When Knighthood Was in Flower: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

When Knighthood Was in Flower, credited to Charles Major, 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 When Knighthood Was in Flower, by Charles Major. Read by volunteer readers. Set during the Tudor period of English history, When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England who has fallen in love with a commoner. However, for political reasons, King Henry has arranged for her to wed King Louis XII of France and demands his sister put the House of Tudor first, threatening, "You will marry France and I will give you a wedding present – Charles Brandon's head!" (Summary adapted from Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: When Knighthood Was in Flower
• Author credits: Charles Major
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 22
• Listed recording duration: 9:02:14

Catalogue topics

• historical fiction
• fiction
• romance
• Henry VIII
• Tudor England

Track guide

1. 00 - The Caskodens — 7:50
2. 01 - Chapter I. The Duel — 9:53
3. 02 - Chapter II. How Brandon Came to Court — 16:04
4. 03 - Chapter III. The Princess Mary — 36:45
5. 04 - Chapter IV. A Lesson in Dancing — 44:58
6. 05 - Chapter V. An Honor and an Enemy — 20:34
7. 06 - Chapter VI. A Rare Ride to Windsor — 18:10
8. 07 - Chapter VII. Love's Fierce Sweetness — 41:03
9. 08 - Chapter VIII. The Trouble in Billingsgate Ward — 29:17
10. 09 - Chapter IX. Put Not Your Trust in Princesses — 37:45
11. 10 - Chapter X. Justice, O King! — 22:57
12. 11 - Chapter XI. Louis XII a Suitor — 29:30
13. 12 - Chapter XII. Atonement — 21:03
14. 13 - Chapter XIII. A Girl's Consent — 22:35
15. 14 - Chapter XIV. In the Siren Country — 22:05
16. 15 - Chapter XV. To Make a Man of Her — 17:41
17. 16 - Chapter XVI. A Hawking Party — 17:44
18. 17 - Chapter XVII. The Elopement — 30:34
19. 18 - Chapter XVIII. To the Tower — 18:28
20. 19 - Chapter XIX. Proserpina — 23:08
21. 20 - Chapter XX. Down into France — 27:08
22. 21 - Chapter XXI. Letters from a Queen — 27:09

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