A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1, credited to Justin McCarthy, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1 by Justin McCarthy. Read in English by 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.

Recording facts

• Recording title: A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1
• Author credits: Justin McCarthy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 12:17:57

Catalogue topics

• british history
• 18th-century history

Track guide

1. 01 - 'More, Alas! Than the Queen's Life!' — 35:37
2. 02 - Parties and Leaders — 59:07
3. 03 - 'Lost for Want of Spirit' — 40:07
4. 04 - The King Comes — 19:25
5. 05 - What the King Came To: 1 — 36:05
6. 06 - What the King Came To: 2 — 32:14
7. 07 - Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 1 — 24:57
8. 08 - Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 2 — 30:56
9. 09 - The White Cockade — 40:40
10. 10 - After the Rebellion — 37:48
11. 11 - 'Malice Domestic--Foreign Levy' — 35:41
12. 12 - Home Affairs — 33:49
13. 13 - 'The Earth Hath Bubbles' — 43:12
14. 14 - After the Storm — 19:07
15. 15 - The Banishment of Atterbury — 27:55
16. 16 - Walpole in Power as Well as Office — 36:53
17. 17 - The Drapier's Letters — 19:04
18. 18 - The Opposition — 28:50
19. 19 - 'Osnabruck! Osnabruck!' — 21:01
20. 20 - George the Second — 25:56
21. 21 - 'The Patriots' — 36:47
22. 22 - A Victory for the Patriots — 52:46

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