The World’s Story Volume IX: England: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World’s Story Volume IX: England, credited to Eva March Tappan, 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 World’s Story Volume IX: England by Eva March Tappan. Read in English by Sonia; April6090; Tomas Peter; Jane Bennett; alanmapstone; Jim Locke; Devorah Allen; Sandra Schmit; marcelacollado; Adrian Stephens; SaraHale; ToddHW; PatrS; Ruth P.; KevinS; Monika M. C.; DanielHurt; Kristine Bekere; Colleen McMahon; Sarah Brown This is the ninth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part IX deals with the first part of the history of England, from the early times till the reign of the Tudor kings and queens. Chapters include stories about King Arthur, William the Conqueror, Robin Hood, Queen Elizabeth and many others. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for A messenger from Rome: Cymbeline: alanmapstone / Lucius: Jim Locke / Queen: Devorah Allen / Cloten: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia Cast list for Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert: Hubert: Jim Locke / First Executioner: Devorah Allen / Arthur: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia Cast list for Two scenes in the life of Henry V: Falstaff: alanmapstone / Prince Hal/King Henry V: Tomas Peter / Host: Monika M.C.r / Warwick: Jim Locke / Chief Justice: Adrian Stephens / Lancaster: Todd HW / Gloucester: SaraHale / Clarence: Sandra Schmit / Narrator: Sonia Cast list for The fall of Cardinal Wolsey: Wolsey: Jim Locke / Cromwell: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World’s Story Volume IX: England
• Author credits: Eva March Tappan
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 81
• Listed recording duration: 16:44:57

Catalogue topics

• middle ages
• Elizabeth I
• Shakespeare
• henry viii
• Chaucer
• Anglo-saxon
• robin hood
• Richard the Lionheart

Opening tracks: first 24 of 81

1. 01 - Chaucer at the court of Edward III, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting frontispiece — 3:01
2. 02 - England Part I: Stories of the ancient Britons: Historical note — 1:55
3. 03 - The building of Stonehenge, by G. F. Scott Elliot — 11:31
4. 04 - King Leir and his daughters, a tradition of early Britain, by John Milton — 7:20
5. 05 - The city in the lake, by G. F. Scott Elliot — 28:47
6. 06 - The sacred grove, by Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter 1827-1901, painting p. 28 — 2:13
7. 07 - Julius Caesar's two visits to Britain (55 and 54 B.C.), by Anthony Trollope — 25:41
8. 08 - A messenger from Rome (43 A.D.), by William Shakespeare — 5:50
9. 09 - Boadicea (62 A.D.), by William Cowper — 2:45
10. 10 - How the Romans lived in Britain (about the third century A.D.), by G. F. Scott Elliot — 26:49
11. 11 - The converted Britons, by William Holman Hunt, English painter 1827-1910, painting p. 58 — 2:14
12. 12 - England Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion: Historical note — 2:28
13. 13 - Stories of King Arthur and his Court (sixth century) — 26:39
14. 14 - The stolen boys (about 590), by Sir Clements R. Markham — 19:26
15. 15 - How King Edwin of Northumbria became a Christian (627), by Mrs. Elizabeth Rundle Charles — 15:09
16. 16 - The baptism of Edwin, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 94 — 2:54
17. 17 - England Part III: The coming of the Sea-Rovers: Historical note — 2:35
18. 18 - The fall of the monastery at Croyland (870), by Eva March Tappan — 18:33
19. 19 - King Edmund and the wolf (870), by the Abbot Aelfric, translated by Eva March Tappan — 7:57
20. 20 - What the boy Alfred saw in London, by Eva March Tappan — 9:00
21. 21 - King Alfred on Athelney (878), by Thomas Hughes — 20:50
22. 22 - ''One rule for Angle and for Dane'' (about 1016), by Ottilie A. Liljencrantz — 14:26
23. 23 - The last Danish invasion (1066), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton — 22:44
24. 24 - England Part IV: The Norman conquest: Historical note — 2:47

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