History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…


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David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688", published between 1754 and 1764, was immensely popular and Hume wrote that "the copy-money given me by the booksellers much exceeded any thing formerly known in England; I was become not only independent, but opulent." The six volume work has had numerous editions and is still in print today. David Hume and Thomas Babington Macaulay have frequently been compared as the premier English historians but we don't have to choose because Macaulay begins where Hume leaves off.

This is Volume 1C which covers the reigns of Henry VII to Mary I. (Summary by Richard Carpenter) (21 hr 0 min)

Chapters

Chapter 24, part 1 23:31 Read by engineerdst
Chapter 24, part 2 23:32 Read by engineerdst
Chapter 25, part 1 24:15 Read by engineerdst
Chapter 25, part 2 22:51 Read by engineerdst
Chapter 25, part 3 24:03 Read by engineerdst
Chapter 26, part 1 25:35 Read by Scheherazade
Chapter 26, part 2 27:29 Read by Lisa Caputo
Chapter 26, part 3 27:32 Read by Lisa Caputo
Chapter 27, part 1 21:18 Read by Graham McMillan
Chapter 27, part 2 20:33 Read by Graham McMillan
Chapter 27, part 3 20:01 Read by Graham McMillan
Chapter 28, part 1 32:59 Read by Cynthia Moyer
Chapter 28, part 2 34:00 Read by Cynthia Moyer
Chapter 29, part 1 21:19 Read by Judy Guinan
Chapter 29, part 2 25:33 Read by MicheleW
Chapter 29, part 3 25:34 Read by MicheleW
Chapter 29, part 4 20:40 Read by MicheleW
Chapter 30, part 1 21:46 Read by Robin Cotter
Chapter 30, part 2 28:17 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 30, part 3 29:37 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 30, part 4 31:57 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 31, part 1 23:49 Read by Nathan Dickey
Chapter 31, part 2 22:59 Read by Nathan Dickey
Chapter 31, part 3 23:31 Read by MicheleW
Chapter 31, part 4 22:04 Read by MicheleW
Chapter 31, part 5 20:23 Read by southernemma
Chapter 31, part 6 18:45 Read by Andrew Nelson
Chapter 32, part 1 29:25 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 32, part 2 28:42 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 32, part 3 34:03 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 33, part 1 21:46 Read by Andrew Nelson
Chapter 33, part 2 22:21 Read by Andrew Nelson
Chapter 33, part 3 23:16 Read by Andrew Nelson
Chapter 33, part 4 21:53 Read by Andrew Nelson
Chapter 33, part 5 27:00 Read by Chris Chapman
Chapter 34, part 1 28:55 Read by Lily Took
Chapter 34, part 2 26:01 Read by Lily Took
Chapter 34, part 3 26:24 Read by Lily Took
Chapter 34, part 4 23:29 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 35, part 1 24:15 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 35, part 2 24:42 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 35, part 3 20:48 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 35, part 4 23:33 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 36, part 1 30:18 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 36, part 2 29:08 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 36, part 3 26:52 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 37, part 1 26:05 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 37, part 2 23:29 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 37, part 3 25:53 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 37, part 4 28:21 Read by Brendan Stallard

Reviews

A lengthy book, yet very well done.


(5 stars)

This book about the history of England is what I was looking for. This is the exact volume I wanted to listen to. There are various narrator's yet they read this well.

Henry VIII


(5 stars)

Henry 8th starts at Volume 1C. Chapter 27. Part 1. You’re welcome! :)