The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4, 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 4 by Charles F. Horne; Rossiter Johnson; John Rudd. Read in English by realisticspeakers; Colleen McMahon; Rita Boutros; Leni; rainbowsnsunshine; Kazbek; Larry Wilson; Ryan Fahey; Beth Blakely; Thomas Rose; Greg Paxton; Kristine Bekere 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 4 of 22, covering from 410-827 AD. - Summary by Title Page

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 4
• Author credits: Charles F. Horne; Rossiter Johnson; John Rudd
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 36
• Listed recording duration: 16:59:07

Catalogue topics

• Charlemagne
• augustine
• venice
• clovis
• saracens
• huns
• visigoths
• attila

Opening tracks: first 24 of 36

1. 00 - An Outline Narrative — 24:00
2. 01 - Visigoths Pillage Rome, AD 410, by Edward Gibbon, part 1 — 32:49
3. 02 - Visigoths Pillage Rome, AD 410, by Edward Gibbon, part 2 — 31:17
4. 03 - Huns Invade the Eastern Roman Empire: Attila Dictates a Treaty of Peace, AD 441, by Edward Gibbon, part 1 — 39:04
5. 04 - Huns Invade the Eastern Roman Empire: Attila Dictates a Treaty of Peace, AD 441, by Edward Gibbon, part 2 — 35:56
6. 05 - The English Conquest of Britain, AD 449-579, by John R. Green — 19:14
7. 06 - The English Conquest of Britain, AD 449-579, by Charles Knight — 25:10
8. 07 - Attila Invades Western Europe: Battle of Chalons, AD 451, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy — 46:12
9. 08 - Attila Invades Western Europe: Battle of Chalons, AD 451, by Edward Gibbon — 21:19
10. 09 - Foundation of Venice, AD 452, by Thomas Hodgkin — 24:45
11. 10 - Foundation of Venice, AD 452, by John Ruskin — 25:57
12. 11 - Clovis Founds the Kingdom of the Franks: It Becomes Christian, AD 486-511, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 1 — 36:32
13. 12 - Clovis Founds the Kingdom of the Franks: It Becomes Christian, AD 486-511, by Francois P.G. Guizot, part 2 — 36:03
14. 13 - Publication of the Justinian Code, AD 529-534, by Edward Gibbon, part 1 — 25:26
15. 14 - Publication of the Justinian Code, AD 529-534, by Edward Gibbon, part 2 — 30:48
16. 15 - Publication of the Justinian Code, AD 529-534, by Edward Gibbon, part 3 — 29:06
17. 16 - Publication of the Justinian Code, AD 529-534, by Edward Gibbon, part 4 — 32:54
18. 17 - Augustine's Missionary Work in England, AD 597, by The Venerable Bede — 33:10
19. 18 - Augustine's Missionary Work in England, AD 597, by John Richard Green — 4:57
20. 19 - The Hegira, AD 612, by Washington Irving — 25:13
21. 20 - The Hegira, AD 612, by Simon Ockley, part 1 — 25:35
22. 21 - The Hegira, AD 612, by Simon Ockley, part 2 — 27:00
23. 22 - The Hegira, AD 612, by Simon Ockley, part 3 — 16:39
24. 23 - The Hegira, AD 612, by Simon Ockley, part 4 — 34:02

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