Elizabeth signing the death warrant of Mary, Queen of Scots, by Julius Schrader…

2:37

Read by Sonia

England Part I: The Stuart Kings: Historical note

2:22

Read by Sonia

King James I and his goldsmith (between 1603 and 1624), by Sir Walter Scott

27:33

Read by Jim Locke

The gunpowder plot (1605), by David Hume

7:50

Read by Jim Locke

A charge with prince Rupert (1643), by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

28:04

Read by Julie Burks

Sir Nicholas at Marston Moor (1644), by Winthrop Mackworth Praed

6:00

Read by Nemo

The battle of Naseby by Obadiah Bind-their-kings-in-chains-and-their-nobles-wit…

6:08

Read by Kristine Bekere

Charles I insulted by soldiers, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, pa…

2:44

Read by Erin Grassie

England Part II: The rule of Oliver Cromwell: Historical note

2:31

Read by Erin Grassie

The trial and execution of king Charles I (1649), by Jacob Abbott

22:26

Read by Jim Locke

Cromwell in Whitehall, by Julius Schrader, Germany, 1815-1900, painting p. 60

0:50

Read by Erin Grassie

A royalist description of Cromwell's men, by Samuel Butler

2:24

Read by Nemo

How Cromwell dissolved parliament (1653), by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot

9:42

Read by Colleen McMahon

Praise-God Barebone's parliament (1653), by Edward, Earl of Clarendon

9:02

Read by Colleen McMahon

Cromwell visiting Milton, by David Neal, American artist 1837, painting p. 74

1:56

Read by Erin Grassie

England Part III: From the Restoration to the House of Hanover: Historical note

2:32

Read by Erin Grassie

In the days of the plague (1665), by Daniel Defoe

12:29

Read by Sonia

The fall of ''King Monmouth'' (1685), by Charles Dickens

11:02

Read by Colleen McMahon

The song of the western men (1688), by Robert Stephen Hawker

2:36

Read by Alan Mapstone

James II receiving the news of the landing of the Prince of Orange, by Edward M…

1:47

Read by Erin Grassie

A campaign under Marlborough, by William Makepeace Thackeray

19:07

Read by Julie Burks

The government in quest of a poet, by William Makepeace Thackeray

24:56

Read by Jim Locke

Sunday with Sir Roger, by Joseph Addison

5:41

Read by Colleen McMahon

England Part IV: England under the first three Georges: Historical note

1:53

Read by Erin Grassie

The vicar of Bray, by Author unknown

4:23

Read by Jennifer Fournier

The ''Bubbles'' of the reign of King George I (1720), by Charles Mackay

9:45

Read by Jennifer Fournier

When George II became king, by William Makepeace Thackeray

2:50

Read by Tomas Peter

The funeral of George II (1760), by Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford

4:53

Read by Bloater51

Dr. Johnson in the anteroom of Lord Chesterfield, by E. M. Ward, English artist…

2:41

Read by Erin Grassie

William Pitt and the Stamp Act (1766), by George Bancroft

9:03

Read by Kristine Bekere

The quarrel of Squire Bull and his son (1775 to 1783), by James Kirke Paulding

7:33

Read by Kristine Bekere

A maid of honor at the court of George III (1786), by Madame d'Arblay

10:32

Read by Jim Locke

The royal visit to Oxford (1786), by Madame d'Arblay

16:13

Read by Jim Locke

England Part V: The Napoleonic wars: Historical note

2:06

Read by Erin Grassie

The battle of the Baltic (101), by Thomas Campbell

3:57

Read by Tomas Peter

Trafalgar (1805), by William C. Bennett

5:11

Read by Tomas Peter

The burial of Sir John Moore (1809), by Charles Wolfe

2:56

Read by Alan Mapstone

Wellington's march from Quatre-Bras to Waterloo, by Ernest Crofts, English pain…

1:58

Read by Erin Grassie

Just before Waterloo (1815), by William Makepeace Thackeray

18:35

Read by Mark Chulsky

Waterloo (1815), by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen

5:30

Read by April6090

''Scotland forever !'', by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 184…

1:32

Read by Devorah Allen

England Part VI: The last hundred years in England: Historical note

2:47

Read by Erin Grassie

When Victoria became Queen (1837), by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield

6:53

Read by Ruth P.

The charge of the light brigade (1854), by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

2:22

Read by Alan Mapstone

Balaclava, by Lady Butler (Elizabeth Thompson), English artist 1844, painting p…

1:46

Read by Erin Grassie

Santa Filomena (1854-1856), by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

3:58

Read by Jim Locke

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), by L. F. Jennings

14:40

Read by Bloater51

Gladstone's fight for home rule (1893), from the Atlantic Monthly

9:22

Read by KevinS

The latest English revolution (1911), from the Outlook

3:57

Read by Tomas Peter

The coronation of George V (1911), by Sydney Brooks

19:58

Read by Bloater51

Scotland Part I: Ballads and legends of Early Scotland: Historical note

2:04

Read by Sonia

Legends of St. Columba (563 ?), by Adamnan, ninth abbot of the Ionian Monastery

11:59

Read by Kristine Bekere

The murder of King Duncan (1040), by William Shakespeare

37:27

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

The invasion of the Norsemen (1263), by Charles Mackay

12:08

Read by ToddHW

Sir Patrick Spens, an old ballad

4:44

Read by Devorah Allen

Scotland Part II: Two Scottish heroes: Historical note

2:05

Read by Devorah Allen

The capture of William Wallace (1305), by Jane Porter

11:17

Read by Availle

The coronation of Robert Bruce (1306), by Grace Aguilar

25:21

Read by Availle

Bruce at Bannockburn (1314), by P. Hume Brown

9:44

Read by JT

Scots wha hae, by Robert Burns

2:07

Read by Alan Mapstone

Scotland Part III: To the death of Mary: Historical note

2:07

Read by SaraHale

The bier-right (latter part of the fourteenth century), by Sir Walter Scott

12:30

Read by JT

How the Scots lived while James I was king (1422-1437), by P. Hume Brown

10:38

Read by Piotr Nater

On the Field of Flodden (1513), by Sir Walter Scott

6:28

Read by Jim Locke

Edinburgh after Flodden Field (1513), by William E. Aytoun

7:07

Read by Hopeforce1

''The goodman of Ballangiech'' (between 1513 and 1542), by Sir Walter Scott

9:10

Read by Piotr Nater

John Knox preaching before the lords of the congregation, by Sir David Wilkie, …

1:56

Read by Tomas Peter

The flight of Mary, Queen of Scots, to England (1568), by Sir Walter Scott

27:35

Read by Availle

Sacking a church in the time of John Knox, by John Prescott Knight, English art…

2:03

Read by April6090

The fate of Mary, Queen of Scots (1587), by Sir Walter Scott

15:41

Read by Jennifer Fournier

Scotland Part IV: A century of unrest: Historical note

2:59

Read by SaraHale

Why Jenny Geddes threw her stool at the dean, by ''Grace Greenwood'' (Sara J. L…

12:05

Read by April6090

Gathering song of Donald the Black, by Sir Walter Scott

3:14

Read by Sonia

The execution of Montrose (1650), by William E. Aytoun

2:43

Read by Nemo

The burial march of Dundee (1689), by William E. Aytoun

4:49

Read by Tomas Peter

The massacre of Glencoe (1692), by P. Hume Brown

4:50

Read by Tomas Peter

A rescue at the battle of Prestonpans (1745), by Sir Walter Scott

11:29

Read by Jim Locke

The order of release, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, p…

1:46

Read by Sonia

How Flora MacDonald saved Prince Charlie (1745), by Charles Sanford Terry

17:21

Read by Jane Bennett

Ireland Part I: The golden age of Erin: Historical note

3:24

Read by Jane Bennett

Oisin in Tir na n-Og, an Irish folk-story

25:03

Read by Jane Bennett

The chase of Slieve Cullinn, an old Irish legend

14:41

Read by JT

The story of St. Patrick (fifth century), by Patrick Weston Joyce

15:53

Read by Devorah Allen

The ''island of saints and scholars'', (seventh and eighth centuries), by Patri…

8:24

Read by Piotr Nater

O'Rourke's tower and great cross, Clonmacnoise, photograph p. 434

2:00

Read by Sonia

The book of Kells (seventh century), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer

3:54

Read by Monika M. C.

How Brian Boru held the ford of Tribute (941), by E. S. Brooks

27:38

Read by Adrian Stephens

Ireland Part II: Six centuries of oppression: Historical note

2:28

Read by Tomas Peter

The house of the Geraldines, by Justin H. McCarthy

7:24

Read by April6090

The Geraldines, by Thomas Davis

5:16

Read by KevinS

The vengeance of Cromwell (1649), by Oliver Cromwell

2:54

Read by Tomas Peter

After the rebellion of 1641 (1653), by Mrs. E. M. Field

25:59

Read by Jim Locke

The siege of Londonderry (1689), by Thomas Babington Macaulay

23:12

Read by Jim Locke

The battle of the Boyne (1690), by Thomas Babington Macaulay

16:10

Read by Jim Locke

The wearin' o' the Green (1798)

3:06

Read by Alan Mapstone

Emmet's grave, by Justin F. McCarthy

2:24

Read by Alan Mapstone

The harp that once through Tara's halls, by Thomas Moore

1:22

Read by Tomas Peter

Ireland Part III: Ireland and her people: Historical note

2:42

Read by SaraHale

The ''Grand Canal Hotel'', by Charles Lever

23:19

Read by Jim Locke

An Irish school (early part of the nineteenth century), by Gerald Griffin

16:23

Read by Jim Locke

The winning back of the land (1808-1903), by Charles Johnston and Carita Spencer

16:28

Read by Jim Locke

An Irish cottage, photograph p. 544

1:59

Read by SaraHale

The Irish people (twentieth century), by Katharine Tynan

9:50

Read by KevinS

Wales Part I: Legends of Wales: Historical note

1:20

Read by Sonia

King Arthur, by Bessie Raynor Parkes

2:29

Read by Alan Mapstone

The dream of Maxen Wledig, from the Mabinogion

14:28

Read by Jason in Panama

Beth Gelert; or the grave of the greyhound (about 1220), by William Robert Spen…

6:52

Read by Jim Locke

The wearing of leek, an old song translated from the Welsh, by Henry Davies

3:09

Read by Alan Mapstone

Wales Part II: Stories of the Welsh rebellions: Historical note

1:54

Read by J. M. Smallheer

How the Welsh kept the Christmas of 1115, by Sabine Baring-Gould

13:46

Read by Adrian Stephens

''When the eighteen fell'' (1282), by Owen Rhoscomyl

9:41

Read by PatrS

The rebellion of Owen Glyndwr (1402-1415), by Owen Rhoscomyl

6:34

Read by Alan Mapstone

The march of the men of Harlech (1468), national Cambrian war-song; translated …

3:37

Read by Alan Mapstone

How a Welshman became king of England (1485), by Owen Rhoscomyl

12:59

Read by Phil Schempf

Wales Part III: Scenes of Welsh life: Historical note

1:57

Read by Sonia

The Eisteddfod, by Jeannette Marks

24:03

Read by Brianna Chiles