History of England Chapter 05: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

History of England Chapter 05, credited to Thomas Babington Macaulay, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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This chapter of Macaulay's, History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to suppress these.Argyle has been sheltering in Holland and returns to raise an army against James. Although brave and quick witted, he was no leader of men and the army became a confused rabble and were dispersed. Argyle was captured and died bravely. Monmouth had also been sheltering in Holland and he landed at Lyme and declared himself king on 20th June 1685. He was defeated at the battle of Sedgemoor and eventually caught and executed. Monmouth is a fine romantic and of course ultimately tragic figure. The chapter comes to an end with the Bloody Assizes and the very bloody Judge Jeffries. Summary by Jim Mowatt

Recording facts

• Recording title: History of England Chapter 05
• Author credits: Thomas Babington Macaulay
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Combined MP3 track duration: 4:42:46

Catalogue topics

• history
• macaulay
• english
• england

Track guide

1. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 01 — 21:11
2. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 02 — 17:41
3. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 03 — 18:18
4. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 04 — 17:49
5. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 05 — 19:38
6. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 06 — 19:06
7. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 07 — 9:57
8. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 08 — 9:59
9. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 09 — 9:24
10. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 10 — 13:35
11. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 11 — 6:09
12. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 12 — 14:01
13. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 13 — 7:45
14. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 14 — 9:40
15. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 15 — 14:39
16. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 16 — 13:54
17. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 17 — 14:02
18. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 18 — 19:40
19. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 19 — 8:26
20. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 20 — 12:30
21. Vol 1, chapter 05, part 10 — 5:22

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