Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History, credited to Ann Hawkshaw, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History, by Ann Hawkshaw. Read by eggs4ears. The history of Britain up to the Norman Conquest in the form 100 prose commentaries, each followed by a sonnet. The commentaries set the historical scene, quoting from Bede, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and noted historians of the times, Hawkshaws sonnets are both imaginative and reflective, often casting new light on historical figures and events. Born in Yorkshire, Ann Hawkshaw spent much of her creative life in Manchester, where her husband John Hawkshaw was elected to Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and, as a friend of Elizabeth Gaskell, she was drawn into the intellectual and literary circle of the city. ( Phil Benson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Sonnets on Anglo-Saxon History
• Author credits: Ann Hawkshaw
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 11
• Listed recording duration: 2:32:30

Catalogue topics

• lancashire
• anglo-saxon
• manchester

Track guide

1. 01 - Introductory, Sonnets 1-9 — 14:32
2. 02 - Sonnets 10-19 — 16:04
3. 03 - Sonnets 20-29 — 14:49
4. 04 - Sonnets 30-38 — 14:07
5. 05 - Sonnets 39-47 — 13:48
6. 06 - Sonnets 48-56 — 13:07
7. 07 - Sonnets 57-64 — 12:40
8. 08 - Sonnets 65-72 — 12:47
9. 09 - Sonnets 73-78 — 9:29
10. 10 - Sonnets 79-89 — 16:41
11. 11 - Sonnets 90-98, Conclusion — 14:28

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