Great audiobook "A History of the Four Georges in Four Volumes, Volume 1 - Justin McCarthy" online free

Justin McCarthy (1830-1912), liberal member of Parliament and historian. He brings the great 18th Century personalities to life: Walpole and Swift, Bolingbroke and Mary Wortley Montagu, the Old Pretender and Bonnie Prince Charlie, and the four King Georges. The first volume begins with the death of Queen Anne in 1714 and ends in 1733, with Robert Walpole fleeing Parliament as London erupts in rioting over his excise scheme. - Summary by Pamela Nagami

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i. 'More, Alas! Than the Queen's Life!'ii. Parties and Leadersiii. 'Lost for Want of Spirit'iv. The King Comesv. What the King Came To: 1v. What the King Came To: 2vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 1vi. Oxford's Fall; Bolingbroke's Flight: 2vii. The White Cockadeviii. After the Rebellionix. 'Malice Domestic--Foreign Levy'x. Home Affairsxi. 'The Earth Hath Bubbles'xii. After the Stormxiii. The Banishment of Atterburyxiv. Walpole in Power as Well as Officexv. The Drapier's Lettersxvi. The Oppositionxvii. 'Osnabruck! Osnabruck!'xviii. George the Secondxix. 'The Patriots'xx. A Victory for the Patriots