A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1

Number of Chapters: 22

Length: 12 hours and 17 minutes

Language: English

Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and Swift, Bolingbroke and Mary Wortley Montagu, the Old Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. The first volume begins with the death of Queen Anne in 1714 and ends in 1733, with Robert Walpole fleeing Parliament as London erupts in rioting over his excise scheme. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

i. 'More, Alas! Than the Queen's Life!' (Pamela Nagami)

ii. Parties and Leaders (Pamela Nagami)

iii. 'Lost for Want of Spirit' (Pamela Nagami)

iv. The King Comes (Pamela Nagami)

v. What the King Came To: 1 (Pamela Nagami)

v. What the King Came To: 2 (Pamela Nagami)

vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 1 (Pamela Nagami)

vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 2 (Pamela Nagami)

vii. The White Cockade (Pamela Nagami)

viii. After the Rebellion (Pamela Nagami)

ix. 'Malice Domestic--Foreign Levy' (Pamela Nagami)

x. Home Affairs (Pamela Nagami)

xi. 'The Earth Hath Bubbles' (Pamela Nagami)

xii. After the Storm (Pamela Nagami)

xiii. The Banishment of Atterbury (Pamela Nagami)

xiv. Walpole in Power as Well as Office (Pamela Nagami)

xv. The Drapier's Letters (Pamela Nagami)

xvi. The Opposition (Pamela Nagami)

xvii. 'Osnabruck! Osnabruck!' (Pamela Nagami)

xviii. George the Second (Pamela Nagami)

xix. 'The Patriots' (Pamela Nagami)

xx. A Victory for the Patriots (Pamela Nagami)

The audiobook A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1 falls under the genres of Early Modern. It is written by Justin Mccarthy.

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