
World’s Story Volume X: England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales
by Eva March Tappan
- Genres: History
- Languages: English
- Provider: Librivox
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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 [https://librivox.org/reader/10087] / Second Witch: Devorah Allen [ https://librivox.org/reader/11084] / Third Witch: Monika M.C. [https://librivox.org/reader/8294] / Macbeth: alanmapstone [ https://librivox.org/reader/7170] / Banquo: Tomas Peter [https://librivox.org/reader/10789] / Ross: Nemo [https://librivox.org/reader/11535] / Angus: Todd HW [https://librivox.org/reader/6754] / Duncan: Jim Locke [ https://librivox.org/reader/10801] / Malcolm: SaraHale [https://librivox.org/reader/10956] / Lady Macbeth: Eva Davis [https://librivox.org/reader/11417] / Messenger: Adrian Stephens [ https://librivox.org/reader/13577] / Chief Justice: April6090 [ https://librivox.org/reader/10995] / Narrator: Sonia [https://librivox.org/reader/10179]
Chapters
Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Schrader, German painter 1815-1900, painting frontispiece
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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
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Charles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 46
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James II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Edward Mathew Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 92
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Dr. Johnson in the anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, by E. M. Ward, English artist 1816-1879, painting p. 136
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Wellington's march from Quatre-Bras to Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts, English painter 1847, painting p. 174
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''Scotland forever !'', by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p. 186
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Balaclava, by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p. 194
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John Knox preaching before the lords of the congregation, by Sir David Wilkie, English artist 1785-1841, painting p. 334
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Sacking a church in the time of John Knox, by John Prescott Knight, English artist 1803-1881, painting p. 336
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Why Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the dean, by ''Grace Greenwood'' (Sara J. Lippincott)
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The order of release, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 388
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The ''island of saints and scholars'', (seventh and eighth centuries), by Patrick Weston Joyce
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Beth Gelert; or the grave of the greyhound (about 1220), by William Robert Spencer
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The march of the men of Harlech (1468), national Cambrian war-song; translated by John Oxenford
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