The World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales


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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 (17 hr 9 min)

Chapitres

Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Schrader… 2:37 Lu par Sonia
England Part I: The Stuart Kings: Historical note 2:22 Lu par Sonia
King James I and his goldsmith (between 1603 and 1624), by Sir Walter Scott 27:33 Lu par Jim Locke
The gunpowder plot (1605), by David Hume 7:50 Lu par Jim Locke
A charge with prince Rupert (1643), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson 28:04 Lu par Julie Burks
Sir Nicholas at Marston Moor (1644), by Winthrop Mackworth Praed 6:00 Lu par Nemo
The battle of Naseby by Obadiah Bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobles-wit… 6:08 Lu par Kristine Bekere
Charles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, pa… 2:44 Lu par Erin Grassie
England Part II: The rule of Oliver Cromwell: Historical note 2:31 Lu par Erin Grassie
The trial and execution of king Charles I (1649), by Jacob Abbott 22:26 Lu par Jim Locke
Cromwell in Whitehall, by Julius Schrader, Germany, 1815-1900, painting p. 60 0:50 Lu par Erin Grassie
A royalist description of Cromwell's men, by Samuel Butler 2:24 Lu par Nemo
How Cromwell dissolved parliament (1653), by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot 9:42 Lu par Colleen McMahon
Praise-God Barebone's parliament (1653), by Edward, Earl of Clarendon 9:02 Lu par Colleen McMahon
Cromwell visiting Milton, by David Neal, American artist 1837, painting p. 74 1:56 Lu par Erin Grassie
England Part III: From the Restoration to the House of Hanover: Historical note 2:32 Lu par Erin Grassie
In the days of the plague (1665), by Daniel Defoe 12:29 Lu par Sonia
The fall of ''King Monmouth'' (1685), by Charles Dickens 11:02 Lu par Colleen McMahon
The song of the western men (1688), by Robert Stephen Hawker 2:36 Lu par Alan Mapstone
James II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Edward M… 1:47 Lu par Erin Grassie
A campaign under Marlborough, by William Makepeace Thackeray 19:07 Lu par Julie Burks
The government in quest of a poet, by William Makepeace Thackeray 24:56 Lu par Jim Locke
Sunday with Sir Roger, by Joseph Addison 5:41 Lu par Colleen McMahon
England Part IV: England under the first three Georges: Historical note 1:53 Lu par Erin Grassie
The vicar of Bray, by Author unknown 4:23 Lu par Jennifer Fournier
The ''Bubbles'' of the reign of King George I (1720), by Charles Mackay 9:45 Lu par Jennifer Fournier
When George II became king, by William Makepeace Thackeray 2:50 Lu par Tomas Peter
The funeral of George II (1760), by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford 4:53 Lu par Bloater51
Dr. Johnson in the anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, by E. M. Ward, English artist… 2:41 Lu par Erin Grassie
William Pitt and the Stamp Act (1766), by George Bancroft 9:03 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The quarrel of Squire Bull and his son (1775 to 1783), by James Kirke Paulding 7:33 Lu par Kristine Bekere
A maid of honor at the court of George III (1786), by Madame d'Arblay 10:32 Lu par Jim Locke
The royal visit to Oxford (1786), by Madame d'Arblay 16:13 Lu par Jim Locke
England Part V: The Napoleonic wars: Historical note 2:06 Lu par Erin Grassie
The battle of the Baltic (101), by Thomas Campbell 3:57 Lu par Tomas Peter
Trafalgar (1805), by William C. Bennett 5:11 Lu par Tomas Peter
The burial of Sir John Moore (1809), by Charles Wolfe 2:56 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Wellington's march from Quatre-Bras to Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts, English pain… 1:58 Lu par Erin Grassie
Just before Waterloo (1815), by William Makepeace Thackeray 18:35 Lu par Mark Chulsky
Waterloo (1815), by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen 5:30 Lu par April6090
''Scotland forever !'', by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 184… 1:32 Lu par Devorah Allen
England Part VI: The last hundred years in England: Historical note 2:47 Lu par Erin Grassie
When Victoria became Queen (1837), by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield 6:53 Lu par Ruth P.
The charge of the light brigade (1854), by Alfred, Lord Tennyson 2:22 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Balaclava, by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p… 1:46 Lu par Erin Grassie
Santa Filomena (1854-1856), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3:58 Lu par Jim Locke
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), by L. F. Jennings 14:40 Lu par Bloater51
Gladstone's fight for home rule (1893), from the Atlantic Monthly 9:22 Lu par KevinS
The latest English revolution (1911), from the Outlook 3:57 Lu par Tomas Peter
The coronation of George V (1911), by Sydney Brooks 19:58 Lu par Bloater51
Scotland Part I: Ballads and legends of Early Scotland: Historical note 2:04 Lu par Sonia
Legends of St. Columba (563 ?), by Adamnan, ninth abbot of the Ionian Monastery 11:59 Lu par Kristine Bekere
The murder of King Duncan (1040), by William Shakespeare 37:27 Lu par LibriVox Volunteers
The invasion of the Norsemen (1263), by Charles Mackay 12:08 Lu par ToddHW
Sir Patrick Spens, an old ballad 4:44 Lu par Devorah Allen
Scotland Part II: Two Scottish heroes: Historical note 2:05 Lu par Devorah Allen
The capture of William Wallace (1305), by Jane Porter 11:17 Lu par Availle
The coronation of Robert Bruce (1306), by Grace Aguilar 25:21 Lu par Availle
Bruce at Bannockburn (1314), by P. Hume Brown 9:44 Lu par JT
Scots wha hae, by Robert Burns 2:07 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Scotland Part III: To the death of Mary: Historical note 2:07 Lu par SaraHale
The bier-right (latter part of the fourteenth century), by Sir Walter Scott 12:30 Lu par JT
How the Scots lived while James I was king (1422-1437), by P. Hume Brown 10:38 Lu par Piotr Nater
On the Field of Flodden (1513), by Sir Walter Scott 6:28 Lu par Jim Locke
Edinburgh after Flodden Field (1513), by William E. Aytoun 7:07 Lu par Hopeforce1
''The goodman of Ballangiech'' (between 1513 and 1542), by Sir Walter Scott 9:10 Lu par Piotr Nater
John Knox preaching before the lords of the congregation, by Sir David Wilkie, … 1:56 Lu par Tomas Peter
The flight of Mary, Queen of Scots, to England (1568), by Sir Walter Scott 27:35 Lu par Availle
Sacking a church in the time of John Knox, by John Prescott Knight, English art… 2:03 Lu par April6090
The fate of Mary, Queen of Scots (1587), by Sir Walter Scott 15:41 Lu par Jennifer Fournier
Scotland Part IV: A century of unrest: Historical note 2:59 Lu par SaraHale
Why Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the dean, by ''Grace Greenwood'' (Sara J. L… 12:05 Lu par April6090
Gathering song of Donald the Black, by Sir Walter Scott 3:14 Lu par Sonia
The execution of Montrose (1650), by William E. Aytoun 2:43 Lu par Nemo
The burial march of Dundee (1689), by William E. Aytoun 4:49 Lu par Tomas Peter
The massacre of Glencoe (1692), by P. Hume Brown 4:50 Lu par Tomas Peter
A rescue at the battle of Prestonpans (1745), by Sir Walter Scott 11:29 Lu par Jim Locke
The order of release, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, p… 1:46 Lu par Sonia
How Flora MacDonald saved Prince Charlie (1745), by Charles Sanford Terry 17:21 Lu par Jane Bennett
Ireland Part I: The golden age of Erin: Historical note 3:24 Lu par Jane Bennett
Oisin in Tir na n-Og, an Irish folk-story 25:03 Lu par Jane Bennett
The chase of Slieve Cullinn, an old Irish legend 14:41 Lu par JT
The story of St. Patrick (fifth century), by Patrick Weston Joyce 15:53 Lu par Devorah Allen
The ''island of saints and scholars'', (seventh and eighth centuries), by Patri… 8:24 Lu par Piotr Nater
O'Rourke's tower and great cross, Clonmacnoise, photograph p. 434 2:00 Lu par Sonia
The book of Kells (seventh century), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer 3:54 Lu par Monika M. C.
How Brian Boru held the ford of Tribute (941), by E. S. Brooks 27:38 Lu par Adrian Stephens
Ireland Part II: Six centuries of oppression: Historical note 2:28 Lu par Tomas Peter
The house of the Geraldines, by Justin H. McCarthy 7:24 Lu par April6090
The Geraldines, by Thomas Davis 5:16 Lu par KevinS
The vengeance of Cromwell (1649), by Oliver Cromwell 2:54 Lu par Tomas Peter
After the rebellion of 1641 (1653), by Mrs. E. M. Field 25:59 Lu par Jim Locke
The siege of Londonderry (1689), by Thomas Babington Macaulay 23:12 Lu par Jim Locke
The battle of the Boyne (1690), by Thomas Babington Macaulay 16:10 Lu par Jim Locke
The wearin' o' the Green (1798) 3:06 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Emmet's grave, by Justin F. McCarthy 2:24 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The harp that once through Tara's halls, by Thomas Moore 1:22 Lu par Tomas Peter
Ireland Part III: Ireland and her people: Historical note 2:42 Lu par SaraHale
The ''Grand Canal Hotel'', by Charles Lever 23:19 Lu par Jim Locke
An Irish school (early part of the nineteenth century), by Gerald Griffin 16:23 Lu par Jim Locke
The winning back of the land (1808-1903), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer 16:28 Lu par Jim Locke
An Irish cottage, photograph p. 544 1:59 Lu par SaraHale
The Irish people (twentieth century), by Katharine Tynan 9:50 Lu par KevinS
Wales Part I: Legends of Wales: Historical note 1:20 Lu par Sonia
King Arthur, by Bessie Raynor Parkes 2:29 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The dream of Maxen Wledig, from the Mabinogion 14:28 Lu par Jason in Panama
Beth Gelert; or the grave of the greyhound (about 1220), by William Robert Spen… 6:52 Lu par Jim Locke
The wearing of leek, an old song translated from the Welsh, by Henry Davies 3:09 Lu par Alan Mapstone
Wales Part II: Stories of the Welsh rebellions: Historical note 1:54 Lu par J. M. Smallheer
How the Welsh kept the Christmas of 1115, by Sabine Baring-Gould 13:46 Lu par Adrian Stephens
''When the eighteen fell'' (1282), by Owen Rhoscomyl 9:41 Lu par PatrS
The rebellion of Owen Glyndwr (1402-1415), by Owen Rhoscomyl 6:34 Lu par Alan Mapstone
The march of the men of Harlech (1468), national Cambrian war-song; translated … 3:37 Lu par Alan Mapstone
How a Welshman became king of England (1485), by Owen Rhoscomyl 12:59 Lu par Phil Schempf
Wales Part III: Scenes of Welsh life: Historical note 1:57 Lu par Sonia
The Eisteddfod, by Jeannette Marks 24:03 Lu par Brianna Chiles