A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 10 of 22, covering from 1558-1608 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page
Chapters
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An Outline Narrative Read by BettyB 27:31
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Reign of Elizabeth, AD 1558-1603, by Henry R. Cleveland Read by Ruth P. 41:06
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John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 1 Read by InTheDesert 26:57
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John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 2 Read by InTheDesert 25:49
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John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by Thomas Carlyle Read by InTheDesert 17:50
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Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 1 Read by nzk13 26:07
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Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 2 Read by nzk13 26:18
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Founding of St Augustine, Massacre of the Huguenots in America, AD 1565, by George R. Fairbanks Read by Cavaet 23:27
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Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 1 Read by Anna Krasuska 19:43
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Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 2 Read by Luke Hamilton 27:23
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Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 1 Read by Maurice Almay 22:00
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Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 2 Read by Maurice Almay 26:58
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Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 1 Read by Ryan Fahey 22:54
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Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 2 Read by Ryan Fahey 24:05
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Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Isaac D'Israeli Read by Alan Mapstone 11:05
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Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Jno Rudd Read by Alan Mapstone 6:02
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Heroic Age of the Netherlands, Siege of Leyden, AD 1573, by Thomas Henry Dyer Read by Cavaet 23:55
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Search for the Northwest Passage by Frobisher, AD 1576, by George Best Read by Availle 16:19
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Building the First Theater in England, AD 1576, by Karl Mantzius Read by Ted Lienhart 46:23
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Cossack Conquest of Siberia, AD 1581, by Nikolai M. Karamzin Read by Owlivia 47:16
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First Colony of England Beyond the Seas, AD 1583, by Moses Harvey Read by Kerry Adams 12:56
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Assassination of William of Orange, Division of the Netherlands, AD 1584, by John Lothrop Motley Read by Cavaet 19:21
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The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by Arthur Barlow Read by TR Love 34:34
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The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by R.R. Howison Read by TR Love 19:29
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Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 1 Read by Cavaet 23:44
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Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 2 Read by Cavaet 21:09
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Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 1 Read by Will Caffey 36:36
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Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 2 Read by Will Caffey 33:15
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Henry of Navarre accepts Catholicism, He is Acknowledged as King of France, AD 1593, by Maximilien De Bethune, Duc de Sully Read by mkirkpat 25:59
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Culmination of Dramatic Literature in "Hamlet", AD 1601, by James O. Halliwell-Phillipps Read by Bryn Roberts 31:28
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Downfall of Irish Liberty, "Flight of the Earls", AD 1603, by Justin McCarthy Read by Ian S. Carr 24:53
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The Gunpowder Plot, AD 1605, by Samuel R. Gardiner Read by Cavaet 28:27
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Cervantes' "Don Quixote" Reforms Literature, AD 1605, by Henry Edward Watts Read by Kazbek 38:44
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Earliest Discovery of Australia, AD 1606, by Louis Beck and Walter Jeffery Read by Availle 25:51
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Settlement of Virginia, Charter Under Which America was Colonized, AD 1607, by R.R. Howison Read by TR Love 44:08
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Founding of Quebec, Champlain Establishes French Power in America, AD 1608, by H.H. Miles Read by Kazbek 51:53
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