United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume three: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume three, credited to Various, 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 United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume three. This is the third LibriVox collection of speeches given in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The collection comprises recordings of 10 historic speeches given to the UK House of Commons between 1601 and 1960. Readings are of speeches originally given by Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria, and by parliamentarians Edmund Burke, Herbert Asquith, Winston Churchill, Barbara Castle, Margaret Thatcher and Michael Foot. (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Recording facts

• Recording title: United Kingdom House of Commons Speeches Collection, volume three
• Author credits: Various
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 10
• Listed recording duration: 3:48:49

Catalogue topics

• politics
• speeches
• Britain
• British
• UK
• parliament
• First World War
• Second World War

Track guide

1. 01 - Farewell Speech, 1601 — 7:09
2. 02 - Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775, part 1 — 1:11:38
3. 03 - Speech on Conciliation with America, 1775, part 2 — 1:02:23
4. 04 - Speech on Meeting of Parliament, 1849 — 4:47
5. 05 - Speech at the Outset of the First World War, 1914 — 22:54
6. 06 - Speech on the Abdication of King Edward VIII, 1936 — 5:16
7. 07 - Speech on Prosecuting the War with Germany, 1940 — 6:13
8. 08 - Speech on Korea, 1952 — 22:39
9. 09 - Speech on Press Attendance at Council Meetings, 1960 — 19:00
10. 10 - Speech on Nuclear Weapons, 1960 — 6:58

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