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The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10

Charles F. Horne (1870 - 1942), Rossiter Johnson (1840 - 1931) et al.

A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narratives in the master-words of the most eminent historians. This is volume 10 of 22, covering from 1558-1608 AD . - Summary Adapted from the Title Page

Genre(s): Middle Ages/Middle History

Language: English

Group: The Great Events by Famous Historians

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	An Outline Narrative	BettyB	00:27:31
Play 01	England Loses Her Last French Territory, Battle of San Quentin, AD 1558, by Charles Knight	Cavaet	00:14:11
Play 02	Reign of Elizabeth, AD 1558-1603, by Henry R. Cleveland	Ruth P.	00:41:06
Play 03	John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 1	InTheDesert	00:26:57
Play 04	John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by P. Hume Brown, part 2	InTheDesert	00:25:49
Play 05	John Knox Heads the Scottish Reformers, AD 1559, by Thomas Carlyle	InTheDesert	00:17:50
Play 06	Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 1	nzk13	00:26:07
Play 07	Mary Stuart: Her Reign and Execution, AD 1561-1587, by Algernon Charles Swinbourne, part 2	nzk13	00:26:18
Play 08	Founding of St Augustine, Massacre of the Huguenots in America, AD 1565, by George R. Fairbanks	Cavaet	00:23:27
Play 09	Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 1	Anna Krasuska	00:19:43
Play 10	Revolt of the Netherlands Against Spain, Rise of the Gueux or the Beggars, AD 1566, by Friedrich von Schiller, part 2	Luke Hamilton	00:27:23
Play 11	Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 1	Maurice Almay	00:22:00
Play 12	Lepanto: Destruction of the Turkish Naval Power, AD 1571, by Sir William Stirling-Maxwell, part 2	Maurice Almay	00:26:58
Play 13	Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 1	Ryan Fahey	00:22:54
Play 14	Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Henry White, part 2	Ryan Fahey	00:24:05
Play 15	Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Isaac D'Israeli	Alan Mapstone	00:11:05
Play 16	Massacre of St. Bartholomew, AD 1571, by Jno Rudd	Alan Mapstone	00:06:02
Play 17	Heroic Age of the Netherlands, Siege of Leyden, AD 1573, by Thomas Henry Dyer	Cavaet	00:23:55
Play 18	Search for the Northwest Passage by Frobisher, AD 1576, by George Best	Availle	00:16:19
Play 19	Building the First Theater in England, AD 1576, by Karl Mantzius	Ted Lienhart	00:46:23
Play 20	Cossack Conquest of Siberia, AD 1581, by Nikolai M. Karamzin	Owlivia	00:47:16
Play 21	First Colony of England Beyond the Seas, AD 1583, by Moses Harvey	Kerry Adams	00:12:56
Play 22	Assassination of William of Orange, Division of the Netherlands, AD 1584, by John Lothrop Motley	Cavaet	00:19:21
Play 23	The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by Arthur Barlow	TR Love	00:34:34
Play 24	The Naming of Virginia: The First Description of the Indians, The Lost Colony, AD 1584, by R.R. Howison	TR Love	00:19:29
Play 25	Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 1	Cavaet	00:23:44
Play 26	Drake Captures Cartagena, He "Singes the King of Spain's Beard" at Cadiz, AD 1586-1587, by Julian Corbett, part 2	Cavaet	00:21:09
Play 27	Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 1	Will Caffey	00:36:36
Play 28	Defeat of the Spanish Armata, AD 1588, by Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy, part 2	Will Caffey	00:33:15
Play 29	Henry of Navarre accepts Catholicism, He is Acknowledged as King of France, AD 1593, by Maximilien De Bethune, Duc de Sully	mkirkpat	00:25:59
Play 30	Culmination of Dramatic Literature in "Hamlet", AD 1601, by James O. Halliwell-Phillipps	Bryn Roberts	00:31:28
Play 31	Downfall of Irish Liberty, "Flight of the Earls", AD 1603, by Justin McCarthy	Ian S. Carr	00:24:53
Play 32	The Gunpowder Plot, AD 1605, by Samuel R. Gardiner	Cavaet	00:28:27
Play 33	Cervantes' "Don Quixote" Reforms Literature, AD 1605, by Henry Edward Watts	Kazbek	00:38:44
Play 34	Earliest Discovery of Australia, AD 1606, by Louis Beck and Walter Jeffery	Availle	00:25:51
Play 35	Settlement of Virginia, Charter Under Which America was Colonized, AD 1607, by R.R. Howison	TR Love	00:44:08
Play 36	Founding of Quebec, Champlain Establishes French Power in America, AD 1608, by H.H. Miles	Kazbek	00:51:53

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