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

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

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Number of Chapters: 116

Length: 17 hours and 09 minutes

Language: English

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

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Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Schrader, German painter 1815-1900, painting frontispiece (Sonia)
England Part I: The Stuart Kings: Historical note (Sonia)
King James I and his goldsmith (between 1603 and 1624), by Sir Walter Scott (Jim Locke)
The gunpowder plot (1605), by David Hume (Jim Locke)
A charge with prince Rupert (1643), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson (Julie Burks)
Sir Nicholas at Marston Moor (1644), by Winthrop Mackworth Praed (Nemo)
The battle of Naseby by Obadiah Bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobles-with-links-of-iron, sergeant in Ireton's regiment (1645), by Thomas Babington Macaulay (Kristine Bekere)
Charles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 46 (Erin Grassie)
England Part II: The rule of Oliver Cromwell: Historical note (Erin Grassie)
The trial and execution of king Charles I (1649), by Jacob Abbott (Jim Locke)
Cromwell in Whitehall, by Julius Schrader, Germany, 1815-1900, painting p. 60 (Erin Grassie)
A royalist description of Cromwell's men, by Samuel Butler (Nemo)
How Cromwell dissolved parliament (1653), by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (Colleen McMahon)
Praise-God Barebone's parliament (1653), by Edward, Earl of Clarendon (Colleen McMahon)
Cromwell visiting Milton, by David Neal, American artist 1837, painting p. 74 (Erin Grassie)
England Part III: From the Restoration to the House of Hanover: Historical note (Erin Grassie)
In the days of the plague (1665), by Daniel Defoe (Sonia)
The fall of ''King Monmouth'' (1685), by Charles Dickens (Colleen McMahon)
The song of the western men (1688), by Robert Stephen Hawker (Alan Mapstone)
James II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Edward Mathew Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 92 (Erin Grassie)
A campaign under Marlborough, by William Makepeace Thackeray (Julie Burks)
The government in quest of a poet, by William Makepeace Thackeray (Jim Locke)
Sunday with Sir Roger, by Joseph Addison (Colleen McMahon)
England Part IV: England under the first three Georges: Historical note (Erin Grassie)
The vicar of Bray, by Author unknown (Jennifer Fournier)
The ''Bubbles'' of the reign of King George I (1720), by Charles Mackay (Jennifer Fournier)
When George II became king, by William Makepeace Thackeray (Tomas Peter)
The funeral of George II (1760), by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford (Bloater51)
Dr. Johnson in the anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, by E. M. Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 136 (Erin Grassie)
William Pitt and the Stamp Act (1766), by George Bancroft (Kristine Bekere)
The quarrel of Squire Bull and his son (1775 to 1783), by James Kirke Paulding (Kristine Bekere)
A maid of honor at the court of George III (1786), by Madame d'Arblay (Jim Locke)
The royal visit to Oxford (1786), by Madame d'Arblay (Jim Locke)
England Part V: The Napoleonic wars: Historical note (Erin Grassie)
The battle of the Baltic (101), by Thomas Campbell (Tomas Peter)
Trafalgar (1805), by William C. Bennett (Tomas Peter)
The burial of Sir John Moore (1809), by Charles Wolfe (Alan Mapstone)
Wellington's march from Quatre-Bras to Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts, English painter 1847, painting p. 174 (Erin Grassie)
Just before Waterloo (1815), by William Makepeace Thackeray (Mark Chulsky)
Waterloo (1815), by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen (April6090)
''Scotland forever !'', by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p. 186 (Devorah Allen)
England Part VI: The last hundred years in England: Historical note (Erin Grassie)
When Victoria became Queen (1837), by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield (Ruth P.)
The charge of the light brigade (1854), by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (Alan Mapstone)
Balaclava, by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p. 194 (Erin Grassie)
Santa Filomena (1854-1856), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Jim Locke)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), by L. F. Jennings (Bloater51)
Gladstone's fight for home rule (1893), from the Atlantic Monthly (KevinS)
The latest English revolution (1911), from the Outlook (Tomas Peter)
The coronation of George V (1911), by Sydney Brooks (Bloater51)
Scotland Part I: Ballads and legends of Early Scotland: Historical note (Sonia)
Legends of St. Columba (563 ?), by Adamnan, ninth abbot of the Ionian Monastery (Kristine Bekere)
The murder of King Duncan (1040), by William Shakespeare (Group)
The invasion of the Norsemen (1263), by Charles Mackay (ToddHW)
Sir Patrick Spens, an old ballad (Devorah Allen)
Scotland Part II: Two Scottish heroes: Historical note (Devorah Allen)
The capture of William Wallace (1305), by Jane Porter (Availle)
The coronation of Robert Bruce (1306), by Grace Aguilar (Availle)
Bruce at Bannockburn (1314), by P. Hume Brown (JT)
Scots wha hae, by Robert Burns (Alan Mapstone)
Scotland Part III: To the death of Mary: Historical note (SaraHale)
The bier-right (latter part of the fourteenth century), by Sir Walter Scott (JT)
How the Scots lived while James I was king (1422-1437), by P. Hume Brown (Piotr Nater)
On the Field of Flodden (1513), by Sir Walter Scott (Jim Locke)
Edinburgh after Flodden Field (1513), by William E. Aytoun (Hopeforce1)
''The goodman of Ballangiech'' (between 1513 and 1542), by Sir Walter Scott (Piotr Nater)
John Knox preaching before the lords of the congregation, by Sir David Wilkie, English artist 1785-1841, painting p. 334 (Tomas Peter)
The flight of Mary, Queen of Scots, to England (1568), by Sir Walter Scott (Availle)
Sacking a church in the time of John Knox, by John Prescott Knight, English artist 1803-1881, painting p. 336 (April6090)
The fate of Mary, Queen of Scots (1587), by Sir Walter Scott (Jennifer Fournier)
Scotland Part IV: A century of unrest: Historical note (SaraHale)
Why Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the dean, by ''Grace Greenwood'' (Sara J. Lippincott) (April6090)
Gathering song of Donald the Black, by Sir Walter Scott (Sonia)
The execution of Montrose (1650), by William E. Aytoun (Nemo)
The burial march of Dundee (1689), by William E. Aytoun (Tomas Peter)
The massacre of Glencoe (1692), by P. Hume Brown (Tomas Peter)
A rescue at the battle of Prestonpans (1745), by Sir Walter Scott (Jim Locke)
The order of release, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 388 (Sonia)
How Flora MacDonald saved Prince Charlie (1745), by Charles Sanford Terry (Jane Bennett)
Ireland Part I: The golden age of Erin: Historical note (Jane Bennett)
Oisin in Tir na n-Og, an Irish folk-story (Jane Bennett)
The chase of Slieve Cullinn, an old Irish legend (JT)
The story of St. Patrick (fifth century), by Patrick Weston Joyce (Devorah Allen)
The ''island of saints and scholars'', (seventh and eighth centuries), by Patrick Weston Joyce (Piotr Nater)
O'Rourke's tower and great cross, Clonmacnoise, photograph p. 434 (Sonia)
The book of Kells (seventh century), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer (Monika M. C.)
How Brian Boru held the ford of Tribute (941), by E. S. Brooks (Adrian Stephens)
Ireland Part II: Six centuries of oppression: Historical note (Tomas Peter)
The house of the Geraldines, by Justin H. McCarthy (April6090)
The Geraldines, by Thomas Davis (KevinS)
The vengeance of Cromwell (1649), by Oliver Cromwell (Tomas Peter)
After the rebellion of 1641 (1653), by Mrs. E. M. Field (Jim Locke)
The siege of Londonderry (1689), by Thomas Babington Macaulay (Jim Locke)
The battle of the Boyne (1690), by Thomas Babington Macaulay (Jim Locke)
The wearin' o' the Green (1798) (Alan Mapstone)
Emmet's grave, by Justin F. McCarthy (Alan Mapstone)
The harp that once through Tara's halls, by Thomas Moore (Tomas Peter)
Ireland Part III: Ireland and her people: Historical note (SaraHale)
The ''Grand Canal Hotel'', by Charles Lever (Jim Locke)
An Irish school (early part of the nineteenth century), by Gerald Griffin (Jim Locke)
The winning back of the land (1808-1903), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer (Jim Locke)
An Irish cottage, photograph p. 544 (SaraHale)
The Irish people (twentieth century), by Katharine Tynan (KevinS)
Wales Part I: Legends of Wales: Historical note (Sonia)
King Arthur, by Bessie Raynor Parkes (Alan Mapstone)
The dream of Maxen Wledig, from the Mabinogion (Jason in Panama)
Beth Gelert; or the grave of the greyhound (about 1220), by William Robert Spencer (Jim Locke)
The wearing of leek, an old song translated from the Welsh, by Henry Davies (Alan Mapstone)
Wales Part II: Stories of the Welsh rebellions: Historical note (J. M. Smallheer)
How the Welsh kept the Christmas of 1115, by Sabine Baring-Gould (Adrian Stephens)
''When the eighteen fell'' (1282), by Owen Rhoscomyl (PatrS)
The rebellion of Owen Glyndwr (1402-1415), by Owen Rhoscomyl (Alan Mapstone)
The march of the men of Harlech (1468), national Cambrian war-song; translated by John Oxenford (Alan Mapstone)
How a Welshman became king of England (1485), by Owen Rhoscomyl (Phil Schempf)
Wales Part III: Scenes of Welsh life: Historical note (Sonia)
The Eisteddfod, by Jeannette Marks (Brianna Chiles)
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