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United Kingdom House of Lords Speeches Collection

This collection comprises recordings of seven historic speeches given to the UK House of Lords between 1641 and 1945. Readings are of speeches origninally given by the 1st Earl of Strafford (Thomas Wentworth), the 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder), the 6th Baron Byron (the poet Lord Byron), the 1st Duke of Wellington (Arthur Wellesley), the 3rd Earl of Lucan (George Lord Bingham) and the 3rd Earl Russell (the philosopher Bertrand Russell).

(Summary by Carl Manchester)

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Total running time: 2:01:22

In addition to the readers, this audio book was produced by:
Meta-Coordinator/Cataloging:
Carl Manchester

mp3 and ogg files

• 1 – Speech on impeachment for High Treason, 1641, by 1st Earl of Strafford (Thomas Wentworth) – 25:56
  [mp3@64kbps - 12.4MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 24.9MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 11MB]
  Read by: Rachel Lintern
• 2 – Speech on the French purchase of Corsica, 1770, by 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder) – 7:03
  [mp3@64kbps - 3.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 6.7MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.0MB]
  Read by: David Federman
• 3 – Speech on the American War of Independence, 1777, by 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder) – 24:49
  [mp3@64kbps - 11.9MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 23.8MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 13MB]
  Read by: Philippa
• 4 – Speech on the Frame-work Bill, 1812, by 6th Baron Byron (George Gordon, Noel Lord Byron) – 19:05
  [mp3@64kbps - 9.1MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 18.3MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 10MB]
  Read by: David Federman
• 5 – Speech on the Corn Laws, 1846, by 1st Duke of Welligton (Arthur Wellesley) – 8:59
  [mp3@64kbps - 4.3MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 8.6MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 4.8MB]
  Read by: Sibella Denton
• 6 – Speech in defence of actions at Balaclava, 1855, by 3rd Earl of Lucan (George Lord Bingham) – 22:29
  [mp3@64kbps - 10.7MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 21.5MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 16MB]
  Read by: Mark F. Smith
• 7 – Speech on the atomic bomb, 1945, by 3rd Earl Russell (Bertrand Russell) – 13:01
  [mp3@64kbps - 6.2MB]
  [mp3@128kbps - 12.4MB]
  [ogg vorbis - 6.7MB]
  Read by: Carl Manchester

Cataloged on January 22, 2009