Our Island Story, Part 1 by Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall (Text Synchronized Audiobook™)

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Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling montage of kings, queens, barons, knights, explorers, movers and shakers that have played a key role in the history of England. Marshall freely mixes folk tale with historical fact and in so doing paints a very vivid picture of the past in a style reminiscent of all that is finest in the children’s story telling tradition.This is the first section of that work and will carry you from the time when Tacitus first sang the praises of Britannica to his Roman readers up to the vicious and bloodthirsty confusion that is the War of the Roses (about 1500 years).

Table of Contents: (000 to 054)

000 - Introduction - 00:03:40

001 - The Stories of Albion and Brutus - 00:07:17

002 - The Coming of the Romans - 00:08:38

003 - The Romans Come Again - 00:05:06

004 - How Caligula Conquered Britain - 00:08:01

005 - The Story of a Warrior Queen - 00:08:40

006 - The Last of the Romans - 00:08:16

007 - The Story of St. Alban - 00:10:08

008 - Vortigern and King Constans - 00:09:03

009 - The Coming of Hengist and Horsa - 00:09:22

010 - Hengist’s Treachery - 00:07:36

011 - How the Giant’s Dance was Brought to Britain - 00:10:32

012 - The Coming of Arthur - 00:06:28

013 - The Founding of the Round Table - 00:07:42

014 - Gregory and the Pretty Children - 00:11:36

015 - How King Alfred Learned to Read - 00:06:26

016 - King Alfred in the Cowherd’s Cottage - 00:09:39

017 - More About Alfred the Great - 00:07:51

018 - Ethelred the Unready - 00:08:06

019 - How Edmund Ironside Fought for the Crown - 00:08:16

020 - Canute and the Waves - 00:05:41

021 - Edward the Confessor - 00:11:08

022 - Harold - 00:13:18

023 - The Battle of Stamford Bridge - 00:12:08

024 - The Battle of Hastings - 00:12:28

025 - William the Conqueror - 00:11:35

026 - Death of the King - 00:07:47

027 - William the Red - 00:06:52

028 - The Story of the White Ship - 00:15:18

029 - The Story of King Stephan - 00:08:24

030 - Gilbert and Rohesia - 00:07:32

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