Comic History of England

Bill Nye

Comic History of England by Bill Nye. 19 sections, 2 hr 53 min. Public domain recording (LibriVox).

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Length

2 hr 53 min

Sections

19

Language

English

Source

LibriVox

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Public domain — LibriVox recording of a public-domain text

Chapters

1. 00 Preface 2:11
2. 01 Invasion of Caesar: The Discovery of Tin and Subsequent Enlightenment of Britain 8:26
3. 02 The Various Roman Yokes: Their Growth, Degeneration, and Final Elimination 7:05
4. 03 The Advent of the Angles: Causes Which Led to the Rehabilitation of Britain on New Lines 9:14
5. 04 The Influx of the Danes: Facts Showing Conclusively Their Influence on the Britain of Today 8:51
6. 05 The Troublous Middle Ages: Demonstrating a Short Reign for Those Who Travel at a Royal Gait 8:07
7. 06 The Danish Oligarchy: Disaffections Attending Chronic Usurpation Proclivities 10:32
8. 07 Other Disagreeable Claimants: Foreign Foibles Introduced, Only to be Expunged with Characteristic Pugnacity 12:04
9. 08 The Norman Conquest: Complex Commingling of Facetious Accord and Implaccable Discord 11:43
10. 09 The Feudal System: Successful Inauguration of Homogeneal Methods for Restricting Incompatable Demagogues 6:43
11. 10 The Age of Chivalry: Light Dissertation on the Knights-Errant, Maids, Fools, Prelates, and Other Notorious Characters of that Period 11:53
12. 11 Conquest of Ireland: Uncomfortable Effects Following the Cultivation of an Acquisitorial Propensity 10:05
13. 12 Magna Charta Introduced: Slight Difficulties Encountered in Overcoming an Unpopular and Unreasonable Prejudice 8:12
14. 13 Further Disagreements Recorded: Illustrating the Amiability of the Jew and the Perversity of the Scot 8:35
15. 14 Irritability of the French: Interminable Dissension, Assisted by the Plague, Continues Reducing the Population 9:50
16. 15 More Sanguinary Triumphs: Onward March of Civilization Graphically Delineated with the Historian's Usual Completeness 10:48
17. 16 Unpleasant Caprices of Royalty: Introduction of Printing as a Subsidiary Aid in the Progress of Emancipation 9:06
18. 17 Biography of Richard III: Being an Allegorical Panegyric of the Incontrovertible Machinations of an Egotistical Usurper 7:11
19. 18 Disorder Still the Popular Fad: General Admixture of Pretenders, Religion, Politics, and Disgruntled Monarchs 13:59