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The World’s Story Volume IX: England

by Eva March TAPPAN (1854 - 1930)

The hunting of the Cheviot (1388)

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:
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 IX: The Tudor 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 , Morning of the Battle of Agincourt, by Sir John Gilbert, English painter 1817-1897, painting p. 410 , Queen Margaret and the robber (1463), by Agnes Strickland , Sir Walter Raleigh and his cloak (1575), by Sir Walter Scott , The appeal of Anne Askew (1546), by ''Louisa Mühlbach'' (Klara M. Mundt) , The Armada (1588), by Thomas Babington Macaulay , The ballad of Agincourt (1415), by Michael Drayton , The boyhood of Raleigh, by Sir John Everett Millais, English painter 1829-1896, painting p. 518 , 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 coronation of Henry IV (1399), by Sir John Froissart , The execution of the ''Twelve-Days' Queen'' (1554), by William Harrison Ainsworth , The fall of Cardinal Wolsey (1529), by William Shakespeare , The field of the Cloth of Gold (1520), by Gustave Masson , The fight with the invincible Armada (1588), by David Hume , 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 impostor who claimed the crown of Henry VII (1488-1499), by Charles Dickens , The last moments of Queen Elizabeth, by Paul Delaroche, French artist 1797-1856, painting p. 562 , The Mystery Plays, by Eva March Tappan , The Revenge: a ballad of the fleet, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson , The trial of Sir Thomas More (1535), by Anne Manning Rathbone , Two scenes in the life of Henry V, by William Shakespeare , When Elizabeth came to Kenilworth (1575), by Sir Walter Scott , When the king returned from Holland (1470), by Edward Bulwer-Lytton