Walpole: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Walpole by John Morley: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 13 original MP3 tracks, 8:23:33 running time and a link to listen.
Walpole, credited to John Morley, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Walpole by John Morley. Read in English by Pamela Nagami. Robert Walpole, 1st Duke of Orford (1676-1745), is generally regarded as the first prime minister of Great Britain. This is a short biography of this important and controversial statesman by the British historian and anti-imperialist, John Morley (1838-1923). Summary by Pamela Nagami.
Recording facts
- Recording title: Walpole
- Author credits: John Morley
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 13
- Listed recording duration: 8:23:33
Catalogue topics
- politics
- walpole
- whig
- parliament
- queen anne
- political science
- george i
- george ii
Track guide
- 01 - Early Years and First Stages of Public Life — 32:41
- 02 - The Last Four Years of Queen Anne — 45:30
- 03 - The New Reign--Whig Schism — 40:29
- 04 - Rise to Power--Bolingbroke — 49:25
- 05 - The Court — 36:49
- 06 - Characteristics — 1:10:18
- 07 - The Cabinet: Part 1 — 27:31
- 08 - The Cabinet: Part 2 — 28:24
- 09 - Fiscal Policy — 33:40
- 10 - Domestic Affairs — 32:51
- 11 - Foreign Policy — 45:19
- 12 - Walpole's Fall: Part 1 — 26:11
- 13 - Walpole's Fall: Part 2 — 34:25
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