History of Our Own Times From the Accession of Queen Victoria to the General Election of 1880, Volume II
Justin McCarthy
Play
Length 11 h 30 min
Chapters 30
First published 1881
Volume II of this popular history opens in the revolutionary year, 1848, with the Chartist movement for manhood suffrage and with the rise of Young Ireland. Next we join the crowds in 1851 at the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, of which Queen Victoria wrote, ''A little rain fell just as we started, but before we came near the Crystal Palace the sun shone and gleamed upon the gigantic edifice, upon which the flags of all nations were floating.'' Hopes for a new era of peace expired in the freezing trenches before Sebastopol, where not even the heroics of the Light Brigade could distract the British public for long from the debacle of failed leadership and the criminal collapse of logistics. (Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
Chapters
1
Ch. 18: Chartism and Young Ireland, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 35:41
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Ch. 18: Chartism and Young Ireland, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 31:43
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Ch. 19: Don Pacifico, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 17:52
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Ch. 19: Don Pacifico, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 17:58
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Ch. 19: Don Pacifico, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 20:36
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Ch. 20: The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:55
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Ch. 20: The Ecclesiastical Titles Bill, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 24:51
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Ch. 21: The Exhibition in Hyde Park, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 15:18
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Ch. 21: The Exhibition in Hyde Park, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 17:29
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Ch. 22: Palmerston, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 28:56
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Ch. 22: Palmerston, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:48
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Ch. 22: Palmerston, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 24:47
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Ch. 23: Birth of the Empire. Death of 'The Duke', Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 24:31
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Ch. 23: Birth of the Empire. Death of 'The Duke', Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:55
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Ch. 23: Birth of the Empire. Death of 'The Duke', Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 16:56
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Ch. 24: Mr. Gladstone Read by Pamela Nagami 25:40
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Ch. 25: The Eastern Question, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:01
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Ch. 25: The Eastern Question, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 28:47
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Ch. 25: The Eastern Question, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:40
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Ch. 26: Where was Lord Palmerston?, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 18:36
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Ch. 26: Where was Lord Palmerston?, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:03
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Ch. 26: Where was Lord Palmerston?, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 22:11
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Ch. 27: The Invasion of the Crimea, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 24:04
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Ch. 27: The Invasion of the Crimea, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 26:37
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Ch. 28: The Close of the War, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 23:07
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Ch. 28: The Close of the War, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 26:24
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Ch. 29: The Literature of the Reign. First Survey, Pt. 1 Read by Pamela Nagami 21:40
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Ch. 29: The Literature of the Reign. First Survey, Pt. 2 Read by Pamela Nagami 21:35
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Ch. 29: The Literature of the Reign. First Survey, Pt. 3 Read by Pamela Nagami 32:06
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Ch. 29: The Literature of the Reign. First Survey, Pt. 4 Read by Pamela Nagami 19:03
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