The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, 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 X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales by Eva March Tappan. Read in English by Sonia; Jim Locke; Julie Burks; Nemo; Kristine Bekere; Erin Grassie; Colleen McMahon; alanmapstone; Jennifer Fournier; Tomas Peter; Bloater51; Mark Chulsky; April6090; Devorah Allen; Ruth P.; KevinS; ToddHW; Monika M. C.; Sandra Schmit; SaraHale; Eva Davis; Adrian Stephens; JT; Piotr Nater; Hopeforce1; Jane Bennett; Jason in Panama; J. M. Smallheer; PatrS; Phil Schempf; Brianna Chiles This is the tenth 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 X covers the second part of the history of England, from the Stuart Kings till the early 1900s. Also included are excerpts from the history of Ireland, Scotland and Wales, as well as Irish and Welsh legends and Scottish ballads. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for The murder of King Duncan: First Witch: Sandra Schmit / Second Witch: Devorah Allen / Third Witch: Monika M.C. / Macbeth: alanmapstone / Banquo: Tomas Peter / Ross: Nemo / Angus: Todd HW / Duncan: Jim Locke / Malcolm: SaraHale / Lady Macbeth: Eva Davis / Messenger: Adrian Stephens / Chief Justice: April6090 / Narrator: Sonia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
• Author credits: Eva March Tappan
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 116
• Listed recording duration: 17:09:42

Catalogue topics

• Cromwell
• Ballads
• macbeth
• restoration
• William Wallace
• Robert Bruce
• stuarts

Opening tracks: first 24 of 116

1. 001 - Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Schrader, German painter 1815-1900, painting frontispiece — 2:37
2. 002 - England Part I: The Stuart Kings: Historical note — 2:22
3. 003 - King James I and his goldsmith (between 1603 and 1624), by Sir Walter Scott — 27:33
4. 004 - The gunpowder plot (1605), by David Hume — 7:50
5. 005 - A charge with prince Rupert (1643), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson — 28:04
6. 006 - Sir Nicholas at Marston Moor (1644), by Winthrop Mackworth Praed — 6:00
7. 007 - The battle of Naseby by Obadiah Bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobles-with-links-of-iron, sergeant in Ireton's regiment (1645), by Thomas Babington Macaulay — 6:08
8. 008 - Charles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 46 — 2:44
9. 009 - England Part II: The rule of Oliver Cromwell: Historical note — 2:31
10. 010 - The trial and execution of king Charles I (1649), by Jacob Abbott — 22:26
11. 011 - Cromwell in Whitehall, by Julius Schrader, Germany, 1815-1900, painting p. 60 — 0:50
12. 012 - A royalist description of Cromwell's men, by Samuel Butler — 2:24
13. 013 - How Cromwell dissolved parliament (1653), by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot — 9:42
14. 014 - Praise-God Barebone's parliament (1653), by Edward, Earl of Clarendon — 9:02
15. 015 - Cromwell visiting Milton, by David Neal, American artist 1837, painting p. 74 — 1:56
16. 016 - England Part III: From the Restoration to the House of Hanover: Historical note — 2:32
17. 017 - In the days of the plague (1665), by Daniel Defoe — 12:29
18. 018 - The fall of ''King Monmouth'' (1685), by Charles Dickens — 11:02
19. 019 - The song of the western men (1688), by Robert Stephen Hawker — 2:36
20. 020 - James II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Edward Mathew Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 92 — 1:47
21. 021 - A campaign under Marlborough, by William Makepeace Thackeray — 19:07
22. 022 - The government in quest of a poet, by William Makepeace Thackeray — 24:56
23. 023 - Sunday with Sir Roger, by Joseph Addison — 5:41
24. 024 - England Part IV: England under the first three Georges: Historical note — 1:53

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