Marshall, H.E.: The Best of Our Island Story (Abridged)

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The Best of Our Island Story (more info)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall,
Daniel Philpott, reader
Anna Bentinck, reader


1. Introduction - 0:59
2. The Coming of the Romans - 7:57
3. The Romans come again - 4:19
4. How Caligula conquered Britain - 7:58
5. The Story of a Warrior Queen (Boadicea) - 8:38
6. The Last of the Romans - 7:49
7. The Story of St. Alban - 9:36
8. The Coming of Arthur - 8:36
9. How King Alfred learned to read - 6:17
10. King Alfred in the Cowherd's Cottage - 9:02
11. More about Alfred the Great - 8:08

The Best of Our Island Story (more info)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall,
Daniel Philpott, reader
Anna Bentinck, reader


1. The Battle of Hastings - 5:42
2. Here in London they rested a few days… - 5:17
3. William the Conqueror - Hereward the Wake - 6:44
4. Still, the English were not all conquered… - 5:08
5. Henry Plantagenet - The Story of Thomas à Becket - 7:57
6. After a time, Henry forgave Thomas… - 7:49
7. The Story of Richard, Coeur de Lion - 5:08
8. One of the most famous of these… - 6:43
9. The Story of how Blondel found the King - 7:36
10. John Lackland - The Story of Prince Arthur - 5:05
11. John Lackland - The Story of the Great Charter - 7:07
12. But King John was very unwilling to grant it… - 7:41

The Best of Our Island Story (more info)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall,
Daniel Philpott, reader
Anna Bentinck, reader


1. Richard II and the Story of Wat Tyler's Rebellion - 6:46
2. A great many of the people when they heard this… - 6:20
3. The Battle of Agincourt - 5:59
4. Edward V - The King who was never crowned - 9:52
5. Richard III - Two Little Princes in the Tower - 4:04
6. Queen Elizabeth I - 2:33
7. Elizabeth I - How England was saved from the Spaniards - 8:12
8. Elizabeth I - The Story of Sir Walter Raleigh - 9:00
9. James VI of Scotland, I of England - The Story of Guy Fawkes - 9:18
10. James VI of Scotland, I of England - The Story of the Mayflower - 8:13
11. Charles I - The Story of how The King and Parliament Quarrelled. - 9:06

The Best of Our Island Story (more info)
Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall,
Daniel Philpott, reader
Anna Bentinck, reader


1. Charles I - How the King was brought to his death - 6:33
2. The Story of the Plague - 3:51
3. Charles II - The Story of how London was Burned - 4:03
4. George II - The Story of Bonnie Prince Charlie - 7:22
5. George II - The Story of Flora MacDonald - 6:49
6. The Story of the Black Hole of Calcutta - 4:13
7. The Story of how Canada was won - 8:23
8. The Story of how America was lost - 9:59
9. A Story of the Spinning Wheel - 8:52
10. England expects that every Man will do his Duty - 8:34
11. George IV and William IV - 2:14
12. Queen Victoria - 5:33

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