Great Englishwomen by M. B. Synge
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01 – Queen Bertha
Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners by John Bunyan
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Part 00 – Publisher’s Foreword & Preface
Mary Queen of Scots by Jacob Abbott
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Richard of Jamestown: A Story of the Virginia Colony by James Otis
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Total running time: 3 hours, 8 minutes
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Sermons about Reformers
This podcast from Columbia, South Carolina First Presbyterian Church’s Thornwell Lecture Series includes sermons about The Life of John Calvin (from Dr. Mark Ross), William Tyndale (Rev. Iain Murray) and Martin Luther (Rev. Dr. John R. de Witt).
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Heroes of the Middle Ages by Eva March Tappan
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Total running time: 5 hours, 5 minutes
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01 – Alaric the Visigoth Besieges Rome
02 – Attila the Hun is Defeated at Chalons
03 – Genseric the Vandal Sacks Rome
04 – The Teutons and Their Myths
05 – The Story of the Nibelungs
06 – Clovis Becomes the First King of Franks
07 – Theodoric the Ostrogoth Becomes Ruler of Italy
08 – Charles Martel Repels the Mohammedans at Tours
09 – Charlemagne is Crowned Emperor of the Romans
10 – The Coming of the Teutons to England
12 – Saint Patrick Preaches in Ireland
13 – The Legend of King Arthur
14 – Alfred the Great Rules England
15 – Rurik the Norseman becomes Ruler in Russia
16 – Rollo the Viking Makes Settlements in France
17 – William the Conqueror Conquers England
18 – Leif Ericsson Visits the Coast of New England
19 – Henry the Fowler Founds the German Monarchy
20 – Hugh Capet Becomes the First King of the French
21 – The Cid Captures Valencia
22 – Magna Carta signed by King John
24 – Country Life in the Middle Ages
25 – Town Life in the Middle Ages
26 – Peter the Hermit Leads the First Crusade
27 – Richard the Lion-Hearted Leads the Third Crusade
29 – Roger Bacon, a Pioneer in Science and Philosophy
30 – Marco Polo Visits the Great Khan of China
31 – Francesco Petrarch and the Revival of Learning
32 – The Fall of Constantinople
33 – John Gutenberg Invents Printing
34 – Columbus Discovers America
35 – Vasco de Gama Reaches India by Rounding Africa
36 – Ferdinand Magellan Leads First Voyage Round World
37 – Robert Bruce Wins at Bannockburn and Frees Scotland
38 – William Tell and Arnold Von Winkelried
39 – The Black Prince, Hero of Crecy
40 – Joan of Arc, the Girl Commander
Marco Polo
Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, Volume 1: A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Early Christian and the Protestant Martyrs
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Chapter 1, History of Christian Martyrs to the First General Persecutions under Nero
Chapter 2, part 1, The Ten Primitive Persecutions
Chapter 3, part 1, Persecutions of the Christians in Persia
Chapter 4, part 1, Papal Persecutions
Chapter 5, part 1, An Account of the Inquisition
Chapter 6, part 1, An Account of the Persecutions in Italy under the Papacy
Chapter 7, An Account of the Life and Persecutions of John Wycliffe
Chapter 8, part 1, An Account of the Persecutions in Bohemia under the Papacy
Chapter 9, An Account of the Life and Persecutions of Martin Luther
Chapter 10, General Persecutions in Germany
Chapter 11, An Account of the Persecutions in the Netherlands
Chapter 12, part 1, The Life and Story of the True Servant and Martyr of God, William Tyndale
Chapter 12, part 2, William Tyndale, continued
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Summary: William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice was probably written between 1596 and 1598, and was printed with the comedies in the First Folio of 1623. Bassanio, an impoverished gentleman, uses the credit of his friend, the merchant Antonio, to borrow money from a wealthy Jew, Shylock. Antonio pledges to pay Shylock a pound of flesh if he defaults on the loan, which Bassanio will use to woo a rich heiress, Portia. A subplot concerns the elopement of Shylock’s daughter Jessica with a Christian, Bassanio’s friend Lorenzo. In its focus on love and marriage, the play shares certain concerns with Shakespeare’s other comedies. Yet its depiction of the tensions between Jews and Christians in early modern Venice – and its highly dramatic trial scene in Act 4 – create darker currents in the play. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett for Librivox)
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Total running time: 2 hours, 27 minutes
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The Tempest by William Shakespeare
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Total running time: 1 hour, 56 minutes
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Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin
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The Sons of William the Conqueror
George Washington and His Hatchet
The Blind Men and the Elephant
Leonardo Da Vinci’s inventions
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Discoverers and Explorers by Edward R. Shaw
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01 – Beliefs as to the World Four Hundred Years Ago
05 – John and Sebastian Cabot’s Voyages
13 – The Great River Amazon and El Dorado
14 – Verrazzano (often spelled Verrazano)
You are there! The Sailing of the Mayflower
You are There! The Sailing of the Mayflower
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This Country of Ours, Part 1: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, by H. E. Marshall
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01 How the Vikings of Old Sought And Found New Lands
02 The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus
03 How Columbus Fared Forth upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond
04 How Columbus Returned in Triumph
06 How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World
07 How the Flag of France was Planted in Florida
08 How the French Founded a Colony in Florida
09 How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida
10 How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen
11 The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert
12 About Sir Walter Raleigh’s Adventures in the Golden West
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This Country of Ours, Part 2: Stories of Virginia, by H. E. Marshall
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13 The Adventures of Captain John Smith
14 More Adventures of Captain John Smith
16 How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas
17 How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers
18 How Englishmen Fought a Duel with Tyranny
19 The Coming of the Cavaliers
21 The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
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Famous Men of Modern Times
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Preface
Queen Elizabeth by Jacob Abbott
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01 – Preface; Elizabeth’s Mother
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02 – The Childhood of a Princess
03 – Lady Jane Grey
04 – The Spanish Match
05 – Queen Elizabeth in the Tower
10 – The Invincible Armada
11 – The Earl of Essex
12 – The Conclusion
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
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Total running time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
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