Prophets, Priests, And Kings
Alfred George Gardiner
Read by David Wales
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 (10 hr 52 min)
Chapters
| Preface | 2:17 | Read by David Wales |
| King Edward VII | 20:15 | Read by David Wales |
| George Bernard Shaw | 18:46 | Read by David Wales |
| Arthur James Balfour | 18:41 | Read by David Wales |
| John Singer Sargent | 15:36 | Read by David Wales |
| George Meredith | 15:23 | Read by David Wales |
| The Premier (Herbert Henry Asquith) | 19:03 | Read by David Wales |
| The Kaiser (Wilhelm II) | 17:29 | Read by David Wales |
| Sir Edward Grey | 16:40 | Read by David Wales |
| James Keir Hardie | 13:10 | Read by David Wales |
| Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Charles William Harmsworth) | 19:00 | Read by David Wales |
| Dr. Clifford (John Clifford) | 16:25 | Read by David Wales |
| John Redmond | 14:47 | Read by David Wales |
| Florence Nightingale | 14:40 | Read by David Wales |
| The Primate (Randall Thomas Davidson) | 14:35 | Read by David Wales |
| David Lloyd George | 17:01 | Read by David Wales |
| Mrs. Pankhurst (Emmeline Pankhurst (née Goulden) | 15:51 | Read by David Wales |
| Lord Morley Of Blackburn (John Morley) | 20:22 | Read by David Wales |
| Rufus Isaacs, K.C. | 13:21 | Read by David Wales |
| The Bishop Of London (Arthur Foley Winnington-Ingram) | 12:38 | Read by David Wales |
| Prince Bulow | 16:32 | Read by David Wales |
| Lord Rosebery (Archibald Philip Primrose) | 15:16 | Read by David Wales |
| General Booth | 16:33 | Read by David Wales |
| Lord Loreburn (Robert Threshie Reid) | 14:36 | Read by David Wales |
| Thomas Hardy | 16:53 | Read by David Wales |
| Henry Chaplin | 15:51 | Read by David Wales |
| Lord Curzon (George Nathaniel Curzon) | 13:48 | Read by David Wales |
| Winston Churchill | 19:19 | Read by David Wales |
| The Rev. R.J. Campbell | 13:19 | Read by David Wales |
| The Speaker {James William Lowther} | 13:46 | Read by David Wales |
| Herbert Samuel | 13:34 | Read by David Wales |
| The Tsar (Nicholas II) | 19:34 | Read by David Wales |
| Dr. Horton | 14:00 | Read by David Wales |
| Philip Snowdon | 11:24 | Read by David Wales |
| Robert Burdon Haldane | 16:38 | Read by David Wales |
| John Burns | 17:45 | Read by David Wales |
| William Jennings Bryan | 17:59 | Read by David Wales |
| Lewis Harcourt | 15:34 | Read by David Wales |
| Augustine Birrell, K.C. | 17:25 | Read by David Wales |
| Rudyard Kipling | 14:50 | Read by David Wales |
| Gilbert K. Chesterton | 21:57 | Read by David Wales |
Reviews
Colorful insight into the key leaders pre World War 1
Jeff Schoenborn
Really liked this book. Short sketches of leaders with anecdotes and commentary on the character and personality. Some are not well known today, but the portrait of the young Winston Churchill and the Kaiser are especially interesting. Read well; you could imagine it's the author's own voice.