Prophets, Priests, And Kings

Alfred George Gardiner (1865 - 1946)

These biographical essays of (mostly) British subjects were written in 1907-1908 for The Daily News newspaper and reflect their subjects as seen before the great cataclysm of World War I. Gardiner was a British newspaper editor, journalist, and author. His essays were and are highly regarded. - Summary by David Wales

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface David Wales
00:02:17
Play 01 King Edward VII David Wales
00:20:15
Play 02 George Bernard Shaw David Wales
00:18:46
Play 03 Arthur James Balfour David Wales
00:18:41
Play 04 John Singer Sargent David Wales
00:15:36
Play 05 George Meredith David Wales
00:15:23
Play 06 The Premier (Herbert Henry Asquith) David Wales
00:19:03
Play 07 The Kaiser (Wilhelm II) David Wales
00:17:29
Play 08 Sir Edward Grey David Wales
00:16:40
Play 09 James Keir Hardie David Wales
00:13:10
Play 10 Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Charles William Harmsworth) David Wales
00:19:00
Play 11 Dr. Clifford (John Clifford) David Wales
00:16:25
Play 12 John Redmond David Wales
00:14:47
Play 13 Florence Nightingale David Wales
00:14:40
Play 14 The Primate (Randall Thomas Davidson) David Wales
00:14:35
Play 15 David Lloyd George David Wales
00:17:01
Play 16 Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden) David Wales
00:15:51
Play 17 Lord Morley Of Blackburn (John Morley) David Wales
00:20:22
Play 18 Rufus Isaacs, K.C. David Wales
00:13:21
Play 19 The Bishop Of London (Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram) David Wales
00:12:38
Play 20 Prince Bulow David Wales
00:16:32
Play 21 Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose) David Wales
00:15:16
Play 22 General Booth David Wales
00:16:33
Play 23 Lord Loreburn (Robert Threshie Reid) David Wales
00:14:36
Play 24 Thomas Hardy David Wales
00:16:53
Play 25 Henry Chaplin David Wales
00:15:51
Play 26 Lord Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) David Wales
00:13:48
Play 27 Winston Churchill David Wales
00:19:19
Play 28 The Rev. R.J. Campbell David Wales
00:13:19
Play 29 The Speaker {James William Lowther} David Wales
00:13:46
Play 30 Herbert Samuel David Wales
00:13:34
Play 31 The Tsar (Nicholas II) David Wales
00:19:34
Play 32 Dr. Horton David Wales
00:14:00
Play 33 Philip Snowdon David Wales
00:11:24
Play 34 Robert Burdon Haldane David Wales
00:16:38
Play 35 John Burns David Wales
00:17:45
Play 36 William Jennings Bryan David Wales
00:17:59
Play 37 Lewis Harcourt David Wales
00:15:34
Play 38 Augustine Birrell, K.C. David Wales
00:17:25
Play 39 Rudyard Kipling David Wales
00:14:50
Play 40 Gilbert K. Chesterton David Wales
00:21:57