Sixteenth-century Bristol: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sixteenth-century Bristol, credited to John Latimer, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Sixteenth-century Bristol, by John Latimer. Read by Elaine Webb. Plague, piracy and payments to members of Parliament! The town of Bristol, England in the Sixteenth Century was a fascinating place, and John Latimer's book is a comprehensive guide to this period, describing royal visits from both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, as well as detailing contemporary pastimes such as wrestling competitions, bear-baiting and traveling players. He explains the sanitary arrangements, dreadful postal service and the difficulty of moving from the status of town to "City" among many other interesting topics. It is made up of papers originally published in the Bristol Mercury in 1902-3 and is read by Bristolian, Elaine Webb.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sixteenth-century Bristol
• Author credits: John Latimer
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 4:26:12

Catalogue topics

• audio book
• non-fiction
• history

Track guide

1. chapter 01 — 21:27
2. chapter 02 — 25:54
3. chapter 03 — 13:03
4. chapter 04 — 25:05
5. chapter 05 — 30:41
6. chapter 06 — 26:38
7. chapter 07 — 13:12
8. chapter 08 — 12:05
9. chapter 09 — 25:24
10. chapter 10 — 25:30
11. chapter 11 — 31:35
12. chapter 12 — 15:39

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