The Age of Anne

About this film

LibriVox recording of The Age of Anne by Edward Ellis Morris. Read by Pamela Nagami This short survey of the age of Queen Anne begins with the War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714) and the career of the Duke of Marlborough, leader of the allied armies against Louis XIV. Scotland joins England to form the United Kingdom. Peter the Great wrests control of the Gulf of Finland from Charles XII of Sweden and builds St. Petersburg. Despite the Jacobite threat, the Whigs secure the Protestant Succession and George I ascends the throne. Pope writes a mock epic in couplets, Addison's "Spectator" enlivens coffee houses and tea tables, and Defoe creates the immortal "Robinson Crusoe." (Pamela Nagami, M.D.) For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . M4B Audiobook (213MB)

Directors & creators

Edward Ellis Morris

Subjects

librivox; audiobooks;scotland; Louis XIV; Peter the Great; godolphin; queen anne; jacobites; robert walpole; duke of marlborough; battle of blenheim; robert harley; war of the spanish succession; battle of oudenarde; sara churchell; sacheverell; st. john viscount bolingbroke; charles xii of sweden; tories and whigs

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