Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 1
William Henry Wilkins
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Caroline moved to England from Hanover when her father-in-law became George I and her husband Prince of Wales. She had a tumultuous relationship with the King, who was unpopular and ineffective. When her husband became George II, the relationship between the King and his people was even worse, a situation his Queen Consort attempted to mediate. For the ten years from his accession until her death, it was Caroline who, in effect, ruled the country. Wilkins argues that, apart from Elizabeth I, Caroline was the most powerful woman in English history. - Summary by LynneT (10 hr 33 min)
Chapters
Preface | 4:38 | Read by Amanda Leung |
BOOK I. Electoral Princess of Hanover.:Ansbach and its Margraves | 14:28 | Read by Mairi MacLean |
The Court of Berlin | 34:30 | Read by Yi Fan |
The Wooing of the Princess | 39:36 | Read by Gloria Loughry |
The Court of Hanover | 49:21 | Read by BritishNickVO |
The Heiress of Great Britain | 29:08 | Read by Gloria Loughry |
The Last Year at Hanover | 51:02 | Read by Gloria Loughry |
BOOK II. Princess of Wales.: The Coming of the King | 38:15 | Read by jenno |
The Court of the First George | 46:27 | Read by BritishNickVO |
The Reaction | 42:37 | Read by BritishNickVO |
The White Rose | 39:18 | Read by Kate Freeland |
After the Rising | 48:10 | Read by BritishNickVO |
The Guardian of the Realm | 26:55 | Read by jenno |
The Royal Quarrel | 27:18 | Read by jenno |
Leicester House and Richmond Lodge | 40:00 | Read by Cbteddy |
The Reconciliation | 38:05 | Read by Kate Freeland |
The South Sea Bubble | 36:18 | Read by Keith Salis |
To Osnabrück! | 27:00 | Read by Cbteddy |
Reviews
long, but detailed history
FBL
very interesting...the minute detail is probably necessary to an author who is purporting to write history?! Clair!! could you mind your pronunciation?? Your mis-pronunciation of Leicester, which occurs so frequently in this history, was jarring. Slow down and look up these words.