Charles James Fox: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Charles James Fox, credited to Henry Offley Wakeman, 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 Charles James Fox by Henry Offley Wakeman. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was a prominent British Whig member of Parliament and the arch-rival of William Pitt the Younger. A staunch opponent of George III, he supported the American colonists throughout the War of Independence. He was a leading parliamentary advocate of religious tolerance, individual liberty, and the anti-slavery cause. A notorious gambler and womanizer, Fox fell in love with and married Elizabeth Armistead, the former mistress of the Prince of Wales, and found happiness and tranquility in their home, St. Anne's Hill. He was most famous for his oratory, of which Wakeman writes that in "the whole range of Fox's speeches there is not to be found a mean thought or an affectation...The very openness and complete absence of reserve, with which he poured out his whole heart to his audience took them by storm." (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Charles James Fox
• Author credits: Henry Offley Wakeman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 7:48:20

Catalogue topics

• american revolutionary war
• george iii
• edmund burke
• charles james fox
• william pitt the younger
• william wilberforce
• lord north
• earl of chatham

Track guide

1. 01 - Ch. 1: Fox as a Tory, Pt. 1 — 17:42
2. 02 - Ch. 1: Fox as a Tory, Pt. 2 — 17:09
3. 03 - Ch. 1: Fox as a Tory, Pt. 3 — 15:15
4. 04 - Ch. 2: The American War — 26:36
5. 05 - Ch. 3: The Fall of Lord North, Pt. 1 — 21:34
6. 06 - Ch. 3: The Fall of Lord North, Pt. 2 — 25:10
7. 07 - Ch. 4: The Ministry of 1782, Pt. 1 — 19:42
8. 08 - Ch. 4: The Ministry of 1782, Pt. 2 — 22:50
9. 09 - Ch. 5: The Coalition, Pt. 1 — 24:40
10. 10 - Ch. 5: The Coalition, Pt. 2 — 19:19
11. 11 - Ch. 6: The India Bill, Pt. 1 — 22:26
12. 12 - Ch. 6: The India Bill, Pt. 2 — 18:03
13. 13 - Ch. 7: The Years of Opposition, Pt. 1 — 23:00
14. 14 - Ch. 7: The Years of Opposition, Pt. 2 — 28:11
15. 15 - Ch. 7: The Years of Opposition, Pt. 3 — 24:47
16. 16 - Ch. 8: The War with France, Pt. 1 — 22:54
17. 17 - Ch. 8: The War with France, Pt. 2 — 22:43
18. 18 - Ch. 9: St. Ann's Hill, Pt. 1 — 20:48
19. 19 - Ch. 9: St. Ann's Hill, Pt. 2 — 21:43
20. 20 - Ch. 10: The Ministry of All the Talents, Pt. 1 — 21:08
21. 21 - Ch. 10: The Ministry of All the Talents, Pt. 2 — 32:40

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