lxiii. 'Opens Amid Ill Omens' — 31:30
2. 02 - lxiv. Popular Alarms--Royal Excursions — 36:33
3. 03 - lxv. George Canning — 35:19
4. 04 - lxvi. The Close of Canning's Career, Part 1 — 23:06
5. 05 - lxvi. The Close of Canning's Career, Part 2 — 22:39
6. 06 - lxvii. 'The Chains of the Catholic' — 34:26
7. 07 - lxviii. The Last of the Georges — 37:52
8. 08 - lxix. King William the Fourth — 43:13
9. 09 - lxx. Le Roi d'Yvetot — 18:46
10. 10 - lxxi. Reform, Part 1 — 25:14
11. 11 - lxxi. Reform, Part 2 — 28:39
12. 12 - lxxii. The Great Debate — 35:31
13. 13 - lxxiii. The Triumph of Reform, Part 1 — 37:54
14. 14 - lxxiii. The Triumph of Reform, Part 2 — 34:15
15. 15 - lxxiv. The Emanicipation of Labor — 41:38
16. 16 - lxxv. The State Church in Ireland — 39:13
17. 17 - lxxvi. 'Only a Pauper' — 27:50
18. 18 - lxxvii. Peel's Forlorn Hope, Part 1 — 31:32
19. 19 - lxxvii. Peel's Forlorn Hope, Part 2 — 33:41
20. 20 - lxxviii. Still the Reign of Reform, Part 1 — 22:38
21. 21 - lxxviii. Still the Reign of Reform, Part 2 — 22:02
22. 22 - lxxix. The Close of a Reign and the Opening of an Era — 35:40

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