Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers, credited to John Lord, 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 Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers by John Lord. Read in English by KHand The 13th in the series, this book focuses on the great writers of the time. As Dr. Lord passed away prior to the completion of his lecture series, the topics contained in this book also include works by other authors in an attempt to round out the subject matter. - Summary by KHand

Recording facts

• Recording title: Beacon Lights of History, Volume 13: Great Writers
• Author credits: John Lord
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 26
• Listed recording duration: 9:50:02

Catalogue topics

• Rousseau
• Shakespeare
• john milton
• Tennyson
• macaulay
• byron

Opening tracks: first 24 of 26

1. 00 - Publisher's Preface — 2:55
2. 01 - Jean Jacques Rousseau, Part 1 — 26:46
3. 02 - Jean Jacques Rousseau, Part 2 — 24:44
4. 03 - Sir Walter Scott, Part 1 — 21:40
5. 04 - Sir Walter Scott, Part 2 — 22:42
6. 05 - Sir Walter Scott, Part 3 — 21:20
7. 06 - Sir Walter Scott, Part 4 — 22:31
8. 07 - Lord Byron, Part 1 — 25:13
9. 08 - Lord Byron, Part 2 — 23:53
10. 09 - Lord Byron, Part 3 — 22:32
11. 10 - Thomas Carlyle, Part 1 — 25:00
12. 11 - Thomas Carlyle, Part 2 — 22:49
13. 12 - Thomas Carlyle, Part 3 — 23:20
14. 13 - Lord Macaulay, Part 1 — 24:36
15. 14 - Lord Macaulay, Part 2 — 26:16
16. 15 - Shakespeare; Or the Poet, Part 1 — 19:51
17. 16 - Shakespeare; Or The Poet, Part 2 — 19:30
18. 17 - John Milton; Poet and Patriot, Part 1 — 25:07
19. 18 - John Milton; Poet and Patriot, Part 2 — 24:37
20. 19 - John Milton; Poet and Patriot, Part 3 — 24:52
21. 20 - John Milton; Poet and Patriot, Part 4 — 25:04
22. 21 - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Part 1 — 19:49
23. 22 - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Part 2 — 20:46
24. 23 - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Part 3 — 18:54

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