Queen Elizabeth: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Queen Elizabeth, credited to Mandell Creighton, 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 Queen Elizabeth by Mandell Creighton; Isaac Woodbridge Riley. Read in English by Pamela Nagami "The Princess Elizabeth of England was born at Greenwich, between three and four of the afternoon of September 7, 1533. Her birth was a matter of small rejoicing to her parents, who were sorely disappointed that their first-born was not a boy." So begins this short, but stirring biography by the British historian, Mandell Creighton, of the magnificent last monarch of the Tudor dynasty. We see Elizabeth in constant peril during the turbulent and ineffectual reigns of Edward VI and Mary. At her accession, her country is little better than an appendage of the Spanish state. By the end of her reign, England has become a major power. Creighton writes that, "Elizabeth's imperishable claim to greatness lies in her instinctive sympathy with her people. She felt, rather than understood, the possibilities which lay before England, and she set herself to the task of slowly exhibiting, and impressing them on the national mind." (Pamela Nagami)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Queen Elizabeth
• Author credits: Mandell Creighton
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 16
• Listed recording duration: 8:54:57

Catalogue topics

• politics
• history
• religion
• Queen Elizabeth
• Sir Walter Raleigh
• war
• Mary Queen of Scots
• William Shakespeare

Track guide

1. 01 - Ch. 1: The Youth of Elizabeth, Pt. 1 — 35:33
2. 02 - Ch. 1: The Youth of Elizabeth, Pt. 2 — 40:13
3. 03 - Ch. 2: Problems of the Reign, Pt. 1 — 44:02
4. 04 - Ch. 2: Problems of the Reign, Pt. 2 — 37:55
5. 05 - Ch. 3: Elizabeth and Mary Stuart, Pt. 1 — 27:07
6. 06 - Ch.3: Elizabeth and Mary Stuart, Pt. 2 — 28:50
7. 07 - Ch. 4: The Excommunication of Elizabeth, Pt. 1 — 35:25
8. 08 - Ch. 4: The Excommunication of Elizabeth, Pt. 2 — 32:41
9. 09 - Ch. 5: The Alençon Marriage, Pt. 1 — 36:22
10. 10 - Ch. 5: The Alençon Marriage, Pt. 2 — 35:07
11. 11 - Ch. 6: The Crisis, Pt. 1 — 31:12
12. 12 - Ch. 6: The Crisis, Pt. 2 — 27:09
13. 13 - Ch. 7: The New England, Pt. 1 — 39:49
14. 14 - Ch. 7: The New England, Pt. 2 — 35:49
15. 15 - Ch. 8: Last Years of Elizabeth, Pt. 1 — 21:34
16. 16 - Ch. 8: Last Years of Elizabeth, Pt. 2 — 26:08

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