A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2, 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 the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2 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, Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. This second volume brings us the terrible death of Queen Caroline, Swift and Stella, the Jacobite rising of 1745, the Wesleyan Movement, Clive's victories, and the struggle for Canada. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

Recording facts

• Recording title: A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 2
• Author credits: Justin McCarthy
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 11:26:57

Catalogue topics

• English History
• Bonnie Prince Charlie
• george ii

Track guide

1. 01 - xxi. Bolingbroke Routed Again — 48:05
2. 02 - xxii. The 'Family Compact' — 36:15
3. 03 - xxiii. Royal Family Affairs — 40:29
4. 04 - xxiv. The Porteous Riots — 30:21
5. 05 - xxv. Family Jars — 28:56
6. 06 - xxvi. A Perilous Victory — 24:15
7. 07 - xxvii. 'Rogues and Vagabonds' — 23:35
8. 08 - xxviii. The Banished Prince — 20:39
9. 09 - xxix. The Queen's Death-Bed — 29:04
10. 10 - xxx. The Wesleyan Movement — 42:55
11. 11 - xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 1 — 25:48
12. 12 - xxxi. England's Honor and Jenkin's Ear, Part 2 — 27:09
13. 13 - xxxii. Walpole Yields to War — 34:56
14. 14 - xxxiii. 'And When He Falls' — 33:56
15. 15 - xxxiv. 'The Forty-Five' — 20:15
16. 16 - xxxv. The March South — 30:16
17. 17 - xxxvi. Culloden--and after — 41:45
18. 18 - xxxvii. Chesterfield in Dublin Castle — 31:48
19. 19 - xxxviii. Primus in Indis — 47:25
20. 20 - xxxix. Changes — 15:42
21. 21 - xl. Canada — 21:54
22. 22 - xli. The Close of the Reign — 31:29

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