The Reign of George VI, 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Reign of George VI, 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763, credited to Samuel Madden; Charles Oman, 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 Reign of George VI, 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763 by Samuel Madden; Charles Oman. Read in English by DrPGould Imagine a world in which there were no major revolutionary upheavals (the American, French and Russian revolutions did not occur), there was no Victorian Age, the Great War (World War I) went unfought. No Cold War, no United States, no Soviet Union; in short, no world as we have known it. Such is the vision presented in this counterfactual historical work. Originally written by Samuel Madden in 1763, the work is a prospective look at events in Europe from 1900-1925, the reign of Madden's "George VI." (The actual George VI, father of Elizabeth II, reigned from 1936-1952.) Taking the social, political, and economic trends of the eighteenth century and projecting their impact in the twentieth, this work is written in the style of a history of the first quarter of the twentieth century. As editor Charles William Chadwick Oman notes in his preface to this 1899 reprint, "Of late years has it been common enough for authors to comment on the political and social tendencies of their own day, by drawing fancy pictures of the state of the world many generations hence, when these tendencies have been worked out to their full development" (p. vii). Chadwick was unaware of the identity of the author of the work, ironically leading him in his preface to make some speculations about the author which were similarly flawed. The comparison between this fictional alternative view of history--what could have happened--what didn't--and what actually happened is occasionally amusing, sometimes frightening, and other times eerily familiar. (Summary by DrPGould)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Reign of George VI, 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763
• Author credits: Samuel Madden; Charles Oman
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 3:31:17

Catalogue topics

• Europe
• george vi of england (fiction)
• counterfactual history

Track guide

1. 00 - Editor's Preface — 32:11
2. 01 - Author's Preface — 7:59
3. 02 - Introduction — 5:44
4. 03 - Chapter 1: A.D. 1900 — 12:29
5. 04 - Chapter 2: 1900-1901 — 19:20
6. 05 - Chapter 3: 1901-1902 — 10:35
7. 06 - Chapter 4: 1902-1916 — 20:20
8. 07 - Chapter 5: 1917-1918 — 12:37
9. 08 - Chapter 6: 1919-1920 — 16:35
10. 09 - Chapter 7: 1919-1920 — 13:28
11. 10 - Chapter 8: 1920 — 32:55
12. 11 - Chapter 9: 1921-1922 — 17:49
13. 12 - Chapter 10: 1922-1923 — 9:15

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