Sixteenth-century Bristol
John Latimer
Read by Elaine Webb
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Plague, piracy and payments to members of Parliament! The town of Bristol, England in the Sixteenth Century was a fascinating place, and John Latimer's book is a comprehensive guide to this period, describing royal visits from both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, as well as detailing contemporary pastimes such as wrestling competitions, bear-baiting and traveling players. He explains the sanitary arrangements, dreadful postal service and the difficulty of moving from the status of town to "City" among many other interesting topics.
It is made up of papers originally published in the Bristol Mercury in 1902-3 and is read by Bristolian, Elaine Webb.
Summary by Cori Samuel and Elaine Webb (4 hr 26 min)
Chapters
chapter 01 | 21:27 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 02 | 25:54 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 03 | 13:03 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 04 | 25:05 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 05 | 30:41 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 06 | 26:38 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 07 | 13:11 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 08 | 12:05 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 09 | 25:24 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 10 | 25:30 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 11 | 31:35 | Read by Elaine Webb |
chapter 12 | 15:39 | Read by Elaine Webb |
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16th century Bristol
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Sunny
The quality of this recording and the reader herself were very poor I couldn't get through the first chapter. The story seems like it had a good potential but I just couldn't get past the reader and the poor recording.