History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688…


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David Hume is one of the great philosophers of the Western intellectual tradition. His philosophical writings earned him lasting fame and renown; his historical writing earned his bread and butter. His "The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688", published between 1754 and 1764, was immensely popular and Hume wrote that "the copy-money given me by the booksellers much exceeded any thing formerly known in England; I was become not only independent, but opulent." The six volume work has had numerous editions and is still in print today. David Hume and Thomas Babington Macaulay have frequently been compared as the premier English historians but we don't have to choose because Macaulay begins where Hume leaves off.

This is Volume 1E which covers the reign of Charles I and the Commonwealth. (Summary by Richard Carpenter) (23 hr 58 min)

Chapters

Chapter 50, part 1 23:18 Read by Theodulf
Chapter 50, part 2 22:18 Read by Theodulf
Chapter 50, part 3 23:24 Read by Theodulf
Chapter 50, part 4 8:14 Read by Theodulf
Chapter 51, part 1 20:46 Read by Tim Cote
Chapter 51, part 2 28:21 Read by Tim Cote
Chapter 51, part 3 20:54 Read by Tim Cote
Chapter 51, part 4 20:04 Read by Tim Cote
Chapter 52, part 1 21:13 Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Chapter 52, part 2 20:24 Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Chapter 52, part 3 22:00 Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Chapter 52, part 4 23:16 Read by Kevin W. Davidson
Chapter 53, part 1 24:13 Read by Theodulf
Chapter 53, part 2 22:24 Read by Richard Carpenter
Chapter 53, part 3 23:35 Read by Richard Carpenter
Chapter 53, part 4 18:30 Read by Richard Carpenter
Chapter 54, part 1 22:09 Read by Matthew Calvin
Chapter 54, part 2 22:47 Read by Matthew Calvin
Chapter 54, part 3 22:50 Read by Matthew Calvin
Chapter 54, part 4 22:06 Read by Matthew Calvin
Chapter 54, part 5 27:21 Read by Matthew Calvin
Chapter 55, part 1 26:20 Read by Ric F
Chapter 55, part 2 25:33 Read by Adam Picot
Chapter 55, part 3 26:27 Read by Adam Picot
Chapter 55, part 4 24:27 Read by Adam Picot
Chapter 55, part 5 24:54 Read by Adam Picot
Chapter 55, part 6 23:27 Read by Adam Picot
Chapter 56, part 1 23:28 Read by Ric F
Chapter 56, part 2 23:33 Read by Ric F
Chapter 56, part 3 19:10 Read by Matt Lusher
Chapter 56, part 4 18:50 Read by Matt Lusher
Chapter 56, part 5 19:11 Read by Matt Lusher
Chapter 57, part 1 19:03 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 57, part 2 18:14 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 57, part 3 17:35 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 57, part 4 18:35 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 58, part 1 23:40 Read by Leanne Kinkopf
Chapter 58, part 2 25:40 Read by Leanne Kinkopf
Chapter 58, part 3 23:52 Read by Leanne Kinkopf
Chapter 58, part 4 20:11 Read by Leanne Kinkopf
Chapter 59, part 1 25:14 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 59, part 2 23:16 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 59, part 3 24:45 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 59, part 4 24:13 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 59, part 5 23:38 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 59, part 6 23:56 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 59, part 7 29:00 Read by Brendan Stallard
Chapter 60, part 1 22:50 Read by gscheids
Chapter 60, part 2 21:48 Read by gscheids
Chapter 60, part 3 22:12 Read by rookieblue
Chapter 60, part 4 21:30 Read by Lucas Boulding
Chapter 60, part 5 22:15 Read by Lucas Boulding
Chapter 60, part 6 22:53 Read by Ric F
Chapter 61, part 1 20:30 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 61, part 2 20:20 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 61, part 3 21:30 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 61, part 4 20:23 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 61, part 5 20:43 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 61, part 6 21:36 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 62, part 1 27:13 Read by Ric F
Chapter 62, part 2 26:11 Read by Ric F
Chapter 62, part 3 28:23 Read by JamesMcAndrew
Chapter 62, part 4 19:56 Read by Greg Golding
Chapter 62, part 5 21:39 Read by Greg Golding

Reviews


(4.5 stars)

The Book is excellent and the readers too, except for the hyper tonal reading of Adam Picot.