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Caroline the Illustrious, Vol. 1

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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

Bewertungen

long, but detailed history

(4,5 Sterne)

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.