The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17, credited to Charles F. Horne; Rossiter Johnson; John Rudd, 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 The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17 by Charles F. Horne; Rossiter Johnson; John Rudd. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers. A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 17 of 22, covering from 1844-1861 AD. (Summary Adapted from the Title Page)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17
• Author credits: Charles F. Horne; Rossiter Johnson; John Rudd
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 35
• Listed recording duration: 18:29:28

Catalogue topics

• Japan
• Indian Mutiny
• California
• Hungary
• revolution
• telegraph
• France
• Germany

Opening tracks: first 24 of 35

1. 00 - Outline Narrative — 25:06
2. 01 - Invention of the Telegraph, AD 1844, by Alonzo B. Cornell — 26:59
3. 02 - Repeal of the English Corn Laws, AD 1846, by Justin McCarthy — 36:37
4. 03 - The Discovery of Neptune, AD 1846, by Sir Oliver Lodge — 23:34
5. 04 - The Acquisition of California, AD 1846, by Henry B. Dawson — 41:38
6. 05 - The Fall of Abd-el-Kader, AD 1847, by Edgar Sanderson — 54:54
7. 06 - The Mexican War, AD 1847, by John Bonner — 42:11
8. 07 - Famine in Ireland, AD 1847, by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy — 25:05
9. 08 - Migrations of the Mormons, AD 1848, by Thomas L. Kane — 47:29
10. 09 - The Reforms of Pius IX, AD 1848, by Francis Bowen, part 1 — 42:52
11. 10 - The Reforms of Pius IX, AD 1848, by Francis Bowen, part 2 — 44:18
12. 11 - The Revolution of February in France, AD 1848, by Francois P.G. Guizot and Mme. Guizot de Witt — 44:48
13. 12 - Revolutionary Movements in Germany, AD 1848, by C. Edmund Maurice, part 1 — 27:17
14. 13 - Revolutionary Movements in Germany, AD 1848, by C. Edmund Maurice, part 2 — 31:22
15. 14 - The Revolt of Hungary, AD 1848, by Arminius Vambery — 53:07
16. 15 - Discovery of Gold in California, AD 1848, by John S. Hittell — 25:39
17. 16 - The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, AD 1849, by Jessie White Mario — 49:12
18. 17 - Livingstone's African Discoveries, AD 1849, by David Livingstone — 23:23
19. 18 - Livingstone's African Discoveries, AD 1849, by Thomas Hughes — 28:32
20. 19 - The Coup D'état of Louis Napoleon, AD 1851, by Alexis de Tocqueville — 21:56
21. 20 - Discovery of Gold in Australia, AD 1851, by Edward Jenks — 45:26
22. 21 - The Rise of the Republican Party, AD 1854, by Abraham Lincoln — 25:11
23. 22 - The Opening of Japan, AD 1854, by Matthew C. Perry, part 1 — 27:47
24. 23 - The Opening of Japan, AD 1854, by Matthew C. Perry, part 2 — 26:58

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