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The World’s Story Volume IX: England

by Eva March TAPPAN (1854 - 1930)

Julius Caesar's two visits to Britain (55 and 54 B.C.), by Anthony Trollope

This is the ninth volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Part IX deals with the first part of the history of England, from the early times till the reign of the Tudor kings and queens. Chapters include stories about King Arthur, William the Conqueror, Robin Hood, Queen Elizabeth and many others. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for A messenger from Rome: Cymbeline: alanmapstone / Lucius: Jim Locke / Queen: Devorah Allen / Cloten: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia Cast list for Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert: Hubert: Jim Locke / First Executioner: Devorah Allen / Arthur: Tomas Peter / Narrator: Sonia Cast list for Two scenes in the life of Henry V: Falstaff: alanmapstone / Prince Hal/King Henry V: Tomas Peter / Host: Monika M.C.r / Warwick: Jim Locke / Chief Justice: Adrian Stephens / Lancaster: Todd HW / Gloucester: SaraHale / Clarence: Sandra Schmit / Narrator: Sonia Cast list for The fall of Cardinal Wolsey: Wolsey: Jim Locke / Cromwell: alanmapstone / Narrator: Sonia

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Listen next episodes of The World’s Story Volume IX: England:
A messenger from Rome (43 A.D.), by William Shakespeare , A trial by single combat (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott , Boadicea (62 A.D.), by William Cowper , Cardinal Wolsey going in procession, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 450 , Country life in the days of the Plantagenets, by Eva March Tappan , Cranmer at the Traitors' Gate, by Frederick Goodall, English artist 1822-1904, painting p. 500 , England Part II: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion: Historical note , England Part III: The coming of the Sea-Rovers: Historical note , England Part IV: The Norman conquest: Historical note , England Part IX: The Tudor kings: Historical note , England Part V: From William the Red to John Lackland: Historical note , England Part VI: Stories of the age of Richard the Lion-Hearted: Historical note , England Part VII: The later Plantagenet kings: Historical note , England Part VIII: Lancaster and York: Historical note , England Part X: From Edward VI to the death of Mary: Historical note , England Part XI: In the days of Queen Elizabeth: Historical note , England's reconciliation with Rome (1554), by James Anthony Froude , Friar Bacon's brazen head (thirteenth century), by Abby Sage Richardson , How King Edwin of Northumbria became a Christian (627), by Mrs. Elizabeth Rundle Charles , How the Doomsday Book was made (about 1086), by Edwin Lester Arnold , How the Romans lived in Britain (about the third century A.D.), by G. F. Scott Elliot , In the days of Edward III (1272-1307), by Eva March Tappan , King Alfred on Athelney (878), by Thomas Hughes , King Edmund and the wolf (870), by the Abbot Aelfric, translated by Eva March Tappan , Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 410 , ''One rule for Angle and for Dane'' (about 1016), by Ottilie A. Liljencrantz , Prince Arthur and the keeper Hubert (about 1200), by William Shakespeare , Queen Margaret and the robber (1463), by Agnes Strickland , Robin Hood and Little John (latter part of twelfth century) , Sir Walter Raleigh and his cloak (1575), by Sir Walter Scott , Stories of King Arthur and his Court (sixth century) , The appeal of Anne Askew (1546), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mundt) , The archery contest (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott , The Armada (1588), by Thomas Babington Macaulay , The ballad of Agincourt (1415), by Michael Drayton , The baptism of Edwin, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 94 , The battle of Evesham (1265), by G. P. R. James , The battle of Hastings (1066), by Robert Wace , The boyhood of Raleigh, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 518 , The castle-builders of the reign of Stephen (1135-1154), from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , The children of Edward IV, by Paul Delaroche, French painter 1797-1856, painting p. 430 , The coming of Philip II (1554), by William H. Prescott , The converted Britons, by William Holman Hunt, English painter 1827-1910, painting p. 58 , The coronation of Henry IV (1399), by Sir John Froissart , The escape of Maude from the Castle at Oxford (about 1140), by A. D. Crake , The execution of the ''Twelve-Days' Queen'' (1554), by William Harrison Ainsworth , The fall of Cardinal Wolsey (1529), by William Shakespeare , The fall of the monastery at Croyland (870), by Eva March Tappan , The field of the Cloth of Gold (1520), by Gustave Masson , The fight with the invincible Armada (1588), by David Hume , The first expedition of Edward III against the Scots (1328), by Sir John Froissart , The funeral of Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII (1503), by Agnes Strickland , The great queen as a little child (1533-1539), by Agnes Strickland , The hunting of the Cheviot (1388) , The impostor who claimed the crown of Henry VII (1488-1499), by Charles Dickens , The last Danish invasion (1066), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton , The last moments of Queen Elizabeth, by Paul Delaroche, French artist 1797-1856, painting p. 562 , The Mystery Plays, by Eva March Tappan , The reign of the Red King (1087-1100), by Charles Dickens , The rescue of the Princess of Cornwall, by Charles Kingsley , The Revenge: a ballad of the fleet, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson , The revolt of the peasants (1381), by Augustin Thierry , The stolen boys (about 590), by Sir Clements R. Markham , The story of John Lackland (1199-1216), by Eva March Tappan , The struggle between the king and the archbishop (1162-1170), by John Lord , The tournament of Ashby-de-la-Zouche (about 1194), by Sir Walter Scott , The trial of Sir Thomas More (1535), by Anne Manning Rathbone , The white ship (1120), by Dante Gabriel Rossetti , Two scenes in the life of Henry V, by William Shakespeare , What the boy Alfred saw in London, by Eva March Tappan , What the English thought of William the Conqueror (1066-1087), from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , When Elizabeth came to Kenilworth (1575), by Sir Walter Scott , When the king returned from Holland (1470), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton , Wiclif on trial, by Ford Madox Brown, English painter 1821-1893, painting p. 350