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The World’s Story Volume IX: England

The World’s Story Volume IX: England

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Number of Chapters: 81

Length: 16 hours and 44 minutes

Language: English

This is the ninth 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 IX deals with the first part of the history of England, from the early times till the reign of the Tudor kings and queens. Chapters include stories about King Arthur, William the Conqueror, Robin Hood, Queen Elizabeth and many others. - Summary by Sonia

Cast list for A messenger from Rome:
Cymbeline: alanmapstone / Lucius: Jim Locke / Queen: Devorah Allen / Cloten: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert:
Hubert: Jim Locke / First Executioner: Devorah Allen / Arthur: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for Two scenes in the life of Henry V:
Falstaff: alanmapstone / Prince Hal/King Henry V: Tomas Peter / Host: Monika M.C.r / Warwick: Jim Locke / Chief Justice: Adrian Stephens / Lancaster: Todd HW / Gloucester: SaraHale / Clarence: Sandra Schmit / Narrator: Sonia

Cast list for The fall of Cardinal Wolsey:
Wolsey: Jim Locke / Cromwell: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

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Chaucer at the court of Edward III, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting frontispiece (Sonia)
England Part I: Stories of the ancient Britons: Historical note (Sonia)
The building of Stonehenge, by G. F. Scott Elliot (Availle)
King Leir and his daughters, a tradition of early Britain, by John Milton (Sonia)
The city in the lake, by G. F. Scott Elliot (April6090)
The sacred grove, by Arnold Böcklin, Swiss painter 1827-1901, painting p. 28 (Tomas Peter)
Julius Caesar's two visits to Britain (55 and 54 B.C.), by Anthony Trollope (Jane Bennett)
A messenger from Rome (43 A.D.), by William Shakespeare (Group)
Boadicea (62 A.D.), by William Cowper (cathar maiden)
How the Romans lived in Britain (about the third century A.D.), by G. F. Scott Elliot (Jane Bennett)
The converted Britons, by William Holman Hunt, English painter 1827-1910, painting p. 58 (Alan Mapstone)
England Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion: Historical note (Sonia)
Stories of King Arthur and his Court (sixth century) (Devorah Allen)
The stolen boys (about 590), by Sir Clements R. Markham (marcelacollado)
How King Edwin of Northumbria became a Christian (627), by Mrs. Elizabeth Rundle Charles (marcelacollado)
The baptism of Edwin, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 94 (Jim Locke)
England Part III: The coming of the Sea-Rovers: Historical note (cathar maiden)
The fall of the monastery at Croyland (870), by Eva March Tappan (Jim Locke)
King Edmund and the wolf (870), by the Abbot Aelfric, translated by Eva March Tappan (Jim Locke)
What the boy Alfred saw in London, by Eva March Tappan (April6090)
King Alfred on Athelney (878), by Thomas Hughes (Adrian Stephens)
''One rule for Angle and for Dane'' (about 1016), by Ottilie A. Liljencrantz (Adrian Stephens)
The last Danish invasion (1066), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Adrian Stephens)
England Part IV: The Norman conquest: Historical note (SaraHale)
The battle of Hastings (1066), by Robert Wace (Jim Locke)
How the Doomsday Book was made (about 1086), by Edwin Lester Arnold (April6090)
What the English thought of William the Conqueror (1066-1087), from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (SaraHale)
The rescue of the Princess of Cornwall, by Charles Kingsley (Jim Locke)
England Part V: From William the Red to John Lackland: Historical note (Alan Mapstone)
The reign of the Red King (1087-1100), by Charles Dickens (ToddHW)
The white ship (1120), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (Jim Locke)
The escape of Maude from the Castle at Oxford (about 1140), by A. D. Crake (Adrian Stephens)
The castle-builders of the reign of Stephen (1135-1154), from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Adrian Stephens)
The struggle between the king and the archbishop (1162-1170), by John Lord (Adrian Stephens)
The story of John Lackland (1199-1216), by Eva March Tappan (Adrian Stephens)
England Part VI: Stories of the age of Richard the Lion-Hearted: Historical note (Tomas Peter)
The tournament of Ashby-de-la-Zouche (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott (Jim Locke)
The archery contest (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott (April6090)
A trial by single combat (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott (Jane Bennett)
Robin Hood and Little John (latter part of twelfth century) (Jane Bennett)
Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert (about 1200), by William Shakespeare (Group)
Friar Bacon's brazen head (thirteenth century), by Abby Sage Richardson (Jim Locke)
England Part VII: The later Plantagenet kings: Historical note (Jane Bennett)
The battle of Evesham (1265), by G. P. R. James (Jane Bennett)
In the days of Edward III (1272-1307), by Eva March Tappan (Jane Bennett)
The first expedition of Edward III against the Scots (1328), by Sir John Froissart (Jane Bennett)
Wiclif on trial, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 350 (cathar maiden)
The revolt of the peasants (1381), by Augustin Thierry (Jim Locke)
The hunting of the Cheviot (1388) (PatrS)
The Mystery Plays, by Eva March Tappan (Alan Mapstone)
Country life in the days of the Plantagenets, by Eva March Tappan (Ruth P.)
England Part VIII: Lancaster and York: Historical note (Jim Locke)
The coronation of Henry IV (1399), by Sir John Froissart (KevinS)
Two scenes in the life of Henry V, by William Shakespeare (Group)
The ballad of Agincourt (1415), by Michael Drayton (Alan Mapstone)
Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 410 (Alan Mapstone)
Queen Margaret and the robber (1463), by Agnes Strickland (April6090)
When the king returned from Holland (1470), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (DanielHurt)
The children of Edward IV, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 430 (Monika M. C.)
England Part IX: The Tudor kings: Historical note (Kristine Bekere)
The impostor who claimed the crown of Henry VII (1488-1499), by Charles Dickens (April6090)
The funeral of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII (1503), by Agnes Strickland (Kristine Bekere)
The field of the Cloth of Gold (1520), by Gustave Masson (April6090)
Cardinal Wolsey going in procession, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 450 (Alan Mapstone)
The fall of Cardinal Wolsey (1529), by William Shakespeare (Group)
The trial of Sir Thomas More (1535), by Anne Manning Rathbone (Colleen McMahon)
The appeal of Anne Askew (1546), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mundt) (Colleen McMahon)
England Part X: From Edward VI to the death of Mary: Historical note (Kristine Bekere)
The execution of the ''Twelve-Days' Queen'' (1554), by William Harrison Ainsworth (April6090)
The coming of Philip II (1554), by William H. Prescott (Kristine Bekere)
England's reconciliation with Rome (1554), by James Anthony Froude (Kristine Bekere)
Cranmer at the Traitors' Gate, by Frederick Goodall, English artist 1822-1904, painting p. 500 (Alan Mapstone)
England Part XI: In the days of Queen Elizabeth: Historical note (Alan Mapstone)
The great queen as a little child (1533-1539), by Agnes Strickland (Colleen McMahon)
Sir Walter Raleigh and his cloak (1575), by Sir Walter Scott (Jim Locke)
The boyhood of Raleigh, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 518 (Sarah Brown)
When Elizabeth came to Kenilworth (1575), by Sir Walter Scott (Colleen McMahon)
The Armada (1588), by Thomas Babington Macaulay (Alan Mapstone)
The fight with the invincible Armada (1588), by David Hume (Jim Locke)
The last moments of Queen Elizabeth, by Paul Delaroche, French artist 1797-1856, painting p. 562 (Sonia)
The Revenge: a ballad of the fleet, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Sonia)
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